If you look around this site very much, you know that I enjoy traveling (as well as writing about it). I came across this Travel Quiz that purports to determine the kind of travel/destination/activity you would enjoy. There wasn’t much … Continue reading
I’ve been needing to get a haircut for about 3 weeks now. I really should have gone to my regular place when I was home last month, but I was only there for 2 1/2 days and didn’t want to … Continue reading
I put in 13 hours yesterday and 9 today. When I left the building today I was supposed to be off tomorrow, but I just received a call asking me to work. I’ve spent both days (and will spend tomorrow … Continue reading
Deb over at Freelance Writing Jobs posted a list of “20 Ways the Internet Spoils Us” and some (including yours truly) have added our input. How about you? Is there a way you’ve been spoiled by the Internet that isn’t … Continue reading
I’ve been reading comic strips for almost 50 years. When I was a little tyke, I would crawl up in my dad’s lap as he sat at the dining room table sipping coffee and ask him to read the comics … Continue reading
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When I was a kid (and, admittedly, even an adult) whenever I heard the familiar music of the finale from the William Tell Overture (this might even have been my very first exposure to classical or opera music, since we … Continue reading
Today is Florida’s primary election day. If you’re a resident of my home state I hope that, unless you’re a registered independent and thus unable to vote in the primary, you will make the effort to go to the polls … Continue reading
Yes, I admit it. I occasionally “Google” myself. I have, what I consider to be, a normal ego and a healthy interest in where words about me might appear on the Internet. I also have “Google Alerts” set up to … Continue reading
U.S. Army Major Andrew Olmsted, who posted blogs on Obsidian Wings as G’Kar while on active duty in Iraq, was killed in an ambush in Diyala, along with fellow team member Captain Thomas Casey, on January 3rd. In anticipation that … Continue reading
I guess it’s time to admit the awful truth…I have become a Crackhead. And in a very short amount of time. They’re all right, the addiction comes on you in a hurry and takes over every waking (and sometimes sleeping) … Continue reading
Today is my brother’s birthday. A few days from now 46 years ago, I had no idea what an important part that little guy my mom and dad brought home from the hospital would hold in my heart over the … Continue reading
Reading this news account this morning I was really, REALLY wishing that the end result of this had been reversed: CORONADO, Calif. (AP) – A man being chased by authorities grabbed a police dog and leaped off the San Diego-Coronado … Continue reading
Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Merry Yule. Happy Kwanza. Whatever and however you celebrate, Happy Holidays from our home to yours. Heather’s shirt says it all… Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial … Continue reading
Here’s a fun puzzle that my mother-in-law showed me earlier tonight at the annual family Christmas Eve Dinner Party. See how many Christmas carols or songs you can guess from the visual clues below. If you’d like to leave a … Continue reading
I’ll be home for Christmas;You can count on me.Please have snow and mistletoeAnd presents on the tree. Christmas Eve will find meWhere the love-light gleams.I’ll be home for ChristmasIf only in my dreams. Thankfully, in more than my dreams. Today … Continue reading
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Ok, ok. I’m just being a little sarcastic. Below is the official movie poster for the fourth, and probably last, Indiana Jones film; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I know my daughter will be happy to … Continue reading
There I was, sitting at the desk in the hotel room pounding out some kind of worthless drivel on the laptop with the TV on next to me when I heard her say “Vampires Beware!“ Now, of course, that WOULD … Continue reading
Today is our annual “Family Day at Disney” gathering. It’s usually Cindy and I, her mom and dad, Ann, Jason, Mikey and Heather, Amber, Jeremy, Ed and Pam. This year, we get to add Wendy, Jeremy’s significant other, and take … Continue reading
