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If Women Don't Find You Handsome They Should At Least Find You Handy... 1 Aug 2013 | 10:49 pm

Today was a fix-it day at Casa de MXL. I replaced a bad motor capacitor in an air conditioner and now have cool air flowing in the dining room and living room again, much to the happiness of the othe...

Checking In... 12 Jul 2013 | 02:01 am

I unplugged (mostly) for a few days for ABATE of Iowa's 29th Annual Freedom Rally. I took a wi-fi hotspot with me but by the time the park filled up what little bandwidth was available was totally sw...

Counting down... 27 May 2013 | 10:00 pm

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A Resemblance 20 Apr 2013 | 11:52 pm

Friend Ms. Ecks opines on an article on CNN giving managers a few tips for working with people with Asperger's Syndrome.  It's like the articles about hiring and working with millennials - kids who we...

Another April 19 Milestone 19 Apr 2013 | 04:36 pm

A while back I wondered if something was going to happen on April 19. Apparently I was right, though not quite in the way I feared. Sounds like one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers is assumi...

How Is Marriage Defined? 27 Mar 2013 | 06:37 am

Same sex marriage is in the news currently due to cases being heard before the Supreme Court, and that got me to thinking about MY marriage. We are a traditional male-female couple but we weren't mar...

Technical Difficulty 14 Feb 2013 | 10:26 am

My give-a-damn suffered a critical system failure this morning. Restoration efforts have so far proved fruitless. Only mission-essential functions are being supported at this time. Normally I would...

Out With The Old... 28 Jan 2013 | 11:35 am

Some time back I wrote about the joys of a 2600 mile trip on my '90 Ultra Classic and indicated that before the next long ride I'd be changing seats. Mission accomplished, with the help of a left-tur...

I Think My Tinfoil Beanie Is Leaking... 14 Jan 2013 | 01:40 am

There's a nagging thought in the back of my mind that says that someone somewhere has a timetable and wants things to come to a head on April 19, the anniversary of Lexington & Concord...and of Oklaho...

Broken? 12 Jan 2013 | 12:57 am

Based on what I've read online and seen on the TV recently, I apparently have a box of defective high-capacity magazines. I've owned some of them for 30 years and in that whole time none of them have...

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