I work with computers and all their various sundry components, parts and accessories all day every day.  Being a PC Jockey makes me quite attuned to the health of all these parts of a whole usually.  Last week I lost a good buddy. My trusty HP 1200 Series Laser-Jet printer passed on.  That little guy and I met some ten years ago when I first got the job I have currently.  He was moved in with me because of space issues elsewhere in...

  As I shuffled through all my sundry computer components that I have collected over the years I ran into caches of floppy disks in at least three different places.  This made me wonder what I could have been thinking at the time I hid them all away like a large, burley, somewhat pale hamster.  I mean I seem to have bought enough “floppies” to last me a life time.   Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, ahem… I mean,...

Let me set the stage for you.  It’s Friday night at around 8:50PM I am sitting at one of my favorite eateries, WoW (world of wings) in the providence shopping center with my buddies Jim and Mike.  I am having a beer as we eat hot wings hanging out waiting to hit the theatre to see the Watchmen movie at 10.  Having read the graphic novel, and knowing neither Mike nor Jim either one had read the comics I am ultra excited to see...

We have become a whining, lazy, materialistic, narcissistic, belligerent, uncouth society.  That’s really saying a lot but i believe that statement sums up the way the world has turned pretty well.  One of the easiest of these self depreciating habits to correct is materialism.   It is a very sad commentary about our lives when the value of the the things we own dictates how much others like us.  Mad Magazine summed it up with...

The Oscars last night were a JOKE!  I feel they were so out of touch with reality on so many levels.  My friend Mike warned me to stop watching award shows.  Mike I think I will now buddy.  Here are just a few of my gripes this year. I feel some large glaring mistakes were made. First, The Dark Knight SHOULD have been at leastnominated for best pic. Secondly its a shame that Grand Torino wasn’t nominated for anything not even...

You know I want to have a positive outlook on life, the universe and everything. I just can’t. It’s true that I don’t really have a lot to complain about. When I think long and hard about it I really have a LOT to be grateful for. I just can’t see the silver lining in anything these days. The economy is in a real slump and its starting to affect my friends. Luckily, it hasn’t impacted me personally (yet) but...