Miscellanea

Everything that fails to fit, elsewhere

Close Encounter

I was about 30 feet away, when a lightning bolt blew apart a large sweetgum tree, in the back yard. Fortunately, I was inside, but I still went flash-blind and concussion-deaf, for a few seconds. That’s the second closest I’ve been to a lightning strike (the closest was a direct hit between the cabin and […]

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Mini Cooper S (JCW) Test Drive

I just test-drove the 2003 Mini Cooper S, with the 200-hp John Cooper Works supercharger. Very nice… Don’t know if or when I’ll be getting one, but I did enjoy it. Great handling; jumped off the line; I ran it from 0 to 70, without really pushing it, in no time flat and without even

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Quotations! New feature on this site!

I love quotes! So, as much for my own enjoyment as anybody else’s =), I added a complete Library of Quotations – some famous, some less so. In any case, there are already well over 200 quotations, with a rudimentary search feature, categories, and author look-ups. Contact me with any feedback! God bless. [Ed. note:

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T3: Ahnold’s Back

Just saw “Rise of the Machines” (it’s not like there’s much to do in Fayetteville, anyway) – I was actually pleasantly surprised. I’d seen a number of bad reviews, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was about in keeping with the other two movies. It’s not quite “Citizen Kane,” but it was

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