The Random Thoughts Review

Auto work in Champaign-Urbana

Administrator — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:11:22 +0000

On the hunt to have some auto work done (brakes, to be specific), I asked around for some suggestions on places to use, and places to avoid in Champaign Urbana. Here, for your viewing pleasure, the results of a simple, informal poll: kva ndivo SpeedLube on University (near.. 3rd or so) gets a thumbs [...]

Steve Fossett: Pictures

Administrator — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:16:50 +0000

It looks like they’ve finally found Steve Fossett’s plane, and this news caused me to go back and look at the pictures that I took of him at Oshkosh for the EAA Airventure a few years back. kva ndivo He had just flown around the world, non stop, and they were showing off [...]

Google decides it is a PAC

Administrator — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:21:44 +0000

Official Google Blog: Our position on California’s No on 8 campaign kva ndivo Google, you disappoint me. And I don’t know that I’ve ever actually said that before. I fear that you are starting to channel your inner movie star. I fear that you are starting to think that, because you are [...]

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Administrator — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:59:55 +0000

What percentage of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups end up with double wrappers? kva ndivo Don’t act innocent. You know exactly what I’m talking about. So, what do you think? Give me a number.. Back it up with a link if you’re really cool.

Anomolous events in history

Administrator — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:59:55 +0000

There are several things that science current sees as a “best guess” that don’t make much sense to me, from a cause & effect standpoint.. kva ndivo The Inflationary Period. Shortly after the big bang, the universe expanded rapidly and then, for no apparent reason that anyone has given me, stopped expanding so rapidly. [...]

AT&T Carrier Cost Recovery Fee

Administrator — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:34:56 +0000

Today I had a message in my email InBox telling me that I had a new bill waiting for me from AT&T. This particular bill was for my home telephone and DSL service. When I first got DSL, it was $15 a month. My home phone and DSL bill was around $30, and I [...]

Morning Dream. What’s it mean?

Administrator — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:09:42 +0000

This morning I woke up at 5:38 after a rousing Genghis Khan type dream. kva ndivo What’s it mean? You tell me. The dream wasn’t a long one. It started out before a battle. I was looking down into a small-ish valley, and the enemy was (apparently) on the other side of the [...]

Qdoba Resolution

Administrator — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:43:55 +0000

After what many would say was “too long”, the Qdoba matter is finally resolved. Read the whole story at kva ndivo Problems With The Local Qdoba

Scratchy is a teenager!

Administrator — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:49:33 +0000

My dear, precious, Scratchy cat turned 13 yesterday. kva ndivo Pictures of him are here. And, his home page, (albeit not updated for a while) is also available. Yesterday morning I removed most of his food. He still had enough to live on, but my little Scratch really likes having a food bowl that is at [...]

cookies.txt file format

Administrator — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:32:27 +0000

I sometimes need to look at a cookies.txt file and figure out what the entries mean. kva ndivo Basically, you have a line in the file that looks like: www.someURL.com FALSE / FALSE 0 VNAME [...]