Lost and found

Presidential candidate John McCain had a brief scare at a campaign stop in Los Angeles yesterday when he misplaced his house keys. 
Luckily for him a janitor found them backstage shortly after McCain concluded his speech.

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I swear this is not a metaphor.

When you approach a door that swings both ways, do you pull or push it to go through?
I wonder if a preference for one over the other reveals a personality trait or type?
If you pull the door open you have to stop your forward motion, open the door, then continue through.
If you push, depending on [...]

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McCain: A man of the people.

There are lots of questions which, when asked of the average American, might elicit a response that begins with “At least.” 
How many times have you seen Star Wars?  At least twenty.
How many trips to the buffet did you make on your last visit?  Oh, at least three.
How many mullets have you seen in Wal-mart [...]

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Lost technology.

Surrounded as we are by evidence of fantastic technological advances, it’s sometimes amusing to ponder the technologies that either came and went or never were.
Next to the flying car, of course, the one tech marvel I find most conspicuously absent is truly interactive television.  Because I experienced it briefly in the late 70s and early [...]

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A nod to WV bloggers.

In today’s thrilling episode of “Five questions,” The Charleston Gazette spotlights 304blogs, a blogroll of mountain state bloggers. 
Among the questions asked of the 304blog founders is “What’s your advice to would-be bloggers to attract an audience…?”
Their answer:  “Write good content.”
Now they tell me. 
See the full article here. 

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Real office heroes.

Destination Unknown presents “Real office heroes.”
Real office heroes.
Today we salute you, Mr. Never Makes Coffee at Work guy.
Mr. Never Makes Coffee at Work guy!
You drink a lot of coffee, but there’s no chance in hell you’ll take thirty seconds of your time to make a new pot.
I took the last cup.
Rather than make more [...]

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Yeah, it’s a YouTube video.

When I started Destination Unknown oh so long ago I told myself I wasn’t going to be one of those bloggers who just posts YouTube videos day after day.  But my friend Spike, of Spike Nesmith’s Rage Machine fame, produced a video too good not to share. 
The footage is of the abandoned Weston State [...]

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Those amazing Chinese

Chinese media are reporting that the closing ceremonies of this year’s summer Olympics will spotlight Xiu Xiu Lee, who they say is the oldest woman on earth.  Chinese officials claim that Lee turned 129 in June.
When asked about possible inclusion into the Guinness Book of World Records, Guinness officials stated, “The Chinese government showed us [...]

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Three weeks with the Kindle(tm)

I recently told you that I was the proud new owner of an Amazon Kindle e-book reader, and I gave you my initial impressions after playing with it for a few days.  Now that I’ve spent more quality time with it I’ve come to know more of its strengths and weaknesses. 
It has already [...]

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Murder and motivation.

It’s amazing what you can learn when you read.  And sometimes lessons come from unexpected sources.
Over the past couple of years I’ve devoured self-help books as fast as I can get my hands on them.  The net result has been a new outlook on life and a rediscovered sense of self-worth. 
Well, that’s what I [...]

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