Patrick Tillett

I just went through a pretty long period without a hair cut. It got so bushy that I wouldn't leave the house without a hat on.  There is...

Last January, I asked a question (and gave my answer) in a blog post about E-books vs. regular books. To see that post click here. "W...

I haven't been able to spend as much time here as I'd like to lately and that isn't going to change for a while. We are curren...

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while already know that I’ve had a few scrapes with the authorities in my life. I PROMISE ...

I don't often post video, but this one is so very true and funny!

I try to keep my anger sequestered from the rest of my life, as it is counterproductive to what I want to do and where I want to go. But som...

Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion is, " To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction." ------------------...

As many of you know, my wife is Japanese and most of her family lives in Japan.   We’ve made contact with some  of them and they tell us tha...

Ingmar Bergman (movie director, producer and writer) said "Everything in life is worth as much as a belch, the only difference being th...

A short time ago, I read an interesting post at Clarissa Draper's blog Listen to the Voices . The subject was the difference in cost (or...

Although I took the following photos in Laguna, they aren't really related to the storm damage. Always a fairly common sight around...

About two weeks ago I posted Big Doings in So Cal . As you already know, there was a lot of storm damage here. Yesterday my wife and I went ...

Many of you are used to extreme weather. Where I live, we are not. We live in a semi-arid very hilly area and even rainstorms cause us probl...

It’s been 5 days since my surgery. So far it’s been kind of a mixed bag. I’m super happy to report that the surgery was a total success. I w...

Foraminotomy is a surgical procedure performed to enlarge the passageway where a spinal nerve root exits the spinal canal. Laminotomy is...

Before I start, I'd like to make one thing very clear. I love books. I love reading them, I love looking at them, I love touching them, ...

Do you have "names" for people in your neighborhood that you either don't know, or don't like? We do... Dysfunctional Fa...

Many of you are aware of the annual July 4th "water war" on our street. It should come as no surprise that Halloween is a pretty b...

Yesterday afternoon I was sitting on the patio, when my seven year old granddaughter Taylor, walked out of the house with my magnifying gl...

A short time ago, buymebarbies and I heard an odd noise.  We looked out the front window and saw this... please enlarge Obviously ...