Seems like I've been posting more and more lists instead of actual content in recent weeks. It's been a bit crazy over here, and we're still catching up. I think we'll be ready for Christmas some time in... how's January 15th? Who moved the date for Christmas up this year …

Yestarday we received our first measurable snowfall im Michigan. We received about an inch or two of snow fall, which isn't really much compared to some of the storms we've had in ithe past. Unfortunately, since this is the first one, everything went all topsy-turvey. Driving home, I waited about …

Some random thoughts about food:

1. My wife, JoDee, makes the best pork chops in the world. Bar none. Pork turns into something absolutely wonderful when she cooks it.
2. JoDee and Ruth made an awesome Turkey-day dinner for Thanksgiving. It was teh yummi3z.
3. McDonald's has patented the sandwich. No, not the …

Our local PBS affiliate is in the middle of their pledge week. It's sad that I know this because I haven't watched our PBS affiliate for several weeks. The reason I haven't watched is because they keep screwing with the schedule during pledge week. Instead of showing the quality programming …

here's some of the goodies I saw in recent catalogs for Black Friday shopping:

• OK, can anyone enlighten me on why this Craftsman Thermometer is necessary? Outsid of the initial "Oh, look, the walls are 67F", and the humorous "Kid's sick. I just took his temperature from across the room …