Tales from FAR Manor

Early yesterday evening, cancer finished the job it started on my uncle Sonny a couple of years ago. He was unresponsive by the time we got ...

Actually, I knew this was coming, but was hoping to put it off for another week or two. My uncle in Florida, mom’s brother and dad’s best bu...

They passed out bonuses at work on Wednesday — a little earlier than I was prepared for, because I’d like a new MacBook but want to wait on ...

Things are rapidly getting back to what the problem children call “normal” — staying out waaayy past 10:30p.m. curfew and the like. Mrs. Fet...

Have you ever felt like something wasn’t right, but you can’t articulate it? That’s how I’m feeling tonight. Or maybe it’s just an excuse to...

The last two weekends have involved yard work. It’s amazing how a simple thing like mowing down some border plants (they grow better when th...

Almost like hitting the lottery ....

This one just won’t wait for Friday night — it’s a jaw-dropper! Turn up your sound and check out Chris Bliss: Must-See Finale

I sold a photo this week! Or I should say, Mrs. Fetched sold it. It was a shot of Amicalola Falls that also appears in Fall at the Falls fr...

Stopping by on the way back to Michigan. Updates will probably be slow (again) for the next couple of days.

The boss told us in the staff meeting that the word for the year is “automation.” I told him I could automate quite a bit of my work by goin...

The Boy has had a Chevy Lumina sitting in the driveway for a couple of months now, waiting for the title to come in so he could get plates a...

Busy week so far. Tuesday night, Daughter Dearest and her high school chorus got to go to downtown Atlanta to sing the national anthem at a ...

Warnings: Very long post, graphic I have to say, I’ve lived a relatively sheltered — one could even say “whitebread” — existence. What I’ve ...

O’Reilly’s MacDevCenter blog recently ran a short article about the concerns over long-term preservation of today’s digital media. It’s an ...

When the wallet and the attention span just aren’t up for a night at the theater, Tales from FAR Manor scours the inboxes and search engine...

Lobster called from work, wondering if we were going to pick him up. Um... no. He really must think that nothing I say has any actual conte...

One of the IT folks came by my cube this afternoon, with a brand-new toy: a Cisco VoIP phone. Ain’t it cute? Unfortunately, they don’t quite...

Google is starting to take notice of Mac users, finally. They’ve released three DashBoard Widgets , of which I installed two: the Blogger wi...

Answer: neither one are very secure. I’m working at home today. Before I was even able to grab some breakfast, Mrs. Fetched was telling me w...