Tales from FAR Manor

Lordy, my cellphone camera bites. But I refuse to be shackled to Stinkular for two more years. Anyway...

Standing outside at the in-laws’ this evening, after eating watermelon: Mrs. Fetched, Daughter Dearest, me, and Mrs. Fetched’s mom. And a bu...

A few bits and bobs that don’t merit their own posts… *** A guy at an OEM company we’re dealing with at work goes by the name of “Raining Ca...

Continued from Part III (start at Part I ) IV. The Passives (reprise) “Babe?” “Yeah?” “Did you ever think things would be… I don’t know… dif...

Sometimes, following links takes you to some odd places. This particular oddity odyssey started with a MacDevCenter article , which led O’R...

No, not The Boy, although he was gone for a couple of days. I’m talking about this guy: There’s a lot of weird bugs in the world, but to me...

About a week ago, I complained about our tendency as tech writers to become slaves to our tools . Tonight I provide a counter-example — what...

Shortly after getting home from work on Wednesday, Mrs. Fetched told me a tale of… “whoa.” A while back, some friends of ours moved out of a...

The last time we saw Lobster in this chronicle, back in May, he had: no wheels (lost his truck to Big V); not much education; no permanent ...

I poured my self a generous helping of rum over crushed ice, and added enough grapefruit juice to fill the glass. But I’m not wasted as lon...

[This list is now obsolete. Please refer to the current list .] To make this blog easier to write (and read), I’m considering using a series...

I don’t think it broke 75 here today — it has been overcast all day, except when it was pouring down rain. It was kind of nice to get a day ...

Techcommdood related a flare-up over Flare on techwr-l, a mailing list strictly dedicated to work-related communication by and for technica...

I got a new power brick for my iBook the other day, and the new battery should be shipped as soon as I resolve a credit card issue with the ...

Continued from Part II (start at Part I ) “If he tries to bring it in the bathroom while I’m taking a shower,” his wife growls, “I’ll kill h...

M.A.E. is still in the hospital; tomorrow is her earliest chance of getting out and it could be until Friday. She still hasn’t gotten to the...

With M.A.E. (as we thought) on the mend from her “infection,” I grabbed Mrs. Fetched and Daughter Dearest, jumped into Barge Vader, and hea...

Current music: Lift It - World-Wide Message Tribe Sing it with me… Well, my laptop battery’s dead, It’s power supply’s gone flaky, Another h...

M.A.E. was complaining of back pain early this morning — it got her up and into the shower at 7:30 a.m., before anyone else was moving. That...

Continued from Part I II. The Producer The phone rings. Husband and wife look at each other for a moment, and he says, “I’ve got it, I’m clo...