Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Interesting Background on FAIR This blog post on By Common Consent has an interesting history of FAIR told by a former board member. A less interesting description can be found on Wikipedia. The quote I liked: While I’m on this topic, I have some free advice for the Church. I have never been
Parking More Parking Lots Should Have More Walkways The Target in San Clemente has nice walkways in the parking lot. You don't have to stress about someone trying to run you over or that you are holding up cars looking for spots.
Youtube Fixing an LG gas dryer that won't heat up after cleaning the dryer vents This video on Youtube explains how to stick your hand through the back and press a little black button down to reset it.
Games The Victory Condition One of my favorite Penny Arcade strips: Here is the part I like from the article: We got a question at a PAX once - Prime I think, or… PAX West, as I think it's called now - about how I felt when my son defeated me in
Christmas Hammond Lights Expands to North Carolina I brought Fletch a little lights controller and some new mini RGB lights so he could put something up in his dorm room. 0:00/1×
Fun It's Fun I have been enjoying this essay, The Holy Anarchy of Fun. It is hard to pick one quote to sum it up. But I like this one: One thing I learned early about fun is that having it on command is hard. Fun is a child of accident and chaos,
Travel Atlas Obscura In Durham Atlas Obscura is my favorite site for finding something interesting to see when on vacation in any location. Durham has five listings: 1) Duke Lemur Center 2) Bennett Place 3) Tuba Collection 4) The Can-opener bridge 5) Hidden Dinosaur I had already seen the 11 foot 8 can-opener bridge but
Weather Hurricane Ian Kari made a nice map showing Ian avoiding Eddie and Fletch as it came inland. I was also in Durham on Friday September 30th and although they called for a tropical storm warning and cancelled afternoon classes at the university there was nothing more than some wind and moderate rain.
Food Modern Apizza Between Bar, Pepe's, and Modern Apizza in New Haven I believe Modern has the best pizza.
Food Pepe's Pizza in New Haven Pepe's claims to be one of the first pizza spots in the USA. The restaurant has a great atmosphere and the pizza is great. But Bar in New Haven has a better thin crust pizza in my opinion.
Food Birch Beer I had never heard of Birch Beer. At a pizza place in New Haven the waitress offered it to me and couldn't believe I had never heard of it. It is basically root beer but it is clear like sprite.
Music High School Football San Juan Hills only has three home games this year. The band wasn't ready for a show on the first game and the second game is homecoming so the band doesn't perform. So they will only perform during the third game. But it is still fun
Golf 9 Holes of Golf Calvin has played a total of 8 rounds of golf. He told me on the last round that he thought 9 holes would be a good number for an afternoon. So we tried that on our most recent outing. He was right. It was a good number of holes for
Food Mexican Pizza is Back Taco Bell says the Mexican Pizza is back permanently. I picked one up in Mission Viejo and it was great.
Christmas Nick Holonyak Jr., pioneer of LED lighting, dies There wouldn't be a light show without Nick Holonyak Jr. “It’s a good thing I was an engineer and not a chemist. When I went to show them my LED, all the chemists at GE said, ‘You can’t do that. If you were a chemist, you’
Concerts Shut Up Cards I can't believe how often I'm at a concert or performance and the people near me are talking or whispering. Sometimes they aren't even trying to be quiet about it. So I ordered some shut up cards to try handing to people next time
History History Lesson at the San Juan Chapel The LDS chapel next to San Juan Hills High School in San Juan Capistrano has a really interesting tile mural and two plaques. Text of plaque one: THE MORMON BATTALION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, 1846-47 MADE UP ENTIRELY OF MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS,
Golf El Caballero Country Club I played in the 2022 SCGA Junior annual fundraiser tournament in September at the El Caballero Country Club. There was some interesting history about the club they had on a poster in the clubhouse.
Do not speed in Switzerland (again) Liechtenstein gave me a ticket for speeding and now Switzerland caught up with me. Two tickets in one trip. This one also appears to only be about 70 euros. But their speeding cameras are definitely out to get you. They send the ticket information to the rental car company. Then
Signs Overly Courteous A great message at the end of the Mountain to Meadow trail in Big Sky, Montana.
animals Ptarmigan Point I had never heard of a ptarmigan before this summer. One of the sporting clay stations in Moonlight is named "Ptarmigan Point." The P is silent. Ptarmigan are grouse. It was explained to me that they aren't stupid like people think. They are just good at
animals Moose A moose in Big Sky. They say moose are very dangerous. They charge people for no reason.
