Review Review: Prana Convertible Pants Prana Convertible pants available at REI. I have two pairs of these pants and have been happy with them for about 5 years. Pros: They can switch from pants to shorts and back. The zipper mechanism for adding the pants on is easy to use. They have a built-in belt
Food Review: Bob Ross Positive Energy Drink This one actually seems worse than the fun dip. A Bob Ross canned drink. It is called a "positive energy" drink. It didn't taste particularly great. My mood was a bit positive though. But that good mood might have been because I was driving down the
Food Bear Paws for Shredding Pork These bear paws are an essential tool for shredding slow cooked pork. I have also tried some with skinnier all metal "fingers" but they don't work nearly as well.
Food Givebutter 100% Transparency At a local high school football game the snack bar had an option to pay with Apple Pay. I chose that option and scanned a QR code on my phone and was taken to a site where I then put in the total for my transaction and could check out.
Travel Business iMessages I had my first exoerience with an official business through iMessage on an iPhone with Delta. It looked nice in Messages. It showed their branding and had a different color from the usual text bubbles.
Travel GetHuman.com is a scam now GetHuman.com used to be a great site to easily find a good customer service phone number for a company. I went to it to find a number for Delta Airlines and they had two numbers shown. One for customer service and one for book a flight now. I tried
Christmas Storage Space in Odyssey Minivan The Odyssey has an incredible amount of storage space. We started transporting the Christmas lights from storage to the house this week. The 2018 Odyssey has 144.9 cubic feet of storage. A 2018 Chevy Suburban has 121 cubic feet of storage. The van really is amazing for storage when
Travel Hand Towel Art Not just for cruise ships apparently. Pineapple from Homewood Suites in Durham.
Shirts DUMB T-Shirts We get a kick out of the Duke University Marching Band going by D.U.M.B. So I made some special DUMB t-shirts for family weekend at Duke. Video i like that shows the process of silk screening with a cricut.
Music Paul Simon Turns 81 Some of my favorites. Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon | Pushkin IndustriesExperience Malcolm Gladwell’s new Paul Simon audiobook, Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon. This unique artistic portrait features hours of intimate conversations and music.Pushkin Industries I also love an iTunes Original album that features Paul
Christmas Light Prep 0:00/1× The four front patio trees have been trimmed in preparation for Christmas lights.
Skiing 78 Days until Ski Season Begins 78 days for me at least. And I found an excellent blog / podcast by Jackson Hogen. This article is great: On Taking What the Mountain Gives You. Americans tend to treat all athletic endeavors as metaphors for war. Our most cherished spectator sports are either grounded in a military ethos
Food Review: Bobs Ross Flavor Palette I picked this up while in line at Michael's. It seemed a little unsavory to use the deceased Bob Ross to sell a Fun-Dip ripoff. But I like Bob Ross and Fun-Dip so I gave it a try. The colors / flavors are not very creative. What about Prussian
Georgia Macon, Georgia Eddie got transferred to Macon. Atlas Obscura says Macon was the home of the Allman brothers and there is a big museum dedicated to them. The most expensive house currently for sale in Macon is $1,995,500 and is 11,892 sq feet.
Driving Flat Tire on Tesla X The passenger side rear tire on the Tesla X went flat. We had just pulled into a parking space at the Arroyo Trabuco golf course when the car said the tire was flat and to immediately pull over. We jumped out of the car to look at the tires and
Science Opposite of Sublimation I have always liked the idea of sublimation. A solid going directly to a gas and skipping the liquid phase. The obvious example is dry ice. Calvin told me about deposition this year. I never knew there was a reverse of sublimation or what its name was. The easy example
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.
