On Wednesday we and three other couples, dear friends all, dined at Jimmy Oh’s, a new restaurant located on Koke Mill in the same development with the Corner Pub. We had a wonderful time and the food was of the delicious variety. I won’t be writing a review of the restaurant, since not everyone let [...]

My wife and kids are going east to visit relatives in Maine and Vermont for a couple of weeks. I’ll be staying home to work, because I love it so.

They’re flying out of Midway Airport on a flight that’s scheduled to depart at 7:15 AM. Rather than leave Springfield at 2:00 in the morning, we [...]

The first ever Spfldbloggers night at Slider Stadium was a rousing somewhat success. There was a conspicuous absence of bloggers, but those that showed presented themselves well.
I got to sit and talk with Nick, Johann (thanks for the beer) and Shoo for a couple of innings before my children - suffering from fatigue after a [...]

I must admit that this year’s lineup for the American Music Show initially left me a bit  underwhelmed. Although last year’s Romantic’s set wasn’t the highlight of my evening (the Shazam and the Bottle Rockets shared that distinction), I thought it was a good move to add a one-time Top 40 act to the bill. [...]

I can’t access the Internet on our home PC. But here’s the deal, I can access it on my laptop, which connects wirelessly to the same DSL connection. I’m assuming that this means that the problem isn’t with the modem or the router, but within the PC itself. Here’s where things stand:

I’ve tried rebooting the [...]