I think both of the candidates did well tonight, though overall I believe John Kerry handled himself better than Bush. A few times during the evening Bush seemed to become confused and wander offtopic. Kerry pretty much remained focussed. Neither candidate seemed to be able to keep the other on the defensive for long, though Kerry seemed to have the upper hand there as well. No small feat for the challenger...   more »

Last week, after a couple silent decades since its minor eruption in 1986 and massive eruption in 1980, Mount Saint Helens suddenly began grumbling again...   more »

This past weekend was a fun and busy one.  My geocaching agenda was to hit three local caches all on the same conservation land between Outlook Reservoir and Falula Reservoir here in Fitchburg.  The Burkes joined us on Saturday for apple picking and geocaching, and I figured on trying to pick up any caches we didn't get to on the following day...   more »

Once again the latest Name that Movie presented by James inspires me to offer up my own challenge...   more »

If you use PayPal or know anyone who does, please take note of this, tonite I received a very strange e-mail, apparently from PayPal...   more »

This morning before work I set off to find the Hartwell Bridge cache. It was a beautiful misty morning, and I was excited by the prospect of locating this cache. Be warned, if you are planning to go looking for this cache yourself, there are serious spoilers in this article...   more »

With the arrival today of a 1967 Northwest Territories plate, my collection of license plates has grown to the point where there is only one plate left that I need, a 1967 Nevada plate.  I updated the license plate photo album today with some new images.

It's a sad truth of my life that most of my best and most interesting ideas are shamlessly stolen from my dear friend of almost 20 years, James. Back in May of 2002 James discussed the pastime of geocaching on his blog, then in August of this year he started doing it himself. Intrigued by his stories and adventures I decided to try it myself...   more »

As a followup to the latest Name that Movie presented by James, here's one that you may find a little easier...   more »

Lack of recent blog updates appears to be a side effect of my mood. I seem to have slipped into a depression over the last couple weeks. Having serious trouble feeling anything remotely akin to happiness...   more »

Okay, it's no secret that I love cheesy classic horror/sci-fi movies, and this 1965 oinker is a definitely a bad movie, but there were also some things about Planet of the Vampires (or "Terror in Space", as it was known in Italian) that I really liked, and I found, at least for this particular film, a whole new way to enjoy it. Read on...   more »