Another month in the books and things are settling down to a dull roar. The only real big expense this month was settling up with Verizon. In transportation I replaced brakes and a tire on the bike, in misc. a few odds and ends, gifts while up north, a small piece of hardware for the [...]
County rejects big box store. Capt. Fritter
You know how sometimes a certain smell can revive a long lost memory? It happened to me yesterday. Unfortunately, it wasn’t one of those warm fuzzy happy memories. I pedaled over to South Roosevelt to see what the status was on the construction project going on. They were repaving the highway and heading around [...]
I don’t know. When I travel I like to drag as little crap along with me as I possibly need. It depends on the nature of the trip of course, where and for how long I will be traveling, but I still like to travel as light as practicable. Judging from what I observed on [...]
A new blog has been started by Julia to chronicle her journey to minimalism and living aboard a boat. Here is the link…Journey to Minimalism. Stop by and say hello. She is new at this blogging stuff so be gentle and help her out. Don’t go being mean to her or you will face the [...]
Celebrate 2 sunsets a year? Please. Capt. Fritter
NSFW language… Capt. Fritter
I need more weeks like this past one. A little bit of food, a ride on the bus, and not a whole lot of anything else. Reduce down to the basics and living on $50 a day is a breeze. But it won’t last of course. Next week I will be heading out on a [...]
Showing up on time? Dressing appropriately? Communication skills? How about some other things like: Blind obedience to authority…right or wrong. Lying to customers. Gender discrimination. Wages unfit to live on. Toeing the company line. Disregard for safety. Worker exploitation. No layoffs? Sure, when you hire temp and part time workers with 3 month contracts, they [...]
I’m referring of course to that digital version of the Borg collective commonly known as Facebook. Seems there is a big todo about FB this week. The IPO comes out meaning the stock will be trading live and making a few people very wealthy and a lot of people very poor. I won’t offer any [...]