At the moment I have Comcast cable and Comcast broadband Internet service at the house. It works well most of the time, but it does seem that about once or twice every quarter the service goes off for no apparent reason and stays off for several hours. A call to tech support only gets a standardized response that there are temporary outages in our area.Now, if I can’t get online and do my Internet stuff from home on my schedule, I [...]
My youngest sister just sent me a post card from Orlando Florida, where she has been for the last week visiting with her in-laws and having fun with the kids with all that Orlando has to offer for family fun. They have been planning this trip for such a long time, saving up what little cash they could stick away for the past few years and are now in the land of sun shine having the time of their lives. [...]
About 5 years ago I had the opportunity to visit St. Louis and meet up with a bunch of fellow internet fanatics for the weekend. We all had rooms at a hotel near the airport, and next door to the hotel was a convenient Appleby’s Restaurant. We rented out their small ballroom and set up a bunch of tables and played cards from Friday night until Sunday night. We played cards so long that our hands hurt from shuffling the [...]