While hanging up drywall, I practically put our electric screwdriver through my left ring finger. Luckily there is a bone in there, so I just drilled a neat hole into the flesh of the pad. I figured a picture may not have been appropriate, though I was tempted. There is something comforting about the smell [...]

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Broadband. The very word is like a kick in the stomach. After waiting months for Cross Country Broadband to get their act together and start offering two-way satellite, they finally renamed themselves National Broadband and began selling the Astra service. You must check out their site. (Oh, boy.) Now I am so desperate for broadband [...]

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Just when you thought this was a serious blog, this happened … Merry Christmas.

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We think of Bethlehem every time we light our Moravian star …

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For the second year in a row, the Christmas television schedule has been pretty lousy. Where is It’s a Wonderful Life or the original Miracle on 34th Street? I couldn’t even find the Charlie Brown Christmas Special or the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Though Dickens can be a bit dark on the Christmas cheer [...]

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