As it happens, I am dropping my old location because I am not going to renew that domain (crackback.net).  The site was started as part of my keeper fantasy football league, but we’ve disbanded, so I’m dumping the registration.  As a result, I no longer have that for my blog.

So, Free WordPress site, here I am.   All this change may or may not affect how much I actually blog, but I like to have this around for the occasional useless piece of “information” that I feel the world must know about.

Again, thanks for bothering to read this far…maybe there will be more soon.

As he puts it on his site:

Have you ever wondered what Dark Side of the Moon would sound like if Pink Floyd had written it for NES, instead of for a rock band?

Now we know…Check out one of the more popular Floyd tunes as written for a Nintendo Entertainment System:

• “Money”

or get the full Dark Side of the Moon album.

The point of this post is to gripe. Yesterday, I received a letter in the mail regarding the census. In looking at the envelope, I figured it was the questionnaire that has been promised in oh-so-many TV commercial jingles. So, as I do all my mail, I open it. What do I find? A letter, printed on paper (of course) stating that in about a week I would receive my census document(s). Wait. What?

If I have this correct, I just received a letter that told me I was going to receive a letter. Does anyone else think this is completely freakin’ asinine?

How much (of my tax!) money was spent writing, producing, and shipping a letter to let me know that I would soon receive a letter? How much paper was used on the letter & envelope–presumably to hundreds of millions of people? According to the interwebs (which are never wrong, of course), 1 ream (500 sheets) of paper uses about 6% of a tree. So, somewhat conservatively, let’s says 100 million households in the US. 100m / 500 = 200,000 reams of paper. 200k * 6% of a tree = 12,000 trees. Really? This was necessary? I think it’s just plain stupid and ridiculously wasteful, and when it comes right down to it, sad for the repercussions imposed on future generations.

Christmas Day is drawing oh-so-near,
It’s the most secretive time of year,
Planning and decorating,
Celebrating and scheming,
Hmm, I think it’s about time for beer.

Now, enjoy the pretty lights! (Make sure you have sound enabled.)

One day, Mom was in the back, giving a bath to the youngest boy. The other two boys were in the family room playing the Wii. Seemingly, out of nowhere, the middle boy starts wailing as though he has been the victim of the most unholy injustice known on this planet. This causes the youngest to comment: “Beanbaum hurt Yucas?”. This is not uncommon, it’s a regular thing for brothers to fight. We all know that. The older is bigger and not afraid to get physical with the middle brother.

Mom, pausing to get youngest boy out of the tub before launching the investigation, arrives a short time after the initial wailing has subsided. Unnoticed, she overhears part of the conversation between brothers:

Middle Boy: “I can make the sound whenever I want. I don’t have the face down yet though.”

Luckily, he hasn’t yet learned that only he should have that knowledge: 1. Once Parents realize it, he’ll lose that advantage, and 2. it’ll only get him pounded more often by older brother anyway.

(no, I’m not dead or giving up “blogging”, just a bit lazy, and not much worth noting)

This is the real deal for anyone who may think they have “lost” money in Oregon. Check it out–hope you get yours.

• Unclaimed Property Name Search

The (great) guy that setup and handles our phone technology needs has a last name of ‘Tap’. That’s right: Tap.

So, is it purely ironic & just a coincidence?
Do you think he ever struggles with the ethics while setting up phone lines to listen in?
Was it destiny that he became involved with phones?
Perhaps a long-ago ancestor silently listened in to a conversation, and hence the phrase is actually named after him?

Wonder who else I know that has a name suitable to their line of work… ?