Journal Of The Random

Last year, like so many before, Veterans’ Day snuck up on me very quickly.  To be honest, I didn’t realize it was Veterans’ Day until I heard ManCow talking about it on the radio during my morning commute to work. Continue reading Take a Veteran to Lunch!

Memorial Day is a day set aside to reflect upon the sacrifices of those who gave their lives in defense of their nation (family, friends, and neighbors). Cookouts are fine…but that’s not the point. Continue reading Memorial Day Reminder…

So, you’ve been laid off from your job of 10 years and desperately need health care coverage for your family of five?  Thanks to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1986,  your previous employer is required to make available to you, at your expense, the same coverage that you had as an employee for a period of 18 months.  (Some stipulations apply.) Continue reading The COBRA conundrum

A few years ago, we moved from a location where we had municipal trash pickup into a non-municipal area where we had to either pay for weekly trash pickup out-of-pocket or take the trash to our local ‘convenience’ center.   Continue reading Waste Management’s Sneaky Price Increase

Tetrahydrocannabinol

I will refer to the excellent article at Wikipedia and the Office of National Drug Policy concerning the specific details concerning Cannabis, and I will concentrate primarily on what I deem to be a no-nonsense and quite practical approach to its regulation…or lack thereof. Continue reading Legalize It!

As I progress through this life, I strive, from day to day, to continually pursue the divine.  In that, I mean that I see life as a continual search for spiritual awakening and as such I attempt to seek a state of awareness which leads, ultimately, to God.  (God, god, the divine, peace, whatever you may want to call it…) Continue reading The Sacrifice within Christianity

So, my search for a usable cross-platform development environment has led me to a crossroads. I have tinkered with REALBasic, Java, .NET/Mono, and browser-based solutions; however, my real strength has always been C/C++ and I know there exists a vast array of available source code for doing everything from encryption to networking. Continue reading QtAmortize v0.1