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Monthly Archives May 2026

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Should I Tip In USD or Local Currency While In Mexico?

I’ve never done this before but my original post from March 2019 is displaying weirdly and I’m too lazy to dig into my blog’s plug-ins and undercarriage to fix it right now. So I’m just going to re-post the entire thing (with the slightly changed title that this really applies for tourists in Mexico in […]

Posted 21 May 2026 § Blog § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Meetings

Running an effective meeting is one of the core skills managers and supervisors need in any organization.  (I don’t agree with everything in this picture but I do agree that meetings and how they are run is a reflection of your larger culture.)

Posted 20 May 2026 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Happy 19th Birthday Pace!

Posted 19 May 2026 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “And nothing ever stays/Nothing comes to mind/And no one can erase/The days we left behind”

We’re all getting older and mortality seems very close sometimes… “Days We Left Behind” – Paul McCartney “April Come She Will/Sound of Silence” – Paul Simon

Posted 18 May 2026 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Wonder Is The Fabric of Existence

Posted 17 May 2026 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Seven Year Ditch?

We bought our house in fall 2019 so have lived here for nearly seven years. When we moved, we got a dumpster and got rid of a lot of excess crap that was old/broken/worn or that we didn’t want to move for one reason or another (as much as I wanted to keep that 1989 […]

Posted 16 May 2026 § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Hogan vs. Flair

In terms of the biggest “what ifs” in wrestling is what a match between the two biggest stars of the 80s & 90s, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair would have been like with proper build-up before being a main event at wrestling’s biggest event, Wrestlemania. It was possible for Wrestlemania VIII but never happened with […]

Posted 15 May 2026 § MemoryLane § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The Partridge Family (Jan 2022)

Nice when the snow is high enough to go over the top of our backyard fence and we get some visitors!

Posted 14 May 2026 § Animals § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Hantavirus Projections (Don’t Worry About It, Worry About What Comes Next)

1/n: I could be wrong, of course, but my take about this hantavirus outbreak is less about the actual outbreak and more about what it means in the context of the last two decades and moving forward. Let me explain… — Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) (@PeterHotez) May 12, 2026  

Posted 13 May 2026 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Charlie Sunshine

Posted 12 May 2026 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °