Author Archives: Michael Waring

I found some more menus from the Super Chief train and this time I’ve got one with breakfast, lunch and dinner. So, looking over the breakfast menu, I see it’s pretty similar to the one I wrote about a few … Continue reading →

On our magical mystery tour to jolly old England, we’ve decided this time rather than using those new-fangled jet aircraft to fly over, we’re going do this totally old-school. We’re going to take the train to New York, just like … Continue reading →

Plans continue to progress with the whole living in London for a while idea. We are now only weeks away. So along with picking up conversational British a la P.G. Wodehouse, I felt I also need to become a little … Continue reading →

Ok, I’m going to promote a new law, and I do this very reluctantly, as I don’t like promulgating regulations as a rule. Instead of new laws, I’d much rather politicians spend their time rolling back old laws, lots of … Continue reading →

Sometimes, when I’m standing in a line at the grocery store, the person next in line will turn around and look at me and ask, “Why are you in the ten-items-or-less line when you have enough groceries to feed a … Continue reading →

I gotta say, this product is perversely brilliant. How many times have you been sitting there in the car, stuck in a stop-and-go traffic jam on the interstate, that’s going to take you at least an extra hour to get … Continue reading →

I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about sleepwear as a rule, but a post on Boing Boing got the old grey matter percolating. I like the idea of pajamas more than I like the actuality. I’d be keen … Continue reading →

This fall, we’ve decided to leave the country, and go and live for a while in that Scepter’d Isle, that Green And Pleasant Land, also known as England. We thought it would give us a chance to experience a foreign … Continue reading →

In today’s edition of So Totally Not Awesome, we have this flyer from a local weekend event that a friend sent us. Thanks Beth! See this is the weird thing. It’s central Colorado, it’s summer, and people should be outside, … Continue reading →

The other day, yesterday to be exact, I was online filling out an application for a bank account, because we like to spread our money around. Sort of like, if you only have a couple of teaspoons of mayo left … Continue reading →