Diversions

Mark Minasi's latest newsletter talks about a nonillion (and a half) of possibilities if you have a 15-character passphrase of all lowercase letters. Mark has some good ideas, and this one isn't necessarily a bad one….

I think I have some more insight into the number line mystery. While browsing books at the thrift store today, it came to me quite suddenly that I had some idea about the extra numbers found on this line in some books. Not that it matters, but this…

We recently became enamored of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. We're slow, okay? Anyway, in the process, I've been educated (somewhat) about the number line found in many books these days. Specifically, that the series 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 appears to…

On recent USAirways flights to the Caribbean, our flights were late – and so the headsets for the in-flight entertainment were provided free of charge. Meanwhile, a return flight from San Francisco to Charlotte last week had a charge of $5 for the headset – on a red-eye…

Last night marked the third time that we visited the Off Tryon Theatre Company (OTTC). The show this time was Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love. Quite a lengthy (and odd) title, to be sure, but don't judge the performance on title alone!…

Camping: The mere thought brings fear to some people, and joy to others. All without even leaving the house. Not content to just think about it, our family actually went camping this weekend, so we visited Arrowhead Campground near Troy, North Carolina, located in the Uwharrie National Forest….

We once again made our way to a production of the Off Tryon Theatre Company (OTTC) last night. On our last visit, a few months ago, we saw the fine production of Quills. Once again, we were not disappointed. The show this time was Boy Gets Girl, the…

I must say that the Amazon wish list feature is simply divine. Okay, now I feel like I need to have some tea or something. Seriously, since I added the link a few months ago, I have received a number of surprises in the mail. Very nice….

The other day we found out that our youngest had the croup. Pretty nasty sounding cough accompanies the croup, but luckily, it didn't seem that there was much damage. Mostly just dried out from the lack of humidity in the winter air. Our heat pump is badly in…

I tell you, this wish list thing is cool. Just today, I received The Shawshank Redemption (on DVD) delivered to my door (well, to the mailbox), with absolutely no effort on my part. Many thanks go out to Patrick from Nova Scotia, who seems to like MT-Outliner!…