[stextbox id=”warning” caption=”Did You Know?”]Kentucky Fried Chicken was originally Kentucky Fried Tuna, and Colonel Sanders was actually an admiral in the Japanese Navy, but after World War II and the animosity between Americans and Japanese, it was decided to change the image of the popular restaurant. An idea for a spin-off of the cuisine, Kentucky…

I don’t know how many of my fans are also Duncan Sheik fans, but I like his music, particularly his earlier stuff. One song of his that resonated particularly sadly for me is House Full of Riches, which is quite melancholy, and also serves as a warning to anyone inclined to take the good things…

I have talked about this before. Germs are not only not bad, they are necessary for children. Without them, we don’t mount an immune response and end up with all kinds of problems as adults. I thought of this today as I read an article by Art Caplan, Ph.D. called In praise of germs: Why common bugs…

Today is Abby’s birthday. I hope to take her to dinner if she is feeling up to it, but if she’s not, I’ll do whatever she wants and needs. I’m still sort of shopping for gifts for her, since I don’t exactly know what to get her. Like my parents for the last 30 years…

In reviewing some of my images from my November 2006 Guadalupe Mountains/Carlsbad Caverns trip Sticks and Stones, I decided that when I created the trip report, I shortchanged my readers. There were so many great images from that trip that I added 32 additional images to the report. Check it out here.

[stextbox id=”warning” caption=”Did You Know?”]The exclamation point was originally called the “explanation point”, and was intended to indicate that a statement was factual, as in, “Paris is in France!” The usage was eventually dropped because it seemed like everything being written was too exciting.[/stextbox]

“I find it ironic that Republicans (like Rick Santorum) are out there wanting less government and government intruding into our lives, but when it comes to moral issues they want government to legislate morality. It doesn’t work. It will never work.” ~Steven Hirsch, founder and co-chairman of Los Angeles-based Vivid Entertainment, one of the largest…

Robert made it down for the weekend, which cheered up Abby immensely. Abby looked great and definitely seemed to feel better. Robert and I made meals, talked about imaging, made some pictures, put a few bullets downrange at the pond, and even made time to drive a vehicle Robert is toying with buying, a Daihatsu…

[stextbox id=”warning” caption=”Did You Know?”]Aretha Franklin had a younger, less-successful sister named Urethra.[/stextbox]

Abby didn’t feel much like going to work today, and with rain and wind waking me up two hours before my alarm, neither did I. Rain is forecast through the entire weekend, accompanied by a cold front. There are few things in the world colder than cold rain. Even snow seems warmer and more inviting…

Moments after I deactivated my Facebook account, I navigated to WordPress.com, and clicked on a “Freshly Pressed” blog my an artist named Diane Foug. Check out her site to find out why it is better than any Facebook page by a factor of about 60.

[stextbox id=”warning” caption=”Did You Know?”]When John F. Kennedy supposedly said we should go to the moon by the end of the decade, he actually said we should, “go to the mood,” referring to his penchant for prescription painkillers, but due to his accent, the United States entered the moon race instead.[/stextbox]

As the years of my chronic dissatisfaction with Facebook have progressed, I am deciding, finally, to get out of it all together. If you want to keep up with me, which as a rule you do not, this is where you can find me, at richardbarron.net. But I know that with a few exceptions, you…