Tag Archives: Friends

Watching A Yahoo Group Die

A long long time ago I ran a Yahoo Group entitled Marcon Drinkers it was started in 2001.   Before this group was started my circle of friends had another message board we were using.   One of the administrators went off the deep end started banning people and deleting posts.  He eventually found it funny just

The Freaking Mile Long Pier in Huron

Image from here The stupid mile long pier.    It’s located in Huron, Ohio and at the end of the pier is the Huron Lighthouse.   Growing up in Vermilion, Ohio there wasn’t much to do that we didn’t do on a regular basis.  One of the odd-ball things we did was go out to the mile

Sometimes It’s Good I’m Not a Kid Still

Every once in awhile you hear about the things you say are down right crazy.   Other times you hear about things that you say are down right crazy and you so would done them when you were younger.  I think the closest I ever came to death was riding on the hood of a car

My First Job

You would think from the image I chose for the header that I was doing something cool with the Nintendo Entertainment System.   This unfortunately is not the case.  Where the Nintendo came into play was that it was the object of my desire.   I desperately wanted an NES.  This was sometime around seventh or eighth

Twitter Phishing Scam – Proves There is Value To Twitter – Implications For the Attack

The recent twitter phishing scam had non twitter users scratching their heads on why this service would be targeted for a phishing scam at all.. Most people view little or no monetary value to twitter accounts. For most people this may actually be true. For people like Scoble or companies that promote themselves over twitter,

Social Networks Are Like High School All Over Again

You ever notice that when you are on social networks that you seem to seek people out that you only have the most tentative of connections with.   I’m as bad as anyone.   I’m speaking of this after a true friend added me yesterday on Facebook.  It’s someone I messaged back and forth a few times

Today Is My 10th Wedding Anniversary

I think I knew from our first date that my wife was going to be the one I was going to marry.   Granted I literally broke up with my ex the day before I asked her out, but it all worked out.   Though I was twenty -one and she was eighteen it was the first