Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

I don't know if I mentioned it before, but this year, I decided to try a new approach to my garden. Being tired of setting up an all-yo...

In the last two days, I've told you two stories about my misadventures in France. Today, we'll look at the third and last of my exp...

Before we get to the good stuff, I noticed on my Blogger dashboard that today marks my 1900th post! While 1900 is a nice, round number, thou...

At the risk of triggering howling mobs of Grover Norquist -inspired anti-tax zealots waving torches, pitchforks, and signed copies of their ...

Yesterday on Facebook I was taken out to the intellectual woodshed for a wire-brushing by my friend Bob, who took me to task over his conten...

Those of you who went looking for today's post early this morning (or at the equivalent time in Brisbane, the UK, or other locations) we...

One of the things that drives me nuts (well, okay, Agnes would tell you it only requires a putt, not a drive, ha, ha) is the way our elected...

Yesterday's post , based on a Popular Mechanics article about really strange toilets, went over very well. I don't know if this is...

Oui, we have a Wii. For those of you who don't know what a Wii is, it's something which allows you to waste vast amounts of time and...

After many years of living with our yucky, threadbare carpets, we have finally decided to replace our upstairs carpeting with hardwood floor...