Bilbo's Random Thought Collection

Yes, Dear Readers, Agnes and I are back from our vacation! Between February 22nd and March 13th we took a 15-day round trip cruise fr...

I have an early appointment this morning to have our car serviced, so I'll just make this short ... On second thought, make it a...

Today is the day I need to use to catch up after the busy last few days, and so I thought I'd just share a few last election-related th...

At the risk of beating a dead horse, I thought I'd take one more swing at the subject of "stuff" with this commentary by one ...

My effort to get rid of a lot of stuff continues. I've spent much of the last few days going through our rented storage space and ge...

One of my retirement projects involves getting rid of a lot of stuff. When you spend a career in the military, you tend to accumulate a l...

Another busy morning, so just a quick post for today ... You may have seen the news reports about the death of mixed martial arts (MMA) f...

Christmas is just around the corner, and I imagine from my own experience that many of you are anxiously searching for the perfect gift for...

We've now been back from our vacation for four days, enough time for me to get back into my usual routine of being sour and pissed off ...

Courtesy of my old friend Ken, here are a few random ... if odd ... observations: The location of your mailbox shows you how far away fro...

Let's talk about the economics of teeth, shall we? There were two things that led me to ... uh ... sink my teeth into this topic. The...

Agnes is very concerned about my going back to work after our busy and less-than-relaxing weekend ... Nevertheless, someone has to p...

I don't have anything in particular on my mind this morning, so how about a few random observations about things going on in the world?...

Well, winter is here in NoVa ... we had a wonderful day yesterday of what is euphemistically called a "wintry mix" - snow, sleet,...

We've all had the experience of getting - somehow - on e-mailing lists that deliver information in which we have absolutely no interest...

Time to clean out the Blog Fodder box ... or, at least, bring the backlog down a little bit ... Amazon.com has announced that it is worki...

I have a few other things to do before heading out to spend some quality time with my dentist ... So I thought that I'd just shar...

There's just too much to comment on, so let's just take on a few of them at once ... 1. According to this article  based on a rep...

I have some other things to get done before I head to work this morning, so how about a collection of the latest odd signs and useful clip ...

Herewith a collection of neat stuff I've found while trolling through Facebook and reading through all the assorted e-mails I've go...