I’ve been waiting for it and expecting it, and this morning it happened. My computer’s power supply blew up. This past week I’ve been smelling that fried electronics smell that I’ve come to know very well after losing 2 or 3 power supplies in the past. So, I had to just sit there and wait on it. Overall this computer, which I’ve built myself and have been upgrading over the years to keep it in commission, has...

Those of you who have either visited or better yet still live in Richmond will appreciate this new resource from Morrisson-Reeves Library. It’s called Then and Now and it offers a glimpse into the past of Richmond, Indiana. I spent some time going through and I find it amazing how much change a city can go through (in good and bad ways) in a matter of 100 years. Then and Now is part of a larger section of Local History for Richmond. I...

This weekend was yet another great time. Friday night Jamie, Kristen, Tara and I had a campfire out at Kristen’s parent’s house. We made smores and tried to avoid the cold wind as we huddled around the fire. That evening I redicsovered my love for Rise of Nations as I played online against seven other people. I got killed, as I almost always due, but it was great. I think my weakness is that I love building up my civilication...

As most of you know, at one point I was the webmaster and part owner of Living-Dead.com, an online community for horror movie fans. It was a website I started in my spare time, but it grew over a couple of years into a highly popular horror movie website that people visited from around the world. However, when my circumstances changed and I no longer had the time to give the site the attention it needed, I had to hand the site over to my...

I was doing my daily news browsing online today and I saw a story on the Palladium Item website that really made me mad. It’s the story of a small, privately owned grocery store in a small town in Indiana that’s closing down partly because Wal-Mart is moving in 4 miles down the road. At one time I liked Wal-Mart. Not because I thought they were a good store or anything, but because I liked that they had lower prices than most...