by rustedrobot | Jul 25, 2016 | Internet, Marketing, Media, News
With the Verizon Yahoo thing so hot and heavy in the news today, I was reminded of the email I got from them last week. First, some background: I’m a FIOS customer who gets TV-Internet-Landline service from them and in general, I’ve been pretty happy with...
by rustedrobot | Jul 17, 2016 | Media, News, Random
Between all the noise out there about the election, people walking off cliffs playing Pokemon GO, terrorism and whose lives matter, I came across this article this weekend about the lack of hiring of people over the age of 45. The article also mentions how the suicide...
by rustedrobot | Mar 14, 2016 | Memories, News
I’m going to write about politics today, but I’m not going to be political. There’s more than enough out there to read about the all candidates – or whatever you want to call them. Today I’m just talking about the sport of politics. I...
by rustedrobot | Jan 5, 2016 | News
The Iowa caucuses are now a month away. Politics……sigh. Despite my huge interest in historical non-fiction and current news events, I generally don’t like talking about politics and usually I can’t put my finger on why. I’d just rather...
by rustedrobot | Feb 25, 2010 | News
Cripes. I drive a 2002 Toyota Camry, which I bought new off the lot. I’ve driven all 85,000 miles of it and I think I’ve had to bring it to the shop once, for a tweak on the brakes. Oh, there was that time it had to be fixed when our house painters dropped...
by rustedrobot | Apr 7, 2009 | News, Random
My parents got a new dog last summer (cockapoo) and he’s a very cute and friendly little guy they named Murphy. This weekend when we were visiting them the conversation turned to his hair, which my mother claimed was non-allergenic and then she added that...
