Author Archives: Kevin

About Kevin

Just an old guy with opinions that I like to bounce off other people.

Auto Cool [not]

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Kevin

What a cool idea! What a lousy product! The Auto Cool is a solar-powered fan that’s supposed to keep your car cooler inside when parked in the sunshine. It mounts atop the side window. Here’s what’s wrong with this cool … Continue reading →

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Prius Vs SUV

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Kevin

Prius lost: totaled. No injuries. I didn’t even think about getting another kind of car. I ordered a new Prius. Kevin

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Mom Died

Posted on May 29, 2007 by Kevin

When I was a kid one of my friend’s father died. That was scary, and remained one of those unspoken demons I carried around. How do you survive if your father dies? I watched my parents deal with my grandparents … Continue reading →

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Not much blogging lately

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Kevin

Not much blogging… I’ve been busy at work, and trying to fix up my house to sell. Life is very complicated now, but I have a significant other to share it with, and my blogging fans (probably the empty set) … Continue reading →

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Web Mistakes

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Kevin

I find an awful lot of web pages that crash. Like TVGuide.com: Server Error in ‘/’ Application. Runtime Error Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the … Continue reading →

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eFile

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Kevin

The IRS wants people to file their tax returns electronically. I’m all for that, only it costs me extra do it through the tax software I use. So DUH, I mail the thing on paper. Now if the IRS passed … Continue reading →

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Extremes

Posted on December 17, 2006 by Kevin

I consider myself a liberal. Conservatives throw a lot of criticism at liberals. Some of that criticism does reasonably apply to some things liberals do. It probably works the same turned around the other way. It seems to me that … Continue reading →

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