Man, It’s been a rough week. I did a little complaining recently. I called a few people who are close to me and vented my frustration about the goings on of our world. They politely listened for a while, but both came to the same conclusion. They said, “Well Jay, things could be worse. You [...]

He should have never bought that gun. You know, for the past few days, I have been agonizing over how I am going to make this story good. On the surface, it seems like a simple task, but the more I have been thinking about it, trying to make someone smile through writing is a [...]

As I was waiting to get going yesterday, I sat at my desk, kind of bored. I decided that playing some online games might pass the time a little faster. I did an internet search for “online games” and came upon a pretty entertaining website called Motorcade.com. This website is full of very addictive 2 dimensional [...]

I made a very important self discovery today. It took all of my life, but I finally discovered that I am a critic. It feels really great to at last figure out what my problem has been for all these years. At times, I have thought deeply about why things are, how things are, where things [...]

I would like to make a very important announcement. This is really very important, so hold on to your hats and read this carefully. I have decided to begin working on “The Funniest Thing That Happened in my Life - #2.” For the uninitiated, please read these three posts to initiate yourselves… The Funniest Thing That Happened [...]

As I mentioned earlier in the season, we had a St. Croix Prescott EXL pellet stove installed in the basement. Before the Winter season really began, I had my doubts on whether or not the pellet stove would heat the entire house. I was worried that it’s location would hinder the airflow to all the rooms [...]

I have been writing on this blog since August of 2006. I am close to 1000 posts and 1500 comments. I am proud of this achievement, especially since I started this blog back in the day, only to talk about my flight lessons. Obviously, I got off track somewhere along the way. Out of the 1500 [...]

US Dept of Energy and Brazil to Commercialize Biofuels NREL, a DOE Federally Funded Research and Development Center, is managed and operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy and Petrobras is the largest energy company in Latin America.The partnership between NREL and Petrobras hopes to solidify commercialized biofuels. Is the Happiness Gene Inherited? The old cliche that you [...]

We got about 20 steps away from the car when I noticed the Christmas lights on the trees at Somerset Square. “Oh yeah, can we go back to get the camera?” I asked Laura. I thought I would ask nicely, even though I was already headed back. Can you imagine me out and about, not [...]

As you may already know, my personality type parallels that of the great adventurists of the world…Richard Branson, the Wright brothers, Ranulph Fiennes, etc… Yes, that’s right, my story will most likely have its own Wikipedia page someday. I don’t see how it couldn’t. With all the exciting tales I endure throughout my days (usually [...]