Freaky Frugalite

… the economy. And how the politicians and bankers are totally wrecking it. On purpose, it would seem. I mean– hey, why not, right? They have everything to gain from the economy going on its head, right? Just like the stock market crash 100 years ago. Oh sure, that was a bad time for the [...]

Oh, gals, do you remember discovering horses at about age 10? It seems that every single little girl LOVES horses at about that age. I used to draw them, paint them, write stories about them– such beautiful creatures! I never did get a horse, never even rode one before. As the years have passed, I [...]

I saw this video by an engineer– and who am I to question an engineer, right? — but after watching this video, I have to disagree with the guy. It’s a rather long video, but take a minute to watch it and tell me what you think… I think the flaw in this “Queueing Theory” [...]

Short version: High schools should prepare students for LIFE. Not college. Long version: I have traditional ideas when it comes to education. That, and I haven’t seen a whole lot of educating going on since schools ditched the Classical Method in the 40′s and began experimenting with kooky social engineering methods. The Classical Method is [...]

OK, I’m selling out. I added a Facebook “Like” button to the blog! OK OK OK!! It will be at the bottom of every post. :hmph: So now I can’t be accused of showing partiality to *only* the Twitter followers! :shades: Here’s hoping I get some Likes that propel me to certain glittering fame and [...]

There are a number of giveaways ending soon. I actually can’t believe the sheer NUMBER of giveaways that bloggers are having lately. I personally don’t like hosting giveaways. I;d much rather get cash from an advertiser than hawk his wares for a freebie. Oh well. I do some of them because I think you guys [...]

I love fun gifts. I never gave my mom potholders or my dad a tie for Christmas– I got her a pet rock or for him I made a sock puppet that looked just like him, lol. They actually LIKED those gifts, too… although I think my mom didn’t feed the poor pet rock and [...]

I’m participating in Renee’s Something Beautiful Meme. I am happy about the snowfall we’ve had over the weekend, our first “real” snowfall of the season. I love snow. It’s a good thing, too, because we usually have about 5-6 months of winter here in Upstate New York. It’s so, so beautiful. The kids like it [...]

Hey! My independent panel of observers (my darling daughter, part of my own little IT Support group here) chose the winner. Isn’t she the swellest little thing? :awe: We like to do things the old-fashioned way: we pull the name out of a hat!! Talk about technologically savvy, yeah. Well, computer support and technology is [...]

Winter is here! We finally got measurable snow, straight from Lake Ontario. The snowplows come rumbling by every hour or so (and all we got was about 3 to 4 inches). It’s so cozy in the house. I love winter. The snow is like a great big blanket on the community; it muffles all sounds [...]