Author Archives: Jimmy

If you’re like me, today kind of slipped up on you — but, today is the 15th day of the 8th month (on the Chinese calendar.) The significance of today is that it’s the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the … Continue reading →

A lot of places I’ve been in the world have their own “local” beer. A lot of them I’d never heard of before and many were only available near the location where they were brewed. One beer that we usually … Continue reading →

In recent years, people seem to have decided that summer begins on Memorial Day and ends on Labor Day. It’s just hard for some people to leave things alone — seems to me the calendar runs pretty good all by … Continue reading →

If you’re a long time reader and remember back to last year about this time, I talked about something we always did on Labor Day weekend when I was living at home with my parents. Back in those days, the … Continue reading →

Today is a particularly special day — for Emily, it’s the big one-two! Every birthday is special and exciting, but being on the edge of tweendom only happens once and that’s a lot to celebrate. Of course, for Kelly and … Continue reading →

I’m continuing my recent tradition of talking about each upcoming month, so today’s blog is about, you guessed it, September.I’ve mentioned it before, but September was originally the seventh month of the ancient Roman calendar — thus, its name…. Septem, … Continue reading →

Well, when you wake up tomorrow, it will no longer be August. We’ve made it trough 243 days of 2022 — there are122 left. It’s the 36th week of summer and just 22 days before fall.Today the sun rose at 6:40 … Continue reading →

A few blogs back, I talked about Calvert Liquors and its importance when I first moved to the Washington area. When I first arrived in the area, buying hard liquor in the state of Virginia was complicated and frustrating. It … Continue reading →

There was an article on the news couple of days ago that mentioned that Hedy Lamar (the movie actress) invented a key part of the technology that makes wifi, GPS and cell phone technology work. Apparently there are a number … Continue reading →

Claire heard someone use the word smidgen the other day and remarked that it was a term you don’t hear much anymore. I guess I agree, and in this digital age of exactness, it probably makes sense. It seems like … Continue reading →