Archive for August, 2010

A week ago, I did something uncharacteristically impulsive...or stupid: I bought a 1967 Camaro Sports Coupe at the 33rd annual Owls Head Transportation Museum auction in Maine.

You've heard of the lifetime warranty, but I just got a Stanley Bostitch (SB) nail puller with a a "100-year limited warranty." [caption id="attachment_1447" align="alignright" width="368" caption="Warrantied for a

My long time friend Tom Abbott just participated in the Pacific Cup 2010 sailboat race from San Francisco to Hawaii. I posted videos he e-mailed to me below,

Hilarious video of former Red Sox lefty Bill Lee showing no remorse at the death of George Steinbrenner...Bill, we love ya! Follow me on Twitter.

I've been invited along with 600 others by the Verizon folks to watch the first NFL game ever broadcast on 3D TV. The game will be between the

In a world of shoddy customer service, it's not hard to stand out when you're really good. Amazon has been leader in great customer service, but two I

A gentleman named Mel Raskin sent this to me via e-mail. It's an incisive essay about his loneliness as a 92-year-old. Mel mentions clerical work might help which

You'd think FAST LANE makes life easier getting you through tolls faster. But if you're account does not stay current which can occur quite innocently, FAST LANE makes

If only the track gangs building the trans continental railroad in the 1860s had this kind of technology!