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01/31/23: Depressing loss for the Bengals against the Chiefs
I would be remise to not mention the the AFC playoff game that left Cincinnati Bengals fans out in the cold, unfortunately the excitement dwindles when your hometeam loses. In my opinion, the Bengals were healthier and… »01/30/23: Music Monday: A Little “Just Keep Livin” reggae by Mishka and Brenda’s hip replacement surgery and physical therapy update
Generally, reggaeis not my thing, but this time of year it is easy for me to include something a little more tropical for Music Monday. So my music listening turns to either “No Shoes Radio” or Radio Margaritaville… »01/29/23: Routing corner splines on a woodworking project with a jig
Instead of painting the entire woodworking project that is currently underway in the workshop, I want at least to be able to naturally lacquer finish the frames of the Cornhole game. Partially it is to show off the… »01/28/23: Our Echo Show continues to remind us of family
This content is restricted.… »01/27/23: Friday Filler: Flyover images of mountains on Pluto #space
As a boy growing up enamored with the NASA Apollo program and going to the moon in the 1960s, I’m still a little peeved at Pluto’s demotion from planet status. Nevertheless, I’m amazed at the New Horizon… »01/26/23: Markdown and rawhtml on a Hugo static page server
Besides nursing duties and doctor visits with Brenda this past week, I’ve been working with a customer who would like to deploy a non-CMS website and completely forgot to post something on Thursday — making it up… »01/25/23: Workshop Wednesday: Circle cutting with a router
Over weekend of snowy Bengal – Bills playoff football, I was able to get down to the workshop and continue working on a joint granddaughters’ birthdays present. The project required larger holes than I have… »01/24/23: The Cincinnati Bengals to face Kansas City Chiefs again
Just as the Cincinnati Bengals did last year in January 2022, they will be facing the Kansas City Chiefs again this year in the AFC Championship game after defeating the Bills in Buffalo on Sunday … impressively I… »01/23/23: Music Monday: David Crosby of CSN and CSNY will be missed
Steven Stills, David Crosby and Graham Nash in concert in 2012 A depressing Music Monday today as music lovers remembered and reflected on the January 18, 2023 passing of the talented singer, guitarist and songwriter… »01/22/23: Collected a couple digital magazine workshop tidbits
Reading periodicals from the library on the computer is not really something I do … but last week while checking out a couple of ebooks (one avaiilable the other on a long hold), I looked at the latest issue of the… »01/21/23: Woodworking: A new project and lumber prices are out of sight
There are two projects sitting semi-started in the workshop this winter (delayed with Brenda’s hip fracture), although I’m still struggling to accept the VERY HIGH lumber prices. To be fair, I’ve always complained… »01/20/23: Test posting from MarsEdit
This is a test only post from a new to me Mac app called MarsEdit. It is similar to my much loved Open Live Writer on Windows, but without a few of the features or ablity to preview the blog format while typing. Still… »01/20/23: Tech Friday: Looking for an Open Live Writer-like app
While watching NFL playoff football this month, I started looking for a app like Blogsy or BlogPad Pro that was available “in the old days” in order to post from my iPad. Unfortunately it is looking as if fewer and… »01/18/23: Contemplating a new Mac for my new office set-up this year
As the great Yogi Berra is credited with saying, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” It is once again time to contemplate my home office computer set-up … something I seem to do every year. The last… »01/17/23: Blame Noah Webster if you struggle with spelling words that have a British and American spelling: i.e. canceled vs cancelled
You would think that after 60+ years that I would comfortably remember which spelling of for the past tense of ‘cancel’ was the common American English version and which was British English version. When it comes to… »01/16/23: Music Monday: “Back In The High Life Again” – Steve Winwood
Perhaps it is that I feel younger “again” or that this song just the good memories from earlier times, but I do get a good feeling when listening to Steve Windood singing “Back In The High Life Again.” After a… »01/15/23: Amazed at the mobility improvement so soon after surgery
Brenda is making remarkable improvements (in my opinion) in her mobility after having expedited full hip replacement surgery on Monday afternoon at 4PM. As mentioned yesterday, she was released from the hospital on… »01/14/23: A whirlwind medical week for Brenda (3 weeks of pain actually)
Prior to Christmas, Brenda was moving furniture around in our carpeted bedroom in order to clean behind our king size bed and headboard. She knew at the time it was too heavy, but continued to push and pull with her… »01/13/23: Filler Friday: Stippling or pixel art with nails #video
Although I’m not sure what kind of art this is … it will be included as a Filler Friday video. It does appeal to me since it the artist or craftsman uses tools and nails to create a pixel or stippling. This is some… »01/12/23: The 3 monkeys have added a 4th. A sign of our times #filler
Viral Social Media image… »01/11/23: Will American soon be without their gas stoves?
According to a NYPost article, millions of Americans may soon be entering “not stove season.” The Biden administration is considering a nationwide ban on gas stoves — citing the harmful pollutants released by the… »01/10/23: Solar panels aren’t the solution for every home and climate
As I commented on Twitter … “until nuclear fusion arrives in bulk, there are limits to living without fossil fuels.” We need political leaders, climate activists and business leaders restricting capital through… »01/09/23: Music Monday: Roger Miller singing “King of the Road”
Perhaps the first song that I can remember hearing on the radio and remembering I liked was Roger Miller‘s “King of the Road.” I was probably too young to remember it clearly, but my mom and dad commented that… »01/08/23: Sound advice for 2023, but am I disciplined enough to follow?
For the past few years, I’ve enjoyed reading the often contrarian thoughts from Forbes contributor, Brett Owens. He writes and contributes investment advice in several publications, newsletters and columns. He… »01/07/23: Questionable digital magazine subscription tactics online
The saying that “if something sounds to good to be true, it probably is” came to mind as I re-subscribed to a WSJ.com and Barronsonline.com for a FIVE-year subscription? Part of me wants to believe magazine… »01/06/23: Tech Friday: Installed Wyze Doorbell and temp probe grilling
It is hard to resist loving gadget gifts and this past year for Christmas I was excited to receive a Wyze Doorbell from Drew (and Katelyn – Thx!) Although the previous year in 2021, I will admit that I was intimidated… »01/05/23: Recipe reminiscing, the lost art of handwriting and longer days
A little bit of recipe reminiscing for Throwback Thursday #TBT this week. Over New Year’s Day, I enjoyed a “Bean Soup” recipe conversation with my daughter Katelyn. We discussed using the ham bone and pieces of… »01/04/23: What a difference 90-days can make when #homebuilding
It has been about a month-and-a-half of steady construction on Katelyn and Drew’s #homebuilding project (the hashtag is how I’ve tagged their home construction on MDB). Since the Oostras were together on January… »01/03/23: LSSU’s 2023 list of Banished Words is spot on again
The Lake Superior State University list of banished words from 2022 for 2023 is out! It has been fun to regularly include their words and a link on MyDesultoryBlog … it has become a January tradition! Check out their… »01/02/23: Music Monday: Same Old Lang Syne by the late Dan Fogelberg
There are songs that when you hear them trigger memories of times, people and places in life. Dan Fogelberg’s “Same Old Lang Syne” does that for me … although thankfully not as depressing as the lyrics. (I’m… »01/01/23: Wishing ALL a Happy and Healthy New Year in 2023
I would like to wish everyone visiting MyDesultoryBlog.com a Happy and Healthy New Year … and after seeing this “black ice” social media shared video from last months deadly winter storm … safe traveling in… »12/31/22: For investors and the inflation sensitive, 2022 was a bad year
If you were filling your tank, paying to keep the lights on or buying groceries (or shopping for nearly everything) … 2022 has been a struggle. If you were saving for college or retirement, it was also very painful.… »12/30/22: Tech Friday: A better way to filter and clean up iOS messages
Prior to 2022, I managed phone numbers and contacts on my iPhone poorly – perhaps “the wrong way.” Every year I created a new A/SPAM list of callers and emailers and self-managed these lists. Of course this… »12/29/22: Saving family photos from our Corbett-Oostra Christmas 2022
This content is restricted.… »12/28/22: Tool tidbit: Additional leverage when turning a screwdriver
Here’s a tool tip that isn’t widely known: If you need a little more screwdriver leverage … or your hands are slippery … check to see if a hex socket or wrench will fit on the handle of your screwdriver to… »12/27/22: A Tesla $TSLA mistake: “Don’t try to catch a falling knife”
How many of us who have been trading stocks and investing for decades have ignored the wise advice about buying a stock as it drops? Chart watchers, and maybe investors who have favorite companies, often listen to the… »12/26/22: Music Monday: Henry Gross singing Shannon in 1976
Who doesn’t love those “one hit wonders?” Henry Gross had one call “Shannon” in 1976, which is probably why I remember it. It was a #1 hit in Canada and New Zealand, but reached #6 in the U.S. on Billboard Hot… »12/25/22: A lesser known tidbit for Christmas day #humor
Merry Christmas to all … and may your next year be a healthy and happy one. Here’s a little (very little) cowboy humor as a filler post for the day. 😀… »12/24/22: Proposing our family listen to a podcast on Christmas Eve
Jane Wells has been a reporter for CNBC (“Janie” as the late Mark Haines called her) that I’ve followed for years while watching business news channels (or should I have said, “is a ‘has-been’… »12/23/22: Archiving our early 2022 Christmas present: A New Rug
Brenda has struggled most of the year to find a replacement Oriental or Persian Rug for our Great Room after retiring our original rug to my office. In November, Katelyn connected her with “Donald,” the decorator… »12/23/22: Boring shoe waxing and updated family homebuilding photos
This content is restricted.… »12/22/22: My brother emailed a photo of our grandfather from 1966 #TBT
Tis the season, to reflect a bit … at least for me. I posted a few old photos last week, so when my brother sent me one of Earl Daniel Corbett, our grandfather, it seemed appropriate for Throwback Thursday #TBT.… »12/21/22: A long lapse in posting on the Mercedes-Benz W123 #diesel
I enjoyed reading Topspeed.com from October on the “Ultimate Budget Classic Car.” Of course it was the Mercedes-Benz W123 diesel … “one of the most well-engineered cars of all times.” If you like solid older… »12/20/22: Does inflation concern you if you are approaching retirement?
By CC BY-SA 4.0, Link Since I’m a tail-end baby boomer, at least according to the charts, the thought of “did I plan properly for retirement” regularly crosses my mind. Having lived through the last couple of… »12/19/22: Music Monday: “White Christmas” by who else but Bing Crosby
On Saturday I mentioned a cold front arriving before next weekend and possibly having a white Christmas … and therefore couldn’t help but think of Bing Crosby singing Irving Berlin‘s “White… »12/18/22: The grandson of John Tyler, the 10th POTUS, is still alive
It took a little research, but the thought of the 10th President of the United States still having a living grandson alive today seemed … well, unbelievable. Mentally, I worked the numbers … and then had to do a… »12/17/22: Keeping an eye on the weather for Christmas week travelers
We have had a relatively mild, although gloomy, couple of weeks this December 2022 so far … unlike it was in 2010. BUT … this could change by the end of next week as the forecast is for a winter snowstorm to hit… »12/16/22: What to do with an old Amazon Echo Dot? Tear it down.
What “should” a person do when an older piece of tech stops working? Give up? Buy new? Well we have an older first generation Amazon Echo Dot continued to be unreliable in maintaining a WiFi connection to our mesh… »12/15/22: Archive: Old photos found from my ONU college days #TBT
First up, is a rainy photo of the second car that I rebuilt … but this 1974 Capri was really my first car since I bought it with my own money (paid $600 at a junkyard in 1978). The car I think of as my first car would… »12/14/22: Archive: Merry Christmas 2022 and have a Happy New Year
As is my December tradition, I’m including a digital copy of what once was our Corbett Christmas Letter but is now a just a “card” on my blog. Our year as a family was full of too many great times to include, but… »12/13/22: Happy Birthday Drew and creative names for snowplows
My daughter is great at sending links to items she thinks would be great for the blog. The other day Katelyn sent an “Ohio Turnpike Name-A-Snowplow Contest” story that had some pretty creative names — well… »12/12/22: Music Monday: Remembering Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie
Hearing that Christine McVie passed away earlier this month is just another reminder that we are all getting older. I still think of her as “the emotional glue in a band that has spent the past 50 years breaking up… »12/11/22: Archive: Christmas trees, homebuilding and Ellerie’s big bed
This content is restricted.… »12/10/22: Homemade Croutons: My mother would have smiled
With inflation pushing grocery prices up, Brenda refuses to purchase store-bought croutons unless they are “on sale.” So since we had a quarter loaf of stale bread after our recent week away, I decided to… »12/09/22: Tech Friday: Moved my blog to an AMD Premium server while updating the OS to Ubuntu 22.04.1
About this time of year the handful of servers that I maintain need to be looked at a little closer. Often I’m only doing the minimum maintenance, updates and backups … because there are often problems after… »12/08/22: How many flat tires does a person repair in a lifetime? #TBT
The Throwback Thursday #TBT tag was just an excuse to ask the question: “How many flat tires does a person need to have repaired in their lifetime?” I don’t know the answer, but I do know that I’ve repaired A… »12/07/22: Remembering the attack on Pearl Harbor 81 years ago
It feels uncomfortably routine, to nonchalantly include a remembrance post on December 7th each year … but it is important to reflect on the evil of man and human devastation associated with war. In remembering… »12/06/22: Amazon book order delay and leftover snow mailbox photo
No … we don’t have snow in Cincinnati just yet, but the snowbelt areas of western New York sure got their share in November. I’ll include a leftover Twitter photo from the Buffalo NY area that is sure to make… »12/05/22: Music Monday: “Georgia” – Boz Scaggs (Silk Degrees 1976)
This content is restricted.… »12/04/22: For the record, we joined Costco with the rest of America
With a new Costco store opening close to home in Liberty Township, Ohio (and one in Delray or actually in Boca Raton, FL), Brenda and I have finally decided to join. My buddy Jeff has been a Costco shopper for eons …… »
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