August 24, 2023
While visiting with my extended family at my Uncle Sonny’s Celebration of Life earlier this month, a few of us exchanged phone numbers so we could better stay in touch. My cousin Dan forwarded a paper that highlighted my Grandfather Corbett’s Sinclair gas station and Earl’s Auto Service in South Toledo. It was interesting to […]
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Tags: 1937, auto service, boeing, chatgpt, clipper, earl corbett, family, ohio, pan am, prouty, sikorsky, spencer, toledo
June 23, 2023
A couple of weeks ago, our our mostly flawless fiber service with AltaFiber (was Cincinnati Bell) was upgraded to a faster speed. Our Internet service has been as fast as we have needed and relatively stable for the last couple of years. Personally, nothing needs anything to change … except perhaps a lower monthly price? […]
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Tags: altafiber, internet, network, nordvpn, speedtest, tech friday, techfriday, vpn
June 13, 2023
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Tags: annalyn, birthday, drew, ellerie, family, katelyn, Knockerball, mp4, taylor
April 6, 2023
There is probably a new survey or report out every month or so comparing the cost of living in different areas of the country. I usually gloss over them for one reason or another. Some exclude income taxes, state and local taxes or hefty property taxes. Others ignore lower salaries and some just don’t factor in […]
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Tags: Business, cincinnati, cost of living, money, smart asset, survey
March 4, 2023
With area code 513 phone numbers in shortened supply in our Southwest Ohio area, “the Public Service Commission of Ohio has approved an all-services area code overlay for the 513 area code, which serves southwest Ohio including the communities of Cincinnati, Cleves, Forest Park, Hamilton, Lebanon, Maineville, Mason, Miamitown, Middletown, Norwood, Oxford, Trenton and West […]
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Tags: area code, cincinnati, numbers, ohio, phone, telephone
February 16, 2023
Nothing like a big game, a bag of frozen Costco chicken wings and a desire to make them crispier than in a normal oven to talk us into a splurge buy! At home in Cincinnati, we enjoy our Breville convection toaster oven at home so much that really wanted one down at the Delray Beach […]
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Tags: airfryer, condo1718, cooking, cosori, delray beach, florida, kitchen, oven, toaster
January 31, 2023
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 the better team going into the game against the Kansas City Chiefs, but as anyone who has watch […]
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Tags: afc, bengals, cincinnati, kansas city chiefs, nfl, superbowl
January 25, 2023
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 a hole saw for and cutting it with a jigsaw would have left an imperfect hole. So … I used […]
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Tags: cornhole, project, router, safety glasses, tips, woodworking, workshop
December 29, 2022
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Tags: 2022, annalyn, archive, brenda, christmas, corbett, dinner, drew, ellerie, family, katelyn, megan, mp4, oostra, presents, richc, taylor, time-lapse
December 14, 2022
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 highlighted by a special event: a 40th Anniversary and trip planned by […]
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Tags: 2022, christmas, christmas card, Corbett Christmas Letter, family, homebuilding, house, oostra, postcard
December 6, 2022
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 someone smile (very creative snowman or mailbox)? On the Amazon rant subject, I ordered an […]
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Tags: anti-capitalistic, book, buffalo, Humor, ludwig von mises, mailbox, mentality, new york, rant, reading, snow, snowman
November 13, 2022
A little family hospital business … and related news to archive … as Randy Oostra (my daughter’s father-in-law) announced his retirement last month. It was something we knew was coming (mentioned to me in September), but was no doubt one of those decisions that a successful career driven person does not take lightly. I can […]
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Tags: drew, family, katelyn, press release, promedica, randy oostra, retirement
November 10, 2022
In keeping with the desultory and archiving nature of MyDesultoryBlog, here are a couple construction progress photo of Katelyn and Drew’s new house in NW Ohio. One with the first floor “sticks” going up and the other just the subflooring. Katelyn also sent me a walk-thru video from their property (narrated by my oldest granddaughter) […]
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Tags: 1995, 2022, building, cincinnati, construction, desultory, homebuilding, houses, ohio, whitehouse
November 5, 2022
The sharing of this obituary news is a month late in coming … partially due to the sudden shock … and partially due to not having the right words to share on my blog … but a friend of our family and Megan’s father, Dave Schneider, passed away on October 5, 2022. He was one […]
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Tags: buckeyes, dave schneider, dennie schneider, football, jimmy buffett, megan, memories, Obituary, osu, skating, taylor
October 14, 2022
Besides enjoying some minor league Toledo Mud Hens baseball this year with family, I have not been focused on MLB or the postseason playoffs. Being a Cleveland Indians Guardians fan, I am sort of pulling for them after they won the Wild Card series against Tampa Bay … but as always, beating the New York […]
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Tags: amazon prime, baseball, cleveland, fox, gom, mlb, nascar, nbc, playoffs, postseason, rant, sports, streaming, tbs, tech friday, techfriday, usa network, wahoo, world series
October 3, 2022
Several years ago in 2018, Fleetwood Mac was at the top of my music listening as was evident by the number of posts regarding a Rumours of Fleetwood Mac concert Brenda and I enjoyed in Cincinnati. It doesn’t seem possible that was 4 years ago? Since I personally have rated their “Rumours” album the best […]
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Tags: album, chistine mcvie, concert, dress, fleetwood mac, music monday, musicmonday, twitter
September 30, 2022
Our Cincinnati Bell Fioptics Internet service has been acquired by Altafiber. I’m not sure there has been much more than a logo change in service “so far,” but whenever our cable TV isn’t quite right or the Internet acts up, the blame is now on AltaFiber. Speed has been a problem this week and “might” […]
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Tags: altafiber, cincinnatibell, internet, iphone, mesh, mint, router, speedtest, tech friday, techfriday, wifi
September 27, 2022
After fixing “Arthur Avenue Pork Sausage and Pepper Heroes with Melty Mozzarella Cheese and Garlic Potato Wedges” … as the recipe card states on Sunday night, which was the last of our subscription meal for a while … my son Taylor called at 8PM after getting himself “in a pickle” (a perfect place for a Shakespearian […]
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Tags: apartment, asteroid, condominium, dart, family, hellofresh, Humor, idiom, idioms, mattress, moving, nasa, space, taylor, walnut hills
September 20, 2022
After helping Taylor move a few larger things over to his new condominium last weekend, he sent a photo of his still bare living room, but it is coming together. The TV is working so he could watch the 2022 losing Cincinnati Bengals (now 0-2) on Sunday afternoon. He has been slowing moving boxes of […]
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Tags: bearings, bengals, chores, condominium, galls, ladybug, motor, moving, oak, pool, pump, rebuild, swimming, taylor, trees, walnut hills
September 6, 2022
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Tags: annalyn, drew, ellerie, family, katelyn, michigan, ohio, oostra, sand dunes
September 5, 2022
Labor Day weekend was relatively busy with chores and stay-at-home chores. We have also noticed a coyote regularly making his round again (photos above). On Friday night we stopped to see Taylor’s new condominium in Walnut Hills (Cincinnati) and then had dinner at O’Bryon’s Bar and Grill. We ate outside up on the roof as […]
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Tags: amazon, chores, french drain, labor day, motor, o'bryon, order, pool, pump, sump, taylor, walnut hills, zoeller
September 2, 2022
We are looking forward to seeing Taylor’s new condominium in Cincinnati for the first time this weekend. He informed us that he “has the keys to the castle” a couple days early (negotiated current tenant move out date). We can’t wait. It also came on the same day Katelyn and Drew forwarded a photo of […]
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Tags: castle, chick-fil-a, condominium, family, granddaughters, homeowner, keys, taylor
August 26, 2022
It was an ugly day on Wall Street as investors reacted to comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell who indicated “that the Federal Reserve must continue to raise rates” and “hold them at a higher level until they are confident inflation is under control.” Some economists highlighted in Barron’s Magazine last week, have suggested that […]
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Tags: chairman, cincinnati, closed, economy, federal reserve, homeowner, investing, jerome powell, property, stock market, taylor
August 14, 2022
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June 15, 2022
Big storms ripped through our area on Monday night and left a mess of things in much of SW Ohio. Lots of tree damage and even a loss of power for 24+ hours in our neighborhood. I spent the lunch hour working with a couple of neighbors to clear our lane and yet still have […]
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Tags: damage, diesel, generator, john deere, neighborhood, power, predator 2200, storms, trees
June 10, 2022
Taylor last weekend at the Cincinnati Zoo with Megan While typing the subject line of this post, I wondered at what “age” is respectful to NOT mention a number when sharing a Happy Birthday greeting? Hopefully not at 33 yet, since from memory those were the years I pretty much felt my best (pre Menieres!) […]
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Tags: birthday, brenda, firebox, megan, richc, safe, selfie, taylor
May 26, 2022
I have put off buying diesel fuel for the Kubota mower and John Deere 330 as long as possible … but inevitably the reserve of 25 gallons stored in fuel jugs gets used up. It looks as if it is time to pay $$$ the inflated prices on fossil fuels — elections have consequences (pre-Russia invasion […]
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Tags: biden, diesel, energy, fuel, grass, john deere, jugs, kubota, mower, mowing, mp4, rain
May 19, 2022
Posting a couple of memory photos as a Throwback Thursday #TBT filler post after a conversation with friends last week. One had to do with text messaging, “distracted driving” and remembering my road warrior days of driving back and forth from Cincinnati and NE Ohio while trying to remain connected and productive. Thankfully all ended […]
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Tags: cigarettes, distracted, driving, filler, honda pilot, ipad, jetta, laptop, mount, palm pre, palm treo, road warrior, TBT, tdi, throwback, vending machines, vw
April 8, 2022
After updating my iOS devices to 15.4 last week, I noticed a few annoying changes (normal when an operating system changes), and a few improvements. I suspected that older devices such as my iPhone 7 and older iPad would start to show signs of reduced battery life and sluggishness, yet how long nowadays do we […]
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Tags: cable, cincinnatibell, fioptics, idiom, idioms, ios, ios15.4, tech friday, techfriday, update
March 30, 2022
A few weeks ago, Megan’s car was hit will parked on the street outside of Taylor’s apartment in East Walnut Hills (Cincinnati). The damage was shockingly substantial and totaled the older car she was driving. So the search for a new car began … something fun for Taylor, but others find it stressful (especially with […]
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Tags: lexus, megan, new car, taylor
March 15, 2022
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March 3, 2022
Admit it, you’re a bit envious of those who get to fly drones as a part of their job? Taking Taylor out for his birthday in 2021 As someone who has enjoy everything aviation their entire life, I’m a bit jealous my son is now a licensed commercial drone pilot … just a I am […]
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Tags: achivement, aviation, career, drone, job, pilot, taylor
February 17, 2022
Well, two doses of disappointing news in one week. First, the Bengals lose in Super Bowl 56, and then my Barron’s magazine gets smaller with even smaller type (requires a second pair of readers!). They call it “shrinkflation” in an attempt to save a few dollars and probably force subscribers into a 100% digital subscription. […]
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Tags: barrons, changing, delivery, digital, inflation, magazines, newspaper, shrinkflation, wsj
February 8, 2022
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Tags: annalyn, cincinnati, east walnut hills, ellerie, family, granddaughers, lumber, perrysburg, playing, project, rocking chair, snow, snowman, taylor, weekend, winter, woodworking, workshop
February 5, 2022
No longer am I driving 2000 miles a month back and forth to NE Ohio for work or traveling to and from western New York to check on Brenda’s parents, but I do still enjoy driving and owning a diesel vehicle. The Volkswagen Jetta TDI fuel economy isn’t a big deal anymore either, but I […]
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Tags: BMW, car prices, cars, chip shortage, diesel, driving, odometer, turntoday.com, x5 35d
January 30, 2022
Since we will be focused on watching football and especially the Cincinnati Bengals this weekend, I’m pre-posting something that frustrates me when going to the grocery or drugstore. I know the inexpensive “brand” of shampoo that I like, but Suave for Men makes so many different blends, bottle sizes and labels that I can never […]
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Tags: bengals, cincinnati, football, nfl, playoffs, rant, shampoo, Shopping, suave
December 19, 2021
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Tags: Alexa, annalyn, crazy-face, drew, echo, ellerie, family, granddaughers, katelyn, mp3, speaking
December 11, 2021
It is a sneaky way to increase what I thought was a customer to Cincinnati Bell “contracted-each-year” cable TV and Internet monthly bill? Nope, according to @CincyBell … after being mislead by customer service that the below increases were “government related fees” and “out of their control” … the increases are negotiated contracts with content […]
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December 9, 2021
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Tags: angel, annalyn, christmas, decorations, drew, ellerie, family, hockey, katelyn, lucky charms, snow, taylor
December 6, 2021
I took a quick photo as the Moon and Venus are lit up by the sun well down in our evening sky in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Cold, clear and beautiful. Be watching for Saturn and Jupiter!
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Tags: anigif, astronomy, gx8, jupiter, lumix, moon, night, photo, photography, sky, weather
October 1, 2021
What once was a weekly or at least bi-monthly lunch with my friend Jeff, has shifted to once every 3 months or so since COVID19. It’s not all due to the pandemic as changes in work habits and eating out habits has contributed to neglecting getting together. Nevertheless, it was enjoyable to spend an hour […]
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Tags: china, cold war, covid19, economy, fas.org, friends, hami, inflation, jeffp, lunch, mexican, missile, nuclear, pandemic, Restaurant, silo, yumen
September 16, 2021
Here are a few leftover project photos from the weekend for Throwback Thursday #TBT to add to the personal archive. Normally we make banana bread in the full-size Bosch oven when our bananas go soft and brown, but I keep trying to get the convection baking setting correct on our toaster oven – not bad […]
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Tags: boxes, cable, ceiling, cracks, drywall, fiber, fioptics, home, house, internet, isdn, office, oven, paint, painting, patching, project, repair, satellite, starband, TBT, toaster, water putty, wiring
September 9, 2021
Last month when we were together with the kids, they were talking about enjoying trips to Michigan for long weekends during the summer (Drew’s parents have a house on Lake Michigan). It brought back memories for us and I mentioned that once-upon-a-time we thought about buying cabin property in the Upper Peninsula on Lake Huron […]
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Tags: brenda, cedarville, Corbett Chronicles, family, home video, katelyn, michigan, mp4, richc, taylor, TBT, throwback, thursday
August 30, 2021
Who doesn’t know who Brian Wilson is or love his many decades of music … especially with The Beach Boys (even my kids played them on our amplified Echo and dance around a week or so ago)? 😊 I stumbled across his timeline on the BrianWilson.com which highlights each decade with photos and highlights. A […]
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Tags: aging, beach boys, biden, brian wilson, music monday, musicmonday, video, website, youtube
August 27, 2021
Now that I’m spending more time working from my home office than ever before, I’m shock that I didn’t improve the comfort in my south west corner office before this year? The mini split AC unit has made a world of difference in controlling the temperature … and started me thinking about growing up without […]
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Tags: air conditioning, aurora, blacktop, concrete, driveway, dust, hudson, limestone, minisplit, ne ohio, project, whole house fan
July 29, 2021
While reviewing and purging a few backups to stay under one of my cloud storage service’s data caps, a favorite photo popped up that was backed up on OneDrive. It was a pre-children time for Drew and Katelyn visiting his parent’s place on Lake Michigan when there was free-time for self, hobbies, tech gadgets and […]
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Tags: cincinnati, drew, drone, family, katelyn, memories, michigan, ohio, Photos, quadrotor, river, taylor, TBT, throwback, thursday
July 10, 2021
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June 20, 2021
Received nice photo from Katelyn and Drew last week and since I included one of Taylor and Megan last week, this is one that needed to be archived on my blog. Most most personal photos nowadays are of our granddaughters as Brenda and I have long ago moved past the stage of photos our ourselves […]
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Tags: birdhouse, coyote, drew, family, katelyn, megan, mp4, raccoon, sunset, taylor, trapping
June 12, 2021
Well talking to Taylor at his birthday dinner, I mentioned someone posted a photo of a WW2 Vought F4U Corsair and asked about the “stripes” … or duct tape … on the cowl in front of the pilot. The answer from a HistoryNet.com researcher below is a great aviation tidbit for those with a curious […]
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Tags: airplane, aviation, corsair, duct tape, military, taylor, vought, ww2
May 20, 2021
Car clubs and automotive aficionados have been getting together for years to talk about their vehicles with like minded folks. For my dad it was his local “in-person” Vint Car Club, car shows and museums. For me it started as just a couple friends working on restorations or rebuildable salvaged junkyard cars … then evolved […]
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Tags: 4runner, cars, clubs, dadc, favorites, forums, graph, groups, Rav4, sales, station wagon, TBT, tdi, tdiclub, throwback, thursday, toyota, vint cars
May 12, 2021
In February 2021, I mentioned The Hustings news website which highlighted how much I appreciated that in America we can hold different political views and civilly debate issues without fear of government retribution (First Amendment). Unfortunately in the past decade or so our differences have become so divisive and derisive, that I’m not sure that […]
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Tags: braver angels, buckley, debate, earmarks, government, idiom, letter to editor, Politics, thehustings, wfb
April 8, 2021
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Tags: annalyn, babysitting, cpp, cuyahoga falls, double, ellerie, family, game, granddaughers, mp4, project, puzzle, spline, TBT, throwback, thursday, woodworking
April 2, 2021
We have not had many Internet connectivity issues since switching to Cincinnati Bell Fioptic fiber and then added a mesh network instead of traditional router (although the Netgear Nighthawk was pretty good – we move it to the condo). Perhaps a lot has to do with companies building out the infrastructure with fewer buggy devices […]
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March 23, 2021
Besides what has become an annual photo of one of our lilac bushes pushing out buds, this past weekend was the first weekend of spring. Besides the new growth and greening lawn, we celebrated with our neighbors of 25 years, Pam and Jim by attending their son’s wedding in Cincinnati. It was a beautiful wedding […]
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Tags: angela, brenda, buds, jared, lilac, miller, neighbor, richc, spring, weather, wedding
March 18, 2021
Real estate has been on a tear in many markets as the coronavirus has people moving from cities to the suburbs and their own piece of land. In my opinion it is not just COVID19 related, but that fact that cities aren’t as secure or as tax friendly to live in, especially on the east […]
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Tags: building, commodities, coronavirus, covid19, economy, federal reserve, house, housing, inflation, interest rates, lumber, mortgages, real estate, wsj
January 30, 2021
My basement woodworking shop is a dust-making mess in our house, but there isn’t much I can do about it now other than to improve how I collect and filter and keep dust from gravitating into the furnaces cold air returns and upstairs. In our previous house in Hudson Ohio, I was fortunate to have […]
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Tags: collection, dust, ideas, miter, saw, video, woodworking, workshop, youtube
January 22, 2021
Not being an advocate for those advocating bigger government, higher taxes, progressive policies … or most Democrats in general, I was not looking forward to the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States this past week. In fact, I didn’t watch any live coverage and relied on the news clips […]
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Tags: america, bernie sander, big bang theory, creativity, culture, election, inauguration, internet, meme, Politics, united states, unity
December 4, 2020
Although I only have one address accessible IP at the house, I can split it up via “Port Forwarding” on the cheap Cincinnati Bell router, rather than the home “mesh” network. After a little tweaking (ok, A LOT), I do have a work-around solution using a variety of ports to access different devices. For the […]
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Tags: apache, cincinnatibell, hugo, network, pandora, pianobar, port forwarding, power brick, python, raspberry pi, router, servers, siriusxm, ssg, tech friday, techfriday, tinkering, usb
December 1, 2020
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October 10, 2020
As a dad who has always kept up and archived the “goings-on” with Taylor and Katelyn on MyDesultoryBlog, I realized that grandchildren steal the limelight most of the time … that is just the way it is. But … that doesn’t mean life doesn’t keep moving along for adult children in the work-a-day world either. […]
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Tags: archive, bachelor, cam harter, clermont, county, north dakota, ohio, planner, subdivision, taylor, wedding
September 12, 2020
With a few miles of driving this week (nothing like my years of back and forth to NE Ohio) … I kept an eye out for anomalies in diesel fuel price. prices. It just so happened that Sidney and Wapakoneta prices were a bit lower than either Toledo or home in Cincinnati, so I planned […]
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Tags: BMW, covid19, diesel, driving, fillup, fuel, kroger, mpg, station, x5 35d
September 1, 2020
Although we have "requested" Ohio absentee voting ballots before as a convenience or often for being away from the local polls, this is the first time ballots requests forms are just showing up in the mail. If it were any other "let’s try statewide vote by mail year or election," this might be worth sending […]
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August 29, 2020
On Friday afternoon I stopped in to talk with Rick Benhase, the guy looking at the Packard transmission for me. He is a truly old car nut and can’t seem to get rid of his “fleet” once he buys or fixes them. This applies to more than just cars, too (read below if you must […]
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Tags: automotive, brakes, british, hobby, luddite, mgb, packard, printing, repairs, rick benhase, transmission, turner, woodworking
August 20, 2020
Let me get this out before someone tells me I’ve lost my mind: I love our current house and property in SW Ohio … as well as the community we live in just north of Cincinnati. Brenda and I could not be more blessed with our lives, our family and all that we have worked […]
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Tags: cpp, cuyahoga falls, house, hudson, memories, northeast, ohio, piano, pool, reminiscing, remodeling
July 30, 2020
We are a product of our youth … and I’ll never forget The Mustache Gang. After seeing my son Taylor’s photo in his Cleveland Indians baseball cap (after shaving off his beard, but keeping his moustache), I had a flashback to the 1970s and remembered the Oakland A’s of my youth. They were the World […]
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Tags: 1970s, baseball, cincinnati, mlb, moustache, oakland a's, reddit, reds, sports, taylor, TBT, youth
July 24, 2020
It’s an uncomfortable time to be a freedom-loving and patriotic American who misses old days of going about day to day business without wearing a facemask or triggering someone by “wearing” something with the wrong message. Heaven forbid a social media unaware person thinks (well, says out loud) “All Lives Matter” rather than only certain […]
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Tags: america, baseball, blm, coronavirus, covid19, dr fauci, mlb, mp4, patriotism
July 9, 2020
While smiling and thinking about my “now domesticated son ” (HA!) after seeing a couple photos Taylor proudly sent me after updated his kitchen apartment, I realized he is now closer to middle age than living in “just out of college” bachelor pad. The pre-COVID19 days of “always going out” have adjusted to “being comfortable […]
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Tags: apartment, cincinnati, east walnut hills, family, kitchen, taylor, TBT, throwback, update
June 3, 2020
Every once in a while when seeing what cellphone cameras can do, I wonder why I even bother to ever grab my camera bag and relatively expensive DSLR camera anymore? Last night the weather in Cincinnati was clear and humidity low. The moon was large and rising in the sky in the southeast and looks […]
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Tags: archive, astronomy, iphone7plus, moon, photo, photography
May 26, 2020
It is never as easy as expected? I’m accustom to opening the pool each season now that I’ve been doing it for 20+ years in Cincinnati and another 5 or so in Hudson before that. Each season it should get easier, right? Nope. There always something … and the job is MUCH more challenging to […]
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Tags: bearings, chores, clean, corrosion, electrical, house, motor, opening, pool, pump, rebuild, yard
May 1, 2020
I can see it now, after being under the Coronavirus stay-at-home orders for the past 6 weeks or so, people are going to be excited to exit the safety of their cocoons … finally a taste of freedom again. Let’s just hope we don’t make foolish stumbles and ignore commonsense precautions. Be smart people! Phase […]
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Tags: ani gif, commonsense, coronavirus, covid19, gif, Humor, ohio, stay at home
April 22, 2020
The Coronavirus is doing what environmentalists and anti-fossil fuel advocates have only dreamed of doing … killing the petroleum industry. There is so little demand for crude oil that “Producers must pay buyers $37.63 a barrel” to refine their product. There is no place to store it as companies who explore and drill are dead […]
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Tags: cincinnati, coronavirus, covid19, family, gasoline, megan, ohio, oil, prices, river, taylor, twitter, wsj
April 6, 2020
Thought I would add a late day animated GIF to the blog … partially because these Canary alerts have become a normal annoyance by sending text message alerts and partially this cardinal is cute. Hopefully he will grow tired of “looking at himself” and find a female cardinal who he can impress! Also while sending […]
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Tags: ani gif, animated, apartment, artwork, Cam, canary, cardinal, gif, idea, ideas, project, security, table
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Tags: chautauqua, cincinnati, classical, cleveland, corbett, elevator, henry mancini, mp3, Music, music monday, muzak, orchestra, pink panther, theme song, youtube
March 27, 2020
If Daniel Ives of Wedbush is right, the new 5G capable Apple iPhone release seems "extremely unlikely" for the normal September or October release this year. Most iPhone iOS users have been anticipating or even holding off on an upgrade thinking they might want the new 5G promise data. Personally, I’m relatively satisfied with my […]
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Tags: 5G, aapl, apple, cincinnatibell, daniel ives, data, fioptics, internet, iphone, isp, seeking alpha, tech friday, techfriday, wedbush
March 14, 2020
It was a tiring week with the drip, drip, drip Coronavirus news and highly-reactive financial markets. Although frightening, investors rightly or wrongly responded with a selloff of historic proportions. The entire meltdown seemed more like hysteria and panic and had me wondering how our country and nation ever faced plagues, a weak economy due to […]
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Tags: birds, bookshelf, bookshelves, brenich, coronavirus, covid19, ezpoxy, Financial, library, musicroom, paint, petit, projects, workshop
February 8, 2020
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Tags: Alexa, amazon, annalyn, assistant, babysitting, Cam, drew, driving, echoshow, family, katelyn, ohio, perrysburg, Photos, playing, snow, virtual, weather, wyze
February 6, 2020
It has been a shockingly mild winter, at least in Cincinnati this year. Generally I don’t put the snow blower on the John Deere 330 tractor until it is needed, yet this year I prepared early … and may have frightened the snow away? Having a winter without much snow is not totally unheard of, […]
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Tags: alberta, aoc, biodiesel, biofuel, climate change, cuyahoga river, Environment, family, fire, glaciers, global warming, jasper, mark howard, panic, politic, pollution, Travel
February 2, 2020
I cannot imagine the anguish a parent faces when losing a child. ☹️ Our family has known the Estes as neighbors since we moved to Cincinnati. Our kids grew up with their kids. From playing in the neighborhood, to 12+ years of school together. As my son Taylor said to me when remembering Cody, “he […]
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Tags: cody, dakota, estes, friend, neighbor, neighborhood, obit, Obituary
January 21, 2020
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Tags: annalyn, aurora, automotive, cars, cozy coupe, hemmings, hudson, jim mariol, little tikes, newell, ohio, rubbermaid, university of cincinnati
December 14, 2019
Don’t you just hate this! Earlier this week I was driving home through construction and traffic as I headed south from Columbus to Cincinnati on I-71 (road construction is not done yet!) and I heard a rock hit the windshield. It sounded pretty nasty, but after looking around carefully from the inside, all was fine […]
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Tags: automotive, BMW, chip, claim, crack, driving, insurance, liberty mutual, repair, split, windshield, x5 35d