My Desultory Blog

RichC | February 13, 2021

We live in a fairly developed area and yet the variety of animals surviving amidst the traffic and people continues to amaze me. When we built in Liberty Township, Ohio in the mid-1990s you would have called our area “developing but rural.” Now, there is no question we are suburban and “in my opinion” … […]

Category: Environment, Nature, Personal, Photos, Weather | No Comments »
Tags: backyard, cat, coyote, dog, fence, fox, liberty township, mink, ohio, possum, raccoon, skunk, snow, tootsie, tracks, wildlife

RichC | November 13, 2019

For years in our increasingly populated (with people) Liberty Township, Ohio community has had a fair amount of wildlife roaming our neighborhoods. I’ve commented several times before and have never really been concerned when the critters are of the fox and smaller variety. Raccoons are still my least favorite, but those pesky chipmunks have recently […]

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Tags: animals, backyard, coyote, dogs, fox, liberty township, neighborhood, ohio, raccoon, skunk, wildlife

RichC | December 4, 2018

Now that my favorite TV comedy with Tim Allen is back on the air … I read a bit about Last Man Standing’s cancelation by ABC and how the show eventually made it’s way to FOX. I never did buy the "it wasn’t for political reasons" comment from ABC … as who cancels their #2 […]

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Tags: abc, comedy, fox, home improvement, last man standing, political, television, tim allen

RichC | October 14, 2018

As a business news junkie, I’ve been watching Fox Business since I "demanded it" (as Neil Cavuto would tell viewers in the early days of the expansion Fox network). They have steadily grown and have become serious competition for CNBC (watched/listen since it’s debuted) and BloombergTV. Fox Business has mixed in far more general news […]

Category: Business, Entertainment, Financial | No Comments »
Tags: bloomberg, cnbc, fall2018, fox, foxbusiness, foxnews, schedule

RichC | September 27, 2018

Can’t wait for the return of Tim Allen and Last Man Standing cast to FOX after being cancel on ABC — my DVR series is set for Friday night at 8PM (yes, I know about streaming services … but I just don’t trust them!) Multi-cam comedy LAST MAN STANDING, starring Tim Allen, heads to FOX […]

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Tags: fox, last man standing, sitcom, television, tim allen

RichC | November 1, 2011

Kodak Playsport Zx5 macro focus testing (click for larger) While shooting some video with the Brenda’s Kodak Playsport Zx5 this past weekend I thought about the excellent autofocus camera on the new iPhone 4s and decided to test the macro focus on our my wife’s all-weather camcorder; if the lighting and distance is right, it […]

Category: MGB, Photography, Photos | No Comments »
Tags: camcorder, camera, fox, fuse, kodak, mgb, photography, playsport, tootsie, zx5