Richard & Misti's Blog

Found “The Photographer’s Cache VII” recently, but haven’t been able to find the ‘Canada, eh?’ cache, much to our chagrin and consternation. Our car is finally paid off – no more car payments!   =)
Had a wonderful dinner and game night with Gene and Ronda, and Ben and Deanne last night. Men [...]

Tried the new Sugarfree LifeSavers Sorbets yesterday – a little too much Aspartame aftertaste for me, but not horrible. Also tried some Trident Strawberry Fusion Sugarless sweet & sour gum – very tasty (both the sweet and the sour ones).
Lucky Jared received five shots yesterday, but wasn’t the least bit happy about them: [...]

Well, it was a joy (not!) to find out that our apartment isn’t safe, according to Nevada State Housing Division Weatherization guidelines. As it turns out, our bedroom doesn’t have enough combustion ventilation air to support our furnace if the door is closed, so now we have to keep the door open (not the [...]

When diesel trucks (the little ones, not the big rigs) start accelerating, they sound like they’re constipated – I chuckle every time I drive off from a red light and the truck behind me sounds like it’s really having a hard time…   =)
We were bummed to hear Emilie’s update, of course – but [...]

Was sad to hear that Johnny Carson died two days ago from emphysema (he was 79).
Found the ‘Cache-0-Saurus Rex‘ [sic] cache yesterday, after having been thwarted once before a couple of weeks ago due to the snow.
Recently polished off a box of Luden’s Wild Cherry throat drops. In doing so I learned that pectin [...]

We attended Ben and Deanne’s wedding and reception on Saturday. A lot of Misti’s extended family has been in town for the festivities, so it’s been fun to see them all again. The combination of Tongan and Basque food at the reception was unique and quite tasty. I liked the raw fish, [...]

It’s always nice to hear a headline like this: “Flaw found in Office encryption“. In lighter news, I found the Human Clock to be rather amusing.
Here’s another headline from today: “Darwin flaws survive in Apple’s Mac OS X“. I simply repeat what I’ve always said, “No one is safe.”

Tried some Lorina sparkling lemonade yesterday, imported from France. Didn’t care for it much, actually. I think Ella of Frell (Anne Hathaway) looks like Jodi Keele.
We visited the Little Gift Cottage across the street from WinCo on South Virginia Street yesterday, since I had the day off for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. [...]

Tried the new Crest Whitening Expressions “Refreshing Vanilla Mint” flavored toothpaste for the first time yesterday. It wasn’t as good as I was hoping for.
Finished reading “Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets” by Dav Pilkey today. Fun kid’s book.
Watched “Ella Enchanted” (2004; Vivica Fox, Anne Hathaway, Minnie Driver, Cary Elwes, [...]

Misti made a wonderful meal last night, “Stuffed Round Steak” (Great American Recipes, Group 6, Card 14). I loved the combination of onions, cheese sauce, and steak. Mmmmm.
It’s rather hypocritical, I’d say, that Mozilla/Firefox fanatics rant and rave about how slowly Microsoft provides patches for IE, and how Firefox can turn out a [...]

eWeek’s article on how DNS is being impacted by spamming tactics caused a minor stir today, and the comment rebuttal by DNSstuff’s R. Scott Perry was particularly enlightening.
Gmail’s security hole and the recent slew of Linux ‘highly critical’ security holes that were patched yesterday made the news today. Interesting reads.

It seems to me that there are two types of banana people in the world: those that prefer them yellow with brown spots, and those that like ‘em yellow with just a tinge of green. Rarely can you find a banana that’s 100% yellow (with neither brown nor green) because they ripen so [...]

Oh, the humanity: phishing scammers turning to trojan horses attacks and the emergence of hybrid cell phone malware that is both worm and virus. What’s the security world coming to?
Misti likes her new Scünci Steamer that she got recently. I don’t feel that it lived up to it’s claims (as per the [...]

Jared really likes “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam” – whenever the ’sunbeam!’ part happens he throws up his hands and starts laughing. It’s great. He’s also got some more teeth starting to come in now, so his cute little grin is looking a little more toothy (but not toothsome).
I really like Biotène [...]

I like the new Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta program. It seems to be more comprehensive than most antispyware programs. It has promise, but there are a few notable bugs that need to be ironed out before the release version debuts.
In the news: the most recent IE security flaws and the Firefox phishing flaw. [...]

Procured some great-tasting Musselman’s Apple Butter at the store last week and am enjoying it. Mmmmm. Also enjoying some Berry Burst Cheerios Strawberry Banana cereal. I was impressed by the real sliced fruit.
Misti is loving her new Mr. Coffee Cocomotion hot cocoa maker that she scored for Christmas. (Well, okay, she’s [...]

We watched the fourth quarter of the Seattle Seahawks vs. St. Louis Rams NFL opening wildcard playoff game this afternoon and were disappointed that the Hawks lost the game in the last 27 seconds, with only just five yards to go.
I finally broke 20,000 points on Activision’s “Spider Fighter” classic video game today. I [...]

Everyone thinks that there are only three (3) books in the ‘Bourne trilogy’, but there are actually four. The first three are written by Robert Ludlum, whilst Ludlum turned the fourth over to another writer, Eric Van Lustbader. I’m actually watching and reading them out of order, as it turns out, but here [...]

Couldn’t find the ‘Cache-0-Saurus Rex’ cache this morning – it’s under two feet of snow. Duh, I guess I should’ve thought of that before setting out. Oh, well.
Finished reading “Quidditch Through The Ages” by Kennilworthy Whisp (J. K. Rowling) tonight, another book I scored for Christmas. A good read.
Also finished listening to [...]

I finished reading the book – Holes – yesterday. It was the story that the Disney movie Holes was based on. And I found it really cool that the man who wrote the book, Louis Sachar, was also the person who wrote the screenplay for the movie and he played in the movie [...]