Optimus Prime Day September 7th is a day that Transformers fans, adopted as it is a somber occasion commemorating the death of Optimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie (1986). According to many fans, that was one of the best fights in Transformer’s history. Optimus Prime is a fictional character created by the Transformers franchise. He is a Cybertronian,… Continue reading Optimus Prime Day
Category: Etcetera
This is a dumping ground for all the stuff that I don’t have a home for, which is surprisingly more than you would think.
Google Commemoration Day
Google Commemoration Day On September 7th we commemorate the Google Search Engine. Sometime in January of 1996, Stanford University Ph.D. students Sergey Brin and Larry Page began a research project. This project involved creating a search engine called BackRub, this project would turn out to be the origin of what we now know as Google.… Continue reading Google Commemoration Day
System Administrator Appreciation Day
System Administrator Appreciation Day The System Administrator Appreciation Day is on the last Friday of July and celebrates the individuals who are working around the clock (often behind the scenes) in order to keep our virtual world running. System administrators are people who take care of installing and troubleshooting anything and everything related to Information… Continue reading System Administrator Appreciation Day
Spring Means Tornadoes Are in Bloom
Spring Means Tornadoes Are in Bloom For today’s post, I have several tornadoes caught on camera and the aftermath of one of those tornados. They are all part of a tornado outbreak that happened at the end of April 2024. Growing up in Northern Ohio, just on the outside edge of “tornado alley”, I was… Continue reading Spring Means Tornadoes Are in Bloom
Pavement Princess Truck
Pavement Princess Truck Alright, I must come clean, I own a 2WD pickup truck, but she is not a ‘Pavement Princess’, not even close. This was my first truck, and I purchased her nearly 20 years ago, brand new and currently has 230k miles on her. My son was in Boy Scouts at the time,… Continue reading Pavement Princess Truck
Happy Star Wars Day – May 4th
Happy Star Wars Day – May 4th May 4th has been designated by Star Wars fans as Star Wars day. “May 4th” = “May the Force” be with you. The exact history of the day isn’t formally documented, but ironically it is believed that former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher may have been the inspiration… Continue reading Happy Star Wars Day – May 4th
Electric Vehicle (EV) Pick-up Trucks
Electric Vehicle (EV) Pick-up Trucks I had always wanted a pickup truck and in 2005 I bought my first truck, a 2006 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab (18 years old with over 230K miles on it). And I use it like a truck all the time. It has been offroad more than most of the Jeeps… Continue reading Electric Vehicle (EV) Pick-up Trucks
Morse Code Day
Morse Code Day Morse Code Day is April 27th Morse Code Day celebrates Morse code, an alphabet of dashes and dots that made long-distance communication much easier before phones were around. The holiday is celebrated on the birthday of its inventor, Samuel Morse, who was born on April 27, 1791. I personally mark this day… Continue reading Morse Code Day
Happy Pi Day
Happy Pi Day March 14th marks Pi Day (the mathematical constant or Pi – 3.14159265.. or 3.14 or March 14th) What is Pi Day and why do we celebrate the holiday? Each March 14, mathematicians, scientists, and math lovers all over the world have a good time on Pi Day, a commemoration of the mathematical… Continue reading Happy Pi Day
Rude Ass People
Some People As I arrived for my doctor’s appointment, there was this couple outside, blocking the door, fumbling around for masks (this particular doctor required masks), but blocking the entrance to me, who was wearing my mask already. In the waiting room, the male instantly started tapping his cowboy boots to some song in his… Continue reading Rude Ass People
