Many citizens have expressed concern about pork projects in the economic stimulus bill which will do little, if anything, to jump start the economy. One example, frequently pointed out from a draft Senate Appropriations Report, was for $25 million funding for ATV trail maintenance: $25,000,000 is for recreation maintenance, especially for rehabilitation of off-road vehicle [...]
Despite an earlier post entitled Youth See Negativity in Technology, it appears than many teens do have a problem with hi-tech addictions. Too Much Texting Geeksugar writes about some teenagers that send hundreds of text messages daily: There’s Paige Horn, who sends 15,000 a month, and now another teen, Reina Hardesty, who sends about the [...]
This past weekend, my wife and I joined some friends for a pre-wedding celebration for Jon and Beth. We went to an 80′s music cover band concert by The Legwarmers. While their music is not low-tech (they play electric instruments), the enthusiastic crowd showed a strong retro-appreciation for something other than current modern music. As [...]
I thought I’d take this opportunity to write about a bit about George Washington and his Mount Vernon Estate. Mount Vernon is the perfect place to take a trip back in time and enjoy the history, scenery, and fine dining. If you are not likely to visit Mount Vernon anytime soon, I can recommend an [...]
Here’s a low tech, classic acoustic mountain music tune by the Stanley Brothers (Carter and Ralph Stanley). The tune is entitled How Mountain Girls Can Love: Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1″; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, “script”, “facebook-jssdk”));