Advertising that “catches” attention

RichC | January 31, 2010

Joe Guerrera in the Bronx NY has some great truck advertising to promote his fish wholesale business … Meat Without Feet. His business is based out of the New Fulton Fish Market at Hunts Point (800 Food Center Drive, Unit #99, Bronx, NY 10474). I enjoyed his truck ads so much that I don’t mind [...]

Record Ohio whitetail buck to be officially measured on Saturday

RichC | January 30, 2010

On Saturday, Clayton, Ohio hunter Brian Stephens will know “officially” if the buck he shot with a muzzleloader on November 30th 2009 is one for the record books. (photo above is Brian, the buck and a coyote) Without question the “green” scored 232 5/8 non-typical whitetail deer taken in Highland County Ohio is one big [...]

MyTether “no patch” Beta installed and running fine

RichC | January 29, 2010

The MyTether “no patch” beta fix was release while I was traveling this week. I didn’t have the nerve to install on my Palm Pre in fear of ‘bricking’ it so waited until this afternoon to reinstall. So far so good, although the speeds aren’t what I would like, most likely due to 5PM Sprint [...]

Ohio to get $400M for high-speed rail

RichC | January 28, 2010

Hmm … I don’t want to be negative just because I dislike big government and excessive borrowing … but will a high speed rail service really be the best investment for our state? I drive from Cincinnati to NE Ohio every week, but unless I could park safely and cheaply on this end and rent [...]

Cute mousetrap Youtube video

RichC | January 27, 2010

EDIT: Switched to cropped version 1/30/2009. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById(“player1″).style.display = “”; var s1 = new SWFObject(“http://richc.myarchive.us/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf”,”player1″,”485″,”245″,”7″); s1.addParam(“wmode”,”transparent”); s1.addParam(“allowscriptaccess”,”always”); s1.addParam(“allowfullscreen”,”true”); s1.addVariable(“height”,”245″); s1.addVariable(“width”,”485″); s1.addVariable(“file”,”http://myarchive.us/av/cheesecommercialshort.flv”); s1.addVariable(“image”,”http://myarchive.us/av/cheesecommercialshort.jpg”); s1.addVariable(“link”,”http://myarchive.us/av/cheesecommercialshort.flv”); s1.write(“player1″);

Well prepared cruising sailor shares his story

RichC | January 26, 2010

Wayne Meretsky shares  the “Loss of Moonduster“ We arrived in Savusavu, Fiji, on Monday, November 23, after a fairly uneventful 3-day passage from Tonga. Our goal was to spend a month cruising the western Yasawa Islands before leaving from Lautoka around Christmas to arrive in New Zealand early in the New Year. After a week [...]

Testing Posterous.com with an MP3 link

RichC | January 26, 2010

Listening to Great Lakes folk singer Lee Murdock; a link sent from a sailing friend. For the most part I’m posting here to see how Posterous.com and the MP3 repost to MyDesultoryBlog is handled. EDIT: Audio doesn’t post correctly … tweaked for a pop-up MP3 Link instead.

When will we see a Subaru diesel on this side of the pond?

RichC | January 25, 2010

Still waiting for the boxer Subaru diesel in the U.S. I know a few people who would enjoy a solidly built all-wheel drive diesel, be it one from VW, Audi or Subaru … or for that matter a domestic manufacturer. Subaru Impreza 2.0 RC diesel MENTION the Subaru Impreza and most people think of the [...]

Superbowl XLIV pits Colts against Saints on February 7th

RichC | January 24, 2010

After spending a few enjoyable hours watching football Sunday afternoon,  it was exciting to find out who would go to Miami and conclude the 2009 NFL football season: the AFC champion Indianapolis Colt and NFC New Orleans Saints. After watching our Cincinnati Bengals lose two weeks in a row to an strong New York Jets [...]

NASA Puffin concept returns to the birth of aviation

RichC | January 23, 2010

NASA’s Puffin electric-powered, super-quiet personal VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft concept is ideal for those wanting a quick commute to work on a traffic congested morning … particularly if you’ve got a charging station on your buildings helipad  … and who doesn’t? The USMC V-22 Osprey looking aircraft could offer a bit more promise [...]

Is Healthcare “Deader than a doornail”

RichC | January 22, 2010

Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById(“player2″).style.display = “”; var s2 = new SWFObject(“http://richc.myarchive.us/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf”,”player2″,”480″,”275″,”7″); s2.addParam(“wmode”,”transparent”); s2.addParam(“allowscriptaccess”,”always”); s2.addParam(“allowfullscreen”,”true”); s2.addVariable(“height”,”275″); s2.addVariable(“width”,”480″); s2.addVariable(“file”,”http://myarchive.us/av/FN_Healthcare1001221.flv”); s2.addVariable(“image”,”http://myarchive.us/av/FN_Healthcare1001221.jpg”); s2.addVariable(“link”,”http://myarchive.us/av/FN_Healthcare1001221.flv”); s2.write(“player2″); After President Obama, and most of the U.S. Congress (the Democrats), wasted a year on [...]

Racing the stock VW Jetta TDI against the TDI Cup Car

RichC | January 22, 2010

Thanks for the link Scott … Posted via email from richc’s posterous

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  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.