A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
NOTE: Overlook Grill has been bought by the Table 301 Group, and has been closed for remodeling. It should re-open spring 2013. Spring Break, and it’s time for me to try a new lunch place in downtown Greenville. On such a lovely day, I decided upon the Overlook Grill. Atmosphere As the name implies, … Read More “Overlook Grill” »
Oh no, it’s one of those "well-this-is-what-it-was-like-when-I-was-a-kid" kind of posts. I’ll try not to sound like a codger. Anyway, back in the 60’s in rural Laurens, there was no such thing as a K-Mart or WallyWorld. The biggest department store we knew of was Sears in Greenville, and we only went there around Christmas shopping … Read More “Down at the Five and Dime” »
There have been a couple of Google memes making the rounds of the Blogosphere. For those of you who don’t know what they are, a Google meme is an incomplete sentence or phrase that is entered into the Google search box, The results are supposed to complete the sentence or phrase, often with humorous results. … Read More “New Google Meme” »
First, Office Max I spotted a pretty good deal in the OfficeMax sale circular this afternoon, so I headed off to get a replacement for Laura’s defunct computer. When I got to the store, I didn’t see a single desktop or laptop anywhere. Turns out they don’t carry computers at all anymore. Great. I drove … Read More “Two Tech Rants” »
hawk2 Seems a pair of hawks has decided to nest in a tree just across from our house. They really are amazing to watch. This shot was taken with an old Nikkormat camera using a Celestron C90 spotting scope and T-mount for a lens.
The RandomConnections Podcast happened sooner than I thought! Take a look on the right-hand menu, and you’ll see a chit for Talkr. Open iTunes, or whatever Podcast feeder you use, then drag and drop the chit onto your subscription list. You will be automatically subscribed to an audio feed of this website in MP3 format. … Read More “Everybody Podcast!” »
It would seem that Bauer has updated his MySpace page. There was a follow-up article in this morning’s Greenville News… Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer’s personal Web page at MySpace.com picked up considerable sobriety Thursday as bikini photos and a link to a racy discussion group vanished, replaced by earnest political discussion. That may well be, … Read More “Andre Bauer Update” »
Our wonderful Lt. Governor, Andre Bauer, has been in the news quite a bit lately. This has mostly been due to his reckless driving skills and the fact that he seems to be ticket-proof, even when driving at high speeds through residential areas. Bauer is rumored to have a ferocious temper, and even had one … Read More “Our Cyber-Savvy Lt. Governor” »
I don’t know. I was going to come up with some catchy word beginning with V (other than Vendetta) to start my review of this movie. A quick Google search points out how highly unoriginal that would be. Seems there aren’t too many words beginning with V that would make sense in this context. At … Read More “V is for…” »
A couple of years ago I posted a list of things that would have already come to past if science fiction were true (Yesterday’s Tomorrows, 2004). Along these same lines, and courtesy of BoingBoing, I found The Movie Timeline. This timeline doesn’t limit itself to scifi, but includes all movie fiction. In the words of … Read More “Alternate Timelines” »