MadMania

Faith, Books, and Stuff

Month: February 2009

You killed a man?

A few Christmases ago my daughter received a toy airplane. It was a styrofoam model, designed for flight. Inexplicably, the company had packaged it in one of those irritating hard blister packs. It was no surprise then, when the plane got broken during the process of extricating it from the package.  “I’d like to kill […]

An I.T. Primer

I’m an I.T. guy, and proud of it. I like fixing stuff. However, most of the techniques I use are readily available to you with little to no real training. The following are some basic I.T. tips that will help you, no matter what your skill level, troubleshoot not only computers, but also toasters, cars, […]

Gray’s Café in Butler, Missouri

We went in for breakfast at a quarter to 10. The food was excellent; I had the Country Boy breakfast with bacon, eggs, and pancakes. The bacon was crisp, the eggs were done just how I asked, and the pancakes were flat-out awesome. If you like sissified coffee, then this place is not for you: […]

Counterfeit chickens

Having grown up watching Looney Tunes my whole life, there are just some gags that I just take for granted. For example, animals can disguise themselves as chickens simply by putting a red rubber glove on their heads. I had forgotten this, and had even forgotten there being a time when the difference between a […]