I have discovered a problem here in the Campbell home. It’s quite prevalent, affecting most members of the household. Surfaces abhor a vacuum? I know, I know. That’s not exactly the famous phrase. The slight variation though is definitely true in this home! Is it that way for you? Do you find that any flat…
Tag: Funny Stories
Detective Dad
Sometimes as a Dad, you find yourself in the role of detective. The cases are often thrust upon you quite circumstantially. There may not necessarily be a victim, who comes to you asking for the mystery to be solved. Often, the clues lie before you and it’s up to you, Detective Dad, to solve the…
Just Sickening
Sickness has invaded the Campbell home once again. We really aren’t sick all that much here, but we have of course had our bouts with various illnesses (illni?) over the years. When they hit us, they tend to stick around and cycle through all the warm bodies here a time or two. Thankfully this time…
City Living… Or Not.
We Campbells live in a thriving rural metropolis. Nestled on the outer eastern edge of the once-vibrant technology town of Rochester, NY—R.I.P. Kodak—our town is home to nearly seven thousand people of various ilk. This is the place to be if you want to experience cultural, ethnic, religious, and economic diversity. We’ve got it all!…
Who Me? A VCR Repairman?
Perhaps one of the strangest things I’ve done of late is a bit of repair man work on my office VCR! Who knew I could fix those? 🙂 One of the services I offer as part of my web/graphic design business* is analog-to-digital conversion. So, you bring me your old audio cassette tapes and I’ll…
Project: Backyard Ice Rink (Part 2)
(continued from yesterday’s post) We had heard that some people do just fine by stitching two sheets together with waterproof tape. I did a bit more research online and found waterproofing repair tape was indeed a real product, and might actually work. And it might have, had the weather cooperated. And, had the second piece…
Project: Backyard Ice Rink (Part 1)
We’ve got a project underway here at the Campbell home. We’re trying to freeze a large portion of our back yard. (Well, more accurately, a large quantity of water, covering our back yard…) One thing is for sure: we’ve learned quite a bit of what not to do along the way! It all started with…
Clocks
Sometimes in life, you just have to take the bad with the good. I’ve always loved the “fall back” Sunday, where you get an hour of your life back. Who couldn’t use an extra hour!? Either another hour of sleep in the morning, or really, whatever suits your fancy! The extra hour was always especially…
Facebook Is Trying To Help
This morning when I brought up Facebook to check on a couple things (no, I do not have a Farmville farm or anything else like that…) I saw the list to the left at the top right of the page. I had to smile as I thought of the stereotypical guy who can’t remember his…
The Perfect Temperature
Several things are broken on our trusty family minivan. Some more important than others (like our gas gauge) and some we can do without (our rear windshield wiper, and air conditioning) and then tons of little things, mostly electrical. Including the temperature gauge in the little computer/data center. At times, it will tell us that…