Eugene Glover 
We completed our first Instacart transaction today, and it was satisfactory; however, there were a few things that we either had to hunt for or discovered in the process. For the purposes of passing this on to others, here’s an account of our experience and what we learned. Let’s walk through the experience first. You’ll … Read more
What’s this? A blog post? After all this time? It is indeed. For want of a better word, I have retired. My former employer, the State of Arizona had (before they ruined it for newer employees) a fairly liberal retirement annuity program. To be fully vested for retirement you simply needed a combination of 80 … Read more
On June 26, 2016 at about 11 PM I was working in my dining room and I heard what could only be described as an explosion. It came from my office and upon checking it, I discovered an automobile sticking into my home. Outside the car sat with two people in it: a driver and … Read more
So… a retro vlog, throwing back even further in time? How confusing is that?
Friends and long-time acquaintances will know that I’ve clocked up more hours camping than most can hope to in a lifetime, and I’ve done so in most every conceivable configuration: From sleeping with nothing but a sleeping bag under the stars or even a primitive lean-to to staying in a self-contained truck camper with everything … Read more
Today was effectively our last day in Mexico. Tomorrow we’re up before 5:00AM to catch the shuttle for our flight home. This morning’s trip to Tolum wasn’t particularly early, so we had the opportunity to grab breakfast before we left. It’s a pity they don’t serve the spaghetti with meat sauce for breakfast. Our plan … Read more
We had some decisions to make for Days Five and Six, and we really needed to make them before it got late on Day Four, which we didn’t, so we were stuck with the results of our procrastination. I wanted to go see both Tolum and Coba. Tulum being the beautiful Mayan city by the … Read more
Wifi access here is awful! The hotel charges outrageous rates for it, and, although AT&T includes free wifi access at AT&T hotspots around the world when one has international data roaming on their phone (which I do, or I’d be completely cut off) there are no such hotspots anywhere to be found in the hotel … Read more
