It's Almost

Christmas!

And just in time for Christmas, I've decided to post a link to a great short Christmas story "A Christmas Tree", by Charles Dickens. While most won't bother reading it, it is a short story; Dickens' style of writing is magical and with few words does a great job of pulling the reader in. If you have not read this story, I suggest you make the time for it, you won't regret it. Enjoy. More...

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Live in Jackson

Jackson Michigan is a very old city wth a rich history. The past 30 years have not been kind to Jackson, but there are many here who still believe in the great city it can once again be. You can't beat the price of houses here and the taxes are very low. You can buy a mansion (I'm not kidding) for under $150K and we are less than a 30 minute drive to Ann Arbor or Lansing.  And yes, Jackson has some truly spectacular homes.

My Favorite Place on the Web

With so much content on the internet, it sometimes hard to find anything worth reading, or perhaps there is too much worth reading.  Either way, I have several blogs and websites that are great entertainment because they are one, funny, or two, plain interesting.

I hope you enjoy

  • Wes Clark's Avocado Memories
    If you were born between 1950 and 1970, you'll find a real connection here
  • Cake Wrecks
    A blog dedicated to the worst cakes ever made, with a sweet break on Sundays
  • English Russia
    Experience the former Soviet Union from an insider's point-of-view, always worth stopping in.
  • Shorpy's
    I'm not sure Shorpy Higginbotham got all of his images, but they are very old and quite spectacular, I can get lost viewing images hours at a time.
  • Roadside America
    Loaded with places to see on your next road trip and funny amateur videos
  • 27b/6
    Dude is seriously snarky and funnier than heck, the back-and-forth with people is side-splitting sometimes
  • Boing-Boing
    Very popular and for a reason, forever something to learn about
  • Starts with a Bang
    Blog maintained by an astrophysics professor, very enjoyable and smart reading
  • Critical Past
    A library of tens of thousands of historic videos, check it out.
  • Instructables
    How-to's for everything
  • HiLo Brow
    Middle brow is not the solution
  • American Museum of Photography
    Photographic exhibits and how-tos
  • Snopes
    Is that true?  Or is it just a rumor?
  • fiverr
    What would you do for $5?
  • Paris 1903
    Need something to hang on your walls?  Check out this enormous selection of reprinted vintage posters and fine art, there are so many how can you choose?
  • Fail Blog
    It means what it says; be there when something fails!  Sometimes though, there is a win!