All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
Letters to Santa are down, as they have been the past few years, and now most of the mail received at the North Pole, including email, is unwanted spam. The board of directors (elves) are restless and antagonistic, and worse, a modern business practices consultant has been called in to try and turn things around. … Read more
From Mary Ann Johnson, via our Aunt Adelia (both from Lindsborg, KS) comes this excellent recipe for Swedish Pecan Cookies. A big hit when first served at a family gathering in October, it’s now been reported by relatives across the country that they are equally good when baked for the holiday season! Swedish Pecan Cookies … Read more
From Mena’s dollarshort site comes an excellent link to a site that has over 30 different full-screen panoramic photos (Quicktime required). Many of these rich, beautiful, inspiring images rotate up and down in addition to the expected side to side movement. Explore the paintings on the ceiling of a church, look out from high up … Read more
A variety of things had to come together to realize this dream, but once they did, the results are amazing! You can easily spend hours looking at these fascinating arial photos of the California coast, looking for well-known landmarks as well as your own special places. Here’s a random thumbnail from the site; it’s different … Read more
That’s Yoko Ono’s advice to Sir Paul McCartney, who is keen to change the song writing credits on songs he primarily composed. He recently released an album of songs performed during a 2002 US concert tour, and on 20 of the 36 songs he transposed the credit line to “Paul McCartney and John Lennon” from … Read more
66 years young is too young to die. Yet, that’s what happened to my mother, Pat. After fighting cancer for 2 years she passed away on December 9th. Though we lived half a country apart (mom in kansas, and us in california), circumstances worked out such that my wife and I were able to spend … Read more
Remember the Rubber Biscuit song that Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi performed in the Blues Brothers movie? Who knew that the hard to understand, seemingly nonsensical song had real lyrics!? The Chips – Rubber Biscuit written by Nathaniel Epps, Charles Johnson, Shedrick Lincoln, Samuel Strain Jr., Paul Fulton Cow cow hoo-oo cow cow wanna dib-a-doo … Read more
According to the USA Patriot Act, librarians face criminal penalties if they inform their patrons that they are under investigation by the FBI. While this prior restraint on free speech is categorically unconstitutional, (as are many other aspects of the act), the courts have not yet recognized this fact, thus making it risky for well-meaning … Read more