As a caveat – I follow football, but I am not a rabid fan.  If you’re looking for an analysis of how player X fits into a team’s 4-3 defensive scheme, you’re looking in the wrong place.  I’m looking to high a few interesting stories from the draft. Stafford vs. Sanchez Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford [...]

Back in February, we experienced telemarketing from hell at the hands of TV Guide.  My friend at Lazy Man and Money took an interest, and I wrote another version for his readers – greatly expanding the audience of the story. Incredibly, we received another call tonight.  Yep – 7:30 PM on a Sunday.  Apparently TV [...]

First, I’d like to welcome the new readers who came here via The Digerati Life. Read the current articles, explore the archives, and consider becoming a subscriber. We’ve been pretty sports-heavy in the last week – if you look through the archives, you’ll see that we’re usually a lot more eclectic. Second, I am happy [...]

Darren of Problogger calls this a “sneeze post” – check out The Best of the Casual Observer.  These are some of my favorite articles over the brief life of the blog. On the eve of the NFL draft, I would like to apologize to B.J. Raji.  I jumped on the bandwagon and criticized him for [...]

I have only been blogging seriously for a couple of months few years, so I am by no means an expert.  However, I do think I have learned a few things along the way that brand new bloggers could find helpful.  If you want to jump to the next level and get advice from a [...]

I have had the pleasure of experiencing Niagara Falls twice.  The first time was in 2001 on a solo trip – a stopover of just a few hours.  The second time was a honeymoon trip in 2004 - a considerably longer stay.  In 2001, I was on a trip from Illinois out to the baseball Hall of Fame [...]

USA Today is reporting that GM will shut down 15 of its plants for 9 weeks between May and July.  GM has a total of 21 plants. Clearly, by any measure, GM is in a world of hurt.  At the end of 2008, they had a book value (assets – liabilities) of  -$85 billion.  This [...]

We have a card with HSBC that gives us 1% cash back on all purchases and 2% back on weekend purchases.  We’ve started charging a lot of things so that we get the cash back.  Note: we have not changed our spending patterns because of the availability of credit on the card; we simply use [...]

A few unusual stories were making the rounds last week. I picked a few of them to highlight. The saga of Octomom Nadya Suleman has filed a trademark application for the term “Ocotomom”. She intends to use it in conjunction with baby products and a TV variety show. I’m not even sure that she has [...]

Staff writer and golf fanatic Johnny Goodman (not his real name) shares his experience at the 2009 Masters. This year I made my first trip to the Masters golf Tournament in Augusta Georgia. As a fan and player of the sport, this was on a short list of things I really wanted to do at least [...]