Not individual Grinches, but covers of the classic song “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch”. #4 Straight No Chaser This ranking is most likely because of my general distaste for SNC. It’s nothing to have the bass vocal growl through the very bottom of the range without a whole lot of personality. #3 Moosebutter It’s …
Author: Uncle Josh
Uncle Josh watches The Maltese Falcon
It’s a sick day, which means I’m working at home and working is really about checking my email and handling emergencies and trying to think about solving problems that are much easier on three screens than the single laptop screen I have today. This means I am finally watching the Netflix DVD of Casablanca, only …
Uncle Josh Tries to Find that Advent Spirit
Maybe it’s the head cold I’m fighting. Maybe it’s the seasonal depression. Maybe it’s the damned world. Maybe I’m just too tired. Christmas isn’t happening for me. I’m being selfish and struggling to get out of my own head. I am turning to desperate measures to try to get me out of this rainy-day funk. …
Uncle Josh Pokes 2018 with a Stick (3/3): Words, Words, Words
According to Goodreads I read 62 out of 50 books I had challenged myself with this year and that’s probably not-quite fair. There are several graphic novels that may or may not be counted as one for the series or not at all. For example, I finally finished collecting Akira and read the whole thing, …
Uncle Josh Pokes 2018 with a Stick (1/3)
The big thing this year was my internet provider, web host provider, and personal website were crushed when John Ogden shuttered SpiritOne. I started with SpiritOne back in the 90’s on dial up when I was on a Mac and a few other local ISPs told me they didn’t support Macintosh connections. I had stopped …
Uncle Josh Gets a New Toy
Several years ago I wanted to try my hand at robotics. I picked up a multi meter, bread board, wires, buzzers, and a book on making robotics that was easy enough to understand but I failed miserably at understanding and manipulating an integrated circuit. Once again we have the robot-toy-bug in our house and the …
Uncle Josh Peeks In At His Other Selves
Background: I picked up a very common Gmail address on the day Gmail went live back in 2004, and had to abandon it because it gets used everywhere. I haven’t looked at Alt-Josh in a while, I thought I would check in. I created an account at TeachItGeography.co.uk. Pretty harmless. I was invited to a …