Before there were links, there was this TV host/author named Art Linkletter. He was famous for the phrase “kids say the darnedest things.” They do. My friends have a young child who has just started preschool and apparently they spend most of their time counting … so he counts everything. He told his mom he […]

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Occasionally, I blog about nothing — dating back to the days before I migrated my content over from a MySpace blog. Remember MySpace? I digress. So … “blogs about nothing” — it’s what I know most about. Well … I was driving home the other night thinking about some friends who have a new baby. […]

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Years ago I read this funny quip. I think it was in Reader’s Digest … man I used to love me some R’s-D … what with things like “I Am Joe’s Pancreas” and stuff like that … I digress. Anyway, some reader related a true story about a car swerving through traffic … prolly a […]

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I was flying on Southwest Airlines recently when I experienced one of those conundrums … or maybe a good news/bad news scenario. Who don’t like sum good news first: The good news — there was an excellent Wi-Fi , wireless network available — boasting of speeds greater than 54.0 Mbps. The bad news — film […]

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So … they say a blog MUST allow readers to chime in and post comments.  I think the attorneys came up with that idea, because of all the potential risk … billable hours and all that. Well, it has taken me a year, but I have finally warmed up to the idea.  I wonder how […]

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What’s a “yahyah” anyway?  Isn’t that from a Rolling Stones’ recording … “Get Yer Yahyahs Out,” or something like that. Well … we’ve only just begun and already I digress … What could be better than a Gogo Wi-Fi hotspot on board my sweet American Airlines ride at 40,000 feet?  Just one thing — THREE […]

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So … standing there on the sidelines of the Texas Tech, Michigan State game, tweeting my own business when someone rifles a pass over the sidelines.  Thank goodness it skipped before it hit me. LOL … I was like all trying to be cool and not jump or pass out or whatever.  I tried to […]

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It’s game day, just before noon. I strolled through the parking lot of the Alamodome in anticipation of the Valero Alamo Bowl which features the Michigan State Spartans vs. the Texas Tech Red Raiders tonight on ESPN, 8 p.m. Central. (The PingWi-Fi team will be reporting and tweeting live from the sidelines and blogging from […]

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Did we make the annual holiday pilgrimage to The Cadillac Ranch and the PingWi-Fi Wind Farm? … Well duh!  Added bonus — snow was delivered right on schedule last night … er … after the “light display.”  Merry Christmas yo! * No animals were harmed in the making of this video, much.  And please, do […]

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Dating back to the time when I first began to interview celebrities, I always stuck with one rule. No autographs. I mean, if you are trying to get a celebrity to interact on a human level during an interview, why would you lower yourself and put them on a pedestal? Pretty much common sense … […]

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