Could anything be more smug than a Prius Owner? Yes- a Mac user. Vinny and Roland catch up on their PC vs Mac problems. Then these two Toyota Prius owners are going head-to-head about their hybrid car ownership experiences. We’ll break down how a hybrid works, driving habits, and real-world fuel mileage results. If you’re curious about buying a hybrid... Read more
Archive for October, 2008
A Place for My Stuff
October 30 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and FamilyWomen have purses. That is a near universal fact. Men don’t have purses. I have a bag in which I keep my things. I’ve heard them called a ‘man purse.’ My kids call it a ‘murse.’ Regardless, it’s where I usually keep my stuff. Well, a lot of my stuff. There are things that I keep in my pockets. My... Read more
Parental TV Controls and the DVD Hole
October 28 | Posted by Vinny | Technology Tags: controls, dvd, parenting, television, v-chipWe lock our televisions. We didn’t always do that, but since my wife started working full time, we’ve had a few issues with unattended television use. It’s not about the content (although my wife would like my son’s viewing to contain less violence) but time. Unattended the kids will watch television until they blob up into those immovable obese folks... Read more
Cafeteria Catholic- Overview
October 26 | Posted by Vinny | Cafeteria Catholic, Faith Tags: catholic, catholicism, FaithConsidering my history, I hope it’s easy to understand that I might not agree with all the teachings of my faith. Since my mother is divorced, some of those teachings, technically, make me an unwelcome member of the faith. Others would alienate my friends. Heck, I rarely receive communion because I’m suppossed to go to confession to cleanse my soul... Read more
Kids and Honesty
October 23 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: children, honesty, kids, lying, parenting, truthWhy do kids lie? In my experience, kids lie for a variety of reasons. The most popular reasons are to avoid getting in trouble with adult authority figures or to make themselves sound better than they truly are. What I find especially intriguing is the flimsy lies that children think we’ll accept. You can catch a child in the same... Read more
No One I Know Is On Twitter
October 21 | Posted by Vinny | Technology Tags: facebook, Internet, media, twitterI love the internet. Social Media? Awesome! Blogging? Cool! Micro blogging? Macro spectacular! Since I started blogging, podcasting, and socializing on the internet, I have made bunches of friends. I keep in touch with them all kinds of ways. I am friends with them on Facebook. I follow their timelines on PLurk. I have ‘friended’ them on Friendfeed, LinkedIn, MySpace… you... Read more
My Mission
October 19 | Posted by Vinny | Faith Tags: mission, sunday, worldmissionsundayI have a mission. I’m sure we all have a mission. I’m speaking of my mission in the faith. I’ll never be a real evangelist, but my mission, although small in it’s scope must be of some value. I am to change the lives of children. Not all of them, but those that are placed before me. As a music... Read more
We Watch TV Together
October 16 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: cleanhouse, dailyshow, extrememakeover, homeedition, monk, mythbusters, psych, stewart, television, TVA few years ago, my wife started a Family TV Night. It was Sunday night, and we sat and watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. We would all sit and cry over the sad stories, marvel at the extraordinary gadgetry they installed, and then we’d cry again at the homecoming. I’m over EM:HE. However, as a family we still enjoy sitting... Read more
Windows Vista Parental Controls
October 14 | Posted by Vinny | Technology Tags: children, Internet, parental, usage, vistaI’ve been hating on Vista. A lot. I had little luck with Vista, which caused my computer to crash, lag, and generally aggravate me. Since I’ve gotten my Macbook, I’ve set up the old Vista laptop at home for the kids to use as a second computer. Since they are both in upper schools, they need to type their work and... Read more
The Road To Hell
October 11 | Posted by Vinny | Faith Tags: church, heaven, hell, mea culpa, sinI’m going to Hell. If there is such a place (and my Faith says there is) then someone like me must certainly be headed there. I’m not being a doomsayer. I’ve reviewed the book that is my life and found that on the whole found it wanting. There are plenty of reasons for my thinking. I have lied. I have cheated.... Read more
