Musings from Joel

Everyone has an opinion on this and I’m no exception. The health care debate will continue for years no doubt. But I feel compelled to mention my recent experience with the system. I have chronic lower back pain. I have had it for 10 years and steadfastly refused to go see a doctor about it [...]

I have lived in Junius Heights since 2002 and have always known what a great, unique neighborhood we live in. It is the largest historic neighborhood in Dallas and has some of the most architecturally interesting houses in the city. These styles include craftsman, tudor and prairie styles. Our neighborhood worked hard in 2005 to [...]

My son found this dog yesterday and I am not sure what to do with it. It is a sweet Rat Terrier but has no tags and we had the Vet check to see if it was chipped but it was not. We already have an Australian Shepherd puppy and that is enough work for [...]

My son and I went to the SPCA looking for a new dog today. We had discussed this a few weeks ago and I decided I wanted some sort of German Shepherd breed. I like their loyalty and incredible smarts. When we got there we looked at 6 puppies. The first was a Siberian Husky [...]

While in Utah we played a lot of Scrabble which is one of my favorite games. My son felt compelled to photograph the board since someone spelled “Penis” on it. To be amused like a child again.

I just returned from my first ski trip in a dozen years. My how things have changed. The mountain was wired with 3g service everywhere. I managed to take pics and post them on facebook while being stuck in a gondola for 10 minutes. Now that is cool. Skis have also changed. I was informed [...]

As I continue to overhaul this car and get it road worthy I decided to tackle the struts this week. The front struts require jacking the car up and removing both wheels. You then have 3 bolts in the engine area that have to be removed to drop the struts down. At the bottom of [...]

Since I have free time right now I decided to do some vehicle maintenance on my 95 Lexus ES300. I bought this car this Summer from my brother and have really enjoyed it. It gets great gas mileage and I installed a pioneer avic700BT with nav.  But the car has some aging issues, the power [...]

I blog all over the net but this is my first blog that is just about my thoughts and experiences in life. I want to blog to cover a wide variety of topics that interest me from art to politics to technology and everything in between. Hopefully I’ll get some feedback and contrarian viewpoints along [...]