Slight detour
Trying to find a place in Kansas City where I can rent a spray booth without having to buy a guild membership is becoming rather arduous. I did find a place out...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Presume Michael Avenatti innocent
Since I get a lot of flak from those I know about not bashing the right “enough”, I’m going to take this opportunity to do just that. One of t...
Teenagers are NOT being locked up for trick-or-treating in Hampton Roads
This has to be one of the more insidious things to hit my news feeds lately: outrage over ordinances that exist in Hampton Roads that set a legal age limit at 1...
Blackmail scam
There are some tell-tale signs that an e-mail is a phishing or scam attempt. I’ve received “Your account has been compromised” e-mails bearing...
Revisiting Amethyst – More color testing
Recall in the previous article on this that I’d purchased touch-up paint, specifically Mopar Deep Amethyst Pearl, which was a paint used on Dodge Neons an...
Understand Kavanaugh’s response to the allegations
Now that the nomination is through the Senate Judiciary Committee, let’s look back a moment at the allegations themselves and how they were being made. Fo...
I’m hiring?
And continuing on my previous trend of posting solicitations I receive in my e-mail, here’s one I received a few days ago that was obviously a blind solic...
Presume Brett Kavanaugh is innocent
Two things are definitely true about the accusation against Brett Kavanaugh: It is impossible to know if the allegation is true, and Democrats don’t care,...
Revisiting Amethyst – A different look
In building Amethyst, transitioning the build from a green themed system called Absinthe, there were two places I used 16mm OD PETG tubing. First was in front o...
Paid product or service promotions
I have a business degree. With that came studies in sales and advertising. Part of this involves knowing whether a certain venue will reach your target audience...