Merry Christmas from the Howell Report.

I was doing some research on the Great Depression when I came across a “humorous stealth hack” of Wikipedia.

In the description of The Grapes of Wrath plot there were slyly inserted references to “mad cow disease”, the dream of a “steady drug supply” and death by reindeer.

I don’t know about you, but when we studied The Grapes of Wrath in high school there were no references to the Joad’s dream of a steady drug supply.

There has to be a term for this kind of underground, barely noticeable, pranking of Wikipedia entries.

Anyway, see under “Plot” 2nd paragraph, 3rd sentence. 3rd paragraph, 3rd sentence and 4th paragraph 5th sentence.

A small laugh in the midst of the new economic troubles!

I will soon enter the world of web hosting. I believe I’ve found a great source (which will remain secret). Mrs. Howell works for a company that needs a web site so I’ve been helping her get her site together. Now they will need a host soon. I might as well help them out.

Mrs. Howell and I went to Sea World on July 4th. Here is a video that runs 6:40 made up of clips of everything we saw that day. And yes, it was crowded.

This is the first in a series of videos that answers the simple question, “Where am I?”

In this episode I’m at home in the “Woods Field”.

When I was fifteen years old I got my first job. Actually my brother got it for me. He had just come home from Vietnam and was working in construction. I don’t know what he did. I think he was a carpenter.

I was hired as a general jobsite laborer. This construction site was a block away from my school so every day after school I would walk over there, put my boots on and go to work. I worked from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM, five days a week. I’m not sure my Mom liked me working there. (more…)