My Half-Assed iMac

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Joe_Williams

The Mac Minty

I’ve been tinkering with my Mac Minty which I also refer to as my “Half-assed iMac.”

It’s a 2012 Mac mini running Linux Mint, bolted to the back of a 21.5″ Asus VS228H-P monitor with a $9 VESA mount adapter I grabbed off Amazon. Continue reading →

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Chocolate Espresso Cookies

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Tina Garceau

Every holiday cookie tin needs a really good chocolate cookie. This chocolate espresso cookie has melted chocolate and espresso powder in the batter, and is topped off with chocolate chips. It’s the perfect symphony of chocolate and coffee! Continue reading →

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Caturday

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Joe

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White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Tina Garceau

It’s that time of year when I start stockpiling cookie dough in my freezer to bake in the upcoming weeks. This is a new recipe, a cookie that’s made with cream cheese, dried cranberries, and white chocolate chips, rolled in confectioners sugar. It rates a thumbs up from the fellas! Continue reading →

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Caturday

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Joe_Williams

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Friday Five – Number Two Hundred Eighteen

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Tina Garceau

Two hundred and eighteen in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.

 

 

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Hangin’ on the Telephone

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Joe

I spied this on a trip to the local super market in a bin among a variety of Hot Wheels cars, and I couldn’t resist it. I was about six years old when Mattel rolled Hot Wheels out to the world, and I have never been able to resist a display. I always have to paw through these 1:64 scale diecast beauties.

For as long as the series has been in production, there has always been novelty cars. This one is no exception. It’s a funny car replica of Fisher-Price’s Chatter Telephone which debuted in 1961. I think every kid born in the 1960s had the toy phone. Now 60 odd years later, the same kids can have a miniature diecast replica on wheels.

I can’t imagine kids reacting to this as their grandparents would. It’s obviously aimed at Baby Boomers.

They got my $1.08. (It was on sale)

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