Comments for Paul F. Olson

Comment on Scared by Paul

Paul — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:49:01 +0000

Over the past 100 years, the town’s population has dropped considerably. More recently, it’s been a sort of slow, steady decline. Some of the outlying areas in our county have actually seen an increase, due to retirees building lakefront homes, etc. But high school graduates continue to leave and never come back. Like most rural areas, we hemorrhage young people.

Comment on Scared by Dave

Dave — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:24:27 +0000

Just curious, Paul … is the town and the county sustaining its population base or is the population also dwindling?

Comment on In Which Our Heroes Turn Into Blocks of Ice by Breathing Again | Paul F. Olson

Breathing Again | Paul F. Olson — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:13:06 +0000

[...] help but think back to the way this baseball season started for our family — that cold, snowy outing at U.S. Cellular Field and the slightly warmer game under the roof at Miller Park a few days later [...]

Comment on Unbridled Keyboard Lust by I Was a Teenage Steampunk | Paul F. Olson

I Was a Teenage Steampunk | Paul F. Olson — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:09:00 +0000

[...] while back, I wrote this post about an eye-popping modification that turned an ordinary computer keyboard into a phantasmagorical [...]

Comment on Feeling Better About the World by Blogroll | Paul F. Olson

Blogroll | Paul F. Olson — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:06:16 +0000

[...] Gaiman’s Journal, which is still the one blog I absolutely can’t live without, as I discussed in considerable detail [...]

Comment on Tools of the Trade by Remembering Wordstar | Paul F. Olson

Remembering Wordstar | Paul F. Olson — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:03:39 +0000

[...] not as nostalgic about Wordstar as I am about, say, my old typewriter, but there are days that I miss its simplicity, its outstanding performance, and most of all, its [...]

Comment on My First Time by Pops

Pops — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:54:05 +0000

My God,
I can’t believe no one has responded to this! Yes Yes,, the first time definately etches into you soul. Mine was before my fraternity brothers on St. Patty’s Day. It was grand, I was so so, AND I AM SO HAPPY I DID NOT BACK OUT OF IT!

Comment on When Books Are Like The Movies by Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:46:54 +0000

You can find Book Trailers at http://www.readersentertainment.tv You can even look them up according to genre.
This year there will be a search feature and the site is getting a facelift, but it has trailers, author interviews, original shows that center around books and other interesting tidbits.

Comment on New Babies in the House by Ken

Ken — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:51:08 +0000

Hmmm…I’d say that warrents at least two cigars

Comment on New Theme, New Year by Ken

Ken — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:04:17 +0000

Looking good, Paul. I like your color scheme!