TDZ Retrospective: Commas, Diagramming and Other Rants About English

Originally posted December 15, 2007.  After eight years look for another English rant coming soon. The other day The Big Guy was reading my blog and informed me that I needed a comma for some reason or another. This lead to lively and humorous dialogue about my not needing commas and semi-colons. TBG that it … Continue reading TDZ Retrospective: Commas, Diagramming and Other Rants About English

TDZ Retrospective: Itchy Tags

Another of my favorites originally posted December 19, 2007.  Oh, yeah I'm still battling those itchy tags. I’m trying to work  but unfortunately I’m distracted by an itchy tag. There is nothing worse than creating the optimal work environment only to be distracted by something as trivial as an itchy tag. I just hate the … Continue reading TDZ Retrospective: Itchy Tags

TDZ Retrospective: Funny Preacher Stories

Originally Posted July 6, 2007 My granddad was a preacher. Actually he was my great-granddad. Granddad had a great sense of humor. Mealtimes were quite enjoyable especially when Granddad started telling stories. He had quite a collection of funny preacher stories. Usually his stories involved rookie preachers. By this time he had been a preacher … Continue reading TDZ Retrospective: Funny Preacher Stories

TDZ Retrospective

July is birthday month for TheDeeZone.  This version of TDZ started in July 2007.  I have been blogging in some form since 1996. It is hard to believe that it has been almost 20 yrs. Back then it was called blogging but that's what I did. So in honor of TDZ's birthday for the remainder … Continue reading TDZ Retrospective

Silly Saturay: Awesome Senior Prank

The class of 2014 at Santa Barbara High School (CA) pulled off a very cool class prank. They hired a mariachi band to follow principal John Becchio around for 1 hour.  Way to go guys, very creative  

Need a laugh?

Check out this recipe for ice cubes on Food.com. Be sure to read the comments.A few of my favorite comments:I harvest my own free-range water, so the idea of putting it in a plastic tray and a commercially made electricity-wasting freezer disgusts me. I prefer nature's method, waiting until the temperature outside drops below freezing.This … Continue reading Need a laugh?

Silly Saturday: Invisible Driver

Saw this at a training this week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVrJ8DxECbg In case you are wondering the discussion topic was "workplace problems".