Author: Steve

My first major gig was for Van Halen, this was back in the late 80s. I was part of the crew, which meant I unloaded the gear from trucks and helped set up the stage. They were a major rock band at the time – those young people out there may not know how huge […]

I have to say, I love hanging out with the old timers. I know that many young people have an attitude about older folks – they say “ok, boomer” and dismiss everything they have to say. Not me. I like listening to them, there is so much we can learn from the older generations, when […]

Someone bought the old drive-in movie theater outside of town to renovate and reopen. That place has been there my whole life, and I’ve never seen a movie there. I have visited the place several times, because it was a great place to go with my high school pals to drink and flirt with girls. […]

I am waiting to see what my tax refund will be like this year, if I even get one at all, before I decide what to do about the A/C COVID sent my personal finances into a tailspin I still haven’t recovered from. To be fair, before the pandemic I was living paycheck to paycheck, […]

Have you been to a major concert before? It’s one thing seeing a band in a small club or a bar, or even in an outdoor venue. But the big indoor shows, in stadiums and concert halls, take a lot more technical precision than you may think. When the band is on stage, they are […]

If you are worried about extreme temperature fluctuations you can employ a heater or cooler, as well, but I advise you to worry about humidity above all else I have been collecting comics since I was a teenager. I have been reading them since I could read, but I didn’t have the foresight to collect […]

I am supposed to graduate high school in three months, and I have some pretty big decisions to make before then. My grades are good, but not good enough. I can probably get into one of the state universities if I wanted to go to college, but I won’t qualify for any scholarships. The cost […]

It raises or lowers temperature very quickly Because my house was constructed during the 1800s, it presents some challenges. While we’re thrilled with the hardwood floors, big front porch and gorgeous stairway, we’ve had difficulty handling heating and cooling. The ceilings are high, the windows big and there’s no conventional duct system. When we first […]

Before my husband and I built our home, we researched all different types of heating and cooling systems. The weather in our area includes very cold and snowy winters along with hot and humid summers. We require just about year round temperature control. Heating and cooling add up to about 50% of our household energy […]