Thoughts happen.

Although The Grammar Curmudgeon has sections for short pieces – the Grumbles, Pet Peeves, and Just for Fun sections, for example – I felt that I needed a "bloglike" section for random thoughts and opinions or for ideas that don't develop into complete essays.

These are random thoughts that enter my head, probably revealing more about how wacky I can be than they do about anything really important.  They should probably remain in my head, but I'm addicted to writing and often don't care whether what I write is of any consequence.  From what I read on the Internet, a lot of us are like that.

There's no place in this "Mudgelog" (as there is on many traditional blogs) for anyone to respond.  I can't see why anyone would want to respond to the ramblings of an old poop anyway.  However, if anything here makes you want to punch me in the face or (unlikely) shout "Hurrah," you can react on the Message Board.

The only logic to the entries in this section is that they are grouped into the time slots displayed below, to keep the pages from becoming unmanageable.

CLICK ON ANY LINK (DATE RANGE) TO FIND OUT JUST HOW MESSED-UP MY MIND IS.

February 21 to March 16, 2010 Pandora – For Your Listening Pleasure; About Appreciating Music; Taking a Break to Reflect on Student Papers; Education Reform     February 9 to February 15, 2010 Hibernation Time; After the Storm; The Curse of Typos     January 25 to February 8, 2010 God and Disasters; More Bits and Pieces – And Some Serious Reflections; Fun, Games, and Learning; Super Bowl Ads     January 7 to January 23, 2010 Wii – Whee; Airline Security; Gearing Up for the Last Semester; Bits and Pieces     December 6 to December 27, 2009 More About Christmas; Various Brief Items; Snow Thoughts; Flying     November 24 to Dec. 3, 2009 Rare Find – A Computer Handyman; Students Who Cannot Read; Anticlimaxes; Cash for Christmas     October 30 to November 18, 2009 Facebook Reflections; Two Articles: Texting While Driving – Training Teachers; A Busy Time; Progress, Not Perfection      October 8 to October 26, 2009 Predictions; New Jersey Politics; Inconsiderate People; Writing to Learn     September 16 to October 3, 2009 The Student Paper Saga Continues; Appreciation of Autumn; Stupid, Arrogant, and Opinionated; The Great American Fantasy     August 30 to September 13, 2009 Looking Toward the Fall Semester; Slogging Through Student Papers; Ranting About Banks and Bankers Again     August 20 to August 26, 2009 Continuing an Old Theme – Extremism; 3-D Television; Aliens and Stupid Pills; Internet Anonymity     August 10 to August 16, 2009 I'm Just a Gullible Old Geezer; Rise of the Malcontents; Another Missy the Cat Entry (with Photo); I'm Nuts, You're Nuts     August 5 to August 8, 2009 Welcome to Missy the Cat; Go Ahead, Mr. Businessman – Shoot Yourself in the Foot; Missy Update and Thoughts About Cats; Advertising Follies     July 29 to August 4, 2009 Screeching, Screaming, Whining; Random Thoughts; What's on the News? – More of the Same; Saving Money     July 17 to July 28, 2009 Grammar Cop in Action; Global Warming , , , or Not; Tech Frustration (Again); Unsurprising Surprises     July 4 to July 15, 2009 Independence Day; Cell Phones: All the Eggs in One Basket; Search Engines, Browsers, and Us; Spam by the Truckload     June 16 to July 3, 2009 Sad Ending to Our Maine Vacation; Debates About College Education; Best Features of Technology; Technology That Drives Me Nuts     May 22 to May 25, 2009 Getting Set for Maine Again; Of Friends, Friendship, and Facebook     May 15 to May 19, 2009 Hypocrisy; From a Paranoid's Notebook; Two Recommended DVD Movies; Credit Card Rip-Offs Redux     May 1 to May 10, 2009 Going Postal; Graham Crackers and Corn Flakes; Procrastination; Another Gmail Tirade     April 16 to April 26, 2009 More Curses Upon Microsoft; Mr. Greengrass; Addiction     April 10 to April 14, 2009 Rambling About the Economy in a Series of Three Entries     February 25 to April 8, 2009 Student Writing: This Is English?; Time, Retirement, Procrastination; Google Spam     January 22 to February 5, 2009 Obama Inaugural; Various, Mostly About Blu-ray     December 23, 2008, to January 19, 2009 Memory – My Hard Drive Is Full; Digital TV Migration; Message Board Intruders; Site Thoughts     December 9 to December 21, 2008 Frustrations; Frustrations 2; Countdown to Christmas; Recalling 2008     November 2 to November 27, 2008 No More Halloween; Dubious Joys of High-Tech Audio; High-Tech Audio Follow-Up; Thanksgiving 2008     October 19 to October 29, 2008 Elections Approaching; Conserving Gas; The Future Is Now (Holiday Thoughts)      September 24 to October 14, 2008 Power of Negative Thinking; Politics; Musings     August 28 to September 14, 2008 Start of the Fall Semester; Musings; Third Week of Class     August 1 to August 24, 2008 People Who Don't Follow Directions; Scams; Students and Technology     July 12 to July 19, 2008 Controlled Writing; Boxes; A Hot Bath; Do-It-Yourself Service     May 31 to July 5, 2008 Anchovies and Ignorance; Back from Maine; Retirement Reflections     May 17 to May 28, 2008 Cockeyed Optimism; The Turn of the Century; Wondering About Efficiency     May 11 to May 14, 2008 Price Gougers; The Self-Service Myth; On the Fast Track to Where?     April 21 to May 5, 2008 The Too-Cheery Attitude; Pencils in the Classroom; Gas Prices – What's Wrong with This Picture?     April 12 to April 14, 2008 Criticizing Major Players in Technology; This Teacher Gripes That Students Don't Think; Students Gripe About Teachers     April 2 to April 11, 2008 A Case of Plagiarism; Fallacy of Big Picture Thinking; Time to Put Away the Red Pens?     February 26 to March 20, 2008 Random Thoughts; More About The Joy of Grumbling     February 19, 2008 Just One Entry:  The Joy of Grumbling     February 9 to February 16, 2008 Politics – Will the Democrats Shoot Themselves in the Foot; Microsroft, Yahoo, and Google; A Customer's Battle with Verizon     January 8 to January 20, 2008 Seeking a Laidback Lifestyle; Various Thoughts About This Site; More on the Ongoing Battle Against Spam     December 8 to December 19, 2007 Lost Exams and an Open House; The USPO's Snail Mail; Giving Final Grades; Signs of a Recession     November 14 to November 30, 2007 On Irresponsibility; A (Musical) Christmas Tradition; Winding Down the Semester     October 8 to November 12, 2007 Dealing with Technology; Prefab Furniture; Irresponsible Students; Autumn Thoughts     September 15 to September 28, 2007. Tidbits; "Free Stuff," the New York Times, and Notes on Advertising; Starting a Home Theater Setup     August 29 to September 11, 2007 Shopping for a New Flat-Screen TV; The Decision; Grumbling About Software; Remembering Sept. 11, 2001     August 18 to August 22, 2007 Reflections on Correctness and Style; Comments Concerning Opinion Polls; Proposing a New Holiday – Hallow Thanksmas     August 15 to August 16, 2007 Reinstating the Mudgelog; A Pack Rat Prepares for Room Renovations; Thoughts on the Stock Market Crisis     July 28 to August 5, 2007 More Grumbling About Technology; Blogs and Blogging – Launching a New Mudgelog     June 26 to July 26, 2007 Report on Our Maine Vacation; Technological Trials and Triumphs; Another Diatribe on Spam     May 26 to June 7, 2007 More Adventures in Technology; Packing for Maine; And We're Off . . . .     May 10 to May 15, 2007 No, You Don't Make Me Mad; Looking Forward to Maine; A Message Board Ejection; A Curmudgon Bails Out     April 2 to April 24, 2007 Denial; Spring?; An Incident of Injustice; Speed Limts     March 20 to April 1, 2007 The Iraq Debate; Student Irresponsibility; Prolonged Immaturity; Silly Labels     March 4 to March 15, 2007 Swearing at Microsoft Update; If It Ain't Broke . . .; Daylight Savings Time; Slaves to Machines?     February 20 to February 26, 2007 Audio-Video Systems; Writing and Speaking; Spell-Check Blunders; Explorer 7 Upgrade     February 13 to February 16, 2007 Winter Weather and Drivers; Class Cancellation; Taxes and Government Waste     February 6 to February 10, 2007 Discourteous Students; A Spam Solution; Magazine Inserts and a Reader's Revenge     February 3 and February 4, 2007 Spammers and "Phishing"; Bank "Security"?     January 27 to February 1, 2007 Student Papers; Turning Seventy; Jury Duty     January 3 to January 20, 2007 Flying to Phoenix; Classes Start     November 7 to December 31, 2006 Some Incomplete Articles