New title, new focus...

Hello loyal blog followers (yes, both of you...),

As I embarked to kindle up this little blog about life, my first posts were basically about whatever was on my mind at the time - which was fine with me, but I thought the site needed a little direction.

I didn't want to pound on political pundits.  I can barely keep myself healthy much less tell anyone else too much about it (that is what my son's blog is for, EndunamoomeChristoo).  So what should be the niche of this blog - meaning what is the area of focus?

I reviewed past posts (links to them are to your right if interested in some back stories), and I noticed somewhat of a recurring theme.  It seems little life hacks and advice for sustaining sanity in this crazy, jacked-up world which we all live was a recurring theme.

And then I thought, "Rob, wouldn't that make a good theme.  Stuff I've learned that can help people amongst all the chaos?  Life hacks of some sort?"  (I often converse with myself in third person.  It helps when you need to talk and no one is around - or no one wants to listen.  Hey, maybe I'll blog about that one day...)

Thus, I have changed the title of the blog to "I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane."  (some of you may recognize that as lyrics to a Waylon Jennings song.  Basically my theme song of life. You can check out the video on YouTube here.)

I'm going to feature various things that you may encounter and some of my own tips and tricks for not letting them make you completely bonkers.  To give you an idea, here are some areas I may focus (I may narrow this a bit as time goes on...);

Attacking daily problems from a Christian slant (seeing what the Bible says about issues we all face)

Becoming a Christian Manly Man (Loving Jesus, but remaining a lean, mean, fighting machine.)

Living in our small part of this crazy world (what to do when the headlines are so depressing)

How stupid can people be? (highlight current events with the premise of pointing out how stupid people can be.  That seems a little harsh, but I'll try to make sure there is content there to keep you and me from making the same stupid mistakes.)

Life Hacks for the common man (physical things you can do to make life easier or better.  DIY type of stuff.)

Leadership and Management tips and help for common problems at the workplace (I have over 20 years of leadership experience in the Federal Government - no jokes about that being an oxymoron please - well, I guess if you want to, go ahead I won't mind.)

The point of all this is that it doesn't matter what problems we face, the way we approach them mentally can make all the difference in the world.

I hope you find this shift in focus useful.  If you do, I'd appreciate any comments you might have in the comments section below, share the blog with your friends or anything else you can do to promote it.  Also, feel free to leave any requests, suggestions, or other comments you'd like.



Thanks,
God Bless,
Rob
www.starvt.com

Bluetooth for your Bose Headsets

I got my Bose Quiet Comfort headsets several years ago (I don't think the price has changed any since then either.  I've been extremely happy with them.  I love watching movies on my laptop or iPad - theater quality, actually better, sound.  If I need to unwind at the end of a tough day or week, I hook them to my iPhone and disappear into the music.

One of my favorite uses for them is when mowing the lawn.  The noise cancelling effect makes the mower engine disappear and they keep all the grass and dirt from getting into my ears.

My only complaint is the extremely long connection cord.  It hangs all over the place and several times has gotten hung on various parts of the lawn mower.

Recently Bose came out with a Bluetooth version for their new headsets.  The problem is they don't have any Bluetooth adapters for the older models.

In the video below I explain how I made my own Bluetooth adapter by purchasing an Aluratek iStream Bluetooth Adapter/Receiver.

The project itself was pretty easy.  The one thing you will have to be able to do is solder some connections.  But if you can handle that, you are on you way to wire free listening.

By the way, the Aluratek device picks up signal from about 30 feet away, so you can also plug it into other speaker systems with the 3.5 mm audio jacks.  And if your car doesn't have Bluetooth, but does have a Line-in/Aux jack, you can connect it there too.

Hope you find this helpful.

Rob
www.starvt.com