Jimmie Lightner

Technology, Truth, and Common Sense

Category: Food

  • Cloud Screening

    It’s that time again! I got the dreaded email on the Sunday before a holiday (gee, thanks guys) that my biannual background check is coming due in the next 90 days. Do you think they’ll see my website when they go looking for my boogyman? Sometimes being openly opinionated has downsides… I’m hoping the investigator…

  • Cameron’s American Bistro: Credit Card Required for Restaurant Reservations – NO THANK YOU!

    I wanted to book a reservation at one of my favorite restaurants (well, it USED TO BE a favorite, not anymore!) until I saw this nonsense: I don’t know if this is some new thing from OpenTable or if Cameron‘s is just having issues with people not showing, I don’t care. Regardless, I will never…

  • A&M Landscaping and Lawncare

    While hopping off a work call just now I happened to notice the sound of a mower outside. Odd. When I peered out the window, the neighbor’s yard was being mowed. VERY ODD. Especially today, on the 28th of November. It’s currently 29° Fahrenheit (that’s -1.67° Celsius for you metric weirdos) and the ground felt…

  • Credit Card “Convenience” Fees

    You ever have those nights where you just don’t feel like cooking even though you have plenty of food in the fridge? Yeah, that was us last night. We ended up heading out to Gallo’s Tap Room for dinner. The place wasn’t crowded despite it being 6pm. The patio had plenty of spots, so we…

  • An Evening Aboard the Titanic

    An Evening Aboard the Titanic

    We had the opportunity and pleasure to attend An Evening Aboard the Titanic at Refectory Restaurant in Columbus on Monday, April 10th. Chef Richard prepared a four-course dinner recreated from the menu of the RMS Titanic’s First Class cabin the night the ship sank. Guests also enjoyed a private performance by Lyrata, a local string…