Mike Calabrese

One of the reasons why I chose to go with a WordPress website a year ago was that they offered what are called plugins. Plugins… Read More »WordPress Plugins: the good, the bad and the ugly

Happy 4th of July! Sometime in the spring of 2023 I decided to make the switch and start from scratch. I was having issues with… Read More »The 2nd iteration of mikecalabrese.com is is turning 1 year old

Since I am not feeling 100% yet, I am cancelling the Greenbrier River Trail Backpacking Trip scheduled for June 11-12, 2024. I’m getting my endurance… Read More »06/11-12/2024 Greenbrier River Trail, WV Backpack Trip Canceled

I’ve had my 2019 Subaru Outback for about 3 months now. Overall, I’m happy with the purchase of this vehicle. In the forthcoming paragraphs I… Read More »3 Month Review of my 2019 Subaru Outback

I plan to do 3 more backpacking trips over the next 3 years and then hang up my backpack:  Greenbrier River Trail, WV  in 2024,… Read More »One Month Until Greenbrier River Hike 06/11-12/2024

…but I finally figured out how to use a plugin that I have called Random Content to generate 728 x 90 banner ads as well… Read More »It took me about 8 months…

After I got my latest vehicle I sat down and made a list of all of the vehicles that I have ever either owned or… Read More »A Lot of Vehicles

… but I had no choice. Either spend somewhere between $2,500 and $7,500 to get my entire exhaust system, including two catalytic converters, replaced or… Read More »I didn’t want to do this…

On 02/28/1999 I met Ed in the restaurant at Amicalola Lodge in Dawsonville, GA. I had asked the waitress if there were any other hikers… Read More »Im Memoriam: Ed C. Sessoms Jr. (aka Robocop, Ranger)

I worked in the electronics business for about twenty years. During that time I was in sales and/or management in places like Radio Shack, Circuit… Read More »Electronics and Me