April 2006
Links and Comments About Stupid Things
Stay with me here. I already did the blurbs for the week and I don’t want to oversaturate this damn thing with too mcuh verbage. I babble enough as it is. But, I was looking at the news this morning as I was getting set for work and noticed a few little tidbits…man, remember Tidbits, that little corner of knowledge and random facts that adorns small-town restaurants in Minnesota and...
Blurbs 4.28.06
A day early? Wow, I’m really on top of things this week. 1. Z100 and Kanye West: Mind-numbing Stupidity - I was watching the Lakers/Suns game last night (damn you, Kobe Bryant!) and during one of the commerical breaks, there was a spot for a local radio station, Z100. The spot featured various quick cuts of artists talking about music and mentioning Z100, your typical “listen to us...
File Under: Gigantic Waste of Time
The family members of the World Trade Center victims are now lobbying to have the ash cleaned up from the rubble, which is currently in a landfill, searched for human remains. If they cannot find proper human remains, they want the ash buried in a cemetary, so that their lost loved ones “bodies” can be interred in a proper place. First off, I’d like to say that I believe,...
Hero?
I read this article this morning and I was conflicted. Definition of “hero” American Heritage Dictionary 1. In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits, and favored by the gods. 2. A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or...
Sigh
Mr. Magoo? I’ve been sort of keeping up with the ongoing Enron Trial, the one where we’re finally given the chance to see what’s going to happen to Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, the two former heads of Enron. I’m sure that just about everyone knows at least something about this trial and what these two are accused of doing. Even if you don’t fully understand it...
File Under: "A" for Awesome!
Are you like me in that you love thr Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, but hate that it’s on too late for any still working the 8-5 to catch on a regular basis? Well, you’re prayers have been answered. Head on over to Adult Swim’s website and check out the Adult Swim Fix. Freakin’ Awesome. I no longer have to agonize over staying up until all hours of the night to...
Blurbs 4.21.06
1. Long-Distance Commutes: Are These People Insane? - The answer, in short, is a resounding YES. Seriously. The guy in the article that travels 370-off miles to go to work every day…come on. There is no way that he thinks that is his ideal situation unless he’s severely unhinged. I grew up out in the country, ten miles from the nearest small town (Alvarado 365 residents), 14 miles from...
Pictures
Hey, so I just uploaded some pictures from our recent mini-vacation onto my Flickr account. It can be found here. Feel free to head on over and take in how awkward I appear to be with small children. It’s really quite amazing. For those of you who don’t feel like flipping over to my Flickr, here’s a sample…. Yeah…smooth.
Horse-hockey!!!
Or, more appropriately, horse soccer. It’s spring, not winter, you know. Plus, horses have a hard time on the ice, what with the hooves and all. Maybe horse FIELD hockey, that would work. Horses!! Playing with a giant ball!!! It’s funny!!!!
Cleansed
I’ve discovered something interesting about one of the things that bothers me about myself. It’s a fix to a problem that I’ve had forever. See, I’ve recently started producing a Podcast as a way to feel like I’m still involved in something like radio. It also gives me an outlet for my desire to share music with people. It’s a hell of a lot cheaper than burning...
Blurbs 4.14.06
1. Moussaoui Trial: Farcical Trial Looking for a Marytr- This actually makes me very angry. This trial is a joke, it’s a miscarriage of justice that should have been aborted to save the world from hoping that it would come out as healthy and kicking as we hoped. It’s a joke, both to the man on trial, Moussaoui, and to those trying the case. First off the premise, that if, when he was...
Flood My Home
No, for those of you that still live back home, my parent’s house did not flood this year. Our land has never flooded, even though we live a scant 2 miles from the Red River. We’re an anomoly, I guess. Now that my parents have a dike, I doubt that the homestead will ever flood. But, I was just sent pictures of the most recent flood. This isn’t exactly 1979 or even 1997, but...
Mashmellow Peeps and the end of the world!
I just realized that it’s the week before Easter and I have eyt to have ANY Marshmallow Peeps. I’ve had my Cadbury Egg, my Reeses Egg, my malted milk ball eggs, heck, I’e even had some Easter-colored M&M’s! But, as of yet, no Marshmallow Peeps. I feel like an empty shell of a man, devoid of my final puzzle piece in Easter candy indulgence. It’s sad that...
Arrrr, it's drivin' me nuts!
Sara and I went to the mall yesterday. it almost goes without saying that I do not like going to the mall. But, occasionally, I find that it is a necessary evil if I don’t want to look like a hobo. Sara put it very succinctly, “Going shopping for clothes for you is like going shopping for school clothes with a teenager, you go so infrequently that when you actually go, you have to...
Links Links Links
I’ve been a internet whore for years now, but I tend to limit what I take in. I visit my set sites and rarely venture out into the big, scary world wide web any more than I really have to. But, recently, I’ve been branching out, visiting places that I’ve never been before. Call it boredom or call it curiosity, but here are some things that I’ve found that some of you might...
Blurbs, April 7th Edition
1. Gospel of Judas: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were haters - Having been authenticated and translated by scholars after first being lost for nearly 1700 years and locked up for nearly 16 in a safe deposit box, what is being called the Gospel of Judas may just turn Christianity on it’s head. Coupled with the relatively recent discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the documents at Nag...
"My pancake is talking to me!"
I know what you’re thinking…”Where are the Blurbs for last week?” Okay, you’re probably not thinking that. I decided to take the week off. I was down in Southren California for a four day weekend anyway, so I was kind of out of reach. Besides, my head was occupied with other things for the weekend. We were in Costa Mesa to visit my wife’s aunt as well as our...