April 2009
The Archives
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04.24.09Tragedy Miscellaneous, Seen on the 'Net Comments Off on Tragedy
Yesterday Kyle the Opinionated over at Cerebral Misfire shared a story of tragedy. I started to write a long post about how we have to take responsibility for our own safety. However, I erased it all. The story speaks for itself. Just go over to his site, read the story, and pray for everyone involved.
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04.23.09Next stop, the Moon! Miscellaneous, Movies and TV, Seen on the 'Net (1)
Please take a moment to read this amazing story of an auto mechanic who built a 36 foot tall, 1,600 lb., working scale model of a Saturn V rocket. He will be launching it this coming weekend, Saturday, April 25. When it launches, it is projected to travel between 3,000 and 4,000 feet up. The […]
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04.22.09Can ‘Manhacks’ Be Far Behind? Games, Seen on the 'Net Comments Off on Can ‘Manhacks’ Be Far Behind?
The Register recently had an interesting report on new, tiny helicopter survelliance drones. It looks like Skynet is developing eyes and ears. In this case though, Skynet isn’t the only thing that comes to mind. When I watched the above movie with the sound turned off, my brain supplied the distinctive buzzing noise […]
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04.21.09Keep Those Sweet Tarts Out of Sight Miscellaneous Comments Off on Keep Those Sweet Tarts Out of Sight
I got on the scale the other day and was shocked to discover just how much weight I’d gained. I mean, I knew the pants were fitting tight, but damn. In your mind there’s a magic number that you always consider the upper limit. I’m 3 pounds above that. So yesterday I started back on […]
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04.20.09Seen On the Net part XX Miscellaneous (1)
Even though I stopped blogging for several weeks in March and April, I’ve been saving blogworthy links the whole time. Consequently, I have a pretty good backlog. For your edutainment: As a kid I was careful to spit out the watermelon seeds because I didn’t want one growing inside me. You laughed, but I was […]
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