I Got The Short End Of The Stick
Last week my dad (who I work with) and my nephew (who is interning with us for the summer) flew up to Alaska (where my family is originally from and…...
Miscellaneous
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Friday, June 09, 2006
Chess Hotties
We don't do the Friday Babes around here any more, but this link came across in my email and it was just too good to pass up. Did you know…...
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Cool Brain Tricks
Whoa......
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Random Converstaion With Rob
(20:01:40) Rob Port: OHOHOHOHOHohoh saaaaaayyyyayayayayaya cannanananan youuuuuuuuuu sseeeeeeeeeee ayayehoiueayoiyuwpeypoy... (20:01:42) Rob Port: I hate that **** I awoke this morning to find this in my IM box from last night...…...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
The “Rob Got Picked Up By Border Patrol” Open Thread
So I got picked up by the border patrol today. Seriously. I was out and about traveling for work northwest of town up near the Canadian border when a border…...
The Return of Bite Sized Wisdom
Theodore Roosevelt: "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be…...
Monday, May 22, 2006
Downsides To The West Coast
It's 7pm on the West Coast, 10pm on the East. As I type Jack Bauer is probably walking off into the sunset... or he may be dead. 24 is so…...
Friday, May 12, 2006
I’ve Got A Fan
Lovely. You know, there are days when I wish I'd started doing this whole blogging thing anonymously....
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Tell Me Who is Price Gouging Now.
$4,477.44 per gallon. Ingredients: Glycerin 0.2% , Hypromellose 0.2% , Polyethylene Glycol 400 1% , Ascorbic Acid , Dextrose , Disodium Phosphate , Glycine , Magnesium Chloride , Potassium…...
Friday, May 05, 2006
The Blogger’s Bloggers
National Journal magazine's Hotline blog has started a new feature called "The Week In Blogs" and has kicked it off with a poll of top political bloggers to find out…...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Ah, Justice
Here Come de judge: (AP) MILWAUKEE A judge admonished a congresswoman's son and three other Democratic campaign workers for interfering with voters' civil rights as he sentenced them to jail…...
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Save Fuel And Money – Fly Standing, Naked Or Containerized
Want to fly standing up? That's what Airbus is pitching. Flying standing up. For real. In the future if you want a cheaper ticket you may be able to choose…...
Monday, April 24, 2006
Earth Day Scenerio - The Sky Is Falling
Thank heavens that Earth Day has passed and the sky hasn't fallen or, in the modern version of the environmentalist Chicken Littles, the sea hasn't risen from global warming sufficiently…...
Against Publicly Funded Animal Experimentation
Our tax dollars are used to support animal testing. I realize that to most this is not surprising. But the numbers should be: Our government spends over $5 billion a…...
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Algore Really Did Say He Created the Internet
Most folks that I know aren't sure whether or not Algore actually claimed to have created the Internet. Once again this is a function of the news media carrying the…...
Minorities Are Too Dumb to Know What’s Good For Them
At least that's what the NY Times thinks. Business reporter Melanie Warner has a front-page story Wednesday on the success of McDonald's and its bargain "dollar menu." "McDonald's has attracted…...
Friday, April 21, 2006
An Unintended Consequence
Part of the problem with todays gasoline prices and shortages is caused by the phase out of MTBE. (Methyl Tert-butyl ether). MTBE has been used in gasoline since 1979 when…...
Soul-Suckers In Branson
Yesterday Jess and I roled into Branson around noon. We decided to stay the night here and take in a few of the attractions. We stopped at one of those…...
How Are My Neighbors Doing?
This picture was taken just about 20 or 30 miles North of Grand Forks last week. There's plenty more aerial photographs from the flood of '06 here....
Lonestar Victory: Battle of San Jacinto
April 21, 1836 was the day Texas independence was effectively won, when Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna in the daring battle of San Jacinto. The impact of this battle was…...
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Startling Statistic - 8 Billion People will Die Within 7 Decades
New York Post - STUNNING DROP IN DEATH RATE I gave a start when I read this headline. Then I thought, no, the death rate is still the same. One…...
A Word To The Wise.
If you ever find yourself in a position to become guardian for a mentally imcompetent parent it's best not to use your parent's income as a personal slush fund. When…...
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Like Water Off A DUCK’S Back
Group Trying to Stop Duck Boats in NYC Ducks travel streets like buses, then descend by ramp into water and travel like boats. Some were initially built as military troop…...
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Do You Have to Be Crazy to be Mayor of New Orleans
This is priceless. So apparently Ms. Butler is running for Mayor of New Orleans. The only problem is that her campaign photo of her in New Orleans was taken at…...
Think A $400 Mil Retirement Is Excessive?
Try one over $1.6 Billion on for size. I say good for him, the board offered it, he'd be crazy not to take it. The stockholders elected the board so…...
Monday, April 17, 2006
Distracted Driving
Interesting... Every year as many as 100 people in Minnesota die in vehicle crashes because they were distracted while driving. Surprisingly, talking on a cell phone while driving is way…...
Lock Them Up! Don’t Treat Them.
Scary ST. PETER, Minn. – A rapist who broke out of a state treatment center here along with three other men remained on the lam Sunday, authorities said. Michael Dale…...
Sunday, April 16, 2006
One Other Easter
On another Easter morning the world woke up to see this picture on the front page of their Easter newspaper. Thanks Bill Clinton. Thanks Janet Reno....
Saturday, April 15, 2006
The Ugly American?
I know I wasn't going to post but I saw this on Drudge and had to comment before going to bed. The reputation of the "Ugly American" abroad is not,…...
Have a Hoppy Easter
No Blogging tomorrow (at least until evening) as it's a Holy Day. I get to spend the day at the in-laws. The only bright spot is spending five hours in…...
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