To you two to four semi-regular reader - sorry…I’ve been in a writing dry spot. I’ve been reasonably busy at work lately, and at home I’ve been too distracted by the heating situation (still not resolved).
I’ll do a little som’n-som’n on Saturday, and it’s possible I’ll find something to write about as soon as [...]
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Dry Spell
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Home and Hearth
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Alright…here’s the story…
Close to two weeks ago, I wanted to check out my furnace before turning the heat on for the first time of the season. So I went down to my basement to discover a small amount of moisture around one of the bottom corners of the furnace. Having had a small [...]
Smokey Mountains Majesty
Monday, October 23, 2006
I spent the weekend reveling in God’s creation and the company of some fine friends.
Valerie and myself, along with three other couples and the parents of on of the wives stayed in the parents’ cabin on Spanish Oak Mountain in North Carolina. About 30 miles from Boone, this retreat was situated in the middle [...]
“…he is our Geek Bard, our Troubadork.”
Friday, October 20, 2006
As a follow up to that Weird Al video posted below, I thought I’d link to the Slate article that led me to it in the first place.
Well written and nostalgic, the article reminds me of why I’ve always respected that man. Maybe I need to watch UHF soon…
Take that!
Friday, October 20, 2006
You know it’s a slow Friday when I’m postin’ TWO videos! I just ran into Weird Al’s video, “White and Nerdy.”
Check it.
No Stairway? Dude! Denied!
Friday, October 20, 2006
Or rather, not denied…Below is one of the best interpretations of Stairway to Heaven I’ve heard/seen.
And these two, Rodriga y Gabriela, are freakin’ amazing. Look for more of thier stuff on YouTube. I’ll be looking for their CDs in music shops ASAP.
Hello Mr. President
Thursday, October 19, 2006
So I went to the protest. I arrived at about 4:30, after finding a great parking spot two short blocks away. I met up with Jake, and we were there for about two hours, during which Dave joined up with us as well. I saw the president’s motorcade arrive, and I saw [...]
Here I go…
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Alright, I’m gonna try my hand at some gin-u-wine activism today.
I’m going to try to attend a protest of Bush and his war policies today by the Science Museum of Virginia, where’s he’s scheduled to appear at a fund raising event for Senator Allen.
The rallying point for the protestors is the corner of DMV and [...]
Still going…well, you decide :-)
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
I remember many months (or maybe a year?) ago, a friend of mine told me about a neat trick on Google’s main search page.
If you entered the phrase “miserable failure” and clicked the “I’m feeling lucky” button, you’d be taken directly to the Whitehouse front page.
Well, as of today, it still works the same way.
Tee [...]
Guil-t-v pleasure
Monday, October 16, 2006
I’ve become absorbed in the NBC tv show, “Heroes.”
The acting isn’t particularly great, the direction is a bit clichéd, and the characters aren’t too deep (yet). I mean, the general concept is almost a direct rip-off of the X-Men, and unapologetically so; certain people experience genetic mutations which provide them with extraordinary powers. [...]
