So the History Channel of all places has been running shows on how Aliens have been visiting earth for a long time, and have contributed to our societies since we were apes, and yadda yadda. The History Channel’s long slide into meaningless drivel aside, I wanted to just throw out some hard numbers about …
About a week before Christmas, I broke down and bought a kindle. I had been using the iPhone kindle app for a couple of months, and had been teetering on the edge for a while. Then the prices came down and it pushed me over. I’ve now got a good 5 books …
At some point I will take the time to start detailing my disappointments with the Obama administration. Don’t get me wrong, Obama has done a lot right in his first couple of months, but his missteps are large enough to be disconcerting.
The big one is really his handling of the warrant-less wire tapping suits, …
In junior high and high school I had a gym teacher who demanded that we run for miles with essentially no guidance on form, how to train properly for running distance, or how to stay hydrated. She was constantly annoyed with me because I couldn’t breath well while running and because my knees started …
Recently Bobby Jindal got thrust into the national spotlight to offer the republican rebuttal to the president’s state of the union.
Jindal caught a lot of crap for his just outright awful public speaking skills, and as the days crept on, lots of people wanted to get an idea of who this Jindal character is.
Well, turns …
If you haven’t checked it out yet, give yourself 10 minutes and read through Errol’s latest blog for the NYT. He sits down with 3 photo editors and discusses photos of bush with them.
Errol always has interesting opinions about both film and photography, and I’m always entranced by his examination and interpretation of photography. …
The Holidays were a mellow time in the life of Joe. I took 2 weeks off of work and just sort of decompressed. Good times were had by all.
I played some games online with Doug, spent a little time with the big swede and hung out on Christmas day with some friends from …
Scene: Driving back from a few days in San Diego, a stop in Gila Bend. Big gas station is full of dune rats returning from Yuma to Phoenix. Lines are long. Our hero decides to proceed to smaller gas station further down the road. A Circle K.
Our hero inserts his debit …
While reading this article about John McCain using Foo Fighters’ “My Hero” for his campaign stops, it brought up something I’ve found interesting about conservative marketing efforts.
Our local conservative talk radio station is constantly playing music clips from liberal rock acts including Nine inch Nails and Nirvana, and I’ve even heard them play Rage Against …
While talking to my mom yesterday, she mentioned that my Dad is thinking about retiring this coming March, and a move away from Alaska would follow shortly.
For some reason it made me kind of sad. It was really weird to think that the house I grew up in would belong to someone else. …