Archive for April, 2005
Runaway Bride
Call me crazy (actually, she looks crazy), but if my fiancee put me through this crap of riding a Greyhound to Albuquerque, I’m getting her help and I’m getting a new girlfriend. Though if she said she only went there for a carne adovada burrito at Sadies, I might cut her some slack.But don’t hate [...]
Hitchhiker’s Guide on Smart Phones
If you have a smartphone or cell phone with a WAP browser (here’s mine), check out the BBC’s real life tribute to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The movie opened this week.The mobile (stripped down) address can be found here and both addresses get you access to over 7000 common and eclectic encyclopedia articles. The BBC [...]
Still Breathing
It was a busy Friday, so that’s the reason for the lack of posts today. Lots of job related stuff, then UPS delivered a new computer for my work, so there was a lot of software reinstallation, configuring, tweaking, and “trying out” to do. Once I got home, I had to unpack one of these, set it [...]
Random Thought of the Day
The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
Yet Another ‘Osama is Dead’ Rumor
Gotta love it, so why not propagate it?
Courtesy of The Jawa Report, the rumor is not limited to Osama bin Laden dying. It’s expanded now to the idea that Bush called his press conference tonight specifically to announce the news.
Fact or fiction?
I’m putting my money on fiction, but I’ll warm up the crow just in case.
UPDATE: The [...]
He Ain’t Movin…For Now
Via AP: Frist Won’t Budge on Filibuster Demands
With a showdown looming, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist refused to budge Thursday on his demand that Democrats forgo filibusters against all of President Bush’s past or present nominees to federal appellate court benches or the Supreme Court.
“Throughout this debate, we have held firm to a simple principle, [...]
Random Thought of the Day
McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.
Shocking Revelation!
Via those news hounds at the BBC: Michael Jackson not a model parent
That does it for me…I was a hold-out until now, but this…this breaking news convinces me that the gloved one is guilty! Guilty I say!!!
Duh.
So Be It
Hey, if this is what it takes to lower the price of the gas I put in my vehicle, I say we take up a collection and get ’em a room.
AriannaBlog Part II
I have a feeling that this spoof isn’t too far from reality.
Bowing To Pressure
Via AP: Speaker Hastert says he hopes for a vote Wednesday to revert to old rules governing ethics investigations and thus end a partisan stalemate.
“I’m willing to step back,” Hastert told reporters after a closed-door meeting with members of the GOP rank and file.
Later, in a brief Capitol interview, he said he expected the full [...]
Major Cheese Factor
In the “be careful what you wish for” department, a new glow-in-the-dark Bible has just been announced.
No joke. It’s real.
Coming this fall from Crossway: two ESV TruGlo™ editions, whose covers glow in the dark. Only $19.99.
You’ll have two styles to choose from.
What’s the point of putting out a Bible with a cover that glows in [...]