My sister gave me a gift certificate for a new Tilley hat for Christmas, just got around to ordering it last week. Woo hoo! (Thanks Ashley!!!) Since I already own a summer weight Tilley (hence the reason my sister knew I liked their products…), I decided to opt for a winter-weight hat this time (if [...]
Posts under ‘Misc’
My new hobby idea to drive people crazy!
Just a little something from the http://xkcd.com site!
Earth Likely to Relocate in Galactic Collision
Don’t worry, apparently the first chance of this happening is about 2 billion years away. You will need more than just ‘Oil of Olay‘ to keep you around to see it happen… According to a not-so-new (2007) National Geographic article: The sun and Earth will probably be spun out into a lonely region of space [...]
Anyone want an Obama Painting?
Created by Peter Max. Only $17,000 US if you choose the ‘Buy it Now’ option… New York Times article
Stonehenge may not have been such an ordeal…
Wally Wallington, a retired construction worker, shows how he manipulates heavy stones by himself, with nothing more modern than wood and rope. http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/moving_big_rocks
The End of Winter
Just last weekend, I had to plow a trail through the snow to get to the barbecue and burn some steaks on an open flame as evolution has taught us men to do! Today I looked out at the deck and noticed that this was all that was left of the snow. It seemed worthy [...]
Testing some new Blog software
In Windows, I liked the Windows Writer (OK, it was bloatware and a bit slow loading, but it worked quite nicely to allow me to blog locally and upload). Now I am testing Mac blog apps. Most are shareware or commercial software, and the prices vary from reasonable to expensive. I used MarsEdit for “Noah [...]
Our new toy has been ordered… a 24″ iMac!
The computer at home is getting old. I gave it an overhaul and engine job done a year or so ago to keep it road-worthy for a little longer (added RAM, new Video card, etc.), but it is just no longer feasible for me to keep adding to it. We each have decent Dell laptops [...]
It was a long time ago in a theatre far, far away…
OK, maybe it wasn’t so long ago, nor all that far away… Monday night, Nadine took Aidan to see Madagascar 2: Escape from Africa. Natalie was supposed to go as well, but she was tired and cranky after day care that day, so I took her home instead. When Aidan came home, he was proudly [...]
An Incredible Story…
This is an incredible story someone sent to me and I am sharing it with the people who like sending all those heart-warming stories. *** In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one [...]