Year: 2008

  • Visiting the Horse

    Sometimes sanity comes in the form of a 950 pound bay Arabian. I saw Isis on Sunday after visiting with a friend (or someone who used to be a very dear friend and now seems to have issues talking to me). She and Penny were grazing in the paddock near the barn. Isis saw my…

  • Too Strange…

    Some times you read an article and you just can’t believe that it’s true. This was one of those says. Apparently, a Ness City woman has been sitting on her boyfriend’s toilet for the past two years. Her boyfriend finally called the sheriff at the end of February because he thought something was wrong. It…

  • Joke of the Day

    Emailed from a friend. Had to share. (Quick online search didn’t reveal the original author.) Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they aren’t prepared for the answer. In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand. He approached her and asked,…

  • Sad News…

    Gary Gygax, one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons pen-and-paper role-playing game has died. From a post by Troll Lord on Troll Lord Games: It is almost too much to get my mind about. But I’ve just had news that our dear Dungeon Master has passed away. Ernie called this morning, he thought we…

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    Funky

    Taser, meet iPod. iPod, meet Taser. Isn’t that a natural combination? The concept appears to be that when someone tries to nick your MP3 player, you can shock the idea out of their crack-addled noggin with 50,000 volts. Presumably this particular piece of convergent genius emerged from the same school of thought that maintains America…

  • Experiment

    Anyone played with Google Analytics? We’re considering using it at work, so I’ve justed the reference to the JavaScript file in the footer. (Took all of 2-3 minutes… Gotta love server-side includes!) Here is a test pdf file to see if Analytics will track PDF files. If you want to grab it, open it, that…

  • Hope for Blood Ties?

    If you’ve been watching and waiting for an announcement of a new season of Blood Ties, you aren’t alone. Hundreds of fans all over the world are waiting for this show to be renewed. Just do a search for Blood Ties and you’ll find plenty of entries in your favorite search engine. E!Online has a…

  • Full Eclipse Tonight!

    There is a full Eclipse tonight. I’m taking pictures when we go out and uploading them. If the cloud cover stays minimal, we’re supposed to have a great view. Very mild outside too. First picture at approximate 9:10 PM. Taken with a Fujifilm FinePix S9100, shutter speed 1/13, F4.9 (Yup, auto mode.) The entire family…

  • Crazy Articles Today

    Quick post during lunch… There were some crazy posts on Slash Dot and Gizmodo today: Pentagon report investigated lasers that put voices in your head Brain control headset for gamers Microsoft’s new line of Developer Action Figures Leaked RIAA Training Video for Prosecuters: Find Pirates, Find Crack-Dealing Terrorist Murderers Too! So any of that stuff…

  • Eep. In Color.

    So… I have a hair appointment tonight. I’m actually getting my hair dyed (matching my current color) to cover some of the grey. Maybe it’s because I have more grey hair than my Mom does? Right now, when I pull my hair back from my face, most of it is grey at the temples. Two…