A heartwarming story from Gen Con
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »While we were at Gen Con last weekend, my friend and I saw the same homeless guy several times inside the convention hall walking around. He didn't have a Gen Con badge, but he wasn't hassling or interacting with anyone ...
Congratulations to Michael Phelps!
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Last night, Michael Phelps swam his way to Olympic history (again). Last night he became the most medalled Olympian in history. Yesterday he tied the record with his 9th career Olympic medal. He gained numbers 10 and 11 (career) last ...
A Great Olympic 400m Comeback
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The men's 400m relay was last night. It was great. It was the definition of great hype with a great race and a great come from behind victory. The announcers had all but given the race to the French team. ...
Driving for MPGs
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »I've heard for a long time that slight adjustments in the way you drive your car can significantly raise the miles per gallon your car gets. The Ratman got a new car that has an instant average gas mileage calculator. ...
My Company’s Power Outage
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in work | 1 Comment »Some powerful Thunderstorms rolled through the area Monday night and left a ton of people and businesses without power. Power was out from 7pm Monday night until about 8:30am Wednesday morning. Since I was already at work yesterday morning and ...
Restaurants of the World
Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »In America, I see plenty of restaurants that feature foreign cuisine. There are all kinds of the following types of restaurants all over America: Mexican Italian Chinese French Indian etc But I don't ...
Batman - The Dark Knight
Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »The Dark Knight is the latest Batman movie and it is awesome. I'll put it on the list of the top 5 best movies I've ever seen. My thoughts on the actors: Heath Ledger was really really good. ...