Archive for July, 2009

Congratulations to Mark Buehrle on his perfect game!

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

On 7/23/09, Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitched a perfect game.  He retired 27 consecutive batters.  That's every batter the opponent sent to the plate for the entire game.  There were no hits and no walks.  That's one of the most ...

Multiple Me’s

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

If I was able to live many different lives either at the same time or one at a time, here are some of the lifestyles I would lead.  Obviously, I wouldn't trade the one I have for another one, but ...

An interesting Facebook ‘friend’ suggestion

Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

I know how most of the social networking sites (like Facebook) make their connections.  There are primary connections like people you went to high school or college with.  There are secondary connections like friends of friends.  Then there are connection ...

Sadly, We’re the Redneck’s…

Friday, July 10th, 2009 Posted in fun | No Comments »

My wife has been cutting my hair for about 7 years now.  We've got a standard clipper with the length attachments and it does a fine job.  No one's made fun of me yet!  When it's warm enough outside, we ...

Two cool new technologies

Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Posted in Odds & Ends | No Comments »

I just read about 2 cool new technologies that I think have great possibilities.  I haven't heard jack about the last few technologies I thought were cool, so I'm afraid of jinxing these. The first is using urine to create hydrogen ...

The best fireworks I’ve ever seen

Saturday, July 4th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

As part of an internship I had one summer, I was housed in a dormatory with many of the other interns.  It was a 3 story building in a place that didn't have ANY other 3 story buildings.  On the ...

Best New Company Name

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Today's best Fark article headline: Russian energy company Gazprom announces new Nigerian partnership, picks the most amusingly inappropriate name ever  The headline of the article is: Racism debate after Russian and Nigerian gas companies combine to form 'Nigaz' A bonus from the article: One Nigerian ...

I’m proud of my wife

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Last week my wife was stopped at a stop light and a young woman bumped her from behind.  The only damage was that the paint on the bumper was scratched up.  Through all the events so far, my wife has ...