Archive for October, 2009

Ricky Skaggs can play a little…

Davidson County (TN) GOP Moves To Oust Ron Paul-Supporting Vice Chair – I've quietly followed this for a while. It seems to be a classic case of "I'll push you away so I can cry when you don't love me." Facebook Grabs For The Entire Web – All your faces will belong to us. The Key to a Happy Marriage…. – In every instance of this article, you can exchange   Read More ...

I never want to forget I overheard this conversation: “You’re not going to wear my yoga pants.” “Why? You never go to yoga.” “Yes I do.” “Touch your toes.” “I can’t touch my toes. That’s why I go to yoga.”

This video features The Missus’ hometown, Cartagena Colombia. It’s an extremely accurate depiction of the hotness factor of the city: The women really are that hot, and the sweat covering everyone in the video is realistic. No spray bottles needed to achieve that effect.

VS 2010 Code Intellisense Improvements – This is really good for me. I’m still not familiar enough with the C# namespace, and I’m not in it enough every day that that will be improving any time soon. Notes from the Road – Really nice travel/photo site. I could spend lots of time here. UK’s streets of no shame – When I was in Cardiff, it was only the men who   Read More ...

If you aren’t familiar with Reckless Kelly you should check them out. They really are great.

At least this is where I hope we’re headed. The coming announcement of a partnership with Google, iLike, MySpace, and LaLa gives me hope this could be happening sooner rather than later. Currently, nothing really syncs up to move music from a computer to the Android phones for music the way iTunes syncs up with the iPhone. But maybe it’s that paradigm that’s wrong to begin with. What if it   Read More ...

Homes: About to get much cheaper? – Hmmm….time to sit in an apartment and wait? MediaMonkey – Looking for the best way to sync an Android phone for music. Nothing out there like iTunes yet, but this is good. Remember Why We Have a Department of Energy? – Oh, but it will be different with banking and health care. Right? The Most Inappropriate Halloween Costumes Possible – Two of my   Read More ...

But wait…Didn’t you..?But weren’t you..? Bernanke said the best way for the United States to increase savings is to steadily reduce the federal budget deficits. He didn’t suggest ways to do so. Still, it’s sort of sad to see that the Fed Chairman has turned into a teabagging racist. LOL! HT Michael Silence

Clean Your Computer Screen From The Inside – It really works!!! Paranormal Activity –Don’t Need To See It – I’m a scary-movie-wimp. I hate them. I’d rather just read spoilers (like this one) and know that it would scare me if I saw it. John Mayer’s Hilarious Political Answers – I’m actually liking this guy more after reading this interview. Yeah, he’s conceited, but guess what….he really IS an effing   Read More ...

If you’re homeschooling, will be homeschooling, or are just interested in education and technology this is a really cool event happening on October 21st. My first impression of Wolfram Alpha was, “this is perfect for kids who want to get a lot of information on a subject quickly.”

Feel free to implement this business idea. I only work in the abstract. Ever notice how you always want Chick-fil-A on Sundays? I mean you crave it on Sundays, right? You do anything for a Chick-fil-A to be open on a Sunday, right? The concept of Chick Delay is simple: Every Saturday night, put in a catering order for a bunch of Chick-Fil-A sandwiches. Keep it simple–just order the basic   Read More ...

Charlie Daniels circa 1978 versus all male “country” singers with songs currently in the Top 40. I’d pay to see that.

Healthcare: Time to Start Over After all, isnt it better to get it done right than to just get it done? If I thought it would do any good, I’d link to this article and suggest you read it. I’m worried we are collectively going on several faulty assumptions: Getting health insurance for people is the primary objective It’s the role of government to achieve this It must be done immediately.   Read More ...

We Learned Good From The Romans We look back at the Roman epoch with a sense of relief. We’ve learned so much since then. No longer do we consider our leaders to be gods among men. No longer do we hand them unearned and meretricious awards and prizes. We don’t turn on and destroy members of previous administrations. We don’t tolerate incompetent and corrupt sycophants in high office. We’ve learned   Read More ...