Category: Thoughts

Lent started a few days ago and I decided I would give up alcohol. I did it a few years ago and it wasn’t too bad. The most amusing reactions come from friends that are used to ordering a round when we go out to eat, but now I have to remind them I’m sitting…

The band, Five for Fighting, is generously donating $0.49 to Autism Speaks each time this video is viewed. The funding goes toward research studies to help find a cure. When you have a moment, please visit the link below to watch the video and pass it along. They are aiming for 10,000 hits, but hopefully…

Happy Mardi Gras. Today is Super Tuesday, a day in which a lot of states have their political Primaries and a lot of candidates realize if they have an actual chance at becoming the President. Today many in New York are still attempting to recover from the Giants’ SuperBowl victory and tomorrow many in New…

The SuperBowl is today. Will the Patriots make history or will the Giants pull off an upset for the history books. People are talking about the Patriots being the greatest team of all time and Tom Brady being the best quarterback ever. Maybe they are right, but we’ll never know. One thing we do know…

I’ve been gone for a while, but I have a new philosophy on posting. My plan now is to post more often, but make them a lot shorter, occasionally adding one of my typical multi-paragraph posts. That’s almost it for now, but I also want to comment on Microsoft’s unsolicited bid for Yahoo. Why? I…

Thanks to everyone that sent Holiday Wishes; John Bencomo, Daniele vanOssenbruggen, Amonde Younger, Nicole Fallacara, Bert Mullins, Justin Arras, Quentin Ward, Grace Willis, Wes Hollan, Jomo Thompson, Grant Finter, Chris Crabtree, Casey Cook, Lisa Burton, Josh Jones, Will Robinson, Marcel Hammond, Nathan Burris, Kim De la Puente, Brooke Davis, Clifton Matteus, and Mark Coleman.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Number 10 Life is sexually transmitted. Number 9 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. Number 8 Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich. Number 7 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day;…

Thanks to everyone that sent Thanksgiving wishes. In order; Cory Boyd, Bert Mullins, Nathan Burris, Chad Baker, John Bencomo, Jeff Davis, Grace Willis, Mike Hales, Mark Rawlings, James Phillips, Kim De la Puente, Nikia Hovey, Susannah Odle, Sarah Rowe, Bennie Cunningham, and Lauren Elza.

A few more points on Windows Mobile 6: The phone unlock function is more secure. Previously if you had a 4 character password the phone would let you know if you got the password right or wrong after you entered the 4th character. Now you have to hit the unlock button after you enter the…

Some media outlets placed some responsibility on Youtube for a Finnish student shooting and killing kids because the shooter posted a video on the site a few hours before the shooting. Claiming Youtube is even partly responsible for his actions is about as logical as blaming paper for the suicide of someone that leaves behind…

There have been recent articles on eWeek and other sites about the possibility of Google buying Sprint. Although I have said for the past few months that this is something Google should at least look in to, if not do, I’m no longer sure I think its a good idea. Sprint has 2 assets Google…

You didn’t really think he said “Superman that, Ohhhh” did you? I’ve enjoyed and cringed silently as I’ve watched people sing along with and dance to Soulja Boy’s Crank That having no idea what he was talking about. It really struck home when I was at a family reunion watching kids 4, 5, and 6…

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to…

We’ve come to a strange point in time when a company restricts how many of their product the customer can buy and will not let them pay cash for the product. This was the sentiment when Apple made it so customers could not buy more than 2 iPhones and could not pay cash for them.…

A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had great seats right behind their team’s bench. After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience. “Oh, I really liked it,” she replied, “especially the tight pants and all the big muscles, but I just couldn’t understand why they were…

Think Vitamin has a worthwhile article on OpenID.

This week I upgraded my Cingular 8525 to Windows Mobile 6 (WM6). I say Cingular instead of AT&T because it is old enough that it is Cingular branded (externally) and needed the last ROM update to be internally AT&T branded. Here are my thoughts from my first weekend with the upgrade: IMAP is fixed. When…

A turkey was chatting with a bull. “I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree,” sighed the turkey, “but I haven’t got the energy.” “Well, why don’t you nibble on some of my droppings?” replied the bull. “They’re packed with nutrients.” The turkey pecked at a lump of dung,…

There are a lot of congratulations to give. Starting with my sister who on Friday found out she passed the bar exam. Congratulations are also in order for Justin and Pierre who found out they will soon be fathers and Robin and Angel, who just brought children into the world. Last, but not least are…

We have 5 weeks before the World Championships in Finland and I no longer think there will be an American team in attendance.

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, “Can I also sit like you and do nothing?” The eagle answered: “Sure, why not.” So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on…

A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out. The Genie says, “I’ll give each of you just one wish.” “Me first! Me first!” says the admin clerk. “I want to be in the Bahamas, driving…

We have about 7 weeks to the IFC World Championships and little has changed in the past week. I have talked to the coaches for the coed team, but no reportable progress on the all-girl team. The coed team has the potential to be legendary. All of the alumni I talked to are interested in…

So far things have been moving pretty slow, but at least things are moving. I’ve had a few conversations with USCF head, Stephanie French, and Marcel Hammond, one of the board members. We are in agreement on the direction we need to head if things are going to work out. I’ve talked to 2 of…