“Walking through the Olympic Village the other day, here’s...”
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I find inspiration in the strangest places sometimes.  For...

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She 'Kissed a Girl,' and Mom Didn't Like It

GPS Saves Two Lost Hikers in Connecticut

Not only is this a hauntingly beautiful young woman, but she...

When Barack Met John...

well, they ARE politicians - not surprised they’re pandering to their religious...

Have you tried the new Tumblr yet?

The results: Es fine! Es todo! Es magnifique!

This week’s meals: Ala Chef Glenn!

Lucasfilm pulls PhoneSaber from the iTunes...

Made me laugh - kudos to you sir...

dalasverdugo: I’m so sick of these blue jays that live in our yard. Every day, “SCREECH! SCREECH!...

Lotus Makes Hybrids Sound Like Real Cars

“That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured...”
— Charles Bukowski (via...

Hiker Hell

She lives in a van and dances nekkid for...

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Well of COURSE that got radared - they misunderstood when...

For the Mac, Skitch just rocks!  (psst - you’ll never...

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Disney Sues Couple Over Costumes

General Lee Lives!: Just another day at the lake in...

My iPhone is Good for my Health

No really, it is!  I just signed up for Gyminee.com - and they have an iPhone web interface.  I can...

“I’m attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one...”
— ‘Last Lecture’...

The Coffee Fix: Can the $11,000 Clover...

Security Matters: Lesson From the DNS Bug:...

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I disagree

She’s SO wrong about this….. lilasweetheart: The nihlistic aspect of Tumblr is...

Long Awkward Pose

Tumblr Groups?

I’m not the only one who doesn’t get groups!  Yay! lilasweetheart: Can someone please...

Remind me why I left WordPress...?

Oh yeah, THAT’s why. billerickson: do not update wordpress. It messes everything up and you...

Ruining MobileSafari

word wrap customized for iPhone screen width?  That would rock… topherchris: marco: My...

Cloudy promises

I love vicodin

I woke up at 4:30 this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep.  Just enough dull pain in my...

A Walk through Valle de Maiz

gina: that’s how I roll This is me some day

Getting old-itis

So several months ago I had a problem with my shoulder.   Couldn’t move it, rotator cuff...

When kids are just fucking stupid

No drugs in cookies teen gave Lake Worth police, lab finds So this idiot kid, Christian Phillips,...

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Line for iPhone at Plano: First part of line

Rest of iPhone line: Plano

So what if I just buy a *regular* 8GB black iphone and use...

Unintelligent Design: Toenails

As a former fundamentalist, Baptist, literal 7-day creationist I notice something almost every day...

A link for Greg

Happy Rebellion Day

I intended to write this on July 4th, Independence Day here in the USA, but I’m a world-class...

further proof that Christianity has no...

I can't stop watching this

it’s odd, it’s Japanese, it’s hypnotizing

The door-close rain dance

It’s an interesting article, but I’m fortunate to work in a building where two of the...

Underground Comedy Club

“We have never believed in user-generated content as a...”
— Ron Bloom - 2008

“What we’re building is a very reliable network of...”
— Ron Bloom - 2005

My new favorite author - Greg Crites

I drive around for work every day.  Minimum of four hours a day in a vehicle, not counting the...

While I am extremely impressed with how well product...

“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean,...”
— I should have listened to more...

AT&T Whistleblower: Spy Bill Creates...

Sports bra saves hiker stranded in Alps -...

Same Name, New Look

Well now I’ve gone and done it!  Goodbye WordPress, Hello Tumblr.  I think I mentioned it...

Christians Repent!

Christianity has become quite the source of entertainment for me as of late.  Being that I live in...

Steve Miller?: Is that you?

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Thank you, Republican Party, for making the whole state of...

Investing Mis-steps

The good news is that we’ve set aside a decent amount of money in the last year for our early...

Slowly leaving cable

We’ve had cable for TV and internet for awhile now.  The main reason we switched from DirecTV...

Keith and the Girl are doing a podcasting marathon this...

Groucho Lives: Just a typical day at my favorite coffee...

Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in...

My Braindead Job - Part 2

In my previous post I mentioned the silly ElectroStatic Discharge training class I was required to...

World Nomads - Keep Travelling Safely

Animoto doubles video sizes, burns your...

Just a quick test

…to see what is going on with my Tumblr - can I manually post?  Is it just the RSS feed...

A new blogging paradigm?

According to Wikipedia the first web sites that were used for diary purposes started popping up in...

Not sure what this says about me, but this made me...

Site update

I am working on importing all of my 250+ posts from my many blogs into Tumblr. If you happen to see...

New Hints Seen That Red Wine May Slow Aging -...

“Of course I’m crazy, but that doesn’t mean I’m wrong.”
— Robert Anton Wilson (via...

My Braindead Job

Most days I managed to survive my job without letting it completely suck my soul out of me, but days...

Tumblr better than WordPress?

We recently took a 9-day trip to Mexico and I used Tumblr to post updates to family and...

Mexico Update

My apologies for the recent dearth of posts (after the plethora of posts). First, I’ve been...

Vamos a Mexico!

It’s probably too late for YOU to join us, but we’re going to Mexico in late May! I...

Why You Always Need a Backup

Think that a process that requires no less than THREE inputs from the user is sufficient to prevent...

Fredericksburg With Friends

This past weekend we used a vacation day and drove to the Texas hill country with some friends. ...

Sports Cars in the Hill Country

On our way home from Fredericksburg, Texas this last weekend we ran across a group of very small...

Crime Has a New Name: JACK PALMS

“just remember all caps when you spell the man’s name” Blogged with the Flock...

Our New Crazy Ultralight Tent...

My first true backpacking experience was an overnight stay on the south rim of the Chisos in Big...

Santa and Jesus

The image of Santa Claus kneeling before the baby Jesus, or the similar window sticker often seen...

Which Religion is Most Likely to Destroy...

My Last Home Remodeling Project

As we’re planning on selling the house whenever the real estate market picks back up, the...

Our Early Retirement Plan

I don’t remember exactly what prompted it, but at some point in the mid-90’s I began to...

Cabernet Malbec Carmenere Kit is...

I just racked and degassed my R.J. Spagnol’s Cabernet Malbec Carmenere kit.  I was *very*...

We're Debt-Freeee!

Debt. It is one of those things that you know, somewhere in the back of your mind, is not a good...

Adventures in Tornado Alley

Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers I put this book on my Amazon wish-list when I first...

Blog Consolidation

I had good intentions.  I always do.  But I am not able to keep five blogs up to date.  The...

Exploring the Forbidden

I can’t tell you how many times I have fixated on a topic and then later been unable to...

Dancing in Belgium

You might find it odd that, given the title, this blog post has absolutely nothing to do with...

Bird pics

Bought a new camera right before our recent Alaskan Cruise (well, six months ago). Finally started...

Darwin and Tornadoes

Last night 55 people were killed by tornadoes. In spite of what appears to be a phenomenal job of...

People I'd Like To Meet - Clifford...

I just saw the first half of the movie “The Hoax” starring Richard Gere. The premise is...

Self-Reliance Saves Lives

WAVE 3 TV Louisville, KY :: WAVE 3 Investigates: Lack of tornado warning during Tuesday...

Baingridge, Georgia Tests New Emergency...

This sounds like a pretty nice system! The Post-Searchlight - Your local news source for...

My Fucked Up LIFE

OK, so I got the official MRI results back in today. It’s not a torn rotator cuff.  Nothing...

Tornadoes in the news

Tornado hit apartments Heavy rain, snow, fires initiated by lightning - this storm had it all! ...

My fucked up shoulder

I’ve felt some occasional shoulder pain over the years, here and there.  Rock climbing,...

Mental Blocks, etc.

I don’t know why I always get such mental blocks about blogging.  I started out years ago...

Bad Behavior Behaving Badly?

We all hate spam, right?  And blog spam is particularly heinous.  Most bloggers are satisfied with...

Mandatory Weather Radios Are Like...

Legislation that is born out of personal tragedy is sometimes useful and valuable, but never stand...

SITE MOVE!

well, my Flock test worked, but I lost my themes and plugins after moving sites.  I’m putting...

Testing Flock's Built-in Blog Editor

This is me testing the web clipboard, which supposedly allows you to drag and drop text, links and...

Blasphemy Challenge

My little contribution to YouTube. Blogged with Flock

So Long Leo Laporte

I’ve been a fan of This Week In Tech since way back in the TechTV days. I was very distraught...

The Adventurer In Me

I guess it’s a matter of perspective.  My wife and I have never thought of ourselves as much...

Six Things You'll Never Hear an Atheist...

“We are seeking to incite the nation to rise up to liberate its land and to jihad for the...

How to Kill Your Inner Bargain Hunter...

Yaro Starak just posted a great article on his Entrepreneurs-Journey.com site on mental attitudes on...

Will It Blend?

I’m not sure what it says about the internet, or internet marketing, but there is an entire...

Essential storm chasing gear

NOAA Weather Radio - something like this Oregon Scientific WR102 Portable All Hazard Radio with...

Uncluttering

I’ve been very busy lately, as well as productive. Those two don’t always go together,...

The Incredible Tim Ferriss

I’ve been reading Tim Ferriss’ book The Four Hour Work Week.  The phrase Paradigm Shift...

Anatomy of a typical storm chase

Chasing storms is not like planning a vacation. When looking at long-range forecasts it is often...

SkyWarn Classes

One easy (and free!) way to educate yourself about severe weather is to attend a nearby SkyWarn...

Storm Chasing with a Tour Group

I have compiled the following list after scouring the internet for information. Evidently there are...

How to Prepare for Storm Chasing

If you are reading this blog you are already doing the first step, which is to seek out information...

10 Blog Traffic Tips

Reprinted from Yaro Starak’s Blog Mastermind site - with...

How to Chase Storms and See Tornadoes

It has been over ten years since the movie Twister sparked an increase of interest in the previously...

Denton Rocks

So I’m sitting here at Jupiter House, my fave coffee house in Denton, and while I’m...

AirTunes

Picked up a little AirPort Express unit the other day.  It’s about the size of the standard...

Texas - Land of the Psycho Mom

Darlie Routier Dena Schlosser Lisa Ann Diaz Deanna Laney Andrea Yates Dee Etta Perez Gilberta...

Black Collar Crimes

One of the first ‘ex-timonies’ I ran across when I was first leaving Christianity was...

2007-05-04 - Forecast experiment

 The cell in the TX panhandle moved toward Woodward and split.  The southern cell evidently produced...

2007-04-24 Storms

Today wasn’t really a chase, although I did drive around some while monitoring the local ARES...