by clay on February 10, 2008
I’ve been tagged to produce this as part of a 123 meme. Here are the rules for this fun little bit of Internet foolishness: Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more (no cheating!) Find page 123 Find the first five sentences Post the next three sentences Tag five people So, the book [...]
by clay on January 3, 2008
(This is kind of geeky. Consider this fair warning.) So, I get an email from my hosting provider (ReliableSite.net, which has been wonderful) saying that they are moving to a new server location and that I have to check a bunch of the settings and addresses on my sites to make sure they still function [...]
by clay on November 6, 2007
I’ve been around a few cattle in my day, even been run over by a couple. Never had this happen before though. MANSON, Wash. (AP) – Charles and Linda Everson were driving back to their hotel when their minivan was struck by a falling object—a 600-pound cow. The Eversons were unhurt but the cow, which [...]
by clay on October 11, 2007
Best description I’ve ever read of the banal idiocy that is Teletubbies. What are the Teletubbies, you ask? Multicolored, androgynous, possibly homicidal Muppets with speech impediments and farting problems who pop out of the ground after getting instructions from a smiling baby whose face has been superimposed on the sun, then jump around, wobble into [...]
by clay on October 7, 2007
First, check out this story. A group of engineers built a 21 foot long replica of an X-Wing from Star Wars. It was rocket powered, built with the intention of actually flying the thing. So, yesterday they actually flew it. The video is here. Let’s just say the take off was spectacular. It was a [...]
by clay on October 2, 2007
by clay on September 28, 2007
As was evidenced previously with the Dramatic Chipmunk video, I am easily amused. This amusement continues with this commercial. Too funny. More serious posts are coming soon. I’m finally caught up with school after being sick for a couple weeks, so I’ve actually got some extra time I can use for whatever I want. I’ve [...]
by clay on September 20, 2007
We all see road signs, most of us every day. I noticed something when we went to Colorado that struck me as odd. Pretty simple sign. It means deer might be crossing the road, right? We saw this one quite a bit. Saw this one more as we got into Colorado. Elk were pretty common [...]
by clay on August 6, 2007
I finished school last week for the summer, now I’ve got all of August to look forward to getting caught up on writing and chores around the house, not to mention reading some of the new books I’ve got. We went to Mardel this weekend and they had several bargain racks I perused through. I [...]
by clay on August 1, 2007
This just became #1 on the list of things that I must acquire before I die. Watch the video too.