Monthly Archives: July 2009
Nanny State–Watch What You Say To Dorktards Who Call You And Lie About Your Warranty
This is why people should never be arrested for words (Original link: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/D14DE98D380D1B73862575FA0008F3A8?OpenDocument), other than the obvious exception of yelling “fire” in a crowded theater. There’s a reason [..]
More is…More
I almost forgot to write today’s update! Oh well, that’s been corrected now :-) I got 1,000 yards today. I was hoping for 2,000, but today I was [..]
We’re All Gonna Die (Of Warm Fuzzies Or Something)
Goodness. That’s all I can say right now. Goodness. I am so totally exhausted. When I hit the 500 yard mark, I thought, Not bad! I can easily [..]
Generally, Journalists are Poor In General
If you’re ever concerned that you’re a bad writer, just remember that news “journalists” get published with lines like: …analysts have largely predicted another same-store sales decline, particularly, [..]
As The Who (almost) Once Sang: “I Can Swim For Miles and Miles and Miles and Miles and Miles….”
Despite some rather abrupt family news I learned today (half really awesome and half not so much—however, I don’t think I should go into details on it right [..]
Fine, man.
Patrick Chan passed along a great link to me last night. It’s something Microsoft has done that’s actually useful for a change! They’ve put Richard Feynman’s lectures called [..]
Another Yard Bites the Dust
Today, I swam 1,050 yards. This brings the total to 11,600 and leaves 1,748,400 to go. Since I’ve swum for over 3 weeks now, and also for over [..]
$23 Quadrillion…Not Quite Our National Debt!
I would think even Liberals would agree that charging someone $23,148,855,308,184,500 for a pack of cigarettes is a bit…uh, excessive.
Five and Change
Only did 550 today, but that’s 550 more than I figured I’d do when I left work. I was fairly tired during the day, so I figured I’d [..]