Ignoring politics, the economy, and the world at large, here is my list of what I’m thankful for [so far] this year:
Family – I have cousins, aunt, uncles, a grandparent, parents, and a sister all alive and kicking.
Friends – folks who’ll go out for a night on the town, or sit around and play board [...]
I had a Beck’s this evening with dinner.
The special Beck’s glass, like the Samuel Admas Perfect Pint Glass, has a small segment at the bottom that forces the dissolved CO2 to form bubbles, and yields a [near] constant head on the beer.
For those of you that saw the Mythbusters episode dealing with Mentos and Diet [...]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/washington/20military.html?_r=1
“The commander of American and allied naval forces off the coast of Somalia has begun efforts to halt a spike in piracy, urging merchant vessels to sail with armed guards on board and to travel only within lanes now patrolled by warships. The commander, Vice Adm. William E. Gortney of the United States Navy, said [...]
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/02/column_beyond_tetris_minesweep.php
I knew I wasn’t crazy – Minesweeper is NOT a waste of time!
Wikipedia page
Today for lunch I popped out to M&S, which is a supermarket in the UK.
With my combo meal I got an M&S Cola. Right on the front it claims “no artificial colours”. And based on the ingredient list, I’ll go along with agreeing.
However, near the end of the ingredient list is ‘fruit and vegetable concentrate [...]
Johnson’s famed ‘down-to-brass-tacks’ management style was summed up by his motto, “Be quick, be quiet, and be on time.” He ran Lockheed’s Skunk Works by these 14 rules.
Kelly’s 14 Rules:
The Skunk Works manager must be delegated practically complete control of his program in all aspects. He should report to a division president or higher.
Strong but [...]
http://searchengineland.com/are-our-brains-becoming-googlized-15421.php
New tools make us work in new ways. Who would’ve guessed?
This seems to go along with something I wrote a couple years back.
I read this Reuters story today on Americans being against helping Detroit’s Big Three.
This is the self-same America that just authorized $700 billion (with a “B”!) dollars to bail-out struggling financial services companies.
Now $25 billion is too much to help keep hundreds of thousands of jobs around?
That seems to be a double standard. If it’s [...]
I’m in London for a couple weeks for work.
Going through customs is an interesting process – especially when you can’t prove you actually should be allowed in the country.
This that somebody should have told me before I left:
bring a print-out of your itinerary
know the address(es) of where you’re staying
have cash already (not merely a debit [...]
al qaeda greets obama victory with an insult
From http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/19/mideast/qaeda.php:
“In Al Qaeda’s first response to the American election, Osama bin Laden’s top deputy condemned President-elect Barack Obama as a “house Negro” who will continue a campaign against Islam begun by President George W. Bush.”
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“American officials dismissed the new video as spin control and a desperate tactic by a terror group that suffered a defeat [...]