All I can say is I wish I'd been there. From MikeKeneally.com: Mike Keneally and Bryan Beller surprised a full house at the prestigious Lost Coast Live concert series set in an historic Humboldt County town. The Lost Coast Live events, produced...
Some of what's in the news is just too horrible. There have been several cases of fatal child abuse in the headlines lately -- all of them in Tennessee. I won't talk about the individual stories, because it...
We've recently been speaking lots of Chinese; on the trains while travelling, in taxis, on long walks with our friends, and in the supermarket. Our Chinese isn't quite to the point where we can talk about anything and everything, but...
1. Teaching Math In 1950* A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? 2. Teaching Math In 1960* A logger sells a truckload of lumber for...
Since I'm incredibly cheap and particularly cautious about technology purchases, I'm digging deep into product reviews for my next big purchase. My worst fear is forking out big bucks only to find out that if I'd waited a week...
Here is a translation (PDF) of the letter everyone is talking about. And here, gentle reader, is a full text of the Unabomber Manifesto. I humbly submit both for your careful comparison and analysis. ...
Christopher Hitchens latest entry at Slate deals with the treatment of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Dutch parlimentarian, at the hands of one of Europe's most liberal, "tolerant" societies. It was only a matter of time before someone with an axe to...
I want to take this opportunity to thank all of those individuals who worked so hard in my recent primary election campaign for Circuit Court Judge as my election victory would not have been possible without their work. Although...
I've been on a music kick all of my life. I guess at some point I could stop calling it a "kick" but I've always (incorrectly) believed that since I'm not a singer or musician, I can't claim to...
I have a lot of hair. The strands themselves are deceptively fine, but, when marshalled together into a ponytail, the resulting diameter is about the size of a golf ball. And, thanks to my mom, it is also...
So, this Nicholas Hilt case is going to get another judge... A murder case has been switched to another judge after Criminal Court Judge Doug Meyer called the defendant "the scum of the earth" and said he "deserves the death penalty." District...
"Weak as the winter sun, we enter life on earth. Names and religion come just after date of birth. Then everybody gets a tongue to speak and everyone hears an inner voice. A day at the end of the week...
... or Why Curtis Adams shouldn't marry Curtis Adams. Here's a sample from Argument #1 (chores):In a properly functioning heterosexual household, the chores are naturally divided for maximum efficiency: the woman does the cooking and the cleaning, and the man...
I have an incredible idea for a business. What I'm going to do is give away thousands of iPods on the internet. No joke. I'm just giving them away. Then I will advertise that I'm giving...
In a recent story, CNN reports that Tom Cruise said that writer and director J.J. Abrams "was born to impinge on and invade pop culture." Despite Tom Cruise being a grade A nutjob, I do believe that he's on to something...
So, David Blaine failed to "drown alive," as it were. I'm still in disbelief that the Blaine's recent TV appearance had nothing to do with magic. To me Blaine seems like a desperate man -- a man losing touch...
The poor little bird mentioned in one of my last posts didn't make it. During lunch yesterday, he finally made his way down into the fireplace where I could retrieve him. He was a tiny thing -- all wings, really....
I just returned from a 7 day trip to South Africa and Zambia. What I saw changed my life. I want to tell you about my trip and let you know about billions of dollars in development assistance that is...
I have been going to the gym for the past 7 months and I need a new routine. Me and Zona, my workout partner, do the same thing every Monday and Weds, sometimes Thursdays. We do the back of our arms(that wave...
DSCN4971 Originally uploaded by sillyred. I know that you really, really want to see our pictures from the weekend, so I got them up. I will edit titles and tags tonight while...
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