I have posted before about the lake behind my house. Well, a few weeks ago I walked out my front door to a very agressive duck sitting there. I thought that was kind of strange, but definitely understandable considering the lake. A week later, I pull up to the house
A while back, I came across some really cool pictures on flickr.com. They are pictures taken with a high speed camera as a bullet passes thru different items. I want a high speed camera. I NEED a high speed camera. You can see them here
Next time you are sitting in the DMV, and you want something to do. You can try making one of these little fellas. There is only one step that is a little tough, but overall it’s not too bad. You can find the instructions here If you know of
I read the local, national, and world news every morning. Maybe that is an old guy thing to do, but I like to keep informed and enjoy taking part in intelligent conversation. Like everyone, I form opinions while I read. Any man who will marry the runaway bride deserves what
Last night I checked off an item in my “Things to do before I die” list. I went to watch Willie Nelson in concert. I was really excited to go to this concert. In fact, I grew out a mustache just for the occasion so that I could fit in
Earlier I wrote a post talking about a pet peeve that I have. I mentioned that I didn’t like the phrase, “I have a question for you. Call me Back”. I basically mentioned that when I get a message like that on my machine, I usually don’t call
Yesterday I was reading some of my favorite blogs and I came across a very interesting story. Recently, a professor at Berkeley had his laptop stolen by one of the students in his class. The student, hoping to get questions and answers to the upcoming exam, got alot more then
One thing I have never claimed was an expertise in Photoshop. But I have been playing around with it for the last couple days and I am getting more comfortable with it. It is really a fun program. Today I took a picture of me jumping off of a swing
There are five shows on television that I really enjoy watching each week. Four of the five of them are on after 9PM so I rarely watch them on a real television. (that’s past my bedtime) Instead, I have my Powerbook automatically find them online the morning after they
There are a few reasons I love living in Las Vegas. I know that Las Vegas is really marketed to tourists and most people don’t know much outside of the strip, but I’m ok with that and this is why. Las Vegas is constantly have big concerts and
I was in San Francisco this last weekend. I love it there. The weather was so sunny and warm. I also love how the city and it’s resident are conastantly putting on events, fairs, and markets. This last time there was “Brazil Days” right in front of the city
One of the gifts that I gave Candace for her Valentine’s Day was she got to pick anywhere in the nation to spend my birthday. (Which happened to fall on Easter this year.) After thinking about MANY options, she finally decided to go to New England. She was curious
Webster’s has announced today that it will carry 58 new entries in their next edition of the Webster’s New World College Dictionary that will be out in May. There were two new entries that seemed especially interesting to me. The first word was “blog”. I’m glad to
In case you were wondering why the weather was so nice today, let me tell you. Today is the 57th birthday of James Taylor. That’s right, he’s a March birthday just like me. Happy Birthday James!
I think that it is the norm to not like your morning commute. People don’t like to battle with the traffic and people. So in that regard, I consider myself lucky. My morning routine is really quite pleasing to all of my senses. I like to get up just
Jack Johnson released his new album today. Jack Johnson is one of my favorite artists. He’s got a surfer feel to him playing the acoustic guitar and steady “smooth groove” beats. He also has a very relaxing voice. This album is called “In Between Dreams.” All of the songs