Ring around the Collar Comedy Tour

I am still trying to think of a good title for this one. However, you get what you get, so quit complaining.
The other day my wife bought me the Blue Collar Comedy Tour DVD. Now, we like this stuff mostly because we are from South East Texas, and we get the jokes. [...]

My little liberal

Well, last week we were getting ready for the state of the union address. Just earlier that day, Jon Stewart’s Daily Show had fun with at the president’s expense.
As a former Texan, I have had the chance to see his speaking ability for even longer the most Americans. Let me say, words are [...]

That’s the tikit

The other day, I looked at a new bike from the kids over at Bike Friday, the Tikit.
Well, I have been looking around and found some interesting bits of information.

Tikit to Ride

Tikit Finnish for stitches. Hindi for ticket. Pali for arriving and going. Now, it is the latest thing from Bike Friday.

January Snow Black and White

Here are some pictures I took up on Skinner Butte here in Eugene, Oregon on January 11th, just after a nice snowfall (before the snow became annoying).

I’m getting tired of this shi… snow.

OK. It snowed last Thursday. Fine. It was kinda nice to wake up to a beautiful blanket of snow on the ground. A little hairy getting to work, but other than that it was nice.
So, Thursday goes about its business, and then comes Friday. There is still snow on the [...]

Evolution of a password.

A friend of mine once said that the best password would look like line noise. I have aspired to keep with that idea. I have decided to post how I came up with a password for some systems.

Why do you give blood? The free shirts.

You have all probably heard the reasons why you should give blood. You know, that a unit is needed every 2 seconds, which translates to just under 40,000 units a day. The blood you donate is separated out into 3 units: red blood cells, platelets, and plasma. Therefore one donation can help [...]

Roll the Counter

OK, I want anyone who can see this post to roll a friend’s site counter.
The website:
http://www.w5cpu.com
The counter itself, for those who like to *ahem* cheat:
http://www.w5cpu.com/_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/?Page=front.htm|Image=2|Digits=6