Posts from 2005
It Keeps Going, and Going …
On one of the most amazing accomplishments of mankind
Now Pitching for the Dodgers …
In which I receive a call from a fan
Pass the Baton
Notes on my music collection
BlasTech DL-44
On Han Solo’s blaster
Love at First Bite
And really, when you want to profess your love for someone, what could be more meaningful than biting off each other’s ring finger? “… it had to be our ring fingers. We were both just out of rough relationships, and wanted to both reclaim and be rid of those fingers… this has a permanence to
Speed Stacks
Are you as surprised as me that this is not on ESPN right after the poker and billiards championships? Apparently there is a new “sport” sweeping the country by storm: Cup Stacking, in which teams attempt to stack — and unstack (maybe that’s the “sport” part?) — specially designed plastic cups. File under: Decline of
Santa Monica Boulevard Transit Parkway Project
There was massive construction along most of the mathematically-convenient 100 miles between Daytona Beach, FL and Gainesville, FL for the entire 4.75 years I was in college. The State repaved almost all of SR40 and made major improvements to I-75 in that time. Work was mostly done between 10pm and 4am so it was not
Some Good Books
In which I list some of my favorite books
Is that a burrito in your pocket or …
A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito. The drama ended two hours later when the suspicious item was identified as a 30-inch burrito filled with steak, guacamole, lettuce, salsa and jalapenos