Archive for March, 2008
Maybe I am just weird, but I don’t see much of a need to have MY picture on even one bottle of soda - let alone a whole pack of 12. And that is even if it is Blue Bubblegum flavored. Do you really want to see your own mug on your soda bottle?
March 31st, 2008 | Posted in drink - drank - drunk | No Comments
Since I mentioned the contests on a previous post, it would be completely remiss of me to not mention the winners. So here they are:
Pioneer Press: 1st Place - Honoring the Peep in All Things, Namaste. By Joel Homme, age 47, Saint Paul. See all entries here.
Washington Post: 1st Place - The Tomb […]
March 28th, 2008 | Posted in sugar induced coma | No Comments
Normally, I don’t have any problems with Easter. Overall it is a pretty good holiday. My main focus at Easter is usually all the candy (especially the Peeps). But this year the sugary holiday appeared far more quickly than I was ready to deal with. While Easter was here and all the people around me […]
March 27th, 2008 | Posted in 42 | No Comments
I don’t usually get political on this site, but for this I had to make an exception:
It would seem that being gay “is not a lifestyle that is good for this nation” and that the homosexual lifestyle “is a death knell for this country” according to Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern. The previous quotes were […]
March 18th, 2008 | Posted in 42 | 1 Comment
At this point in my life I have seen quite a bit of technology come and go. Gadgets gleefully appear before your very eyes and then disappear in a dust cloud. I have lusted after many different types of gizmo’s at various times throughout my life and almost never regretted it in the morning after […]
March 17th, 2008 | Posted in 42 | 1 Comment
Most everyone I know collects or has collected something. I think this is a normal, healthy part of life. The desire to own the complete set of this, that or the other thing is something that passes the time and puts a smile on our faces. But when does the collection of something move into […]
March 12th, 2008 | Posted in 42 | No Comments
This is definitely one of the best versions of K-9 that I have ever seen. As if just looking cute weren’t enough, it also moves! K-9 is one of my most favorite Doctor Who companions. I know, I know I have talked about all this before (here and here and here), but I can […]
March 11th, 2008 | Posted in I/O gear | 1 Comment
I absolutely love/adore/want/need this mod for the Wii! It is just perfect! Mario really looks like he is climbing out the side of the Wii.
If you read through all the instructions (like I did, you find out that he spent hours on this modification. Everything is custom and hand-painted. You also find out that […]
March 10th, 2008 | Posted in I/O gear | No Comments
The other night I actually had control of the remote control for the big TV in our house. This of course meant I was able to flip channels and watch commercials to my heart’s content. At least until I stumbled onto a repeat of The Last Starfighter movie. I only missed about the first 10 […]
March 5th, 2008 | Posted in diversions | No Comments
If you have been an online gamer (platform doesn’t matter) for any length of time, then you already know what the results to this study are. The study was the about gender swapping in online gaming. The study found that
“57% of gamers had engaged in gender swapping, and it is suggested that the online female […]
March 3rd, 2008 | Posted in click or click not | 2 Comments