Pacifica, California 7-30-08
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
First iPhone Post
Well, after months of trying to decide, then another month of waiting for the new version (then another week for it to get here) I finally have my iPhone. It was definitely worth the wait. I would love to see a Blogger app similar to Typepad though.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Cracked: If Tattoos Actually Told the Truth
http://www.cracked.com/article_16446_if-tattoos-actually-told-truth.html
These are pretty funny. I liked the Japanese ones. It's amazing that people will actually get a tattoo that they don't know the meaning of, just because it "looks" cool.
These are pretty funny. I liked the Japanese ones. It's amazing that people will actually get a tattoo that they don't know the meaning of, just because it "looks" cool.
Monday, June 23, 2008
George Carlin
Wikipedia Entry
George Carlin passed away yesterday at age 71. I remember seeing him on SNL back in the day, when it was still a funny show. He came to my college and on all of the posters and every article it warned that there would be foul language, but I guess too many parents associated him with Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and decided to bring their kids. Of course in the next school paper there were all kinds of editorials about how they should have been warned. I think the editor actually added in a statement about how they were warned. I wonder if George knew about the stir he caused. If he did, I'll bet he found it funny.
George Carlin passed away yesterday at age 71. I remember seeing him on SNL back in the day, when it was still a funny show. He came to my college and on all of the posters and every article it warned that there would be foul language, but I guess too many parents associated him with Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends and decided to bring their kids. Of course in the next school paper there were all kinds of editorials about how they should have been warned. I think the editor actually added in a statement about how they were warned. I wonder if George knew about the stir he caused. If he did, I'll bet he found it funny.
Friday, June 13, 2008
Tim Russert
MSNBC
Tim Russert has died today of a heart attack at the age of 58. When I got the alert from Live Messenger I actually gasped and said "oh no!" out loud.
When Tom Brokaw retired from the evening news, it was like losing part of my childhood. I grew up in a trailer house (mobile home) where the TV was located in front of the backyard-facing window. As anyone who's lived in one knows, the walls are less than paper thin. I would smell supper cooking and hear his voice while my brother and I played in the backyard. I always said his voice reminded me of sweet tea, which was the beverage at every meal.
Tim Russert brings back the same kind of memories. "Meet the Press" came on after the news, and was usually on while we were eating our late Sunday breakfast. Sometimes we watched and sometimes we didn't, but it was always there. I'm not much of a political follower; wasn't very much at all when I was growing up, but "Meet the Press" was one show I liked to watch. You could count on it to be mature. Mr. Russert wasn't going to resort to drama, or mud-slinging. America trusted him to be tough but fair and to get to the facts of an issue.
It's hard to imagine what his loss is going to mean to the remainder of this important political year. Who's going to ask those tough questions that we Americans want to know the answers to? And be able to do it in a way that is always respectful?
My thoughts are with his family, NBC family and his friends; and also with the American people. We have lost a true patriot.
Tim Russert has died today of a heart attack at the age of 58. When I got the alert from Live Messenger I actually gasped and said "oh no!" out loud.
When Tom Brokaw retired from the evening news, it was like losing part of my childhood. I grew up in a trailer house (mobile home) where the TV was located in front of the backyard-facing window. As anyone who's lived in one knows, the walls are less than paper thin. I would smell supper cooking and hear his voice while my brother and I played in the backyard. I always said his voice reminded me of sweet tea, which was the beverage at every meal.
Tim Russert brings back the same kind of memories. "Meet the Press" came on after the news, and was usually on while we were eating our late Sunday breakfast. Sometimes we watched and sometimes we didn't, but it was always there. I'm not much of a political follower; wasn't very much at all when I was growing up, but "Meet the Press" was one show I liked to watch. You could count on it to be mature. Mr. Russert wasn't going to resort to drama, or mud-slinging. America trusted him to be tough but fair and to get to the facts of an issue.
It's hard to imagine what his loss is going to mean to the remainder of this important political year. Who's going to ask those tough questions that we Americans want to know the answers to? And be able to do it in a way that is always respectful?
My thoughts are with his family, NBC family and his friends; and also with the American people. We have lost a true patriot.
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