Really…only a “censured” vote

December 16, 2009

Well Mark Stanford, Republican governor of South Carolina, will keep his job. The South Carolina House Judicary committee voted to only censure Stanford and not move toward impeachment. The full South Carolina legislature will still have to vote on the censure but it seems that it will likely pass without a problem. [...]

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Tiger = Athlete of the decade, but not to me

December 16, 2009

Tiger Woods with all of his current problems / moral failings was still voted athlete of the decade today (BBC story here). Tiger got about a third of the votes (56 of 142), Lance Armstrong came in second. As a cyclist I think what Lance did (7 straight Tour De France wins and [...]

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Just say NO to Valet!!

December 16, 2009

Found this video on a Fox affiliate in St Louis (news story here) and was blown away by what valet’s were doing to peoples cars in the basement garage of the Hyatt in St Louis. Full video valet here.

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Small Things

December 3, 2009

First of all, yes I am alive and I due plan to blog regularly again.
Moving on, over the last few weeks my life has been VERY VERY heckit and tough due to work. I will not go into details except to say that lots of stress, drama, and TONS of work. The [...]

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Alamo sentenced

November 13, 2009

Evangelist Tony Alamo, who is 75 now, was sentenced to 175 years in prison for transmitting under aged girls across state lines for sexual intercourse. Alamo took numerous underages girls as his “brides” in the name of God and as his role as the ministry leader. Alamo even threatened the girls that they [...]

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Yes I am alive

November 13, 2009

Yeah yeah I know I said I was going to get back to regular blogging about a month ago, but work has been crazy. Hopefully next week it will happen. Over the weekend I plan to get a few posts in regardless.

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Classic Fail

October 26, 2009

Well this does not help the view of Tennessee, but it is still funny.
see more Epic Fails

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Lower Bounds of Complexity

October 6, 2009

Gower’s weblog has a ongoing series uniquely discussing the lower bounds of complexity (P vs NP) by use of emoticons. Yes that is right a math conversation with emoticons as the characters. Be sure to read the comments as well. The series will eventually have nine parts, but only three parts are up [...]

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Marc Drier & A Life Lesson

October 6, 2009

Vanity Fair has a great story up about Marc Drier. Most people have forgotten about Drier, due to Bernie Madoff, but Drier stole hundreds for millions from hedgefunds and ran a ponsi scheme that finally brought him done. Some claim he did it for the trill or because he needed the money to [...]

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10 Hi Risk Foods

October 6, 2009

ABC News has a story up about 10 foods that have a high risk to give us food poisoning. The CDC routinely points to beef as the riskiest food, but the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) list 10 different foods which create health risks. CSPI list the following foods [...]

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1950’s HDTV

October 6, 2009

[H/T to Switched for this one]
Gizmodo has a really interesting story up about a HD TV that was developed and which worked in the 50’s. No way to connect your DVD player though. Full story here.

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Disgusting Pepsi Flavors

October 6, 2009

Oobject has a poll going about the 13th most disgusting flavors of Pepsi ever. Personally I liked Clear Pepsi (ALOT) and Pepsi Summer Blend. I even tried the Holiday Spice Pepsi once and it was not terrible. Bottom line, give this poll a look but I personally disagree with some the [...]

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Polanski Support

October 1, 2009

The fact there are some coming out in Hollywood to say that Roman Polanski should not be extradited or have to face the sentence of rape that he plead to some 30 years ago should be a stinging indictment to the average American (regardless of political stripe / view) just how far out of step [...]

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Windows 7 Launch Party – REALLY WHY?

October 1, 2009

If you care, you already know that Microsoft’s next OS – Windows 7 – is being released in late October (October 22nd specifically). Below is a video made by Microsoft as a “guide” to hosting your launch party.

REALLY WHY WOULD ANYONE HAVE A WINDOWS 7 LAUNCH PARTY!! This is Windows [...]

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Users <> CNN @ $1.99

September 30, 2009

CNN is rolling out a new Iphone app for $1.99. That is a fair price, but if their competition Fox, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, etc do not charge for their apps then I am not sure that they will get as many downloads as they expect – even at $1.99. It may be a [...]

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The Body Bomb

September 30, 2009

It seems that terrorist have found a new means of bombing. This means involves the bomb being inside the bomber and it may completely defeat normal security means employed throughout the world.
It’s first use failed to kill the Saudi prince that it was intended to take out, but the fact that the [...]

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Frau Schickelgruber

September 30, 2009

It seems that the piece of skull long believed to have from Adolf Hitlers skull may actually be from a woman. BBC story heree. The Russians are debating the claim though, based on access records to the piece of skull in question. Telegraph story here.

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All The Single Ladies – Football Style

September 29, 2009

WOW – That is all I can say…WOW
I still will not watch Glee though…just not my kind of show…but this is F U N N Y !

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Mahmoud the Piecemaker

September 29, 2009

[H/T to Sigmund, Carl and Alfred for this one]

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Defensive Medicine

September 29, 2009

[H/T to Overlawyered.com for this one]
The Happy Hospitalist has a nice post (and graphic) up explaining why defensive medicine is practiced, the cost of it and the results of this practice.

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