Monthly Archives: April 2006

New Monopoly properties

They’re updating the game. Vote for your favorite properties!   Kind of a cool idea. The landmark with the most overall votes gets the most coveted spot ("Boardwalk").

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I am so going to see S.o.a.P.

"You don’t have to think about what might happen – you know what’ll happen." – Samuel Jackson.   Snakes on a Plane.   See these links: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_on_a_plane Snakes on a blog: http://www.snakesonablog.com/ NPR’s story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5298003 Snakes on a motherfucking … Continue reading

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Oklahoma in the news

First story: cannibalism. "A grocery store stocker was arraigned Monday on first-degree murder charges in the killing of a 10-year-old girl in what authorities said was an elaborate plan to eat human flesh."   http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12356995/   Second story: pedophelia. ”I’m … Continue reading

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India & England

I’m heading off to India next week for work. On the way back I’m going to stop by in London for a few days and do some sightseeing & shopping since I haven’t been there in a few years. It’s … Continue reading

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Jack Bauer

If you’ve ever watched 24, you’ll appreciate this list. If everyone on "24" followed Jack Bauer’s instructions, it would be called "12". Jack Bauers calender goes from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Jack Bauer. Jack Bauer set … Continue reading

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What concerts have you ever attended?

I was looking through a scrapbook of mine and one thing it contained was a bunch of ticket stubs for the various concerts that I’ve attended in my lifetime.   I thought it would be interesting to document the list. … Continue reading

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Time for a new playlist

New playlist posted. While in Germany I found some good new stuff, it’s not in this playlist but some of it will undoubtedly show up in the next one.

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Unfortunately, I missed the Heavy Beer Time

Andreas, one of the folks in Germany who’s helping me get around this week, informed me that I had just missed the Heavy Beer Time here in Bavaria. Apparently it’s a little-known festival between Carnival (which is big in western … Continue reading

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The apple…

It’s a small thing, but I bit into my first apple in 4 years today. 4 years. What a day.

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This time, there was no pie

What is wrong with these people?!?!?!   "… the men admitted performing at least eight surgeries on six consenting clients over the past year, including castrations and testicle replacements." "None of the men … is licensed to practice medicine, officials said." … Continue reading

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