Archive for the 'General' Category

Bio-Fules, Ethanol and Creamed Corn . . . A view of bio-efficiency from the kitchen:

Monday, July 31st, 2006

So as I was reading this blog entry on Ethanol, when I suddenly recalled my cooking experience from last night . . .You see, our summer vegetable garden is nearing its peak of production and last night was all about picking the corn. Out of the 8 or so corn plants, I was able [...]

And We Have Liftoff . .

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off on mission STS-121 this morning. The launch was broadcast live in High Definition on HDNet, and the video was awesome!
I’ve got to get out to Florida to see one of these in person before they stop flying them!
discovery, hdnet, nasa, space shuttle, sts-121

Alive and Kicking . . .

Thursday, June 8th, 2006

I’m alive, but very busy. Due to the merger announcement, I’ve been busy identifying and freezing projects that no longer make strategic sense, and pushing others that smooth the integration of the two institutions. More on that latter.
Getting ready to break ground on the new back yard . . . and completion of [...]

Work Stuff

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

Coming in on Monday to find that your company has been sold to a much larger bank from the East Coast kind of sucks . . .
Watching everone fear for their jobs really sucks . . .

I don’t make this stuff up . . .

Friday, May 5th, 2006

Republican State Lawmaker in South Carolina has proposed a bill that would make it a felony to sell devices used primarily for sexual stimulation in his state. The bill goes so far as to also allow law enforcement officials to confiscate any such “contraband” when discovered.
Sounds to me like some idiotic lawmaker is trying [...]

A Day Without an Immigrant?

Monday, May 1st, 2006

It’s turning out to be more like a “day without a central or south-americanâ€? . . .
At lunch I saw a caravan of 4 small import cars blaring their horns and driving around downtown Oakland with American, Mexican and Nicaraguan flags flying . . . the unfortunate part was that the largest of the flags [...]


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