Up a notch? Maybe…
Saturday, August 25th, 2007 Posted in Trials and Tribulations | 1 Comment »I sort of fantasized today that I had stepped up one level in my bicycling. It was very windy today, and that makes cycling into the wind difficult. I was on the open stretch between the park and where the trail ...
Link to interesting article on Global Warming
Friday, August 17th, 2007 Posted in Politics, Science | No Comments »You'll need Adobe Reader for this, a free download Here is the link to the article: http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/realdeal.16aug20074.pdf Below is an excerpt from that article: Usufruct is as American as the Declaration of Independence, implicit in the Preamble "to ourselves and our Posterity". ...
Would Buddha Drive a Porsche?
Thursday, August 16th, 2007 Posted in Randomness, Religion | 2 Comments »I recently bought a little sports car for all the materialistic, mid-life crisis reasons guys my age buy little sports cars. I used the typical rationalizations to justify my purchase. It gets better gas mileage; it has less ...
Chinese factory suicide a good thing?
Monday, August 13th, 2007 Posted in Politics, Randomness | 3 Comments »I'm still trying to get my mind around this. Mattel has had to recall a million or so toys because of lead paint. I heard on the radio that the plant manager from the Chinese factory responsible for ...
I can die a happy man
Sunday, August 12th, 2007 Posted in Trials and Tribulations | 2 Comments »I birdied 18 at Normandie Golf Course in St. Louis. It is a 243 yard par 3 from the blues. The hard part for me is that it is next to a busy street on the the left. That street is ...
If you hate, the terrorist win
Friday, August 10th, 2007 Posted in Politics, Religion | No Comments »I listened the most wonderful interview the other day. If you do not remember who Marianne Pearl is, think Angelina Jolie and the movie currently out,The Mighty Heart. She is the wife of the American Jewish journalist that was beheaded ...
Not in the da South, no more
Friday, August 10th, 2007 Posted in Randomness | No Comments »I was telling a coworker my retirement plan was a double wide in Arkansas. I noticed him looking at me funny. He did not know what a a double wide was. Being the Southern Gentleman that I am, I ...
Ten Commandments for Politicians
Thursday, August 9th, 2007 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »I'm trying to come up with ten commandments for politicians. This is a far as I have gotten: First, do ye no harm The majority rules, not the dollars Ye live in a glass house, ...
Car Accidet
Thursday, August 9th, 2007 Posted in Really Bad Jokes | No Comments »I rear ended a car a few days ago... The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!! and he was pissed! He looked up at me and said "I am NOT happy!" I said, "Then which one are ...
I wow yet another SYT
Thursday, August 9th, 2007 Posted in Trials and Tribulations | No Comments »This is not as delicious a tale as the time I was bucked off the treadmill while trying to flirt with a sweet young thing. Nor is it as embarrassing as the time I was looking for a ...
