I'm listening to the podcast of Bill Moyer's Journal from 5/11 when I hear these lines from recent Regent University grad Carly Gammill: Part of the goal of many of us who are going out from this institution from here...
Posted 06/09/07 @04:33 PM · Feedback (0/0)
Pilot Japan sells a 0.25mm gel pen. When I asked why it isn't sold in the US the gist of the response was this: Due to our marketing agreement with our parent company, and in some cases patent restrictions, we...
Posted 06/01/07 @10:12 AM · Feedback (0/0)
North Texas competitors continue to underperform. The Dallas Mavericks finished first in the regular season and were bounced out in the first round of the playoffs. The Dallas Stars ambled through the regular season and hit a first round playoff...
Posted 05/31/07 @02:16 PM · Feedback (0/0)
On the daily puppy they post pictures of cute puppies. They also have ratings and comments for each puppy. The ratings I've seen end up between 10 and 11 (the highest). The comments all use varying degrees of hyperbole to...
Posted 04/06/07 @01:22 PM · Feedback (0/0)
What if we used a different currency for commodity items like toilet paper or Coke. So instead of paying $1 for a Coke you'd pay say 500 credits. Or think of it as 50 yen for a Coke. Price is...
Posted 03/15/07 @03:55 PM · Feedback (0/0)
Recently I've been fascinated by microcredit, and currency exchange. In the quest for more knowledge I was talking to someone who actually has a masters in finance. I threw out the analogy that banking is to microfinance as Newtonian physics...
Posted 03/15/07 @03:37 PM · Feedback (0/0)
It's been a couple weeks since the Boston bomb scare. I'm staggered by the fact that nobody seems to be upset with Boston. They did a poor job assessing a threat. The idea that any kind of electronics not branded...
Posted 02/12/07 @11:58 AM · Feedback (0/0)
Big news in the Perplex City ARG. The Receda Cube was found by astro_random. He wins the $200k prize. I have a feeling puzzles like billion to one and riemann may go unsolved. Season two of Perplex City starts this...
Posted 02/09/07 @12:16 AM · Feedback (0/0)
Stories like this one about hockey phenom Sidney Crosby get me teary eyed and nostalgic. In successive games against Tampa Bay earlier this month, he scored while sliding on his side, controlling the puck while doing so, and from his...
Posted 01/23/07 @12:38 PM · Feedback (0/0)
In an interview with the owner of the local comic book store Zeus Comics he offered the top five signs he knows a comic book reader is gay. They touch my hand while exchanging cash. Their pull-list consists solely of...
Posted 01/06/07 @01:15 PM · Feedback (0/0)
A closed room has a refrigerator with the door open. What happens to the temperature in the room? The temperature goes up because more energy is added to the room while the refrigerator is plugged in. When Julie quizzed me...
Posted 08/11/06 @08:11 AM · Feedback (0/0)
I was walking to the grocery store this morning when I realized there was a Christmas parade one block over. I've never lived anywhere before where I could walk to the grocery store and see a parade. Julie and I...
Posted 12/03/05 @05:27 PM · Feedback (0/0)
The local talk show host Glenn Mitchell passed away in his sleep yesterday morning. He was one of my favorite interviewers and my day will be emptier without him. He had great guests and commanded a breadth and depth of...
Posted 11/21/05 @06:18 PM · Feedback (0/0)
I've been snapping up Pirates card packs like they're going out of style. I finally got a fort. The experience of putting it together was somewhat underwhelming. It does add some nice variety to the game. I've also got...
Posted 03/24/05 @04:31 PM · Feedback (1/0)
I went to the third Conspirator's Ball last night with Andrew and his friend Christina. The event is there to survey folks about Dallas' cultural life, and provide an open venue for venting. The venting is mostly of the liberal...
Posted 03/20/05 @09:19 AM · Feedback (0/0)
I think I've finally found a card game I can get addicted to, screw Texas Hold 'Em or Magic. I picked up two packs yesterday: Pirates of the Crimson Coast and Pirates of the Spanish Main. You actually construct...
Posted 03/18/05 @10:14 AM · Feedback (0/0)
