@petedominick Intellect and Politics
I was listening to Stand Up with Pete Dominick on Sirius/XM yesterday or the day before and I caught the tail end of a conversation about political leanings in this country. The basic topic seemed to be about whether or not people really exercised thoughtful contemplation about either the political process or the reasons they [...]
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Reading Into It
By: Mr. Scientist I read a recent article in the WAPO and it got me thinking. One idea the article references concerns the way that everyone, kids in particular, gather knowledge in today’s world. In the United States at least, the internet is nearly ubiquitous. If we want to know something we just go to [...]
Redbox = Cheap
So the above is true in more ways than 1. And I myself, am pretty peeved about it. I got a movie last night from Redbox. Admittedly I used a promo code but by getting the Blu Ray version they got 30 cents out of me. The process to find a movie was easy, the [...]
What is you R2?
I told Mr. Scientist last night that this would be the title of my next post. I didn’t have a topic to go with it then but one soon found me. We were talking on the phone as I drove home and soon after stating this as the title I stopped at Walmart to get [...]
A word to websites
If I visit your site, don’t force me to interact with a lightbox before I can do anything else. Seriously, this is more annoying than Urkel.
laptopscreens.com
Many thanks to latopscreens.com. A few weeks ago I dropped my laptop while setting another person’s laptop (safely in a box) down in my office. My laptop (while closed) landed directly on the top/front edge. Visibly there was no damage however when I powered the machine on the damage became clear. There were multiple spider-web [...]
If White Castle went away, would anyone notice?
I drive by a fair number of White Castle restaurants each week. Without a doubt these are the most drab, boring and unappealing fast food restaurants out there. If I have a chance I’ll take some pictures. But really, I’m not going out of my way. So the first two sentences and the title naturally [...]
I want to see a Paul/Santorum Ticket
With the Iowa Caucuses around the corner the political scene in our country finally gets to see some action. The ‘debates’ to date and other pre-election activities have been many, but now the rubber finally hits the road and we’ll see what these candidates are made of, or more precisely what the voters in Iowa [...]
A crazy night or They do say things come in 3s
There are some nights when a confluence of events come together. It is hard to know what it all means at the time or how one’s own role will play out. Tonight brought me into the path of not 1, not 2, but 3 separate tragedies. Along the way I passed a great kid on [...]
Winter Wonderland
We drove through the Winter Wonderland in Vernon Hills tonight. It wasn’t quite what I expected, and we waited over an hour in line to get in, but the girls seemed to like it. The Details Winter Wonderland is a Christmas light show done in collaboration with the Cuneo Mansion and Gardens and the Village [...]
USB to Projector
So I’m setting up projectors in the school where I work. And for us, the optimal setup is to use USB cables to connect the PCs and the projectors, however, there is a catch. The distance is such that the USB cables need a signal booster. Now, in the first few tests I did, full [...]
Dakotah Steakhouse – Rapid City, SD
We ate at Dakotah Steakhouse on Wednesday, June 29th. At the time of our visit the restaurant had been open for about a month. On the whole I would rate the place as a 7/10. The experience didn’t start off great. The hostess seemed distracted and disinterested in us. When she asked us if we [...]
Sad
This is why I never wanted a driver’s license until I could purchase an electric car… http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/witness/2011/06/20116227153978324.html
Earthwise 20inch 24-volt 60120
Earthwise 20″ 24 volt 60120 Electric Lawn Mower made by American Lawn Mower Company I purchased this lawn mower at my local Ace Hardware for about $340 with tax. I bought the already assembled one without a box. When I bought it the manager said they would simply take another out of the box and [...]
I have decided to write reviews
As much as I enjoy writing about my own thoughts, from a pure perspective of commerce, I acknowledge that they aren’t going to draw a large audience up front. And without a large audience, who will be enticed by all of those pithy Ads from Google. (As fair warning, I am in the process of [...]
Irony of Ironies
I miss computer programs. The App has replaced traditional software to the point that I now want apps available only on my phone also to be usable on my PC. Ironic, isn’t it? Let’s look at some examples. WordPress for instance. This site is powered by WordPress. A site that I manage at work is [...]
I have a new pet peeve
Oh wait, I lied. It isn’t new. …So you know when someone says something that they think is true at the time but then turns out to be wrong or false? When the time changes or the information is shown to be wrong the first words I often hear are, ‘Sorry, I lied.’ Since when [...]
Helical
A person drifting. Not lost, just awash through life with no real base. Moving. Living a series of lifetimes here and there. The life of a nomad seems attractive; seems like life as if there was no other way to live. Until. Movement stops. Life halts. Stationary is. Where did the nomad go? What happened [...]