A bit of judicious googling this evening and I discover that I was listed as the Minnesota Blog of the Day for May 16th by the City Pages on “The Blotter” (which is their blog like thing). The nitrous oxide incident they refer to was recounted by me here. At any rate, I find this [...]
Latest trend: huge monster grills. Many of these grills can reach temperatures of 2,000 degrees — hot enough to melt brass — if used improperly, but grill manufacturers say temperatures should stay under a safe 1,000 degrees (which can melt lead). “If you load it up with charcoal and light 100,000 B.T.U.’s of propane under [...]
Okay, I’m getting annoyed with this whole Da Vinci Code thing. It is fiction, F-I-C-T-I-O-N, fiction. Only the nutjobs really believe that so much of the book is true. Unfortunately millions of people who ordinarily wouldn’t give the least bit of thought about it are going to flock to the movie and/or read the book [...]
Okay, I’m getting annoyed with this whole Da Vinci Code thing. It is fiction, F-I-C-T-I-O-N, fiction. Pretty soon Christians will be calling for a boycott of anything C.S. Lewis related because Jesus wasn’t a big fluffy lion. Get real! Of course all they are really doing is advertising for the boycotted item. Only the nutjobs [...]
The middle part of this video is an accurate representation of every high school dance I ever attended.
So on Tuesday I went to the dentist. Dentist says “Ah, yes, good work on brushing your teeth and flossing, your gums are healthy, but it looks like you’ve got two cracked fillings we’ll have to fill, and one new cavity as well.” Oh, joy. Today I went and got my cavities re-drilled and filled. [...]