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“I love the Power Glove…it’s so bad” Last night, I had the pleasure of reacquainting myself with a cinematic masterpiece from my youth – The Wizard. In 1989, The Wizard took the nation by storm with its harrowing tale of three kids determined to make it to “Video Armageddon,” a national Nintendo competition at Universal [...]
Last Friday, I had the opportunity to make my annual pilgrimage to the Montgomery County Probate Office to renew our car tags. I know it is cliché around here to criticize local government agencies, but seriously, I don’t know if I have ever seen such an inefficient and ridiculous process in my life. I waited [...]
While in Florida, I had the opportunity to catch Superman Returns in IMAX 3D. It was a terrific movie experience. The theater was amazing. There were no previous preceding the main event. The film started with the “classic” flying Main Titles set to John Williams‘ iconic Superman Main Theme and we were off. There were [...]
Today marks the 230th birthday of our great nation, assuming you are reading this from the USA. I hope that we will all take at least a moment away from our picnics, barbecues and fireworks to reflect and be thankful for the freedom we so often take for granted, and to say a prayer for [...]
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Revolutionary War: 4,435 War of 1812: 2,260 Mexican War: 13,283 Civil War: 558,052 Spanish/American War: 2,446 World War I: 116,708 World War II: 407,316 Korean War: 33,651 Vietnam War: 58,168 Gulf War: 293 War on Terror: 2,698 May We Never Forget. *Source: LSU Tags: heroes, memorial day
Well, when technology works, it is great. When it doesn’t, it’s, well, frustrating. Thanks to our local Water Works Board digging up half our neighborhood (apparently, no one thought to have an actual map of where all the underground pipes were), we have been without internet for about a week now. That’s why there have [...]
As you can see, my last post was exactly one week ago. Basically, I took a week offline. I was off of work for several days and decided to completely unplug. It could not have come at a better time. Wednesday and Thursday, I just hung around the house with the family. Friday, Taylor went [...]
I saw this on digg the other day and thought it was interesting. Map Gallery of Religion in the United States The data is broken down by percentage of the general population in each county. Another completely unrelated, but cool map: 2004 Presidential Election By County I’m a total geek for this kind of stuff. [...]
I am a pretty big fan of chicken. Chicken strips, chicken tenders, chicken parmesan, KFC – I like it all. Lately, I have noticed a disturbing trend at fast food establishments: shaped chicken nuggets. Uggh. I don’t want my chicken nuggest shaped like stars, dinosaurs or Dora the Explorer. I want it shaped like, well…chicken. [...]