Dan over at SK8 Jesus has a well-written recap of a drive he took the other day. I can totally empathise with the feeling: “no matter how lonely or depressed I might feel, there is always one thing that will cheer me up: Racing someone…” I don’t get to do it much anymore on account [...]
Here in Richmond we got 11 inches of rain in 9 hours yesterday from the remnants of Hurricane Gaston. There was major flash flooding all around the Richmond area with the bulk of the rain falling during rush hour. My normal 20 minute commute home took 3 hours; and I was lucky. No trees fell [...]
9/11 toy found inside candy bags “I hate to blame the importer. He probably did not know what he was getting. He brings them in 40-foot containers. But whoever made it knew exactly what they were making,” Pedron said. Pedron said Lisy did not notice the small plastic figurines until two people complained, but there [...]
I will never, ever, ever,ever, ever, ever jump out of an airplane. Skydiver survives 11,500-foot plunge. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A South African skydiver survived a 11,500-foot plunge after her parachute failed to open and lines broke on her reserve chute, a local skydiving club said on Monday. The Johannesburg Star newspaper quoted McKenzie, an [...]
Chinese kidnapper shot by cop (here’s a link if you can read Chinese). [found the link at Boing Boing]
Campaign Songs is the work of an anonymous Congressional staffer. Near as I can tell, it’s Presidential campaign samples over electronic beats. I’ve only gotten to listen to bits of some of them since I’m at work and I am intrigued enough to give all of them a full listen at home. [found the link [...]
Nothing says “I love you” like a pair of retro NES controller hotpants. Nicked from Engadget
This is it. Hopefully I’ve gotten it uploaded correctly. If you have any trouble with it let me know. If this one works I’ll get right to posting all of those songs I’ve been promising.
This has had me giggling all week. I know, I am simple. [photo by Mike over at Satan's Laundromat, a terrific photo blog]
I was away on a golf trip from Wednesday to Sunday last week. The Dumpitational (I didn’t name it) is basically a golf trip for 16 guys, we just spice it up by splitting into teams and making it a sort or Ryder Cup-esque competition. For the second time in as many weeks my “relaxing” [...]