Link Love

Ran across a few interesting links I think you might enjoy as you contemplate the wonder that is Friday. Now, about that cover… is a post from the author of the book by the same name, and it deals with how the quite striking cover of his book came to be. The photo shown on… Continue reading Link Love

So you think you can bicycle?

I didn’t know there was such a thing as an Indoor Cycling competition, but it’s an amazing thing to behold. What’s even more impressive is that the guys in this video are doing these stunts on full-sized bikes instead of the little BMX-style bikes you normally see used for such cycling “gymnastics.” (If they want… Continue reading So you think you can bicycle?

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Woofer is for Wimps

The Twitterverse is abuzz about Woofer, the tongue-in-cheek “macroblogging” service that so closely resembles Twitter as to make IP lawyers walk funny, and which requires a minimum of 1,400 characters (vs. Twitter’s 140 character maximum). Most of the woofs thus far seem to be either randomly typed characters, or passages from famous books, like Moby… Continue reading Woofer is for Wimps

Jurassic Flowerbed

I stepped out the front door around noon to change some light bulbs and heard a rustling in the flowerbed. Given the number of rattlesnake sightings in our neighborhood this year, I was in no mood to assume the noise came from a beneficent source, so I tip-toed over…and spotted the fellow in the following… Continue reading Jurassic Flowerbed

Take a Chill Pill and get your groove on

We’ve been enjoying our neighborhood’s new clubhouse and pool, but one thing that’s missing from the summertime-at-the-pool experience is music. Even decades later, the smell of sunscreen* evokes memories of Groovin’ or Crystal Blue Persuasion or anything by the Beach Boys, all of which were on the continuous P.A. playlist at the big pool at… Continue reading Take a Chill Pill and get your groove on

Zombie Attack? Canadians have our back, statistically.

For those who claim that math has no practical application in everyday life, our response has always been “oh yeah…well, what about an uprising of the undead?” Of course, that response was, unfortunately, a blustery theoretical, unsupported by actual computations and graphs and PowerPoint presentations, and therefore lacked credibility. But all that has changed, thanks… Continue reading Zombie Attack? Canadians have our back, statistically.

Secret Menus

I guess I’d never thought about it, but it doesn’t surprise me that some Asian restaurants would have “secret menus” that contain dishes offered only to those in the know, those whose palates are better able to appreciate the presumably more exotic offerings than the normal riff-raff. I’m not going to get into the pros… Continue reading Secret Menus