The U.S. House and Senate have passed the successor to the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century (TEA-21), which is called the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: a Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). I want to know which set of congressional staffers sits around and comes up with the acronyms that we …
Category Archives: Fun
Wet & Wild or Boring & Mild?
Mr. John Sassatelli was in town last week for some GE voodoo and was gifted with the opportunity to stay with us over the weekend. Much fun was had, several games were played, some beer was drunk, and we went white water rafting on the Ocoee river in Tennessee. Ocoee Rafting was our host and …
Harry Potter: "I Want MORE!"
Alas, the sixth book is out, read, and leaves us dying for more. From things mentioned on J. K. Rowling’s website (I prefer the text-only version), it seems that she will not start working on the seventh book until next year. I guess we’ll all have to just wait, then. Until then, however, we can …
Hockey: Game on!
Despite the fact that there was plenty of hockey last season to be watched (college, ECHL, CHL, etc.) it’s glorious to have the NHL back in action. Here are some links to get you up to date on what the hay is going on. New Rules for 2005-2006 in the NHL. Overview of new stuff …
"I've been made by the Presbyterian Church"
http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html This link contains one of the funniest things I’ve seen on the internet in years. It contains some commentary from excerpts from a pirated Chinese copy of Revenge of the Sith (a.k.a. The Backstroke of the West), with english subtitles. Check it out.
I love Astro(nom)(log)y!
If only we could all sue everyone for everything. Here’s a case of a Russian astrologer suing NASA for ruining ” the natural balance of forces in the universe” and for deforming her horoscope. I probably need not tell you I have little patience for astrology. The Bad Astronomer does a much better job than …
2005 Peachtree Road Race!
Jenn and I ran in the annual Peachtree Road Race 10K yesterday with 54,998 other people, all of whom wanted to park in the same parking lot as we did. It was a great deal of fun, plus almost perfectly in line with our marathon training for later this year. Jenn finished with a time …
Store Wars!
Store Wars! Coming to a supermarket near you! Definitely worth a looksee
JibJab Teams with Budweiser
On the JibJab mailing list, I learned that they’ve got a new teaser out to advertise their upcoming full-length feature short starring some of the Budweiser mascots. Hopefully Spuds will show up.