Photo Credit to Schoschie Yesterday, Jenn and I participated in the 2008 Peachtree City Triathlon. This was our second running of this race. Overall, it was excellently organized and run1. There were 1,100 racers with all their equipment packed into the park next to the Peachtree City Library at Drake Lake. Due to injury, I …
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Parents Continue to Kill Children
Unfounded fears about vaccination which are fueled by media networks who want to show “both sides” of a story without having an opinion themselves are causing the resurgence of measles and other childhood diseases. Parents fear that vaccination will give their children autism (untrue) or that they may develop serious side effects (rare1). At least, …
Jenn Has a Mac (for a little while)
My wife rocks. Why does she rock, exactly? She rocks because she applied for, and was awarded, the iTunes University grant wherein she gets a Mac laptop for the semester and her students get iPods. It’s all in the name of education, though, because she will be using these tools to teach her students about …
New Blog Find
I’ve discovered a new blog today. It’s called 5ives! It’s comprised of eclectic lists of 5 things. My favorites so far (abridged): 5 ways you’re unleashing the power of your blog 1. tearing the veil away from the morally bankrupt raincheck policy at Marshall’s and Five “Web 2.0″ ways to break up with your boyfriend …
Courteous Mass Atlanta
On Friday, Jenn, Me, David, and Sharon participated in Courteous Mass Atlanta. This was the second attempt at Courteous Mass here in the A.T.L. and it was apparently much more quick. What is a Courteous Mass? It’s a derivative of the Critical Mass movement, with less civil disobedience. Critical Mass is a movement of bicyclists …
Perceived Energy
Here’s a graph of my work day. This isn’t based on extended data, merely my perception of things. You’ll notice that energy and caffeine follow each other closely. I’m not sure that’s causal. I’d have to experiment to find out. It might be a function of time, rather than mg of stimulant in my bloodstream. …
Happy 888
We need to go out and play some 8-ball, y’all!
Wii Update
My back is better. Yay. I’m to the point in Wii tennis that even when I win, I lose points. (translation, I’m just that damn good) It’s amusing to watch two people who are (ahem) tennis-challenged flailing around with the Wii paddles. The other day, I managed to make one of the computer opponents launch …
August 6
Today is a day to remember. Not only is it the anniversary of the first use of combat nuclear weapons, but it’s also the anniversary of the first use of an electric chair to execute a criminal.
Braves Forever!
If the Atlanta Braves go on a ten game winning streak… …they’ll be back at 0.500. I’m depressed. Maybe next season.