The Evil Eyebrow

  • Argh for the Red Sox

    If you haven’t any interest in baseball, stop now. Don’t read.

    I flipped on game 4 of the ALCS last night, just in time for the first pitch of the top of the fifth inning. Tim Wakefield and his vaunted Knuckle Ball were at the plate for Boston. Chaos ensued.

    7 runs and 30 minutes later, the inning is over and I’m in the depths of misery. What the hell! Why is everyone suddenly hitting that knuckleball? And why do the Sox’s starters have such a shitty ERA in this series? I’m depressed.

    Now they’re looking at the bottom end of a 3-1 series lead. Elimination could come on Thursday, at Cleveland. If the Sox manage to hang on, they’ll come home for a Saturday/Sunday to close out the series, and someone will face Colorado.

    Argh.

  • Things you See in the ER

    Last night, we had to spend some time in the veterinary emergency room. Our cat was exhibiting some distressing symptoms. Verdict is: Who knows. Maybe a stroke. Maybe a seizure (although apparently cats don’t get seizures like people do, the convulsions are symptomatic of something else, instead). Maybe a dislocated clot that caused her excessive pain. Maybe a brain tumor. No idea. We know it wasn’t hypertension because, despite the amount of noise she was making during the blood pressure test, she had perfectly normal pressure. Hopefully this is a one time thing, but we’ll watch her carefully for the next few weeks.

    But, that’s not what this post is about. We were in the ER last night about 1:30 AM when two big, burly guys come rolling in carrying their huntin’ dawgs. They were dressed in mudders and other clothing that indicated that they had just come from the hunt. Their dogs had both been bitten by a snake or snakes. They were justifiably concerned.

    My question: What were these guys hunting at night? With dogs? One of the dogs had a radio collar of some sort on. I imagine it was a tracker? I am excessively curious what they were doing. And, what self respecting snake is awake at night to bite those dogs?

    Curiouser and curiouser.

  • I'm Alive!

    It’s been approximately a really long time since I posted anything. I’ve been busy. Top priorities in life do not always include blogging, thusly my mid-September to mid-October drought.

    To commemorate this occaision, I bring forth a link that my wife clued me into. A guaranteed hit for all Firefly/Serenity fans.

  • Wicked Cool Model Rocket

    If you were an Estes kid, you’ll like this link. Go and see the 21′ Xwing fighter.

  • My Dream Home?

    A bunch of people who I follow on Live Journal are doing this meme, so here’s mine. I especially like the dimensions of my garage being measured in light-seconds.

    Your home is a

    Futuristic Magnate’s Headquarters

    Your kitchen is someplace you never go, because you “have people for that.” There’s a Chocolatessen, which is rapidly becoming your favorite room of the house. Having one is also becoming a trend among your wealthy neighbors. Your master bedroom is the size of a small barn, with carpet thick enough to reach your ankles. Your study has hardback editions of every classic ever written, plus a special edition of Rich Dad, Poor Dad with the parts you ghost-authored highlighted. One of your garages holds your collection of ferraris, and is measured in acreage.

    Your home also includes a guest wing and private quarters for your servants. Your guests enjoy your home theater with 37 different sports channels. Outside is your hedge maze and gardens, meticulously tended by a team of world-class botanists.

    And, you have a pet — a doberman pincer named “Warren”.

    Below is a snippet of the blueprints:

    Find YOUR Dream Home!

  • For our SUV Haters

    Grandad tests out Anti-SUV rockets. Quite effective.

  • It's a Mad Mad Mad … World

    Phil Plait has a posting concerning a major TV personality who doesn’t know whether the Earth is flat.

    Phil hit it hard, but I’ll reiterate one of his points. It is just not possible to exist in an industrialized country in the 21st century and not know that the Earth is a ball. People who espouse a belief in flath-earthism or, as this person did, claim ignorance of the matter, are not qualified to breathe.

  • Ten Things Not to do on your Blog/Website

    I think I’m only doing two of these things that Binary Moon says shouldn’t be included on a website. Of course, I don’t have any advertising, which eliminates the possibility of me screwing up numbers 1-4, which means I’m hitting two of six bad-things-to-do. Well, a 66% is almost passing in the US High School education system.

    (for reference, I’m not calling out the time of my posts in the post header, and I don’t bother with an Author, because it’s just me so far)

  • Starship Captains

    Through the good works of SF Signal, I’m referred to Top Twenty Starship Captains, by Kunochan.

    I actually didn’t find this posting to be all that great, but I commented on the thread, so I’ll link it here. If nothing else, it is extensive.

  • Robert Jordan is Dead

    I can’t believe this slipped past me for two days. Robert Jordan, author of the voluminous Wheel of Time series, passed away on the September 16th due to a disease he was diagnosed with a year and a half ago.

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