2009 June

Blackberry Saves Skier From Falling Into Crevasse
I knew those things had to be good for something…
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth Orders Staff To Count Her Swans
I had to visit the chicken slaughterhouse to get necks for the boss’ pet ocelot.  Stop whining.
I tried valiantly to keep this blog Michael Jackson-free.  I succeeded - right up to tonight.
It [...]

Here is an utterly revolting story about mental healthcare in Greece.  They still tie patients down.
Ok, so our system is the second worst.
Daily sex ‘best for good sperm’
Well then, call the wife!  Our motto: “No kids but die trying!“
Study Suggests No Real Benefit From Routine Prostate Cancer Screenings
HUH?
Mounting cost of cancer drugs raises questions about [...]

We have a laptop and projector loaner pool at work.  We have spent years trying to idiot-proof these units but we always come back to Murphy’s Law: If you try to idiot-proof something, they’ll just come out with a better idiot.  Nowhere is this more true than where I work.  We are the better idiots.
We [...]

A UK man was arrested for revving the engine of his car in a racist manner.
How exactly does one rev one’s engine in a racist manner?
I don’t know everything about cars but I do know that there is not an engine on the planet that makes a noise like the n-word when revved.  Fords don’t [...]

I’ve mentioned before that I have a USB television tuner at work.  We bought one to see if it performed and because every now and then we make a program available to the company.  We noticed that the picture quality was excellent but the quality of the programming was nonexistent.
For some reason out home satellite [...]

The fourth weekend in June is Field Day for radio amateur (hams).  This is when the radio geeks trot out their gear in public to show everybody what amateur radio is about.  The public and press are cordially invited to come see what the groups and individual amateurs are up to.
One can see demonstration of [...]

Get ready: Sunday June 28 on National Geographic is a program called Hitler’s Stealth Fighter.
The National Geographic News webpage ran a story (gee, do you think there’s a connection?) on this program, complete with pictures.
Northrop Grumman, in California, got a look at the only surviving Horten 2-29, aka Hitler’s Stealth Fighter.  It has been kept [...]

Ok, let’s face it: we’re in a rapidly descending handbasket, headed southward.  I’m not what you’d call presidential material but the time has come to KICK THEM ALL OUT.  I am willing to do my patriotic duty so here’s part of my platform (ignore the noise.. it’s me, sawing away at it from below):

campaign slogan: [...]

It’s not the first time I’ve written about the fellow.  Here’s today’s installment, largely because I don’t learn the first time.
I went last week to have an onlay installed.   No idea what an onlay is but it’s definitely not an inlay (although I told my wife I had them inlay my initials on my front [...]

HEALTH NEWS TONIGHT:
Isn’t it amazing… all things old are new again.  Research shows that listening to the right kind of music can slow the heart and lower blood pressure.
Do you suppose this was another patented EUREKA moment?  Are we missing something here?  Music soothing the savage beast and all?
Just don’t tell me to listen to [...]