So when did Thanksgiving become “The Day Before We Get to Be Greedy and Mean to Each Other”? There are stores that opened at 4 a.m. this morning. Some malls opened at 1 a.m… Are we really in that big of a hurry to buy a lot of crap that we don’t need for people [...]
Archive > November 2007
Hydrogen Cell Cars are HERE!
Several auto manufacturers have stated intentions to produce a commercially viable electric powered, hydrogen cell-fueled vehicle whose only emission will be water. One of them has already done it. In summer of 2008, Honda will make available a limited number of FCX Clarities. They will only be available to certain residents of the Santa Monica, [...]
FOO FIGHTERS!
Thanks to an iTunes pre-sale, I now have 2nd row seats to the Foo Fighters show on 01/23/2008 (Christina, I’m gonna need to leave early that Wednesday…). Ann and I will be joined by Frank and Sara Taylor. For those of you who are quick on the uptake you may have noticed that the date [...]
Kilt #3… it’s amazing!
As I type this I am wearing my third kilt. This is a 5-yard, knife pleated kilt made of 13 oz. wool from the Strathmore Woolen Co. of Scotland. It was hand-sewn by one of America’s (and probably the world’s) foremost tartan scholars, Matt Newsome. Matt runs a blog of all things kilt/tartan related and [...]
Mercy
I have a confession to make. Until very recently I had list of people I wanted to kill. Seriously. Open It or Expand It » It was a very short list, but it existed nonetheless. The people on the list had at some point done something that deserved punishment… deserved “justice” as I liked to [...]
