tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123089732011-07-18T11:48:43.985-05:00Random rants and ramblings about baseball, politics, or whatever strikes me as interesting.stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.comBlogger3251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-37635682318865701082008-12-19T21:26:00.003-06:002008-12-19T21:40:37.196-06:00

No, I am not dead yet... This blog is pretty damn close to it, but I'm not.The problem is, I have too many other things to do right now, so here is a snapshot of what is going on in my life:Work is very busy. In this economy, that is a good thing. Sales need to pick up so we have the revenue to sustain development.It is weird having a child who is out of High School living in the house. I am too

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-29599267359188178682008-09-05T05:47:00.004-05:002008-09-05T06:05:19.137-05:00

Part of the brilliance of picking Palin as VP was that it caused the McCain campaign to sucker the left into bringing up "experience" as a issue again. This is an issue where Obama is very week.Obama was a nothing state legislator who got into the U.S. Senate when his opponent (Jack Ryan) was involved with a "sex scandal" with his own wife, Jeri Ryan. As a U.S. Senator, Obama has not really

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-81187273292226775002008-09-04T05:16:00.002-05:002008-09-04T05:28:56.032-05:00

There has been a lot of talk about McCain's pick of Gov. Palin as his running mate. Most of it has been positive, some has not. Of the negative talk, however, a lot has been focused on Palin's pregnant daughter. This is a total non-issue.Her daughter got pregnant at 17. These things happen. It isn't right, but once it happens the important thing is how you deal with it. There are several

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-20990241696978474302008-07-27T21:12:00.003-05:002008-07-27T21:22:29.108-05:00

The first line really says it all:Pure and simple, Jimmie Johnson won the Yellow Flag 400 Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by winning the final race off pit road.All I can say is that today's race was total bull crap. Congrats to Jimmy Johnson, but for NASCAR and Good Year to not test the tire situation fully before coming here, and then to handle it the way they did is just total crap.

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Every now and again I see a story where some bozo falls from an escalator at a ball park. Almost always, the bozo is male, in his twenties, and drunk (note that the latest story does not currently mention the last aspect, but it is still being investigated).The sad thing is that in our overly litigious society, the ball park or baseball team (or both) usually end up getting sued, and thus end up

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-86090409284742322792008-07-26T14:32:00.003-05:002008-07-26T14:43:59.531-05:00

Today was qualifying day, so we got up somewhat early (5:45 or so) and headed down to the track. We got ourselves some nice seats up in turn one (section E penthouse). I started taking a couple of pictures of the track when one of the ushers asked me if I wanted to go up to the roof and take some pics from there. Can't pass up a chance like that! So, he removed the "Do Not Cross" rope and we

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-78240645802833283742008-07-26T04:55:00.002-05:002008-07-26T05:12:33.263-05:00

Today started out cloudy but turned in to a beautiful day. We started out by taking a short hike on the Sugar Creek Trail. We then had lunch at a nice local Mexican restaurant in downtown Crawfordsville.After relaxing a bit, we went to Indianapolis and walked around the White River State Park and then walked around downtown for a bit. We stopped to eat dinner at the Claddagh Irish Pub. After

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-24860305333436650702008-07-24T16:12:00.005-05:002008-07-24T16:36:29.677-05:00

Well, we are down in Indiana for our annual trip to the Brickyard-400. Hopefully the rest of the vacation will be more pleasant than the trip down here was. I swear that there was nothing but road construction from the WI/IL boarder to the north end of downtown Chicago. Basically, all of the Edens Expressway is tore up, but once you get to the Kennedy, everything is cool all the way through

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-4834293555246634382008-07-11T21:47:00.003-05:002008-07-11T21:55:32.432-05:00

I mean, just look at the picutre... I think I have caught 12 diseases just from looking at her... I can't believe anyone actually ever paid to had to sex with something like that.

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-21266558863975417852008-07-08T05:15:00.001-05:002008-07-08T05:17:31.781-05:00

Man shoots wife, man abducts kid, man gets hit by bus and dies. It sure is nice when things work out in the end...

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-38826009033662711172008-07-07T19:48:00.002-05:002008-07-07T19:57:07.498-05:00

It is no secret that I think the ethanol push is moronic. It is not an efficient fuel and it results in higher food causing great pain to the poor (and everyone else). Furthermore, the free market will dictate the proper solution, not government mandates, which will do nothing more than tie us to what is clearly the wrong solution.It is nice to see others putting pressure on the G8 nations to

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-69015008348988287482008-07-01T19:54:00.003-05:002008-07-01T20:06:05.998-05:00

It appears that Obama is taking a page directly out of the Bill Clinton play book and is moving to the right to appease conservatives who are not all that happy with McCain being the Republican nominee.US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has said he would expand George W Bush's programme of involving religious groups in government initiatives....He said challenges from saving the planet to

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-85498281916810513752008-04-13T14:40:00.003-05:002008-04-13T15:09:45.813-05:00

Three young adults were recently killed in an apartment fire at U.W. - Stout (where I went to college 15 years ago).  One of the kids killed was the daughter of a Baptist minister.  Hundreds of students attended her funeral, and you can bet that the First-Baptist Church community has rallied plenty of support for her family, and share in their grief.  It is what Christians do.On the other hand,

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-107054195794128382008-04-01T13:50:00.001-05:002008-04-01T13:52:46.867-05:00

The great thing about this article is that it affirms that yes, there truly are teams who historically suck harder than the Brewers.

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-21935494420818151772008-03-30T17:48:00.003-05:002008-03-30T18:30:16.868-05:00

Blame ethanol.  Actually, blame the idiots who are pushing idiotic ethanol mandates on us.  In this country, ethanol is made from corn.  However, corn is also a staple grain in our food supply.  So, the mandates result in a higher demand for corn.  The higher demand results in higher prices.  Higher corn prices mean that more land is being used for corn production as farmers react to the market.

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-1133784672813293842008-03-11T19:08:00.002-05:002008-03-11T19:28:02.824-05:00

Given that Eliot Spitzer has built his whole career by ruining other peoples lives for his own political gain, mostly through the over-prosecution of generally minor regulatory violations, it sure is nice to see his career finally being destroyed.

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-13211590186737740352008-03-09T18:53:00.004-05:002008-03-09T19:02:29.252-05:00

While I was egosurging the other day, I ran across a post I made over ten years ago. Thankfully, time has pretty much proven what I said to be correct.I guess there isn't really much of a point to this other than to point out when you say something on the internet, it is quite possible that whatever you say may last a while, so be careful what you say boys and girls. Make sure you mean it, and

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-17725469481439101462008-03-07T19:07:00.003-06:002008-03-07T19:32:33.564-06:00

The presidential primaries this time around have just been weird. Here are just couple of random short thoughts that I have on the Democratic race.The race has come down to essentially the two least qualified people in the field.Neither candidate can get a solid lead built up. It seems that as soon as one candidate starts to emerge, the other candidate starts to get more votes.Item #1 supports

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-72606198269135495322008-03-07T19:06:00.000-06:002008-03-07T19:07:02.705-06:00

This is just sick and wrong, it was also too odd to not share.Killing a girl with a brick is wrong. Getting sexually excited because of it, and then making out over the dying body is sick. Having no remorse for your actions and no respect for the sanctity of human life is pathetic. What is truly sick and wrong though is that the sentence is only a minimum of 24 years.Personally, I would have

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-52029147088965825842008-03-07T05:11:00.002-06:002008-03-07T05:23:32.854-06:00

I am not sure what is more pathetic, a handful of degenerates who feel the need to abuse the fine men and women in the military, or the reaction of the commander at RAF Wittering who told personnel not to wear their uniforms in public.Personally, I agree with Mr. Gordon's reaction to all of this:He said armed forces members should be "encouraged to wear their uniform in public and have the

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-25383187349421049212008-03-06T19:06:00.002-06:002008-03-06T19:14:34.756-06:00

Yes, I am still alive. I have just been really busy lately and have not had much time for blogging. I can't even remember all that we have done, but it has been hectic lately.It has been a long, cold winter so far. About a month ago, we had a pipe break in our upper bathroom, resulting in having to shell out a fair amount of money for a plumber, and for a company to dry everything out. On

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-58235954074798659642008-01-23T19:54:00.000-06:002008-01-23T20:23:40.816-06:00

It is great to live in a country where we have so many freedoms that we pretty much take them for granted. Despite the paranoid delusions of certain groups, we pretty much have more rights and freedoms than people from most other countries in the world. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for people in most Muslim countries, where someone being sentenced to death for being critical of

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-82496431980865296992008-01-20T14:11:00.000-06:002008-01-20T14:15:07.762-06:00

The state ethanol whores (as Mark Belling calls them) are trying yet again to force us to use ethanol (pdf). This is bad public policy for several reasons.Ethanol is not a good replacement for petroleum based fuels.It is not as efficient of a fuel as petroleum.It takes almost as much energy to produce a gallon of ethanol as you get out if it. In some studies, which also take into account the

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-30874789402780090552008-01-12T17:45:00.000-06:002008-01-12T17:46:48.682-06:00

This is how God intended for football to be played! The Packer's winning at home, in the cold, with the snow falling. Could life get any better?

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-22659576993601852782008-01-09T19:08:00.000-06:002008-01-10T04:44:50.776-06:00

In case anyone is still reading this, yes, I am still alive.  I have just been really busy lately, and haven't really had much to say.I found the following candidate quiz over at Stacy's blog.87% Mike Huckabee84% John McCain81% Fred Thompson79% Mitt Romney72% Ron Paul69% Tom Tancredo60% Rudy Giuliani36% Bill Richardson27% Hillary Clinton26% Chris Dodd26% John Edwards24% Barack Obama22% Joe

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-36705386416496096812007-11-01T11:58:00.000-05:002007-11-01T12:04:43.334-05:00

Don't get me wrong, I am no Patriots fan. AAMOF, I pretty much hate them just because they are from the same town as the Red Sox. However, if Brady becomes the victim of a cheap hit, like some are predicting may happen, then whatever crybaby delivers the hit needs to himself be hit with serious fines and suspension time.Here's the deal, people. If you don't like the Pats running up the score and

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-81166956988354984112007-10-26T09:44:00.000-05:002007-10-26T09:48:22.168-05:00

So, who is more worthless? The butthole that pisses on a dying woman? The worthless turd who takes the video of it? Or the uncaring dipshits who stand around watching and laughing rather than beating the crap out of this guy?The whole lot of them are despicable, really...

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-79989177231896275252007-10-23T11:20:00.000-05:002007-10-23T11:30:00.293-05:00

Just in case the fact that they are playing the utterly despicable Red Sox (blech!!) was not enough of a reason for you, here is a another good reason to cheer for the Rockies. It is nice to see an organization that values a person's character, and that judges that character based on a true and solid foundation.I also give kudos to the NY Times. In this article, they give the Rockies a fair

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-61844995650817440252007-09-20T19:32:00.000-05:002007-09-20T19:51:31.897-05:00

Bethesda Lutheran Homes interviewed my wife and I for a memorial story they were doing for Junior (the man we used to take to worship and other church related events). This was for their fall 2007 Breakthrough newsletter, which was just published.If you are interested, you can read it online (NOTE: this is a large download if you have a slow connection). The article we were interviewed for is

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-27052342763801080822007-08-20T18:51:00.000-05:002007-08-21T07:58:10.729-05:00

OK, so this is a little late on this, but a couple of Sunday's ago my daughter (who is a Senior this year, my how time sure flies!) and I went to Ozzfest at Alpine Valley.  This was the second year in a row that we went, but this year it was just the two of us whereas last year several of her friends were able to come along (this year, most of them were working). There were three bands on the

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-57338486787451768092007-08-10T09:40:00.000-05:002007-08-10T09:44:10.876-05:00

It seems that Team Discovery is disbanding because no one wants to sully their good name by sponsoring a bicycling team. My only question is what took so long? After all, this has been one of the most obviously dirty sports for well over a decade now. Are people so slow that they are only now starting to realize that? Or could it be that people just didn't want to admit that fact until now?

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-4664919639918043312007-08-06T20:16:00.000-05:002007-08-06T20:33:02.177-05:00

Police in Bangkok, Thailand are being punished for minor offenses, such as showing up for work late or parking in the wrong spot, by having to wear a Hello Kitty arm band.  Personally, I don't really see this as punishment, and might just push the rules a little just so I could wear one.  Yeah, that may sound a little gay, but hey, whatever.While we are on the subject, my daughter got a Hello

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-71188246050211785562007-07-30T07:14:00.000-05:002007-07-30T07:59:31.167-05:00

Today's post is a day late for obvious reasons...The AM hours:4:30 - wakey wakey, get dressed, eat breakfast,  and get everything together.5:25 - hit the road6:20 - get to the track, park in lot 2, talk to some of the others out tailgating7:00 - cannon sounds which means the gate are open, stay in lot8:30 - enter the track and go to the infield, walk around an look at everything9:45 - eat lunch,

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-37602004201738977992007-07-28T20:38:00.000-05:002007-07-28T20:43:19.213-05:00

Short post today, folks...Due to the rain yesterday, practice was postponed until today, today's qualifying was moved to the afternoon, and the final practice was cancelled.  Well, at least that was the plan...As it turned out, this morning was hazy and wet, which pushed off practice even later, which also resulted in qualifying being pushed later.  The day started early and ended late.  I am

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-34872664099007805482007-07-27T14:39:00.000-05:002007-07-27T16:06:05.443-05:00

From IndianapolisToday, Lisa and I spent the day in downtown Indianapolis. We usually do this on Friday while we are down here. It was rather overcast today, and drizzled a couple of times, was otherwise OK. Hopefully we will not have these problems tomorrow and Sunday. The weather people claim race weekend should be free from rain, but we'll see.We started out at the Circle Centre, which is

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-24207052057561819862007-07-26T20:09:00.000-05:002007-07-27T07:03:54.060-05:00

Today was day one of our fifth annual vacation to Indianapolis for the Brickyard 400.The day didn't start all that great.  First, it was raining hard in the morning.  I took the dog for a walk between showers, but didn't exactly get back before the next shower started.  Then, when I get home, Lisa is sick.  So, I load up the car and let Lisa rest.  I then go grab some breakfast alone so Lisa

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-75731638722543159202007-07-17T10:56:00.000-05:002007-07-17T10:57:43.538-05:00

My wife loves Orchids. However, she's not getting any of these... Ewwww....

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-32746282110948589512007-07-16T07:23:00.000-05:002007-07-16T07:40:04.889-05:00

It is certainly great news that work has begun on a new X-Files movie. The X-Files is the last non-animated show that I recall actually watching on a regular basis. Of course, my wife will try to tell you it is because I had a crush on Scully (which is true), but the X-Files also had excellent and clever writing, a compelling plot line, several sub-plots woven between episodes, and was just

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-24719713738956380792007-07-13T10:17:00.000-05:002007-07-13T10:20:10.193-05:00

The Washlet actually seems like a pretty cool product, but their advertising is so weird that I just had to share...

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-59235069969286751992007-06-29T05:52:00.000-05:002007-06-29T06:13:59.286-05:00

I am no fans of bio-fuels (at least in their current state).  When compared to petroleum, they are less efficient to burn, they are way less efficient to produce (that is, petroleum takes very little energy per unit to produce, whereas bio-fuels take almost as much energy to produce as you get out in the end), and finally, the whole idea of using your food source as fuel (thus raising the cost of

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-73162897316009872672007-06-20T09:46:00.000-05:002007-06-20T19:44:12.728-05:00

I don't really have much to say about Wal-Mart providing banking services.  This will just be yet another service that Wal-Mart offers that will benefit consumers, especially those who don't make enough money to deal efficiently with normal banks (trust me, I remember how that goes, and something like what Wal-Mart wants to do would have been perfect for me at that point in my life).  And, yet

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-22340706114294904722007-06-15T21:22:00.000-05:002007-06-29T06:15:00.613-05:00

My daughter and I are going to Ozzfest again this year, and I was perusing the list of band for this year.  The second stage selection this year is far more varied than last year.  Last year, almost all of the band were metalcore or thrashcore bands.  The best of the bunch, IHO, was probably Walls of Jericho. While metalcore/thrashcore is not my favorite genre, I do like it, especially when the

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-45079812221068881632007-06-15T12:28:00.000-05:002007-06-15T12:35:21.697-05:00

Now that Dale Jr. will finally be racing for a good team next year instead of a second tier team like DEI, it will be interesting to see if he can run as well as Gordon and Johnson.  My honest guess is yes, he will.  He is a great driver who has, up until now, just been saddled with a mediocre team.  All in all, I think this will provide him his best chance at a championship.Heck, now that he is

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-73010798752250415212007-06-15T12:27:00.001-05:002007-06-15T12:28:12.187-05:00

It seems that even the ancients liked Mickey Mouse...I don't really have any comment on the story, just found it interesting.

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-14765822734598329922007-06-12T19:43:00.000-05:002007-06-12T19:48:52.089-05:00

Just in case you have been living in a hole (or don't like Metal for some reason), this year's Ozzfest is a free deal.  About a month ago, you went and got your code, and now today you get to turn them in to get two free tickets.  The problem is that the servers they have set up just are not enough to deal with the load.  I eventually managed to redeem my code during an extended lunch today.  

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-54814843948878328792007-06-12T10:50:00.000-05:002007-06-12T11:10:12.549-05:00

Up until now, I have been ignoring this Paris Hilton thing, because I just really don't care much about the exploits of such an amazingly unimportant, talentless person who is famous just because she is famous (and a bit of a skanky ho).  However, when I heard about this little nugget on the TV news this morning while working out, I just couldn't resist a couple of comments.God has given her a

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-69823519658035542482007-06-11T19:24:00.000-05:002007-06-12T05:17:52.925-05:00

Really bad puns aside, Apple has released a public Beta of it's web browser (Safari) for both Windows XP / Vista and Mac OS X.  I have tried the Windows XP version out at work, and I have the Mac OS X version installed on both of my Macs at home.  So far, I love it.Up until now, I have been using Firefox on my Macs because the previous version of Safari was not properly supported by the Blogspot

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-47548691623494981842007-06-11T19:00:00.000-05:002007-06-11T19:22:21.058-05:00

It is not often that I find myself agreeing with Jimmy Carter.  Normally, that would be a big red flag that one is absolutely on the wrong side of the issue.  However, when it comes to the case of Genarlow Wilson, Jimmy Carter is on the correct side.The fact of the matter is that Mr. Wilson is no angel, and what he did was absolutely wrong, and he should be punished for it.  For that matter, why

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OPEC is warning that investment in biofuels could send the price of petroleum through the roof. Obviously, they are just trying to protect their position in the fuel market by protecting petroleum as king. Still, this is yet another reason why using our food as fuel is an amazingly stupid idea.The beauty of petroleum is that it is a relatively efficient fuel, that is efficient to harvest (that

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A tip o' the hat to richmanwisco for this one. This one should probably be considered NSFW...

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All I can say is that it sure is nice to see a potential Republican candidate who will actually sling it back at pathetic idiots like Micheal Moore. I wish more Republicans (including our current president) would stand up for themselves like this...

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It is really hard for me to determine which is more pathetic, SCO's inane lawsuits against Linux vendors, or Media Rights Technologies deplorable attempt at drumming up business.There is really only one word that describes the practices of either of these companies: pathetic!

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-4142705437048283962007-05-09T09:39:00.000-05:002007-05-09T09:43:29.852-05:00

The sad thing is that a measly 86% puts me in a category above most actual High School students. This sort of harkens back to my Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader post... With this much stupidity in the world, is it any wonder Democrats exist?You paid attention during 86% of high school! 85-100% You must be an autodidact, because American high schools don't get scores that high! Good show, old

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It is May 2nd, and with last nights victory over the despised Cardinals (if you wonder why the Cardinals are despised in these here parts, think 1982 World Series), the Brewers now have the best record in the major leagues. Enjoy it while it last, folks...While we are on the subject of the Cardinals, while it is true that we hate your team almost as much as we hate the Cubs, we are also saddened

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-3861850194408217842007-04-03T18:57:00.000-05:002007-04-04T12:46:09.705-05:00

The Brewers had a great opening day game. The "free" game for our ticket package was opening day, so Lisa and I were there to see it. I won't recap the game itself. You can read that online elsewhere if you are interested.Our day started around 10:30 in about a 20 minute line on Bluemound Road, trying to get into the parking lot. Once we were parked, Lisa and I headed into the ball park and went

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All I ask of my child is that when I die, she not mix me with some blow and snort me. I am pretty sure that is not too much to ask...Update: Now it turns out that Mr. Richards may have been joking. The sad fact, however, is that the original story is actually quite believable...

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Yesterday I wasn't feeling all that well and I was bored, so I decided to watch a little TV. Jeopardy was preempted by the NCAA basketball tournaments, so I tuned in to "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?". After watching this show once, I think a better name for it would be "Are You Smart Enough to be Alive? Or are we Going to Have to Remind You to Breath Because you are Way Too Eff'ing

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-75351370551563422982007-03-23T08:41:00.000-05:002007-03-23T22:18:01.270-05:00

Wikipedia is an interesting phenomena that I have commented on before. It seems that a bunch of college students where dumb enough to trust it as a source.“I was looking at a stack of final examinations,” said Waters, a professor of Japanese studies at Middlebury College in Vermont, “and I found several instances of misinformation that [were] identical from one student to another.” All of those

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And the delusional mother of the year award goes to (drum roll), Joy Miller. Joy Miller is the mother of Ashley Miller, one of the so called "Barbie Bandits." Here is what Joy has to say about her precious little angel:The mother of an 18-year-old arrested in a bank theft scheme said Monday that her daughter isn't a bandit, she just fell in with the wrong crowd and made a bad choice.Yeah, the bad

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I would say something witty about this mirroring certain left leaning people's approach to terrorism, but...I am lazy today.Anything I came up with wouldn't be accurate anyhow, since:They wouldn't be hucking the peanuts at the squirrels, they would be out there hand feeding them.While almost as stupid as the cat, they wouldn't be smart enough to realize that their plan was not optimal.

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Lisa and I went to a Milwaukee Admirals game yesterday with church. We only make it to one or two games a year. It isn't that we don't like hockey, it is just that there is only so much time and money, and we tend to spend our entertainment time and money at Milwaukee Wave games instead.The guy who organized this trip has a daughter who works for one of the people in the Admirals ownership

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By now, everyone has heard about the fact that the cheese has slipped off of Astronaut Lisa Nowak's cracker. However, I must say that this article contained more puns in the first 5 seconds of reading than any article I have read in the a long time.Do they actually teach people to write like that in journalism school now?

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-53649861842990091912007-02-05T20:40:00.000-06:002007-02-05T20:51:35.182-06:00

It is really cold, so cold that my brain has frozen to the point where I actually wrote this little haiku the other day in an e-mail message to some friends at workHang, icicle prismFall, pulchritudinous snowShit dude, it is coldBad poetry aside, this is probably the longest cold snap I can recall since moving back down to the southern half of the state 13 years ago. When I lived up north, we

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Yet another young NASCAR driver gets himself busted doing something he shouldn't. This time, the driver is Martin Truex Jr., and his offense is public urination. Specifically, he was busted peeing on the side of his car in a parking garage. A little gross, but not really much of a news story. After all, what guy hasn't peed on something that he shouldn't have. His car, his neighbor's house,

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-7606563698644185072007-01-18T20:16:00.000-06:002007-01-18T20:27:55.181-06:00

Well, it is only another 30 days until another NASCAR season starts! I am thinking that this year, I need to get me some JPM gear, and maybe a Toyota hat or two. Support the foreign driver, and the foreign car maker. Should be a good way to piss off the ignorant, union brainwashed masses that (unfortunately) make up too large a segment of the NASCAR fan base.I love the sport, but a lot of the

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It is sort of odd seeing one of your co-workers on the cover of a magazine, even if it is just some local freebie mag that basically promotes the local area.The funny thing is, he said when he modeled for this, the photographer had him come up to her apartment and actually get in her fridge. I figured that was just photoshopped, since parts of it obviously are, but he says it was actually taken

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About 7 months ago, I wrote an post about two self-centered bung-holes who vandalized Holy Hill. In that post, I pointed out that this is exactly the type of monsters you get when society overly coddles people. That is, when society is too worried about a person's "self-esteem" and "feelings" rather then treating them the way that they deserve according to their actions and achievements (or

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There once was a man who was a friend of my dad's. We'll call him "Mr. B". They worked at the same company for many years. He was much more than just a friend of my dad's, though. I'll explain.He had a son named who we will call "R". "R" is a year or two older than I am. We used to play together as kids at company outings, or when our families would get together. We also were in boy scouts

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Both Lisa and Ashley had to work today, so I had the house to myself for most of the day. I made a pot of plum oolong tea and read Eragon for a couple of hours. I just started reading it a couple of days ago, but didn't get very far until today. I am only about 120 pages in to it, but here are my impressions so far: the book isn't bad, but it is highly and obviously derivative of Star Wars,

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-10379671340391622482006-12-29T22:36:00.000-06:002006-12-30T09:43:43.495-06:00

I hope you all had a good Christmas. Pictured here is probably my favorite present this year. My parents got this really nice tea set for me. This is really the first nice tea set I have had since I was in probably eighth grade or so, when my dad brought a tea set home for me from Japan. I haven't actually used it yet, but probably will this weekend.I didn't take a lot of pictures this year.

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Well, it looks like the day is finally here when the world will be rid of one of the most notorious despots we have seen in a long time. At least some of the other despots in the same league have had the common decency to off themselves, thus saving us the pain of having to do it. And yes, I do mean pain. Whilst I find capitol punishment to be just and not at all inconsistent with the

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Don't let the title fool you. I do enjoy a good beer regularly, and occasionally I do enjoy just a few too many at one time. However, I have never been so low as to sell my daughter's puppy for beer. Interestingly, there was another drinking related story today about a guy who mistook a police checkpoint for a car breakdown, and was arrested when he got out to offer help. Not real bright, but

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-59023388583867444182006-12-27T19:37:00.000-06:002006-12-29T21:20:56.360-06:00

Some people are really desperate to avoid work, but calling in kidnapped is a new one on me...

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-67767206876503798662006-11-29T08:00:00.000-06:002006-11-29T08:28:07.412-06:00

Wisconsin is a tax hell. There are a couple of states that are worse, but only two or three. Now those in power want to raise taxes even more. Of course, they won't call it a tax hike. Rather, they will call it "closing a loophole", since to a politician, if something isn't taxed it is a "loophole".With local governments pinched for cash and public schools tethered to theunpopular property tax,

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Over the years, I have had several friends who are from countries like Iraq, Pakistan, India, Turkey, Jordan, etc. Most of these friends were Muslim, though a few were not. Obviously, I think their religion is a false religion, and they thing the same of mine. This has led to some interesting and somewhat enlightening conversations at time. However, I am not going to write about that right now.I

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-82389016608280893982006-11-09T06:45:00.000-06:002006-11-09T12:57:07.265-06:00

I have been a tad busy lately, between work, preparing for Sunday School every week, and family things, so I have not been blogging and I have not been reading any blogs. Hopefully that will end in the middle of December and I can get back to a more sane work schedule.In the meantime, to get you all caught up, my daughter passed her driver's test, so that is one big hurdle over with. Lisa and I

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-3765670046514136672006-10-23T20:17:00.000-05:002006-10-23T20:19:21.581-05:00

Well, I have been getting pretty lazy with posting the music lately... I am kinda in the mood for some Korn. "Here to Stay" was just one of those tunes that I had to crank every time I heard it on the radio. The music is perfect, and sadly, I think we all can relate to the lyrics from time to time, some of us more than others. Anyhow, enjoy...

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Microsoft finally released IE7. I installed it at work, and so far I am quite impressed. About the only thing I like better about Firefox as opposed to IE7 is the way Firefox handles "search" in a little toolbar at the bottom rather than popping a dialog. Otherwise, IE7 is prettier, seems a tad faster, handles tabs better, and seems to have leap-frogged Firefox a bit.The only bad thing about

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The Oslo Natural History Museum have a gay animal exhibit going. Personally, I think it would be interesting to see. Homosexual behavior in the animal kingdom has been documented for quite some time, and it is an interesting topic. However, I find some of the motives of the organizers to just be stupid."Homosexuality is a common and widespread phenomenon in the animal world," says an

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Port Washington MarinaOriginally uploaded by stuffle. Lisa and I are spending the weekend in Port Washington, WI. Lisa is a housekeeper for Holiday Inn, and she gets a couple of certificates for free nights each year. For our spring trip, we went to Rhinelander, WI for a small family reunion of sort. For our fall trip, we came here to just have some time to ourselves, see the sights, walk a

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If you are going to have stupid laws that say you are somehow entitled to "state money" (IOW, the taxpayer's money, IOW, money that really belongs to you and me, since we earned it, not the freakin' state) if you are the victim of a kidnapping, then you are going to have idiot lawyers who say that the same should also apply to alien abduction victims. Stupid laws breed stupid lawyers.

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-1160077014063411532006-10-05T14:32:00.000-05:002006-10-05T14:36:54.096-05:00

It seems that a study shows that a lot of us think about sex instead of keeping our mind on our driving. Well, duh!! Thanks there Captain Obvious. I don't know about y'all, but I often think about sex when I really ought to be concentrating on other things. I think it is part of being a normal human...

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The Amish reaction to the school shooting really shouldn't shock anyone. As Christians, this is exactly how we should react to these things. After all, "forgive us our tresspasses as we forgive those who tresspass against us" is not just some empty prayer. Then there are certain proverbs. I am not sure that my faith is that strong where I could forgive the killer of a friend or relative,

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Being a chubby, shy computer nerd (actually, I think we established that I am a geek, just not the circus freak kind), I found this story to be an interesting bit of fluff...

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About four years ago at our church, there was a pastor that managed to offend about half of the congregation in some manner. I don't know exactly how, since I wasn't in that half, but it was bad enough where he was asked by the congregation to resign his call. He held on for about a year before doing so, and by the time he did finally resign his call, a lot of damage had been done.The second

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Falwell is pretty much an idiot who says a lot of really, really stupid things, and does almost as much harm to the "Christian" name as does Fred Phelps. However, you have to admit that saying Hillary Clinton would be a worse choice than Satan is pretty funny.I find it interesting that Democrats can feel free to demonize Republicans in any way they see fit, even going as far as completely

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-1159182927573619582006-09-25T06:05:00.000-05:002006-09-25T06:15:28.020-05:00

Wow, last week was busy. No blogging since last weeks "Music Monday" post. I will try to do better this week. So here is a quick recap of last week.Work was busy and tiring. I am glad last week is over. That's enough about work.Saturday, Lisa and I went to our last Brewer's game of the year. They won a close and exciting game, which is a great way to end it. Hopefully, they won't fall

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OK, I am a day late, but YouTube was being a PITA yesterday, so I am doing this manually today...Today I feature my favorite country singer (and pot head), Willie Nelson. In this case, singing with Bob Dylan, though I think the original was with Merle Haggard.We (Lisa and I) saw both of these guys a couple of years ago on tour together. Some tour where they played all in minor league ball parks

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Megan Originally uploaded by stuffle. This weekend, we had a visitor. It was our 2-1/2 year old niece, Megan. She stayed with us for the weekend, and is now at her grandparent's house for a few days while her parents are in Washington D.C.Saturday, we went to the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, WI. She had a great time there. The zoo is just south of Camp Randall Stadium, and when we left,

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I heard about this story on Mark Belling's Friday podcast, and had to go check it out.The first thing that struck me when Mark was talking about this was that the Milwaukee officials were mad at Sensenbrenner for saying what is true rather than being mad at themselves and their fellow officials for not actually doing anything about it. The second thing that struck me about this story is that

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-1158167791962313882006-09-13T11:53:00.000-05:002006-09-13T12:16:32.080-05:00

Or should that be "Moron Athletes, Behaving Badly"?Either way, a graduate from the Tonya Harding School of Gaining a competitive Advantage by the name of Mitch Cozad has been expelled from the University of Northern Colorado for stabbing his competitor for first-string punter in the leg.I am willing to bet Mitch Cozad lashed out like this because he felt like he was entitled to that position, and

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-1158065391015739092006-09-12T07:49:00.000-05:002006-09-13T12:18:52.606-05:00

Everyone has a favorite band that they could never admit to their friends when they where in high school. For me, that band was U2. This may shock some people, but me and all my friends were metal heads (no, say it isn't so...). Admitting I liked U2 back then would have surely resulted in me getting crap from them for the rest of my high school existence. Now, however, I can safely come out

stufflehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809919830300638474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12308973.post-1158065040925692992006-09-12T07:44:00.000-05:002006-09-13T12:19:56.360-05:00

Black Sabbath is my all time favorite band. I used to have all of their albums. The problem is, it is all on vinyl. One of these days, I have got to get everything again on CD. Better yet, it would be great if iTunes would release the full collection, kinda like they did for U2.

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Well, today was rally day, which means that I got to meet some of my new Sunday School students for this year.  I teach the three year olds.  They are really cute, but they are kind of shy the first couple of days.  Today, there were only three of them.  We basically just played with puzzles and toys.  Today was just a fun day.  Next week, we start learn about how God created the world and

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Look about half way down this news briefs page and you will see a story about a man in a wheelchair who was robbed at knife point. That's pretty low, even for scum-bags...First off, I can't see how anyone can rob from someone else and actually still want to live with themselves afterwards. I just can't imagine having that little respect for other people and their property. However, to rob a

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I have heard of U.S. athletes refusing to show up for practice, refusing the play, or even just doing a really half-assed job when they are not happy with their current situation. However, I have never heard of any of them doing something as rediculous as threatening to score an own goal if he isn't traded.

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OK kiddies, this is why it is a bad idea to make a career out of pissing off dangerous creatures...P.S. - don't ask me what this is doing in the ESPN web site, but they had one of the more complete write-ups on it.

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A little humor for today. One of my cousins (who actually did grow up in rural Wisconsin) sent this to me. I grew up in semi-rural Wisconsin (in a small town just outside Milwaukee), and most of these still applied. I'm sure a lot of these apply in a lot of states, but are still funny.You grew up in rural Wisconsin if...You know how to polka , but never tried it sober... sounds about rightYou

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Walls Of JerichoA little bit ago, Stacy was talking about getting a tattoo. Some commenters talked about how they, for God only know what reason, did not think tattoos were attractive on women, which got me thinking of sexy women who have tattoos. The first woman that pops into my head is Candace Kucsulain from Walls of Jericho. Short red hair, beautiful tattoos, sings for a kick ass metalcore

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And here we have further proof that leftists are simply the most belligerent bunch of classless idiots that this world has ever known....

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