Archives for April 2008

Vampire Babies of Amsterdam

No, it's not a terribly parody of "Werewolves of London".I was walking through Amsterdam's airport, Schipol, enjoying the HUGE GINORMOUS shopping areas. That's when I saw her. A cute lil girl, no doubt. Adorable in fact. She was so cute that they chose to put her on the advertisement. But I had to wonder if I was the only person who thought her scary long. Those toofies are at least twice as long as normal. What do you think? … [Read more...]

Air Travel in Your Future? I hope not…

The macro-economic scene these days is just getting worse and worse. Consumer confidence is at its lowest in 26 years. Need a hug? (It hasn't been this bad since Jimmy Carter was president. It's pretty clear that the current president will score lower than Carter in the history books, which is definitely the bottom 25% of presidents. But I digress...) So, I've got a trip to Seattle next week to attend Microsoft's annual MVP Summit, a pilgrimage of 4,000 Microsoft technology experts to drink from the holy fountains and carry off a lot of swag. Since we've had about 1,000 flights cancelled in … [Read more...]