There are have been a lot of things going on this last week. During the Thanksgiving holiday week, there was tons of work for me to do both on the job and at home. However, the kids made the work light and more fun. For one thing, Dylan's very cool rock band - No Name Nonsense - had a performance and they rocked the house. They played at the high school's Battle of the Bands and did an awesome job. Out of a dozen or more bands, they came in third.The winning band had some middle-aged guys in the band who could put thousands of dollars into their equipment. They also played, IMO, weird music … [Read more...]
Fear of…
November 13, 2007 by 4 Comments
The funny thing is, I think I know people with some of these:Portarideluomophobia fear of people wearing costumesPygmaliadevengalavidadiabolicaphobia fear of being attacked by mannequinsAngoraphobia fear of itchy sweatersQuisappositusphobia fear of distant objects coming closerSophismataphobia fear of falsehoodsStockabbildungophobia fear of drawings of stick figuresTerminolectolibriphobia fear of reading the last page of a bookAtrichophobia fear of bald people and, or fear of going baldJanephobia fear of killing animals accidentally when drivingDipatiphobia fear of stepping on cracks in the … [Read more...]
A New Movie Starring Me and the Kids…
November 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Here's a gory action/adventure preview of my new movie!-Kev … [Read more...]
Day of the Ninja – 12/5/2007
November 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment
The official Day of the Ninja is coming up on 12/5/2007 and to celebrate, you should make sure you're getting the RDA of ninja at http://www.askaninja.com/.Here's a good one: … [Read more...]
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
November 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment
So, it was my last night in Australia and my friends Vanessa Barcellona and Ceci Weiss were enjoying some conversation and good Australian wine. Maybe it was because of the wine, but we (Ceci and I are Americans) laughed our tails off at Vanessa's description of the Australian version of Lassie - Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Well, she went and dug up the intro for the 70's TV show for your benefit:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQnrY5V-rY … [Read more...]
If I Were President, Episode #1
November 1, 2007 by 3 Comments
I have millions of thoughts, ideas, and hypothesis running through my head all the time. Some are about inventions I'd make. Some are about stories I'd write. Some are about politics.So one area that I've been thinking about over the years was along the lines of "If I were president, I'd do...xyz". Some of these ideas I think are kind'a good. So I thought I'd share them with you and you can shoot them down or talk them up. Here's one example - I'd create my own political party that represents my own political ideas. (That's going to be its own series of posts, however.) But the political … [Read more...]
Breast Cancer Awareness
October 26, 2007 by Leave a Comment
The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman.It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on 'donating a mammogram' for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn't cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising.Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know. http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ … [Read more...]
Various Asian Weirdnesses
October 24, 2007 by 2 Comments
One of the most difficult things in Asia for a Westerner to get used to is the "squat toilet". What's a squat toilet, you ask? As you can see at right, there's no relaxing on one of these babies. You simply crouch over it and let 'er rip. Of course, if you don't get your trousers out of the way properly, they'll be in the toilet. But I guess you learn to deal with it.Another kind'a weird thing about the Asian scene is their enjoyment in Cosplay. Cosplay means "costume play". It's just like with little kids playing dress up ("I'll be the doctor, you be the patient.") except that they're adults … [Read more...]
Singapore
October 23, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Singapore is such an amazing city. It's unique in very many ways. It is both multi-lingual (English and Chinese are both official languages) and mutli-cultural, with Chinese, Malaysian, and India populations plus Europeans. Chinese is the majority ethnicity, but I didn't meet a single person, from cab-drivers to business people, who didn't speak English. In fact, most people watch American television programs and listen to American pop radio. (The view from the Quest Software offices at right.)It's an extremely wealthy city with modern high-rises everywhere. (I sometimes wondered if it's … [Read more...]
The Aussie Bush and other various plagues
October 13, 2007 by Leave a Comment
After Sydney, I headed out to speak at Charles Sturt University in the teaming metropolis of Wagga Wagga. It's about the size of Pulaski Tennessee and in the middle of BFE, in other words, the Australian outback aka "the bush". The airport at Wagga (they don't say it's 2nd Wagga for some reason) shown at right is about as big as a large IHOP or Shoney's and attended by the same sorts of people. In the picture at right, you can see a BOGAN kid in the foreground wearing the uniform of his favorite Aussie Rules team and the big Aussie rules football. It's a fun game to watch and, much to my … [Read more...]
