'Uber-cool' President

"The president-elect, looking uber-cool with his White Sox baseball cap on backwards, flipped the shaka to a crowd of about 30 people as he left a gym on a Marine Corps base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, where he is vacationing."
-Reuters, 12/27/08

Huh and I thought the only people who looked cool in the backwards baseball hat were baseball catchers. To me, every other guy trying to pull off this look looks like a real jack-ass... shows what I know.

Gotta love the unbiased news reporting. Earlier we had to indure reports on Obama's sandwich (12-grain bread!), his $9mil vacation house being w/o power (along with 900,000 other people) and of course his shirtless antics (Pec-tacular!).

Ugh, I don't know how I'm going to be able to handle four (eight?) years of this media drooling love-affair with Pres. Obama...

John Maynard Keynes

That's a name you should get familiar with. He's the father of Keynsian Economics which is the theory that economic prosperity can be found by having the government borrow money, and then spend it through large public work projects and other forms of cash infusion. The recipients of this money will then spend it, thereby "priming the pump" and getting the economy flowing. His theory was the basis of the Great Depression era New Deal government growth and spending.

It's a nice sounding theory, but in practice it simply doesn't work. The main flaw is that, since the government can not make money on it's own, it has to raise taxes to take the money from the tax payers and filter it through the government bureaucracy, before then putting it back into the economy eventually back to the taxpayers. With all of this money in the hands of the government it is no longer available to invest in new growth of private enterprise, but is instead wasted on the government's overhead, pet projects and pork. The end result is economic stagnation, and increasingly massive government debt.

Keysianism failed to help the economy during the Great Depression and, in fact, helped make it "Great". More recently the theory was put to the test in Japan and resulted in a decade of economic stagnation from which the Japanese still have not recovered.

Right now, President-Elect Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Reed are all working on a new economic "stimulus" plan that is estimated to cost somewhere between $750,000,000,000 and $1,000,000,000,000. All of it is pure Keynsian growth and spending.

One of Obama's big plans is to throw billions of dollars into building roads, bridges, etc. He claims this will create jobs and such, but how? The jobs "created" by this plan will be filled by existing construction workers who are out of work due to a lack of private sector construction. Does he really expect that the thousands of MBAs laid off from the banking industry will go build bridges?

We're in for a wild ride... I wonder when the first breadlines will form.

Nothing celebrates the birth of our Lord and Saviour like...

a giant inflatable Grinch.

I don't mean to be all baa-humbugie, but I sometimes think we've forgotten what Christmas is supposed to be all about. We decorate our malls, offices, and houses with secular symbol when this is supposed to be a religious holiday.

The South Park guys brought up this point in their own, unique, way:

Mini Attack Helicopter

Mounting a gun on an RC Helicopter... what could go wrong?



I can't decide if this is awesomely cool or awesomely stupid... stupidly awesome? Eh, never mind stupid, it is awesomely cool!

The New BMW Z4

I once heard a guy from Columbia (or was it Venezuela) exclaim 'It's so beautiful it makes my liver ache.' while he was admiring a massive yacht. I thought is was an odd phrase and asked him what he meant by it. He explained that it was an expression of a deep gut feeling that combines longing, desire, jealousy, envy, etc. I figured it just didn't translate well into English but seeing this new Z4 I think I understand what he was talking about.

Update: It's not out yet but Automobile Magazine is guessing the base price will be in the low $40k-range. Looks like I won't be able to satisfy that achy liver anytime soon.

The Perfect Gift for the Lady in Your Life

Festivus

Don't forget. December 23rd is right around the corner...



A Festivus for the Rest of Us!

One Semester of Spanish, Spanish Love Song

Una cerveza por favor!

Star Trek vs Star Wars

Now, if they could some how throw in Battlestar Galactica this would be the most nerdtastic video ever!

Tree Houses

When I was a kid I soooo wanted a tree house. I'd seen them on TV and read about them in books, and oh how I dreamed of having one. Unfortunately, there was only a small dogwood in our backyard. Pretty though it was, it was about 8' tall at best and had branches that were no more than 3" thick. No, not a good tree house tree at all...

Like lots of childhood dreams, that one faded with time and was pretty much forgotten. However, it seems that doesn't happen for everyone and when those kids grow into adults, and have the means to do it, they build themselves some damned fine tree houses.

Popular Mechanics has an article on ten pretty sweet tree houses. Oh, so cool...

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/workshop/4291691.html?page=1

New Brace!

It may be a week late, but I finally received my "functional" brace today. I can now walk w/o the straight-leg gait that I had with the immobilizer brace. Also, I can go up stairs a heck of a lot faster now. Last, but certainly not least, I can finally drive w/o fear of screwing up my new ligaments.

Many thanks to Mom, Alisa and Lawrence, all of whom have chauffeured me around for the past month.



The thing is big, but very light. I barely notice it when I'm wearing it, except the bit of pressure on the sides of my knee from the hinges. I'll be wearing this thing for the next 4-6 months, and then every time I do anything seriously sporting for probably the rest of my life. Believe me, after crutches and that damned immobilizer, I can certainly live with this thing.

Oh, and I'm also 4 weeks post surgery today. As you can see the swelling is still there, but it's definitely reduced. The various scars are healing well, and are barely visible. Pain-wise I'm not really feeling any except when I'm trying to get those last 10-degrees of flexion during physical therapy.




Here's the brace under my pants. You can see the bulge from all of the straps below my knee, but it's still pretty discrete. I've not attempted to put jeans on yet, but I have a feeling that I won't be able to get them over the brace. Ah well, I may just have to dress a bit more formally for a while...

Update: Hey, I can wear jeans with the brace.

Update: No, I am not naked in those first two pictures.

Quote of the Day

"Given the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one."

Valerie Jarrett, Co-Chair of President-Elect Obama's Transition Team
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A telling choice of words isn't it? Most Presidents "govern", but President Obama will "rule".

Unfortunately, it probably is Obama's plan to rule over us. Leftists feel that their morals, values, ideas, etc. are superior to those of the non-elite, hoi-polloi, bitter clingers. It's up to them to tell us how to eat (by banning trans-fats), think (through the political correctness, the "Fairness" Doctrine,etc. ) and how to spend our money (by stealing our money through exhorbitant taxes and "spreading the wealth").

ACL X-Ray

As promised, here's the X-ray of my new knee hardware.



That screw is a lot larger than I expected. Hopefully it won't set off any metal detectors. I'm curious to see if I'll be able to start predicting the weather by the aches in my knee.

On an amusing, but not that amusing, side note: When I went in for the X-ray the tech-girl got everything lined up for the shot and left the room. I though she was going to get the nice lead blanket to shield my family jewels from the radiation, but no, she zapped away w/o taking this precaution. When I asked her what the deal was, and demanded that she give me the blanket for the second x-ray, she made a big deal about it, but reluctanly handed it to me. Hopefully I can still have children that won't come out with excess limbs and eyes...

ACL Pictures

As promised, here are some pictures that the surgeon took while he was digging around inside my knee:


This is the ACL that I was born with and that served me well for over 37 years until I abused it one too many times. As you can see it's kind of all mushy and loose, kind of like a snapped rubber band. It should be nice and tight line the like the new one in the following pictures.

These are two pictures of my new ACL. Originally these were two hamstring tendons from the back and inside of my thigh muscle. The surgeon pulled out about 8" of the tendons the folded them in half and braided them together to make a new 4-strand replacement tendon.


He then drilled a hole through my femur and tibia and threaded the new tendon through the holes. It was then secured in place with a screw and some other sort of thing that I don't know the name of. I have X-rays showing these times and if possible I'll scan and post them later.

ACL Surgery

I went in for my ACL replacement surgery last week. All went well and my recovery is going smoothly.

This picture was taken about 24hrs post surgery at my first checkup with the surgeon. It doesn't show up too well, but the knee is very swollen. You can also see the Yes, No notes that the doctor wrote on my knees before surgery.

It's been a week now and the stitches are out and I'm off of crutches. I can also bend the knee to about 92-degrees on my own and a bit past 100-degrees with assistance. Right on track for full recovery!

I'll post more later when I have the chance. Also, when I get back to the office I'll scan and post the pictures the took of the inside of my knee as well as the X-rays showing the nice screw that's holding the new tendon in place.

Stop Motion Chess

I'm man enough to admit that the nerd in me found this to be very cool.

Quote of the Day

“It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.”

“I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate and he’s gonna need help. And the kind of help he’s gonna need is, he’s gonna need you - not financially to help him - we’re gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it’s not gonna be apparent initially, it’s not gonna be apparent that we’re right.”

-Senator Joseph Biden, Democratic Party Vice-Presidential Candidate
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I guess Biden thinks this is a selling point for Obama. However, to me, it sounds like a serious selling point for McCain.

First off, he's claiming that an international crisis will occur simply because Obama is President and the world wants to test him. That sure sounds like a good reason to not have a Pres. Obama this January.

Second, if there is to be an international crisis, who'd you rather have: the crusty old tried and true warrior or the still wet behind the ears first term Senator with zero executive or foreign policy experience?

I can't believe that I'm writing this, but I agree with Biden. Obama's first instincts are to blame America for most of the worlds problems, and to solve problems with talk instead of action. If I were Vladimir Putin, the Chinese President (who's name I don't know), or Kim Jung Il, I'd be looking forward to an Obama presidency.

I really would not be surprised if, by the end of 2009, we see Russia annexing/invading the former Soviet republics, China invading Taiwan, and the Korean War's ceasefire finally broken.

Good job Joe in warning Americans of the danger of a Obama/Biden administration. Let's just hope the American voters are listening.

The Donut Molester Strikes Again

This past Friday we had donuts and sho'nuff, the Donut Molester struck again. Following his/her usual m.o. the donut that I wanted was the one that was defiled. I'm still not sure who does this. My prime suspect was on vacation on Friday so now I'm stumped.

Perhaps its for the best... w/o my regular Krav-Maga workouts I should seriously cutback on the calorie intake. It's only been a month and I can already feel myself getting fat(ter).

Would-be rapist gets what's coming to him.

Headline: Woman beheads man, parades it through streets

edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/17/india.beheading.woman.ap/index.html?eref=edition

"The woman, 35, told police she had gone to a nearby forest to cut grass for fodder for her cattle when a man attacked her from behind. 'In a bid to save her dignity she beheaded him with a sickle.' "

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I've no issue with her for defending herself. Good for her! Although, I have to say, the parading part does seems a bit much.

Morons Are Voting

Howard Stern sent one of his lackies out on the streets to ask people who they're voting for. When asked, they all said Obama.

The follow up questions were: Do you agree with his pro-life stance? Do you agree with him that we should keep the troops in Iraq until we win? Do you think Sarah Palin was a good choice for his Vice President?



I know the three people that, every once in a while consider possibly reading my blog, will know instantly that these positions are McCain's. Heck, doesn't everyone know that?

Even if you don't you'd have to be amazingly dense to not realize that Palin is McCain's VP pick. Right?

Not the folks that Howard's minion found on the street. Obama supporters all, they said that they certainly agreed with Obama's pro-life, stay-till-we-win-in-Iraq, stance's. Plus all agreed that he'd made a fine decision in choosing Palin.

Ugh. You know, I like to joke that the majority of people are blithering morons, but deep down I don't really believe it or at least I don't want to believe it. Yet this kind of thing (and Leno's Jay-walking) come along and remind me that yes, they are all stupid.

So, it turns out that these particular Obama voters are voting for him because he's Obama... not that they have a freakin' clue what his positions are. Sadly I'm afraid that this is how a good two-thirds of voters will vote.

Look, voting may be a right, but it's also an obligation. You have to have some freakin' knowlege about the candidate you support, and the candidate that you're voting against. Just voting to vote, without even the slightest clue why you're voting is wrong.

It's funny 'cause it's true.

Unfortunately, it's funny-sad, not funny-ha-ha...

Pet Acupuncture?

Really? Who actually pays for this? I'm guessing hippies.

Donut Peeve

I know it’s petty, as most pet peeves are, but this really irks me. Every time we have donuts in the office, one of my coworkers will rip a chunk off of one and then leave the remainder in the box. I’m not sure exactly who it is, but I have my suspicions. Anyway, I think it’s amazingly rude and it annoys me beyond reasonable levels. It's like the donut version of double dipping your chip. Don't do it!

If you’re going to eat part of a donut, take the whole freakin’ thing and throw out the part you don’t want. No one will eat the remainder of the donut you left behind, especially after you manhandled it, so stop leaving your trash and flaunting your waste.

Whoever is doing this probably thinking that they’re too fat and that it’s better to just eat a part of the donut but, ya know what, if your ass is too fat, it ain’t going to get any less fat if you eat only a third of a donut! No donut at all will result in less ass. Some donut still means ass fat. Duh.

Even more annoying, that’s the donut I was thinking of having with my lunch…I mean, if you’re going to waste a donut (and flaunt it) at least waste the crappy blue-berry one next to it. That flavor never gets eaten…

FoxNews Names Names

Congress has known about the sub-prime mess for years, warned by both the Bush Administration and Alan Greenspan (among others). Yet, they refused to enact reforms and wanted to throw more money out there.

FoxNews is on top of things and names names in this video. Just remember, the very people that caused the mess are still in Washington and are in charge of fixing it.

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The Mortgage Mess explained in 10 Minutes

Want to know why Congress is about to give $700 Billion of your money away to bail out banks that made lousy decisions. Watch this video and find out.


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Admittedly it's a bit biased but it shows how this all comes from the Community Reinvestment Act which Carter signed into law, but was then used by the Clinton Justice Department to force banks to make loans to people with lousy credit, thereby creating a new class of mortgages.. the Sub-prime Mortgage... However, both parties are to blame since the Democrats had a lot of Republicans on board to help them pass the legislation, and to block reforms.

This is your ACL... This is your ACL on Krav Maga

Well crap... I managed to destroy my ACL in fight class last week. In the last few seconds of one of the most entertaining rounds I've ever fought I threw one last left leg round kick at my opponent, but my right foot didn't rotate on the floor, and "pop" there went my ACL. Oddly enough, there was no pain at the time, just the "pop" that I felt and heard. Afterward a dull ache and the disturbing feeling that my knee was going to give way. The only real pain, which is more of a discomfort than real pain, was from the swelling that started sometime after I went to bed that evening.

Anyway, I had it checked out by a sports medicine doctor, and he sent me for an MRI. At the follow up appointment yesterday he confirmed that I'd ruptured my ACL... which is pretty much what everyone already knew. So, in three weeks the surgeon will take a hunk of one of my hamstrings and go in and replace my ACL with it. Then after two weeks of crutches, and six months of physical therapy, I may... check that... I WILL be back in action with Krav Maga. Maybe even earlier, but then probably just light work in heavy bag class. Unfortunately I may never feel comfortable going full out on kicks which really blows since they're the only combative that I felt I was really good with.

I'll say this, when I do get back into action I certainly won't be wearing shoes in class anymore. Well, maybe specific martial arts shoes, but certainly not regular shoes or the indoor soccer shoes that caused this problem. I was wearing a pair of Adidas Sambas which, I'm sure make excellent indoor soccer shoes. I'd read a lot of on-line recommendations that they're also great martial art shoes and for the last six months I would have agreed. They've got this nice big circular piece of tread right under the ball of your foot which makes an excellent pivot point when you spin for a kick. With my previous shoes I had to cheat and make a little pivot-step at the start of my kick. Unfortunately, if you keep too much of your foot down on the rest of the tread they stick to the mat like they're welded in place... especially when you weigh 220lbs. That's what happened to me in this case.. I was hopped up on adrenalin, yet also tired, and when I rushed that last kick my form went to shit and so did my ACL. So, let this be a warning to all of you out there.

Democratic National Convention, Part II - Obama's Acceptance Speech

I’ll admit, while I did watch it, I was at my friend’s house and we were enjoying some super-hoppy Imperial IPA so I wasn’t exactly paying rapt attention. Anyway, here are my thoughts:

A day or so ago it leaked out that Obama’s backdrop was being built to look like a small classical Greek temple. This news lead to lots of derision on the right-leaning parts of the blog-o-sphere. I looked forward to being able to make great fun of it myself, but I have to say, I barely noticed it. Yeah, there were some columns and such, but it didn’t seem very temple-like to me. Someone commented today that the columns were supposed to invoke the Lincoln Memorial and MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech (Obama's speech was on the 45th anniversary). While this wouldn't surprise me, I didn't see that either.

As for the speech itself: Well, the man can put on quite the show. He’s got a real presence on stage, and has the perfect voice, pitch, inflection, timing, etc. to sound wonderful. However, when you listen to what he’s actually saying, it’s all fluff. He set lots of lofty, fine sounding goals, but no actual plans as to how to achieve them. Now, I understand that this is a convention speech, and not necessarily a wonky policy speech, but still…

As with Hill, Bill, and Biden (and perhaps other speakers that I didn’t watch) he attacked Bush’s record. On and on he went talking about how awful things had become under the Bush Presidency. If I didn’t know better, I’d think this was 2004 when Bush was up for re-election.

He also followed the Democratic mantra in proclaiming that the economy is horrible, we’re in a recession, millions are out of work, etc. None of which is true. The economy is not booming true, but it’s growing. Yes, the unemployment rate is the highest it’s been in five years, but it’s still below what it was during the Golden Years of the Clinton-era. I just don’t see how this sort of negative message can be a winning campaign message.

So, did he do well? I don’t know. He gave a great performance, but it was all sizzle, no steak. However, I’m a bit of a political junky so I’ve seen this performance from him many times and it’s old and stale to me. If I were like most Americans, and was only now beginning to pay attention to the Presidential race, I think I would have been quite impressed. We’ll see how it all plays out over the next month.

Democratic National Convention, Part I

My two cents on the Democratic National Convention:

I watched Clinton and Biden last night. Bill sure can work a crowd and give a rousing speech. Besides Obama, I don't think there's anyone better.

Bill's speech was, of course, mostly about himself. He kept reminding everyone about how the roads were paved in gold, there was a Lexus in every garage, peace reigned supreme and all the world loved us when he was President... Not that any of this was true (except the budget surpluses) but it's all part of the DNC/MSM legend about the glorious days of the Clinton Presidency. Bill, in his slick style, wasn't so blatant as to claim all the credit directly. Instead, he reminded us how wonderful things were when the Democrats held the White House... and he just happens to have been that Democrat. So we must elect another Democrat, who happens to be Obama.

I missed a large chunk of Biden's speech because I had to get laundry out of the dryer. I don't think I missed too much. Biden is Biden, and a good speaker. He seemed to be rolling off the old Dem boilerplate about how everything the US and the world is going to hell in a handbasket, and it's all GWB's fault, McCain will be more of the same. Only Obama will fix it and make everything right with the world. Eh, I've heard it all before. It's the typical grand ideas and themes but not actual plan or substance. Come on, tell us something... heck, anything new.

After Biden's speech, his family all piled out onto the stage for the usual photo-op. This is a party convention standard, totally cliched, but it of course works perfectly. It also doesn't hurt to have a whole passel of cute grand-kids.

Then something odd happened: Mrs. Biden gets on the mic and tells her husband that there's a surprise guest, and who should it be but Obama himself! So, BO comes on stage, says some nice words about Joe, rallies the crowd a bit. His family then piles on the stage and the adoration continues. What was odd, at least to me, was that I do not recall ever seeing the Presidential candidate come in after his VP gave his speech. Maybe this is common, but I really don't remember it from previous conventions. It all felt very cheap to me. This is Biden's night, yet Barrack had to come in and horn in on the love fest. I seemed like he appeared on-stage because he just can't stand not being the center of attention, either out of a bloated sense of self-importance, or perhaps a serious self esteem issue. Hmmm.....

As for Hillary's speech on Tuesday, not bad, not bad at all. She'd gotten better with her on-stage performance, but she's still no Bill or Obama... but then, who is?

She gave the "good soldier" speech... said she supported Obama, but never actually praised him. She talked a lot about herself, and how it was of great importance to keep McCain out of the White House, so support Obama. What exactly makes Obama a great choice... oh, um... never mind that.

She also did that "I remember meeting a blind, unemployed, single mother of two crippled children, who was covered in boils and living in a box..." thing again. She always has these stories of these anonymous people she's met somewhere that inspired who to do something-or-other. What are their names, where/when did you meet them? Well, she can't answer these questions since the stories are all made up. It's such obvious BS and yet people eat it up. In her defense she's certainly not the only politician who does this... although I can't think of any names right now.

Who started came up with this personal-encounter-story style of BS? Was it Bill Clinton? It seems very Clinton-esque. I seem to remember him doing this in his State of the Union... but I'm pretty sure Reagan did it too. Reagan loved to tell stories so this style of thing seems to fit . However, the difference was that when both RR and Clinton would do this during the State of the Union, they'd then point out the person in question sitting in the audience (usually next to the First Lady). So, there was at least a true person.

Tonight is the big Obama speech. It should be interesting. I've read that they're building him a stage that looks like a classical Greek temple. So, THE ONE will descend from Olympus to grace us mere mortals with his divine wisdom. I think I'll have to stock up on beer in preparation for this one...

Beer

I decided to brew some beer last night. According to my brew-log it's been 3 months since my last batch so I'm well over due.


Here are the ingredients. The thing in the back is NOT a tube sock, it's a grain bag. You use it for steeping the additional grains; in this case 12oz of Crystal 60L.

This is all from a kit: Brewer's Best Microstyle Pale Ale. I picked it up at Maryland Homebrew http://www.mdhb.com/product_info.php?cPath=5_7&products_id=2562 . It's a good basic American Pale Ale. Refreshing and hoppy, but not overwhelmingly so. Tastes almost exactly like Great Divide's Denver Pale Ale http://www.greatdivide.com/thebeers/dpa.htm which I think is an excellent summer-time ale.

I've come up with several recipes on my own. In general they've gotten pretty good reviews. However, every once in a while I just don't feel like experimenting and just like to go with something that I know will work.



Here's the brewing in action. You boil the wort for one hour, periodically adding hops. Really very easy.



The cat came by to supervise, but found it all rather boring.



Here it is the next morning. The yeast is already chugging along making alcohol and carbon dioxide.

From turning on the burner, through final clean up, took about 2.5hrs. I figure I'll leave it in the primary fermenter for another week, then about two weeks in a secondary fermenter, then into the bottle (that takes about 2hrs). So, for the investment of $42 and 5hrs of my time, I'll have another two cases of a great beer on hand. Seems like a bargin to me.

Philly!

Well, I figured I should finally post something personal on the blog, so here we go:

Alisa and I decided to take a mini trip up to Philadelphia during the week of the Fourth. We were already planning to head up that way for a BBQ at her friend's place on 7/4 so we figured we may as well spend a couple of days there and see the sights.

We found the Penn's View Hotel via Trip Advisor and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to stay in Philly. Prices were decent, around $150/night, rooms were clean, friendly staff and a great location. Right off of Market St. and a short walk to Independence Hall and other historic sites. Also, the Ristorante Panorama located on the Hotel's ground floor was excellent. Definitely the best meal I've had in a while.

http://www.pennsviewhotel.com/

We spent most of Wednesday getting there so nothing too big happened on that day except a visit to the above mentioned restaurant. Thursday was the big sight seeing day with a visit to Independence Hall, and the original House and Senate.


Independence Hall


Constitution Hall. The chair at the main table is the original chair that George Washington sat in when he presided over the Constitutional Convention.

Afterwards we were going to visit the Liberty Bell, but at 11:00, the line was out the door and half-way around the building. No way were we going to wait in that line in the July sun. So, we visited there first thing on Friday (7/4, it seemed appropriate) and got right in.


Liberty Bell

While in the city we also checked out Nodding Head Brewing. http://www.ripsneakers.com/nodding Visiting local brew pubs has become something of a traveling tradition for me and Alisa. She thought this up during our San Diego trip. Whenever we visit a city we'll visit a local brew pub or two and, if they make a decent impression, we'll purchase a pint glass from them. It's a fun way to collect some useful souvenirs from a trip. Anyway, it was a fun little bar down the way from City Hall. If you're there, check out their "Ich Bin Ein Berliner Weisse", it's a very unique wheat beer and really nothing like any thing you've had before. It has a weird tart/sour flavor that doesn't sound that great when I just described it, but it's really very tasty.

All in all it was a fun little trip.

Nozzle Rage

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Slow Motion Punches

Super Slow Motion Punch Fest

Quote of the Day

“We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK.”

- Senator Barak Obama

So, other countries should have a say in my driving and eating habits, as well as how I set my thermostat. That sounds like a winning campaign message.

O'Malley & BGE's Lightbulb Scam

Did you know that BGE is paying Home Depot and Costco to discount the price of compact flourescent light bulbs? While this seems like a nice, friendly gesture, to pay for this they've added a surcharge to your monthly bill. Whether you actually purchase a bulb or not, you pay for this discount. Not only that, BGE has paid out far less than they've charged their customers so this is making them a rather large, multi-million dollar profit and all with the blessing of Gov. O'Malley's Public Service Commission.

Grand.

O'Malley Watch has the full story: http://omalleywatch.com/?p=423

R&B for Beta Males

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Just tellin' it like it is.

More than meets the eye.

I so need to get one of these:


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Beer Fueled Marathoner

101-year-old marathoner

The old guy runs on 8 pints of beer and 14 cigarettes a day. Now that's a training regiment that I can get into. Maybe I'll take up running...

Washington DC solves it's gang problems...

by refusing to call them gangs. They're not "gangs" they're "crews".

Classic.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080430/METRO/817853081

Our Nation's Capitol is good at this sort of thing. They solved they're gun-crime problem by making it illegal for anyone to own a gun. So, I'm guessing that these gangs, excuse me, "crews" are busy killing each other with crossbows.

My First Blog

Just testing the waters on this whole blogging thing. More posts to follow.... well, maybe.