Changes Coming Soon, Part II

I’ve started the domain transfer process, hopefully within the next 5 days, I will be over to my new hosting service. This transfer includes the migration of all my e-mail accounts, so… cross your fingers. Technorati Tags: Blog

How to Ruin Cricket?

The party is over, the first World Twenty20 Series is over. The final between India and Pakistan was a tense a thrilling game right up to the final over. As an American, raised on a fairly steady diet of English culture, Cricket is one thing that has remained elusive in my understanding of the English. … Read more

,,,and I want a free trip to Rome!

So, not only does David Tennant get to take almost a full year off to pursue his “serious acting”, but now he gets a free trip to Rome. He’s really got the production team by the balls, it looks like.

There might be some spoilers here, so, read on at your own risk…

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Yuvraj Singh

As I’m writing this the World Twenty 20 Series final is being held in South Africa (Twenty 20 Cricket, that is) with India vs Pakistan. While both teams have played excellent games, including a nail-biter, tied game (India won on the bowl-off) that they played against each other earlier in the tournament, I’m rooting for … Read more

More video picking on the goddies

Bill Maher’s got some lovely thoughts about the “Religious Test” explicitly forbidden in the US Constitution, and why we really should have one before we go into the voting both. Cheers to onegoodmove.org for hosting this video capture. (As it is hosted on their site, I won’t embed it.) See the video here. (onegoodmove => … Read more

The Used Car Buying Experience

I posted some initial thoughts the night we purchased our new used vehicle. (Or “pre-owned” as the English-challenged and/or marketing BS-speakers would call it.) Now that we’ve completed the transaction, I’ve got some more thoughts on the experience. This is the first time I’ve ever bought a used car from a dealer. Just before I … Read more

A Trip To The Lockup

It has been an eventful week. When we had the car accident, both Irene and I looked at the car, and saw that our vehicle had been raked along the driver’s side by the clod who struck us, crushing in the side, doors and shredding both tires. Owing to what can only be some procedural … Read more

Shatner

Share with us these few moments celebrating Shatner… the legend. Technorati Tags: Blog, Star Trek, Video, YouTube

New Addition to Family

The knucklehead who smashed us is still unknown to us, and the fate of getting insurance to repair my car is doubtful at this point. Inquiries to body shops have made initial guestimates of a cost higher than the vehicle is worth. With some online shopping to find a good deal, we came across this … Read more