Month: November 2003

Thanks to Tophers Castle you can take a look at the breakfast cereal characters of the past and present. They are part of a well balanced and delicious meal.

And why it may be unwise to leave your blog online while you travel to Pittsburgh for the week. 🙂

This Washington Post article makes me wonder how the U.S. ever got to be so far ahead of the rest of the world economically and technologically. In order to rebuild an Iraqi cement factory (a piece of critical infrastructure for rebuilding most other things in Iraq), the U.S. team recommended all kinds of equipment imported from around the world, and a factory rebuilt from the ground up, at a cost of $23 million and a year for completion. The Iraqis, with a $10,000 grant and a quarter million of their own money, got the place up and running (albeit at half capacity) in just three months.

I know there are many Americans who have the creativity and ingenuity to build great things out of nothing. I think for some this kind of ability was passed down by the early American settlers who built every house, barn, and wagon with their own hands. But this seems to be a dying art for most of us. What is it about our culture that makes us think in terms of bloated budgets, unnecessary bureaucracy, and a general dependence on some other committee in order to get anything done?

In a sure sign that the time of the apocalypse draws near, ABC has signed up pop music star airhead Jessica Simpson to star in her own primetime series next fall. Studio execs determined to make the most out of her 15 minutes of fame.

I’ll be on travel this week to lovely Pittsburgh, so I’ll have to rely on Shaft and Czar to pick up the slack. Have a good week…

How long can you Hold The Button? I lasted for 2.89 seconds before I got bored, longer than 0.5% of all HoldTheButton.com users! Try to set a record and then beat that record! Challenge all of your friends! I’m digging deep here… :-p

This cool interactive Java application is addictive…

Check out The Trojan Games, a spoof of the Olympic Games by Trojan Condoms. The movies on the site are pretty damn funny, but they are definitely NSFW.

I can’t believe she not only got away with taping Monica (supposedly illegal in Maryland), but she also managed to sue the government for $600K and three retroactive outstanding performance reviews. What a crock of shit…

If you thought Honda’s Cog commercial was cool, then you’ll probably like its latest effort, Purpose, which seemingly makes use of thousands of CGI Legos.