After a nice breakfast with  dangermouse_ut, the wife and I went shopping and bought our bird a leash.

We went to PetSmart and PetCo.
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Karl Malden died this last week ( Read more... )

Spokane is nice.

Among the adventures we went to Silverwood Theme Park.  They have 3 GREAT rollercoasters.( Read more... )

Apparently Microsoft's new hands-free controller for the XBox360 (Natal) was on Jimmy Fallon
Watch 'em play human break-out.

http://gizmodo.com/5286800/project-natal-tested-live-on-jimmy-fallon-spoiler-it-works?autoplay=true

10 (Big) Banks will begin re-paying the Federal Government for TARP bailout money.
   ---$68.3 Billion dollars worth.
That’s about a quarter of the TARP money given out (to banks) being returned to the tax payers.
An additional $4.6 Billion (give/take) in warrants (fines?) are also expected to be paid.

This exceeds expectations.
   ---(Already 22 ( Read more... )

Degree in Astrophysics.
A quote from this remarkable young man:  "I don't consider myself a genius because there are 6.5 billion people in this world and each one is smart in his or her own way."

Smart enough to lie?---

But seriously...
I hope this young man remains free of the tethers found in the old (hopefully dying) paradigm that has bound the ( Read more... )

http://gizmodo.com/5274563/project-natal-intro-videos-shows-real-controller+free-interaction?autoplay=true

I’ve no tact.
(Tact:  “A keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense.”)

• I ask tough questions.
• I ask for information that will help me/others with our job(s)
• When you tell me that we need to improve out process, then yes I will push us in new directions of efficiency---even if you never really meant ( Read more... )

...nothing more

I was just mentioning this same idea to someone the other day.

gizmodo.com/5270671/get-girls-half+naked-in-your-iphone