The BP MS150 is a bike ride from Houston to Austin, and it happens over two days, April 12 and 13. The main purpose of the ride, other than proving that there are people gullible enough to not drive to Austin, is to raise money to fight and eventually cure Multiple Sclerosis. This is my first time riding the 187 mile trip, and I'm very excited! As ( Read more... )

Took a little force of will to pull my ass out of bed this morning, but behold! I have good reasons ( Read more... )

Yeah, excuses for life. I know. I've got tons of stuff going on.

Exciting news though.
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Just found out that Gary Gygax, the inventor of Dungeons & Dragons, has passed away. Very sad.

Now that Blu-Ray has emerged as the victorious HD optical choice, Alan has splurged on a PS3. I was curious about how it would look on my TV (and frankly, so was he) so he brought it over the other day and we hooked it up via HDMI and drove it up to its full 1080p glory ( Read more... )

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Got my fill of the theater this weekend. Summary! I choose you ( Read more... )

Got a promotion, raise and a bonus this year! Just requested a payoff quote for the Jetta and am in the process of buying a pair of these. Once I have the new speakers I'll have a full 7.1 surround system (finally) and will begin planning for the Hitchens Official Day of Tolkien, wherein the entire special edition trilogy will be watched in a day. ( Read more... )

Nintendo's proving that, once again, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself ( Read more... )

So last night, I was hanging out and checking out some things on YouTube.
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