The radar map below is why I'm spending another unexpected evening at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott. Twice in two weeks, I should stop coming here.


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A t-shirt and chocolate with a crappy logo imprinted on it was waiting for me when I got back to my room today.  The crappy logo has a crappy tagline to go with it:  Transform while Perform!  No, I didn't leave out syllables.  It really is Transform while Perform!  The verbal murder doesn't end there - a poem accompanied the chocolate:

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A crazy fun weekend, and so I don't forget it all, here's a bunch about DEMF 2008.

Saturday

Got the Ferndale crew ( jacklattie and xpatchouli) together and headed downtown to meet Steve-o.  Got our VIP wristband hookup (at the no-line super secret south entrance) and headed in.  First up was Newcleus.  Old school cats had a Mac and some mics and that ( Read more... )

This year was the fifth year riding the Zoo de Mack for me. Since that first ride in 2004, every year's ride has had some different, interesting aspect to make it memorable. This year it was the pot roast story that Julie told. I won't elaborate, ask Julie to tell you sometime though ( Read more... )

I don't care how broke you think you are, spring the extra $10/day for a real car rental company and steer clear of Thrifty. I got stuck with Thrifty here in Houston since this trip was kinda last minute, and every car in town has been rented out for the big freakin' offshore conference. Upon arriving at the car rental facility, I got to ( Read more... )

I bet Don Cherry cracked a smirk when he heard this:

GREENBURGH, N.Y. - New York Rangers forward Sean Avery, the subject of much controversy during the NHL playoffs, was taken to a Manhattan hospital with a lacerated spleen suffered in Tuesday night's NHL playoff game.

Over dinner with my parents, the topic of gas prices came up. As a former oil-patcher, I've been keeping track of the industry even though I've been out of it for 9 years. Like many people, my dad thought that supply can't keep up with demand, and that there arent' enough refineries in the US to supply us with all the amber love our cars need to ( Read more... )

Serving Size: 1/3 pkg
Servings per container: About 3

About?

Jaguars will now be made by the same company that makes Tetley Tea.

And steel, and chemicals, and solar panels, and hotels, and books, and watches, and clothing...

Saw this headline on MSNBC:

Family gives up carbon for Lent

Normally I wouldn't give a crap. But I'm bored today. I thought "How can they even come close to doing this?"

Well the first shot of the Browns in the video spot was this:

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