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Great Moments in History
22 April 1894: Heinrich von Internecht discovers cyberspace ( Read more... ) -
What's at Stake?
There's a piece of wood outside the entrance to where I work. It's about five feet long, about three inches wide, and tapers to a point at one end. It looks all the world like it was broken off from a fence or a bench or something like that ( Read more... ) -
When I Die...
When I die, I want a choir of "Chant"-style Benedictine monks to perform at my funeral.
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Also...
Y'know, I can only think of two times when a t.v. show has really touched me emotionally (now, physically, that's another story):
The first was Andy Richter's last night as co-host of Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
The other was the end of last night's episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. -
The Tonight Show
So last night ended fifty-five years and four months of quality programming from The Tonight Show, with the exception of two brief hiatuses: one for the first six months of 1957, and another from May of 1992 to June of 2009. -
Omission
Looking over my predictions for 2010, I realized that I left something out.
The Predictions were an annual tradition of mine that I started years ago. I don't remember when, exactly, I started doing them, but 1999 (thus predicting the year 2000) seems to make sense. They were, after all, partly inspired by Conan O'Brien's In the Year 2000 ( Read more... ) -
Steve Achenbach’s Predictions for Anno Domini MMX
Steve Achenbach’s Predictions for Anno Domini MMX:
-President Barack Obama will divert several billion dollars worth of stimulus funds into the construction of a giant handbasket into which he plans to place the United States ( Read more... ) -
Baby!
Gregory Edward Achenbach.
Born: December 1, 2009, 2:07 p.m.
8 pounds, 20 inches.
Pictures later maybe. -
Thought For The Day
I am glad that it's called "concealed carry" rather than "inconspicuous carry," otherwise I wouldn't be able to do it very often.