josh | September 26, 2006
Betsy hurt her knee back when she was in Arizona a couple of months ago. She fell on something and got what could have been little slivers of fiberglass embedded in her knee. Grandpa removed what he thought was all of them, but it seems like there may still be some in there. A growth [...]
josh | September 17, 2006
Back on August 6th, I recorded The Godfather, Part II on TCM. I finally got around to watching it. That is a darn good movie. It’s been almost 15 years since I watched the whole trilogy, and I’d forgotten how good they all are. I’m going to need to buy the whole [...]
josh | September 16, 2006
Following up on my previous post about the $500 hit, here’s another one regarding the same type of conspiracy. This time, though, the hitter wasn’t an undercover cop. It was a just a guy who didn’t think he was going to end the day dead. Here’s a tip: If you’re a little guy, don’t try [...]
josh | September 15, 2006
I watched an episode of 20/20 tonight about stereotypes and racism. One of the clips they showed was of Dennis Miller saying, “Other than the bombs that are strapped to their chests, I have no idea what makes Palestinians tick.” I’ll admit it. I laughed, and I laughed out loud. Am I bad? Probably.
josh | September 14, 2006
Well, it’s starting to cool down here in Bend. It was absolutely gorgeous today at lunch, with a high of 79 degrees. Ron and I put the top down on the Porsche and enjoyed the drive to lunch at Taqueria Los Jalapenos. Unfortunately, seasons change and nice weather comes and goes. So, while we had [...]
josh | September 14, 2006
I just found the following email from Jon, dated Tue 11 Sep 2001 18:10:59 (UTC):
Subject: How I found out …
This morning I was in an airplane at Washington-Dulles Int’l Airport, taking off (at 8:25 am ET), around when the first plane hit the WTC. I landed in Dayton, Ohio, met my coworker Mike Heins, and [...]
josh | September 14, 2006
An Irishman walks into a bar in Dublin, orders three pints of Guinness and sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each in turn.
When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more. The bartender approaches and tells him, “You know, a pint goes flat soon [...]
josh | September 14, 2006
A woman offered a “hitman” $500 to knock off another woman. Is it just me, or would a hitman who would accept $500 for a job have to be very desperate? I would have been very suspicious of the hitter if he hadn’t tried to get me to pay more. Not that I’m into that [...]
josh | September 14, 2006
Here are some of the fortunes that I’ve seen when logging into various Unix or Linux servers:
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time.
Weiler’s Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself.
Stupid, noun: Losing $25 [...]
josh | September 11, 2006
Five years ago …
The radio came on and woke me up at 7 am. The radio people on KSL were talking about how Manhattan was essentially closed down and there was no travel going to or coming from. I was still a little groggy, but got the point that I should be heading downstairs to [...]
