Yesterday was the Super Classico…Real Madrid versus Barcelona….and if you believed the hype before the match, you’d think that every man woman, child, lizard, spock-impersonator on the planet would be watching. Turns out…it almost lived up to the hype, but all the brilliance really only came from one team. Barcelona has been my favorite Spanish [ Read More ]
Archive for November, 2010
Today WikiLeaks….wait…it might have been yesterday, or the day before…anyway….WikiLeaks released another set of classified documents. This time, it was a set of diplomatic cables, and internal memos, exposing what governments really thought of other nations. Obviously there are a lot of people up in arms about this, screaming bloody murder…really…because it “puts american lives [ Read More ]
Today, I spent about 5 hours outside blowing and raking leaves. I made a dent…with the front and half of the side-lawn cleared to the curb. But I still have probably 4 or 5 more hours of clearing to go, to get the rest of the piles to the curb. There’s just no good way [ Read More ]
Today, I was charged with looking after my infant niece (Avery), while her Mum (Jill), Melody and her mum went shopping. About 45 minutes before they were scheduled to leave, I informed Melody that I had never changed a diaper before. She was quite surprised, shocked even, but as i reminded her….it’s not like there [ Read More ]
Today I finally got rid of a bunch of old electronic equipment that i’ve been, well, hoarding for several years. After many attempts to sell or give away, i finally had to bite the bullet and find a place that took donations, or at least took electronics for recycling without me having to pay for [ Read More ]
At Thanksgiving, vegetarians can be left wanting, while the rest of the crew chow down on Turkey, Ham, and stuffing infused with Chicken Broth. But not for us. Today, we over-stuffed ourselves with a full meal, all vegetarian-friendly, and we were definitely not left wanting for anything. Melody and I cracked what felt like a [ Read More ]
The leaves have been falling for a couple of weeks now. For many reasons I have not had the time to clear them away yet, which leaves my yard (no pun intended) completely covered. When I get back from Thanksgiving, I’ll be blowing them to the curb, but i wanted to make sure i got [ Read More ]
The latest uproar in Amuhrica is about the Transportation Security Authority’s (TSA) increased security measures at the airports. Basically, there are full body scan machines that see through your clothes to verify that you’re not carrying a catapult or some other dangerous weapon. If you refuse to be scanned, then you’re subjected to a ‘pat-down’ [ Read More ]
NC State went Google a few months ago for all students, and will soon be moving all employees too. One of the things that Google does for some of the larger schools is to send a video crew to do a set of interviews about the move. Well, today was our day for the video [ Read More ]
Our indoor games are 46 minutes long. Tonight, we won 19-0. We’re good. Really good. Almost too good. http://www.teameasyriders.com
