Note: I do not know who originally wrote this, as it is attributed to "a teacher in the Nashville area." Whoever wrote it deserves a Nobel prize in economics or something. I received this as a forwarded email, and a quick Google search didn't provide more information. If you have …
On our way back from lunch today, we passed a Golden Corral restaurant. Above the entrance was a banner:
I was looking forward to having lunch there sometime until someone pointed out that sign. Now I know if I'm going to go there for lunch, I've gotta get outta there …
My youngest son (Stanley) will be participating in a Read-a-Thon for his school. They are attempting to use this as a fundraiser instead of the typical "we'll-sell-you-cheap-crap-at-horrific-prices-and-keep-1%-of-the-proceeds" type fundraiser that enriches the company providing the products more than the school.
The kids will read some number of minutes each …
Note: I've seen this several times over the years, but figured I'd post it here rather than email it to everyone, as it needs to be recorded for posterity. I've reformatted it and generally tried to clean up the presentation. Enjoy! Author(s) unknown...
We always hear …
Susan Powell is a woman from West Valley City, UT, last seen on December 6, 2009. You can read about the case on Wikipedia. Suffice it to say, she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and the husband appears to many (myself included) to be as guilty as sin (though only circumstantially …
My Christmas bounty, in no particular order:
A few years ago, I needed to debug a network program. Specifically, I needed to capture all the data being sent and received by a network application to find a problem. Normally one would run a packet capture utility (a program that captures everything being sent over a local area …
Once upon a time (as all good stories start) a man was driving down a road when he noticed another man standing on a crate under a tree. From the tree hung a rope with a noose on the end, which the second man was pulling over his head.
The …
I've recently hosted a couple of shows at AM 630 K-Talk (KTKK-AM in the Salt Lake City, UT area). The first was a one hour show on 6 August, and the other was a two hour show today (5 November).
If you're interesting in listening, feel free to download them …
For the complete history of this story, see part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4.
On October 22 I wrote about a letter I received from Rob Bishop in response to a message I sent regarding illegal immigration. I indicated at the time that I would post a …