Engineering Quiz Answers

1. What planet is the only planet that rotates clockwise? Venus 2. Approximately how many bricks were used to build the Empire State Building? 10 million 3. What is the brightest man-made place that can be seen from space? Las Vegas, Nevada 4. Which dam holds the largest volume of water? Sycrude Tailings Dam, Canada … Continue reading Engineering Quiz Answers

Engineering Quiz

Ok, so I'm an engineer. See if you know the answers to the following. I'll post the answers in a couple of days. 1. What planet is the only planet that rotates clockwise? 2. Approximately how many bricks were used to build the Empire State Building? 3. What is the brightest man-made place that can … Continue reading Engineering Quiz

Civilization Expansion

It's odd how you could read a website for months and years, and then suddenly something unexpected is posted that leaves you wondering what the heck that was all about. Today may be one of those days for you. My favorite way to relax is to play Civilization IV. Challenging, intellectually stimulating, full of history … Continue reading Civilization Expansion

Whimsy

At The Journey, Rodney wonders about insects with low self-esteem. There's something wrong with Rodney. Officials in Rome, Italy, have solved one of the world's most pressing problems by banning the use of round goldfish bowls. If you want to Taunt Libs, there are some new t-shirts available. Hey, it's what they think about conservatives … Continue reading Whimsy

Brady Bunch Kung Fu Video Game

Have you ever seen a news article for a new product and thought, "Man, that's a bad idea. A real baaaad idea." I had that reaction when I heard that the Brady Bunch was being made into a Kung Fu fighting video game for mobile phones. Each of the game's eight fighters (Mike Brady been … Continue reading Brady Bunch Kung Fu Video Game

Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles

I found another way for you to amble, bum, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fool around, fritter away, goof around, goof off, hang about, hang around, hang out, idle, jack around, lag, laze, lazy, loaf, loiter, loll, lounge, mosey, poke, poke along, procrastinate, put off, saunter, screw off, scrounge around, shlep along, sit around, … Continue reading Free Online Jigsaw Puzzles

Relaxing Weekend, Back to Work

That was my first 3-day weekend since June. I'd almost forgotten how much I enjoyed my 3-day weekends every other week. Friday was a day of nothing; puttered around the house, read blogs, played some Ultima Online, and waited for Alex to show up so we could catch "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow." … Continue reading Relaxing Weekend, Back to Work

Ultima X: Online Cancelled

Bummer. From the UX:O Producer last night:June 30, 2004 Dear Ultima X: Odyssey community members, As of today, development on Ultima X: Odyssey has ended. We feel that Ultima Online is where we need to focus our online efforts and most of my team will be moving to the UO expansion pack, the UO live … Continue reading Ultima X: Online Cancelled

Mom's Day Weekend Recap..

Great weekend. "Babysat" my brother-in-law Saturday morning and took him out for "ice cream" later. (Euphemisms for "golf" and "a pitcher of Shiner Bock"). Sunday took Mom out for brunch and visited with my sister & niece & step-father. My son was nowhere around this time - he was playing D&D Friday, then I left … Continue reading Mom's Day Weekend Recap..

Thank you thank you, I'll be here till Tuesday. Try the veal.

I was on one of those roller-coaster highs yesterday. Don't know why; might have been as simple as a good night's sleep. Whatever it was, yakked all day, told goofy jokes, sang that cow song that got stuck in my head, kept it up nonstop all day. Put a new MasterCard/Visa logo on my website. … Continue reading Thank you thank you, I'll be here till Tuesday. Try the veal.

There is a prize…

I don't even remember what the prize is. I just remember that I want it. Ultima Online is having a contest for players to write up strategy guides. Actually, I think they've decided that strategy guides are a good idea but they don't have the manpower to write them, and this is a trick to … Continue reading There is a prize…

Lunch is over

I had poorly cooked vegetables for lunch and surfed for odd things on the web. I want to refinance my townhome but the dweebs at Countrywide aren't any help. See, I have a prepayment penalty for the 1st 5 years of my mortgage (currently about $3900) if I refinance early, and that 5 years ends … Continue reading Lunch is over