Archive for August, 2005

Design Tweaks

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

A few design tweaks to tell you about:

Post Titles: I found a nifty little WordPress Plugin called Image Headlines. Simply put, it rocks. I converts the text of your post title (or any other text you desire) into images of any True Type Font you choose. I think it makes the posts look better.
I’ve [...]

Nations Rush To Aid Katrina Victims

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

NEW ORLEANS – The French vessel Cheesy Snails is headed, at full speed, to the Gulf of Mexico and should arrive at the hurricane devastated coastal regions of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi by Friday, said French President Jacques Chirac. “Every time some natural disaster happens, the United States is always first on the scene with [...]

Barbra Streisand: Bosnia Same As Iraq

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Babs has decided to grace us with her political prowess once again. This time, she lists quotes from Republican members of Congress spoken at the time Clinton sent the U.S. Military into Bosnia. The clear implication being that the situations in Bosnia then and Iraq now are identical, and Democrats now are only stating what [...]

Cindy Sheehan: Completely Scripted

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Cindy Sheehan, America’s Grief Pimp®, is apparently not the sad, grieving mother we have been led to believe she is. Rather, she is a left wing media hound. Via the Indepundit, Curtis Loftis writes:
I arrived at the original Camp Casey at 2:30 in the afternoon. It was hot and dry and the assembled demonstrators were [...]

Katrina’s Full Wrath Slow In Coming

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

All day Sunday, the cable news networks were predicting the end of civilization for New Orleans because Katrina was a category 5 hurricane and it would simply “wipe out” the city. However, by the end of the day Monday it was apparent that the Cresent City had survived, although definately worse for the wear. Today, [...]

Shepard Smith Gets Cursed Out

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

When disaster strikes, nothing flees faster than common sense, especially when a TV camera is involved.
SHEPARD SMITH: You’re live on FOX News Channel, what are you doing?
MAN: Walking my dogs.
SMITH: Why are you still here? I’m just curious.
MAN: None of your f**king business.
SMITH: Oh that was a good answer, wasn’t it? That was live on [...]

New Look and Design

Monday, August 29th, 2005

After a lot of work and study, I have converted this blog to WordPress 1.5.2. As you may remember, I tried to do this awhile back but was unsuccessful. However, after taking a look at the new version of Movable Type, I decided to give WordPress an all-out effort.
A few things will be broken [...]

My Father Is An Air Force Man

Monday, August 29th, 2005

This is a poem submitted to me by my wife, Rene. She is understandably proud of her father’s long and distinguished career in the Air Force, from which he retired a full-bird Colonel. He spent over a year in Laos on a top secret assignment where his job was to make sure that the [...]

The Evolution Of Teaching Math

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

From the DANEgerous Weblog:
Teaching Math In 1950
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit?
Teaching Math In 1960
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Fat Woman Offended When Doctor Calls Her Obese

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

What kind of person goes to a doctor for a checkup and then gets offended when he tells her that she’s obese and needs to loose weight? This kind:
As doctors warn more patients that they should lose weight, the advice has backfired on one doctor with a woman filing a complaint with the state saying [...]

Bush Answers Cindy Sheehan

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

President Bush has answered the squawking coming out of “Camp Casey” once and for all:
NAMPA, Idaho — President Bush today took direct aim at Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protester who has set up camp near the Bushes Texas ranch and purports to speak for military moms who, like her, have lost a son in the [...]

Survivor: Texas Style

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

My Crack Research Team™ (i.e. my Wife, Rene) found this today. Seems to me to be pretty accurate:
Due to the popularity of the Survivor shows, Texas is planning to do one entitled, “Survivor – Texas Style”.
The contestants will all start in Dallas, then drive to Waco, Austin, San Antonio, over to Houston and down [...]