Archive for June, 2003


Hot Dog Eating Champion

Monday, June 30th, 2003

My new hero is Takeru Kobayashi. Last year he ate 50 and 1/2 hot dogs in 12 minutes. He’s been winning these contests for years now. Surprisingly, he’s only 5′7″ 130lbs. Simply astounding. Where could he possibly fit all that food? So, it should be a surprise to no one that he is currently ranked [...]

Keanu Bad, Connery Worse?

Monday, June 30th, 2003

I always find these lists entertaining. Here’s a poll of the Worst Film Accents. The hard part is understanding how it’s possible that there could be five people with worse accents than Keanu Reeves in Dracula. Outstanding.

To Be a Good Democrat

Monday, June 30th, 2003

For all my good Democrat friends out there, here’s an email that a friend sent to me. Remember, this is all good fun so let’s limit the hate mail. Some of the contridictions are spot on. And in some amazingly similar news… Jerry Springer wants to run for the Senate. Yeah, that’s what America needs. [...]

Porn Stunts Your Growth

Sunday, June 29th, 2003

“Porn will stunt your growth.” So says the first anti-porn advertisement. Sure is bringing in a lot of controversy for the XXXchurch who sponsored the ad. The thing I always think about is that most of the uber-psycho mass-murderers all used porn at early ages, then went on to “bigger and better” things.

The Slippery Slope

Saturday, June 28th, 2003

The Supreme Court has struck down the Sodomy law in Texas, which is the homosexual lobby’s Phase 1 in redefining marriage here in America. Their argument is what is down in the privacy of a home should be protected by law. But there are two dangers that this decision has now let loose on society.
First, [...]

Football vs. Football

Saturday, June 28th, 2003

Who says football players are fat and slow? Not this European soccar player.

NBA Draft 2003

Friday, June 27th, 2003

The NBA Draft [see grades] took place last night and to no one’s suprise, LeBron James was the first selection. Given the Alps-sized mountains of hype leveled on James, he’s staying surprisingly humble. When introducing himself to teammate Carlos Boozer, he said, “Mr. Boozer, I’m LeBron James.” Mister?!? That’s stellar.

Go West Young Man

Thursday, June 26th, 2003

If I had any “sense of adventure” I’d pack up the family and move to Denver to be Mark Cuban’s Art Director by day and black diamond shredder by night. Ahhh… just thinking about it gives me goose bumps. Don’t forget, the NBA Draft is tonight.

ADL Up in Arms

Wednesday, June 25th, 2003

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), even though they’ve only read an early version of the screenplay, charges that Mel Gibson’s new movie, “The Passion”, about the death of Christ, promotes anti-semiticism. As for me, it’s fairly clear from the Bible and hundreds of other historical documents that it was, in fact, the Jews that did call [...]

Apple Using the Passing Lane

Tuesday, June 24th, 2003

Apple has never been one to hold their tongues, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone to hear Jobs say they had “the world’s fastest personal computer.” And you know what? They should. Because It’s Not the Big that Eat the Small…It’s the Fast that Eat the Slow. And anyone who’s worked for a large, lumbering giant [...]

Net on the Net

Monday, June 23rd, 2003

new net on the Net but still, I can only wonder at how much progress can be made on the existing lines. If Internet bandwidth is anything like hard disk space, there will always be new programs that (seemingly) grow to fill the available space. I still wish residential T1 prices would drop under [...]

The Rise and Fall of Dot.com

Saturday, June 21st, 2003

Got a big ole list of failed dot.com’s but it’s hardly complete without my workplace alma mater—marchFIRST—one of the biggest Internet flops of all time. And to think… I was a part of it.

The American Dream

Saturday, June 21st, 2003

We closed on our new house today. Since the lawyers make you sign 3 or 4 million documents, I thought they could add just one more that basically says:
“I, insert name here, am hereby not responsible for any signature that the sneaky lawyer, John Doe, quickly hid in the stream of papers that I signed [...]

SeaSilver is Snake Oil

Friday, June 20th, 2003

If those SeaSilver commericals are making a believer out of you (they got me) then you need to revisit Caveat emptor. SeaSilver relies on deceptive advertising, which health journalist Bill Sardi, shows to be misleading. Instead, he makes some detailed recommendations that I will now focus my vitamin education upon.

She’s Such a Cut Up

Wednesday, June 18th, 2003

Don’t look now but Redbook likes to cut-and-paste heads. Julia Roberts wasn’t happy.