A grieving father won a nearly $11 million verdict Wednesday against hatemonger fundamentalist past Fred Phelps and his zany family church. The Westboro Baptist Church, they of the “God Hates Fags” signs, picketed the funeral of a fallen soldier, and the father took them to court for unspecified damages. The prosecuting lawyers asked the jury [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Okay, so that line is usually reserved for Christmas, but for me, the fall has always been my favorite time. The temperature starts to fall, the leaves start to change colors and fall from the trees as the world starts to fall asleep. Maybe it’s because I was born in the fall. I think it’s [...]
The last couple of weeks have been, to say the least, eye-opening for me. Needless to say, I didn’t feel like writing any of my thoughts down until I had some time to process everything. So instead of the typical post where people complain and do nothing about it, I’m skipping the emo part and [...]
Found this article describing some amusing study done involving chimps and raisins. Here’s the breakdown. Two chimps are separated by a plexi-glass wall, with a tray of 10 raisins between them. The first chimp gets to decide how to split up the raisins. If the second chimp agrees with the split, they both get the [...]
The Rock God ascends, and new toys make Tim a happy camper
Published October 9th, 2007 in Friends, Life and Music. 3 CommentsThis Sunday this local dive bar near my office held the quarter-finals for their karaoke contest. Now, I had qualified on a previous night, so I was going to be happy if I made it into the top selection. They made sure on multiple occasions to say that judging was based on talent, showmanship, and [...]
Proof that I can write a simple blog post without getting all philosophical on your ass. So today I’m at work, and we get this support request: My server is offline. Can’t ssh to it. Can’t ping it. No love. Now, it’s not everyday that a support request comes in with haiku format. So, remembering [...]