Jesse Helms, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, died today, the Fourth of July. He joins John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe, who also died on the Fourth. In one of my favorite presidential stories, John Adams showed his contempt for Jefferson in his final words, “Jefferson survives.” Adams did not know, however, that [...]
A teaser trailer for the new James Bond film, A Quantum of Solace, has been released. Ah, Casino Royale was great, and I think this one is going to be even better. Movie comes out on November 7 in the US.
H/t to Brett.
Emily and I love the Discovery Channel “Boom De Yada” commercial. And so does XKCD:
And so does Stephen Hawking.
Damn, the commercial even has a Wikipedia page. That’s impressive.
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Since I moved to Lawrence, I’d been looking for a new bank. Well, not new. I’m keeping my old bank account, but they don’t have branches in Kansas, so I wanted something local. A place to deposit my paycheck and other odds and ends. After a little advice, I decided on Capital [...]
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The Smoking Gun has the indictment of 48-year old Henry T. Nicholas III, the co-founder of Broadcom, a company that makes broadband circuits. He is worth over $2 billion and was indicted for having and distributing controlled substances.
As his indictment shows, if you’re going to get busted for dope, why not go out in style. [...]
The Orlando Sentinel pretty well describes how the Southeastern Conference could take over the Bowl Championship Series and the NCAA.
This would be the tag on my graduation gown, courtesy of the UGA Bookstore. I went to try it on tonight and noticed it was a little short. Apparently someone mistook 6′1″ on my order form for 5′7″.