I stumbled across this video today of an amazing concept car by BMW. The idea is simple: the strength and support of a car is not in the skin/sheetmetal but in the bracing underneath it, so why not use something other than metal? GINA has a plastic coated lycra fabric […]
In all my years living in NOLA I never knew that he lived there! I loved his witty, silly fantasy works. He will be missed. From NOLA : On Thursday, May 22, fantasy/science-fiction author and editor Robert Asprin passed away in his French Quarter residence. The 61-year-old writer – known […]
Yesterday I picked a new Blackberry. My old 8810 had bit the dust one too many times and the mic no longer worked. That was fine for those who wanted to give me a telling to without hearing me respond, but a challenge for actually accomplishing two-way communication. So I […]
So I was at a hotel on a trip and there was a scale in the bathroom. I stepped upon it and was not happy with results. I knew my girth had been gaining but I didn’t realize that I was becoming like a black hole (in density, not consumption). […]
Last week I blogged with some thoughts about faith in preparation for the sermon I was to preach today. Except I was wrong. I was celebrating (leading the service to non-Anglicans and Catholics) but not preaching. Which was fine because the sermon preached was excellent. But so that there is […]
We are obviously talking about real, tackle football where the players have to wear protective gear otherwise they would suffer debilitating injuries, that’s how hard and tough this sport is! Sports.yahoo has decided to do a best of list and I admire the fact that they have parted from the […]
From a CNN story: LUCKNOW, India (AP) — He’s a revered Hindu monkey god. And now, he’s the chairman of an Indian business school. An Indian Hindu priest performs prayers in front of a statue of the Hindu god Hanuman. Hanuman, the popular god known for his strength and valor, […]
Wondermark This year I had some particularly difficult issues of students caught cheating. The penalty for being convicted of a violation of academic integrity in our college is dismissal which as dean I am responsible for imposing. But this comic brings to mind the story from my NT colleague who […]