Friday – 24 October 2008
Last night, I headed up to SaraRules’ for dinner and date night. Dinner was a damned fine meat loaf, with mashed potatoes, and carrots (with a little bit of brown sugar), all prepared by Ms. SaraRules. After dinner, we – including her family – watched Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I’d still have to say that it’s my third-favorite Indiana Jones movie, but it was fun. Towards the end of the movie, I was wondering how well other pulp fiction-type heroes would fare in the modern cinema. I remember that there was a rumor of a Doc Savage movie in the works a few years ago, but I haven’t read/heard anything about it in some time.

Stray Toasters

  • I just received this from a coworker, who found out that my birthday is this weekend and knows of my affinity for Star Trek:

  • A few years ago, there was a submarine (the one used in the movie K-19: The Widowmaker, in fact) that was for sale on eBay. I always thought that Bill Gates should have bought it… after all, he pretty much has one of everything else. But he didn’t. However, this morning, I found the following item on Slashdot: Google Founders Buy Fighter Jet. That’s close enough for me.
  • Make my funk the P-Funk
    I want my funk uncut
    Make my funk the P-Funk
    I wants to get funked up.
    I want the bomb,
    I want the P-Funk
    I want my funk stepped on
    Make my funk the P-Funk
    Before I take it home
  • Sib-4, , sent me a link to this Questionable Content ‘toon. The last panel made me laugh aloud:

  • Cartesian dualism — the latest weapon in the war on Darwin
  • …and, in a (somewhat) related note: Evolutionary Scientists Test-Drive Spore, Gripe
  • Get your drink on… with Raytheon!
    (After finding “drinkware” on the company store site, we’re suggesting this as a new company slogan.)
  • The Fonz, Richie, Andy and Opie are pro-Obama
  • WizKids still hasn’t updated their Arkham Asylum page.
  • By way of IT Knowledge Exchange: CTO of the USA

Tonight: Dinner at Outback. (Can you say “Aussie Cheese Fries,” boys and girls..?)
This time tomorrow: We’ll be on our way to the Right Coast.
Selah.

Namaste.