Fark had this link to a pretty interesting article on Beer and Civilization. While the author makes some questionable statements (“Noah carried beer on the ark.”), there is some interesting information, especially on the widespread enjoyment of beer in ancient Egypt. Joseph’s rise to power was based on his interpreting Pharaoh’s dream, and warning him […]

“Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates. The violent destruction of life and property incident to war; the continual effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations the most attached […]

So, Michael Moore‘s new movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, is coming out this Friday, and I’m really interesting in seeing it. Now, being as his last movie, Bowling for Columbine, was pretty much a diatribe against Lockheed Martin, some of my coworkers are understandably concerned that I would supporting the guy financially. So, this brings up an […]

So, I came home from work a few days ago, and my monitor wouldn’t come up. The light was green, so it was getting a signal from my computer, but nothing came on the screen. Weird. I unplugged the monitor, and plugged it back in… nothing. I logged onto the computer from my other box, […]

Normally, I believe that the bedroom is a sacred (read “set-apart”, not “holy”) room; a private area dedicated to the special, personal relationship between a man and his wife. However, due to recent complaints… nay… comments from my wife regarding my reaction to the wonderful news that she is bearing my fourth child, I feel […]

How am I supposed to react when my wife says that this guy is cute? She also says I’m cute! What does that say about me?!

Well, last night I made it hope from Japan. I had a busy last couple days over there, and I didn’t really have to write about them here while they were happening, but I’ll try to jot some of my notes down over the next few days. I was able to visit the Tsukiji fish […]

Tony Rogers, Bob Grawl, and I had a day off today, so we took a trip down to the Meiji shrine in the southwest part of the city. We started out the morning late, so we stopped at the noodle place right next to the ANA Hotel where I’m staying. As I’ve said before, the […]

The food is so expensive here! You have to look hard to find a place that will sell you a decent, filling dinner for less than $20. Last night, we went to the Barbacoa in Omote-sando for dinner. It’s a bit pricy at 6000 yen (~$60) per plate, but that’s including all you can eat […]

I made it home from England, and I’m back on the road again. This time, my travels take me to Japan, home of samurai and Hello Kitty. I was able to wander around this morning, and I walked down to the Palace. I’m still a bit confused at the relationship between the the Emporer and […]

I’ll be leaving tomorrow for England on a business trip for work. The job that we’re doing there seems a lot more “open” than most of my recent work (when I say “open”, read “unstructured”). I’m not really concerned about the success of the trip, but that may be because we have no requirements that […]

Barry, our benevolent dictator on the RTDISC list, had written the following on the list, “The doctrine of perseverence is not to be used as some sort of shield or excuse for wrongful associations: “Bad company corrupts good morals” was written to the church… Secondly, both the means and the ends are ordained. If we […]