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Fall of Fear: Bears

Brett — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:37:08 +0000

Bear Photo by tkant57 on Flickr, Used with Creative Commons Permission.

Yellowstone is full of hungry grizzlies getting ready for the Fall of Fear. Should be a good one! They each need to bulk up by about fifty pounds before winter, I wonder where they will find some meat popsicles?

Summer of Fear: Bull

Brett — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:35:31 +0000

Running very late for this year but you have to respect a bull that leaps from the bull ring into the stadium seating.

Why We Can’t Have Any Nice Science Around Here.

Brett — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:23:20 +0000

Via BuzzFeed

Dangerous Sports to Watch

Brett — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:00:29 +0000

Many sports are dangerous for fans, getting hit by a bat or a foul ball in baseball or a car at a Nascar race is pretty risky stuff, but it all pales compared to dangers of watching cricket.

Father’s Day 2010

Brett — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:53:52 +0000

Father’s Day is sometimes reduced to a Hallmark Holiday, an excuse to give gifts or feel bad if you don’t. For me it is normally a day of reflection on my life and how I am doing as a father.

My Father and Grandfather Abbott remain the measures I judge myself off of. My mistakes have been mostly my own in life, but when I think to the core decisions that have set my path I can see my Father’s and Grandfather’s influence in them. I am not sure what they did to set this mold in my life, but I know I am the proudest of my son when I see him measure himself by the same measures. It is as close to immortality as we poor humans get on this world and with poor parenting, tragedy or broken families it can disappear completely, but I love seeing my Grandfather live on just a bit in my son. I know my Father will live on there as well and if I don’t screw it up maybe I will be there after I am gone as well.

Happy Father’s Day to all.

How Low Can We Go!

Brett — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:55:09 +0000

It has been a hard decade plus three to be an Orioles fan, just when you think you can’t sink any lower, they manage to do it.

Not only are the Orioles the only team in the league without a homer from a first baseman, but the Arizona Diamondbacks (.271), Milwaukee Brewers (.270) and Cincinnati Reds (.263) also all have higher cumulative slugging percentages from their pitching staffs than the Orioles are getting from first base.

Agony oh AAAGGGOOOOOKNEEEE!

Apple. Bringing Back America’s Puritan Ethic

Brett — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:10:11 +0000

Apple computer is working hard to bring back the golden age of American puritanism.

An Exclusive Club

Brett — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:07:22 +0000

This is an exclusive club that I would rather not join, but I do respect the heck out of the members.

England Safe at Last!

Brett — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:47:45 +0000

England safe at last as the scourge or Dwile Flonking is finally over. I am told they were once a great Empire before the nannies got them. I bet Jeremy Clarkson was a rabid dwile flonker when he was young.

Crater Face

Brett — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:02:34 +0000

This is an excellent little video.

Via Rosscott, Inc

Secret Questions

Brett — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:49:17 +0000

Many banks use secret questions to help verify your identity. Often these are easily guessable or googleable things like your Mother’s maiden name or where you went to High School, but some banks are now allowing you to make your own questions, which is a good thing as this will be much harder to break. However, this is the greatest response to creating your own questions I have ever seen. I rarely laugh out loud (or LOL) for real, but as I imagined the poor banker reading these I was laughing like a mad man. Not work safe however if you have someone reading over your shoulder.

Give Me That Old Time Religion

Brett — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:12:34 +0000

Some fundamentalists are more fundamental than others. Not sure this is a cultural revival I am fan of.

Potential Violence Warning

Brett — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:04:45 +0000

The next person who tells me how counter cultural they are for using Apple products gets slapped.

Free Comic Book Day is Coming Soon!!

Brett — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:05:45 +0000

Only a little over two weeks until the happiest day of the year, America’s favorite holiday – Free Comic Book Day! You all know the drill, you go to your favorite local comic books store and they give you free comic books! You really can’t ask for more. Don’t miss it!

Summer of Fear: Wombats

Brett — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:45:37 +0000

This year has been very quite on animal scare stories, but it is nice to see a challenger arise from outside the usual bears, sharks, killer bees and the like. So, without further ado, Ask not for whom the Wombat howls, he howls for thee!