No comment from Obama yet- April 18, 2008 FOXNews.com - Alicia Keys: &39;Gangsta Rap&39; Created to Convince Black People to Kill Each Otherhttp://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_04_13_archive.html#1184406553553077194 Stupid college tricks- April 18, 2008 Back in college a few lunatics I knew used to have beer chugging contests. Except they'd do it while hanging upside down from the railing of a stair landing.It was only half a flight up, but it probably would have been enough to break their necks or even kill them if they slipped.And now we have this - College Student Dead After Apparent Fall Over Balcony.http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_04_13_archive.html#2849465772778799644 Don't get shook- April 18, 2008 An earthquake rattled southern IL and environs last night. It won't make the history books so much because it wasn't that strong, but it's still creepy.People unfamiliar with the area might not associate it with seismic activity. But know that one of the worst earthquakes in the US happened within a couple of hundred miles to the southwest near New Madrid, MO. It was also in the news around 1990 when a prediction of an earthquake by Iben Browning was picked up by the media but did not pan...http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_04_13_archive.html#5616333502688517817 Old men on the make- April 11, 2008 Oh boy, New Kids on the Block are back! You remember them - they were once scheduled as an opening act for Tiffany!http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_04_06_archive.html#8908893074395662007 Random Easter venereal disease post- April 11, 2008 Overheard back in the early 80's - "you know the difference between true love and herpes Herpes lasts forever"It so happens that a few weeks ago I was talking to a pharmacist who was amused by some of the TV ads for pharmaceuticals. She was particularly amused by one for Valtrex, in which one person would say "I have herpes" and their presumptive bedmate said "and I don't" To which our pharmacist said "but you will".I assume that the people in the commercials were actors, or at least would...http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_03_23_archive.html#33868652660088719 Security personnel sleeping at Turkey Point- April 11, 2008 Maybe I'm lucky that in my nuclear power days I never caught a security guy sleeping on the job. The first time I might just make some noise, but I doubt it. For while I don't necessarily think it's a huge security compromise (if someone has made it to your reactor building already this isn't your only security issue), it's definitely something that'll get the plant busted bigtime by any NRC inspector who happens upon it. Fines are the easy part. Then the usual braying idiots would trot out.http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_04_06_archive.html#9012572736560422598 It's never too early...- April 11, 2008 ...to choose your child's gang.http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_04_06_archive.html#445749635195762933 Advice for politicians- April 10, 2008 I hate to disagree with Soccer Dad, but I offer some different ideas on how to handle a sex scandal.For one, Eliot Spitzer should have captured the whole thing on tape. Then he could have said that he was making a porn movie, and you can't bust people for prostitution when they're acting in a porn movie.What's more, he should have used this opportunity for campaigning. Maybe have him making campaign speeches on a TV in the background or something. He could sell the tapes to raise funds, and..http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_03_23_archive.html#2799324030298114438 The history of computer data storage, in pictures- April 10, 2008 Right here.http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_04_06_archive.html#4522117377890340701 Video made simple- April 10, 2008 About a year and a half ago I went to make a fairly simple video production and failed miserably. It would have helped if I hadn't waited until the last minute, but I didn't expect my software to put up so much of a fight, especially with syncing sound to video.So lately I've been reading good things about the Flip Video device and thought I might check it out. Then when I happened upon them in stock at a Sam's Club for $140 when I had some money burning a hole in my pocket, I bit.Wow, it...http://nowatermelons.blogspot.com/2008_04_06_archive.html#6243177836728019025 |