Everything on the Internet is true
Posted by Stephen Waits Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:39:57 GMT
Especially any U.S. Congressional Leaders’ bios. Yes, some snappy staffers figured out they could actually edit anything on WikiPedia. Yikes.
Hope for Checa yet! And Jason Perez?
Posted by Stephen Waits Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:35:20 GMT
Looks like Carlos may have a ride in the works. And it looks like we have a fifth American joining the fray. Check out the entry list over at the Soup!
A safer circular saw
Posted by Stephen Waits Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:32:09 GMT
Check out the Sawstop over at Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools. It supposedly won’t cut your ding dong (or your finger) off. Wanna test it out?
Via Cool Tools.
TV Updates
Posted by Stephen Waits Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:28:05 GMT
Yes, I watch The O.C. Not for much longer. I can wait until the kids graduate, but then I’m done. No really, I swear. Ahh, Summer. When I stop watching it can I be cool again? Oh wait.. hmm.
Desperate Housewives got deleted - I’m done with it.
Ok, my friend Ralfie was right, Roush Racing Driver X is brokeback. I got overly excited at the thought of a reality racing show. But it’s totally brokeback.
Surface remains teetering on the edge for me. They keep dishing out just enough to keep me slightly interested.
Invasion is still good. It’s X-Files’ish enough, but with some answers along the way.
I think I’m tired of A&E’s Intervention. You’ve seen one or two, you’ve seen ‘em all.
Both Prison Break and Alias have yet to make their spring returns. Prison Break is over for me. It’s stupid.
I’m excited for Alias to end (it’s the last season). It’s quite overdue.
WoW done Google Map style
Posted by Stephen Waits Mon, 30 Jan 2006 03:09:22 GMT
Wow! These AJAX maps of the World Of Warcarft are incredibly impressive. Nicely done.
Via reddit.
Rossi in full F1 Test
Posted by Stephen Waits Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:58:44 GMT
Rossi, if nothing else, will continue to fuel the rumors of his future involvement in F1. He’s in a full test next week, mixed in with other drivers, from other teams; though, he’ll be driving last year’s Ferrari.
Via Autoblog.
Swallowing Pills
Posted by Stephen Waits Sat, 28 Jan 2006 06:43:34 GMT
I never learned how to swallow pills. It’s a wimpy kind of thing, I know; but, somehow, I just never learned.
In middle school (Atascocita Middle School), that’s 6th-9th grade, the day before I was was going to get braces put on, I had to swallow this tiny ass little pink pill. It was going to dry my mouth out so that the overpaid epoxy man they call an orthodontist could have a better chance of making little pieces of metal stick to my teeth. It was all prearranged that I go down to the nurse’s office at a certain time to do the deed.
I was completely apprehensive about this. Worrying for days. Pathetic. I didn’t know how I would manage to actually swallow that pill, even right up to the moment where it had to happen. I went into the office and got the pill and a Dixie cup of water. I tried once and failed. Then, in that moment, I figured it all out…
Fill my mouth with water (but no air), tilt my head way back, poke the little pill inside my lips, and swallow. I did it! I now knew how to swallow pills!
So this is how I’ve swallowed pills my whole life. I look like a complete idiot when I do it. It’s a mental handicap, and I eventually came to realize it.
You see, my wife could swallow pills awesome. So, logically, I should be able to as well. Right?
Right! Let me tell you, I’m a pill swallowing fiend now. Since getting on a health kick, and training for endurance cycling events, I’ve been consuming vitamins and other supplements like they’re going out of style. I take all my stuff twice a day. Each time includes 1 multi-vitamin, 3 fiber thingies, 2 fish oil, 1 electrolytes, 1 magic thing with antioxidants, 1 vegetable extract concentrate thing, and 4 other of something not mentionable. Yah.. you can take your guesses.
So now I can do it like a regular human. When I first started the regular way, it would bug me when I’d get a “slow-swallower” – you know, the ones that take their sweet time going down your throat? Even that doesn’t bother me now.
And, while I haven’t managed my entire regimen in one gulp, I am up to 9! Right before I go for it, if Cathy’s around, I like to proclaim, “here goes a world record”, as if I’m the best pill swallower ever.
Does this mean that there’s hope for me after all?
Update: New record… 12! I’m just a few bad decisions away from being a junkie.