Random Updatedness

More fires in the Sacramento valley, more smoke, and more wheezing from me (because as I’ve said before, this blog is all about ME and how the world affects ME!!!). My boss suggested that I work from home today to hang out near my nebulizer and my air purifier, mostly because there was more smoke [...]

PhotoShop wins again.

So, that picture of Sarah Palin in a bikini and carrying a gun? Yeah, not so much.
Don’t get me wrong. Much as I despise Sarah Palin’s positions on most issues and insane as I think the McCain campaign is for selecting her as a VP candidate without bothering to vet her at all (I stand [...]

Whee! A Wii!

In other news, yesterday Jennifer and I finally got ourselves one of these:

I was shocked that Fry’s Electronics actually had them in stock.
Plus we got this game to go with it:

Because for de-stressing after a long day at work or hanging shelves in your pantry than squishing zombies that spurt green blood everywhere. Once upon [...]

Not really a map geek, but…

From the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection comes what it possibly the coolest overlay for Google Earth ever: a collection of historical maps which you can overlay on Google Earth. Here’s a screenshot from my own computer:

I’m not really a map geek myself, but I do have a fondness for historical maps and globes, so [...]