White Noise

So I just got back from India a few days ago. I was only there for two weeks, and my wife is to be have been there (how do you do future past tense conditional?) nearly two months by the time she gets back tomorrow!
So first, I thought I’d throw out some general impressions. I […]

Ok. Every time it snows, people lose their minds, so I thought I might post a couple helpful tips on how to drive in the snow!

First, you have to actually drive.
I can’t count how many times people skid a little bit (yup, there’s ice on the road, shouldn’t be a big surprise) and then come […]

I saw the John Stewart / Jim Cramer “interview” on the Daily Show some time last week. It was fairly pathetic.
Now, granted, I’m not the most knowledgeable guy about the whole market situation, I don’t watch Mad Money, and I don’t watch the Daily Show (I don’t watch much of anything in general), but here’s […]

So you know I consider myself a Christian, and that I have fairly specific ideas about what that means. In general, I would make the argument that being a Christian is a good hedge bet. For example, if you were Christian and it turned out there was no God, or there is a god, but […]

… it’s quantum physics.
Yes, those words were uttered by my quantum professor just the other day. Cracked me up. We still have no idea whether he was trying to say this was harder or easier :).
All in all, I’m enjoying quantum physics. It’s a very different perspective on how the world operates, which is interesting […]

… I do not like what I must pay.
I do not like them on my block.
I do not like them in RedRocks.
I do not like my HOA.
I wish that they would go away!

Thank you.
There are many others like them, but this one is mine. We got charged an extra $15 per month starting in January. […]

So much has already happened in Obama’s first week that it’s hard to tell the spin from reality. No, perhaps it’s impossible to tell the spin from reality just yet.
First problem is the whole, “I won,” Obama comment (ref: open left) shortly following Pelosi’s “We wrote the bill, we won the election” comment. This doesn’t […]

Much as “There Will Be Blood” was mosly just an excuse for Daniel Day-Lewis to run about and give silly tirades, I’m convinced many of the AM radio shows are the same for right and left wing idealogues. I get to listen to a lot of talk radio as I drive to and from school […]

Ok, so this has been seeming to happen more and more frequently and I don’t know what the deal is. Are people becoming worse and worse drivers?
It snowed today. Not a ton, but consistantly. The highways were fairly clear for the first half of my drive to school, but once I got on to highway […]

Business is fun! Not productive … not yet … but fun!
So I’m working two companies right now (outside of my regular 40 hour week).
HostIGR.com is a web-based company. Darick, Rob, and myself work it. We build websites for primarily small businesses ($300 to $600 for a professional website!), host those websites on our servers, […]

Hooray me!
So, for those of you who know me … yes, the bike was not working because I broke it. I was advancing the timing of the engine … and on this bike, that means grinding down the pieces that hold the timing sensor in place so you can move it. Well, I moved it […]

Most of you know I’m pursuing my second BS degree. This time in Engineering Physics. I had a minor in it, and thought that some day I would like to teach undergrad physics, so eventually, I’ll have to go for a PhD or master’s, but I’d have to finish out these base classes either way. […]

Now, I didn’t vote for the guy, but I’m still excited. McCain wouldn’t have had the chance to actually make some changes to some big things (since Congress would have been Democratic) and that’s part of the reason I voted for him … to split the house and presidency.
It’s also true that some of his […]

Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE muscle cars, fast bikes, big trucks, and I think they have their place. The daily commute, however, is probably not it.
There are 30 companies signed up so far for the Progressive X-Prize. Deal is, they have to get over 100mpg, be cars that are going to be mass produced […]

Haven’t made any updates in quite a while. Originally, this site was really going to just be about testing WordPress (a great bit of blogging software that my company, hostigr can set up for you or your company!). Now, I’m thinking I could actually update it and use it to distribute fun information!
So stay tuned! […]

There’s a lot of viral videos that make the rounds simply because they’re so bizarre, gross, painful to watch, or memorable … but not because they’re necessarily “good”. Here’s a few recent entries that ARE actually good:
A list of Muppet Videos Hosted on videogum. I agree with the author …what are they up to?
It’s like […]

I wrote this note for a motorcycle forum, but I thought I’d post it here as well

Finally used my horn in traffic … yeah, I’ve been on this bike for 5 years … no, I’ve never used the horn before. I’m not generally a “horn” kind of guy … I just get myself out of […]

Ban gay marriage … and any other state sanctioned marriage

Everyone has been going crazy for, oh, the last decade or two about gay marriage. But why do we still require a state license for marriage at all? Certainly it helps the government, they can then direct taxes and programs to help create “nuclear” families and […]

What’s going on in the motorcycle market? I remember a while back that you could easily get a motorcycle that got 50 or more miles per gallon. Sure, most of them were lighter bikes and the speed limits were slower, but hasn’t technology improved somewhat since then?
In the cruiser market (the style I personally ascribe […]

Are personal firearms protected by the 2nd ammendment? That’s a tough call in any arena and I’m very interested in what the supreme court will have to say shortly. Here’s my own opinion on the matter.
The 2nd ammendment reads:
“A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the Right of the […]