Very candid interview with ex-presidential candidate Fred Thompson.
His comments on the Obama campaign are great, but if nothing else, read the bottom half for his comments about the current state of the Republican party. Good stuff.
Sad to see him turn down an offer of vice presidency, as he certainly would have made the McCain [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Fred Thompson campaign post-mortem
Posted in Politics, tagged conservativism, Fred Thompson on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Maybe he had ‘Hit Me’ written on his forehead in braille
Posted in News, tagged Allan Kieta, boondocks, stinkmeaner on April 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In the news today, a blind man beats the piss out of a burgular who was trying to rob his house. Best quote.
“When my wife was cleaning the blood off, she said, ‘I think it’s all his,’” Kieta said.
Pretty interesting story, partly due to how the man became blind. I can’t find any [...]
The Seven Deadly Sins of a Relationship
Posted in Family, tagged Family, love, marriage, relationships on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a big fan of zenhabits.net and today’s post: The Seven Deadly Sins of a Relationship
… touches on a lot of the issues that I’ve learned about through trial and error over the years. As time progresses through a relationship it seems that often people can become “too comfortable” to the point where they no [...]
Bad Kung Fu Movies: The Awaken Punch
Posted in Movies, tagged kung fu, Movies on April 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This movie was so obscure I had to write the Wikipedia entry myself. It is a movie released in 1973 that Yuen Wo Ping directed the fight choreography for. Yuen Wo Ping also did the fight choreography for more recognizable films such as… “The Matrix”, “Kill Bill” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. Don’t think [...]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Div
Posted in Coding, tagged css, Javascript, visiblity on April 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In the following post, I will give a very basic example of hiding and showing a div area. The hidden div lets you hide data from the page on its initial load, but display it to the user whenever a certain criteria is met. Practical application of this code ranges from displaying a [...]
DC vs Mortal Kombat. No, seriously.
Posted in Video Games, tagged dc, fatality, mortal kombat on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sneak Peak over at GameSpot. And without an M rating no less. That’s almost like releasing a Die Hard movie without an R rating, which, oh… right.
As far as the DC side goes, I honestly can’t think of who else they’d have in there besides Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern. While last year’s DC [...]
Forbidden Kingdom
Posted in Movies, tagged kung fu on April 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Forbidden Kingdom is one part kung fu, one part Never Ending Story, and one part Wizard of Oz. The story revolves around a boy in South Boston who has a love of kung fu, but his love does not go any further than the movies he watches or the posters on his wall. He is [...]
Sneak Peak at GTA IV
Posted in Video Games, tagged gta on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Over at 1up. GTA has always been a great series, but this iteration sounds like the GTA I’ve wanted since playing the first one, where the choices you make actually affect the story.
I’m looking forward to this game as much, if not more than I was for Mass Effect last year. And like any good [...]
The Reid Technique: Job Interviews
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged interrogation, interviewing, investigation on April 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had my first opportunity to try and apply some of the Reid technique in a battery of secondary technical interviews last week. The Reid Technique is by and large a method of determining whether a person is being honest or false. Most of the time this is a requisite when the person being interviewed [...]
Clone Wars Trailer
Posted in Geek Stuff, tagged clone wars, star wars, steampunk on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The trailer for upcoming Clones Wars movie was leaked. Keep in mind that it is leaked, so quality isn’t 100%. Looks promising. I’ve only seen a handful of the Clone Wars series, but I might have to go through them before the movie.
While you are at it, check out these [...]
