Thanks to Oddball for picking up the slack for me. My new job started Friday and ho boy do these people need my help. My expressions have gone from “oh” to “oh dear” to “Oh Dear God” to “Oh Dear God NO!” in a very short amount of time. Seriously, how do you not have… Read More »
From a TFA Alert: TFA Email Campaign on Employee Safe Commute Legislation URGENT – the link/page below is directly to the action center on the TFA website. This page will allow you (and all your friends) to send emails to the Tennessee General Assembly (your individual legislators + all members of both judiciary committees +… Read More »
So there were two local cops that made the news for behaving badly in the past couple days. Namely DUI and possessing firearms while under the influence. This is usually where you expect to hear that they were sent home with pay to think about what they’d done. Not this time. Both have been decommissioned.… Read More »
Due to some of the comments on the last post about my disaster thumb drive, I figure this would be relevant to your interests. I present to you what I think is the perfect thumb drive to use as a Linux install/run from flash drive: 4GB penguin drive And yes, that is what I’m currently… Read More »
Tam and Uncle both mentioned someone raising the idea of including electronics in you bug out kit. Me being me, I figured I’d throw in my two cents. Especially since, while I wasn’t one of those hit by the little bit of rain here in Nashville last year, I did have to quickly evacuate in the middle of the night… Read More »
Start a new job today. Pretty sure they block this site, and after spending 9+ hours at a keyboard at work, I generally don’t want to spend time at home doing the same. And yes, for those of you keeping score this will by my third job in less than a year. But as long… Read More »
If I weren’t waiting on the Sprint version, I’d totally jump on this: Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) It’s new customers only, so if you’ve been waiting for a flagship phone to go on sale, this is it. Dual core 1.2ghz processor, 1080p camera, and a 4.65 inch screen. Totally hot.
A couple days ago, I was listening to NPR on the way into work and heard them run the promo for that days “Fresh Air.” Oddly enough, it was going to be a discussion with the author of Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun. Sadly, I wasn’t able to catch either airings of it and… Read More »
Pennsylvania man, 65, fatally shoots teen who pushed him off bicycle And why did the teen push the elderly gentleman off his moving bicycle? So the teen and his friends could assault and rob him. A more apt headline would be “Elderly man saves own life, teaches valuable lesson to local teens”