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From the Associated Press: Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69. Rest in Peace, Evel. -Dave

Dick Wilson, the actor famous for portraying Mr. Whipple in Charmin commercials, has passed away at the age of 91.  From the Associated Press: Wilson made more than 500 commercials as Mr. George Whipple, a man consumed with keeping bubbly housewives from fondling toilet paper. The punch line of most spots was that Whipple himself [...]

Originally called the $100 laptop project, it came in at just under $200 each, but still a bargain when you consider all the technology involved in making something like this. In 2002, MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte experienced first-hand how connected laptops transformed the lives of children and their families in a remote Cambodian village. A [...]

It’s funny.  I just heard a local news organization say something to the effect of “we’re bringing to bear the most comprehensive election coverage ever in Houston.”  Blah blah, internet…blah blah…podcast…blah blah live blogging…etc, etc, etc. The punchline is – the projected turn-out at the polls is around 10%. I’d say the news organizations can [...]

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters —————- Now playing: Interpol – Wrecking Ball via FoxyTunes

Link to the video. -Dave

Writer, Madeleine L’Engle, died this past Thursday. I have very fond memories of reading her books as a child and thinking they were amazingly creative and inspiring. From the New York Times Her works — poetry, plays, autobiography and books on prayer — were deeply, quixotically personal. But it was in her vivid children’s characters [...]

Alberto Gonzales, seen here just before he snuck out the back door of the White House to chug some PBRs at a local Hooters with Rove and Rumsfeld, stepped down from the office of Attorney General. Remember that bus I spoke about last week? Well, if you’ve still got some gas in it, I’d suggest [...]

We can only hope he gets hit by a bus while leaving the White House. Normally I joke…but in this case… …if there happen to be any angry bus drivers out there… …I mean, if you believe in karma… …he’ll get stuck between the tire and the wheel well… …and be drug for a few [...]

Shuttle mission = $1.3 Billion/flight Bottle of Jack Daniels = $35/bottle Having balls busted by national news media = Priceless (The above photo ws taken at NASA in Houston, TX in 2005 inside the Space Shuttle trainer. This is actually pretty cool. From what I’ve been told, the general public is not allowed to actually [...]