I’ve determined it would be nice to have something like dance notation for martial arts. Currently I know of no system that makes it easy to write down descriptions of techniques or drills. Everything has a name, but what if you forget how to do it? This actually isn’t normally a problem […]

I haven’t been sick in over a year now. I know this because I get sick every single winter and I made a point of observing when that happened this year - but it didn’t. So horray.. this is the first time this has happened. Probably a result of my decent diet […]

I found/made a recipe for making a really really good peach-orange smoothie.. it’s extra good because i usually have all these things in my house. Healthy, easy to make and tastes great.. fantastic texture too:

1 1/2 cups ice cubes
1/2 cup cold milk
1/2 cup cold orange juice
1 (8-ounce) container low-fat peach yogurt
1 […]

Audio recording of cops beating and treatening a guy:
Full story and the recording
Full text of the recording (PDF)

When Tennessee law enforcement officials showed up at the home of Lester Siler, who they suspected of drug use, they asked Lester’s wife and son to leave. They didn’t know that Lester’s wife had turned on a tape […]

I just got back from a six day camping trip in Illinois. Lauren and I went downstate into Shawnee National Forest. By the end of the trip we had hiked quite a few trails and stayed at two different campgrounds.
Before I begin to narrate here’s a link to the gallery of photos we […]

when pulling data from a database.. particularly a text field.. sometimes you just watn to pull it out the way it was put in. peole make new lines (\n) and they also type full paragraphs worth of text.. wouldn’t it be nice to be able to pull it out and have it format nicely […]

Politician removal service (PRS)
Freakin.. hilarious.
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I’ve been having problems with comment spam on my log lately.. nothing you guys would’ve noticed though because I moderate everything that goes through.
I kept getting tons of poker, medication and all sorts of other spam.. really annoying shit. It got to the point where I was getting more blog spam than I was […]

You will soon find speed traps with camera in construction zones in Illinois. Cop-in-a-box, indeed. You say we’re far away from the Big Brother state still, but this is just one step closer to a camera being right in your house.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for […]

TSA Steals Freedom… and Luggage!