More Bacon

Yummy.  Bacon pie.

Obama's War

Obama ordered a predator strike in Pakistan.  Reports indicate seven people were killed, including three children.  Where are the lefties and the anti-war wingnuts?  

Papertoss Timewaster

Toss the paper in the trashcan, but you have to use the fan.

Word Jumble Timewaster

Timewaster here.

Really Creepy Video

Self-indulgent, rich, Hollywood stars make cheesy pledges for Obama.  Stalin's propaganda machine could not have done better.  Video here.

Why We Shouldn't Bail Out GM

While waiting for my car to arrive from Oregon, I had to rent a car in Maryland.  The rental company put me in a Chevrolet HHR.  What a piece of crap.  This car alone is reason enough not to send any taxpayer money to GM.  Any company that can produce a car this bad has no hope.

My car finally arrived on a big, three-trailer auto transport.  It was a pretty amazing system.  Here is a picture of the truck.  The red mustang lifted up and the black car was backed out.  My car was snug up in the front of the trailer.

Funny Stuff

Check out the video at this link.  It's Richard Simmons on "Whose Line is it Anyway"

Notre Dame Has a New Offensive Line Coach

Offensive line play was arguable the biggest failing of the Irish this year, and it has been a consistent failing during the Charlie Weis era.  John Latina, the incumbent OL coach, is a great recruiter and even a good coach (if you look at his past accomplishments), but his unit never got the job done.  On paper, Notre Dame's OL should have dominated in most games, but our running game never got going.

Weis finally addressed this issue by hiring veteran OL coach Frank Verducci.

Let's hope we can figure out how to attack the way Notre Dame used to.  Even a failed running attempt should net the Irish 2-3 yards.  So far in the Weis era, that has been our average gain on a running play.  That has got to change.

South Bend Tribune Article

Blue and Gold Article

ND/SMC Observer

Why You Should Always Check Your Kid's Homework

This is classic!  From YewNork Babe.

Mommy works at Home Depot, you see, and in the picture she is supposed to be selling a shovel.

Mmm, Bacon Explosion

Introducing the bacon explosion

The Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies

For a more Politically Correct take on global warming, check out this great video from the Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies, a Lego Robotics team from Oregon.

And be sure to visit their website

Honey Laundering: A sticky trail of intrigue and crime

Who knew?  Those little plastic bears conceal a lot of crime...

Seattle P-I

Even the Huffington Post is showing Global Warming skepticism

See this article from Eric Ambler at HuffPo.  Of course the commenters say he should not be heard.  The science is "settled."  It was also settled science that the sun revolved around the earth, but eventually the scientific consensus changed.

An Inconvenient Truth: The Planet is Cooling

Here is an interesting editorial from the Baltimore examiner.  Has Anthropogenic Global Warming finally jumped the shark in 2008?  

This picture is from our back deck in Tualatin, Oregon in December, 2008.  The Portland area doesn't typically see snow falls like this, at least not in the last 50 years.  But with sunspot activity at a minimum, this will be more typical winter weather for the next few years.  Portland better get some snowplows.

My Latest Read

I just finished "Blood is Dirt" by Robert Wilson.  It is the third book in the Bruce Medway mystery series, which takes place in West Africa.  I recommend all the books in the series.

Amazon Link