Archive for August, 2008
I’ve been to Niagara Falls once in my life– way back in 1993. I don’t remember a lot about the falls themselves, but I do remember a cool museum that told of all the stories of people who went over the falls and survived. Very interesting. Anyway, here’s a list of the first 10 people […]
I just finished watching A Family Thing, the first movie of our “Robert Duvall Movie Month.” I had seen this in the theater back in 1996 and remembered it being fairly poignant back then. It’s still a very good movie with two premiere actors of our day– Duvall and James Earl Jones. Both play characters […]
I’m really loving Netflix about now. My wife and I joined a couple of years ago and have probably watched close to a hundred movies. That sounds about right as we probably watch one a week, and some weeks we’ll get in two. And occasionally we’ll have two Netflix envelopes sitting beside the TV for […]
Okay, so I think we can all guess the top two, and probably guess the correct order. The tricky part of this one is coming up with the next few. I’ve only read the subject line and haven’t looked at the list yet so here are my guesses. Coke and Pepsi, obvious choices for number […]
The GeoSafari line of educational toys by Educational Insights is really one of the best lines around. After Tedco Toys’ line of Ein-O Science Kits and the SmartLab books and kits, the Geosafari line is probably one of my favorites. I tried out this one a couple of months ago (and the Talking Globe Jr.) […]
Okay, I’ve got about five minutes to get a post off and I just saw this story on Baseball Tonight. I don’t know much about Fielder (other than what I remember about his daddy), but my general impression is that he’s a little bit of a diva. How could someone who has gone through their […]
