• Clan: McTiVo - Geek Out! - The Never-Ending Bloga

    Why I Haven’t Been Blogging Much Lately

    September 29, 2006 - By 

    Spider (solitaire) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Now the truth can be told: I’m battling an addiction to Spider Solitaire, which I find both oddly compelling and relaxing. Behold teh evul! Dude, you need to deal. Also, you haven’t cleared any “tableaux” (ace through king of one of two suits) and you only have 2 hands left. You won’t be assured of winning until you clear at least 4 tableaux, out of a possible 8 in a 2-suit game. Don’t obsess about “wasted” moves as described in the Wikipedia article; if you want to win, you WANT to have an…

  • Only in Utah...

    Only In…Arizona

    September 28, 2006 - By 

    Salt Lake Tribune – Federal agency sues U. of Phoenix for alleged Mormon bias Sure, it’s an online university without walls, but some department head or other in Arizona was probably very surprised to find out he (it’ll be a he) can’t run things like a local waaaaaard meeting, and shun the unbelievers like he had been. It amazes me, frankly, when these cases come up, because they’re so… 50 years ago. Utah, and to some extent the states bordering it, is in a spiritual time warp. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed suit accusing the University of…

  • Health And Fitness

    Today Is My Birthday, So What Is It To Me?

    September 24, 2006 - By 

    Meh. This is how I feel about birthdays (my own) generally: meh. I turned 49 at just after 1am, although that was in 1957 and I don’t know if Daylight Savings Time was observed in Western Colorado then, so the actual time may vary. This year has already been one in which age and health and wellness have loomed larger than usual; losing Mom in June was hard enough, but many of the maladies that got her in the end have at least a partial genetic component. I’ve never been a smoker due to my allergies, but that doesn’t leave…

  • Uncategorical Weirdness

    David’s Home!! Yayyyyy!

    September 22, 2006 - By 

    My week of driving the hybrid is over with; I picked David up at the airport tonight after work. It’s been a long week of watching season premieres with nobody to talk to except the cat. David’s technical conference was a big success as far as he’s concerned, as he connected with a lot of people and got a fair amount of recognition. I coped with driving to O’Hare to get him this evening after work, and waited in O’Hare’s new “cell phone lot” until he got his bags and called to tell me which “vestibule number” he’d wait at…

  • Clan: McTiVo

    Amazing Race 10: Clueless In Seattle, Eyeless in Beijing

    September 17, 2006 - By 

    The screaming begins! And the show I love, love, love, is starting out in my old home, Seattle. I’m going to try to liveblog this one, too. Very boring for you, but fun for me, so deal. AHHHHH! The sundial from the top of Gasworks Hill is the starting point. When Phil is on screen explaining the rules, my old neighborhood is just over his left shoulder, at the end of the high metal bridge. In other words, “I can see my condo from here.” And we’re off. Racearoundtheworld! Many legs, no hints. 8 elimination point pitstops. And in this…

  • Perfectly Dreadful Movies

    Immortal: A Perfectly Dreadful, but Beautifully Rendered Movie

    September 17, 2006 - By 

    Immortal DVD | Movie and TV Reviews | SCI FI Weekly Oh, lucky day. I was channel surfing just now and stumble onto the opening credits of tonight’s SciFi.com “scinema” feature, Immortal. Struck by the oddity of just one character so far being played by a fully human actor, and most others with some sort of weird CGI overlay, I decided to record it and see what happens. So far, there’s ripoffs of concepts from the original Stargate movie (Egyptian gods emerging from sarcophagi), stylistic nods to Blade Runner, the Fifth Element, the European science fiction magazine Heavy Metal, and…