“The researchers from Harvey Mudd College determined that children who watched more television had a greater chance of winning trivia games than those who did not watch TV. The study found that the chance of winning such games rose by 34 percent for every hour of television watched.” – more
Category: Etc
Movable Type Test
Testing to see why MT is suddenly combining entires. Test TEst
Simple Pleasures in Palestine
“Claiming more than 1,600 historic landmarks (second only to Galveston in the state)” –
Texas Highways
I didn’t know that, thats a lot of markers. I’ve been around Palestine but never actually stopped to visit.
Other People’s Books
Flak Magazine: Other People’s Books, 08-13-03 “Why do we care about other people’s books? What’s it to us what somebody else is reading? … Still, we strain our eyes to make out the title of a stranger’s paperback, staring and not-staring as if it were a pretty girl or a one-armed man.”
I enjoying seeing what other people read, listen to, and watch. Thats how I find out about new things to experience that I wouldn’t have otherwise.
You might be from a small town if…
Camille here is your “we are moving to the country guide”. Get ready 🙂
Highlights include:
9. You bragged to your friends because you got pipes on your truck for your birthday.
23. Directions are given using “the” stoplight as a reference.
31. It is normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawnmower.
Continue reading “You might be from a small town if…”
SciFi Expo – July 12-13
Looks like Jeremy Bulock (Boba-Fett) and the Adrian & neil Rayment (Matrix Twins) are all going to be at the SciFi Expo here in Dalls. Also Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) and Billy Dee Williams(Lando Calrissian) are going to be there and others. Guess I know where I’ll be that weekend 🙂
Camille generally doesn’t like cons so I guess I’ll have to go it alone, unless i can talk her into it.
Roswell Declassified
“Formerly secret files finally reveal the truth about the world’s most famous UFO incident” [ more at Popular Mechanics]
I am not at all surprised with there findings, but I still think there is more to the story.
Winer Number
“It is stipulated as an axiom that Bill Kearney has the lowest possible non-zero Extended Winer Number.” – Mark on the Winer Number
This has got to be the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time.
New Tabasco Stuff
Tabasco has added some new stuff to there website. The TABASCO® Microwave Cheese Popcorn and the Eastman Outdoor Condiment Sauces are looking pretty good to me.
Hot Wings in Dallas
The GuideLive has the low down on GuideLive.com > Hot wings in Dallas. Of the 2 highest rated Wingstop and Pluckers, i’ve not been to Pluckers. I agree that wingstop has awesome wings, the atomics almost killed me, but they were worth the pain 🙂 I’ll have to give Pluckers a shot.