Posted on March 24, 2008 by grandweepers
At a recent protest of Scientology a member of Anonymous was shocked to find a picture of his face along with his real name and address on the sign of a fellow protester. He crossed the street and walked up the avenue all the while noticing that the “Anonymous Protesters” holding the sign followed him. He alerted friends [...]
Filed under: Scientology | Tagged: anonymous, cult, Gareth Alan Cales, Scientology | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 24, 2008 by grandweepers
I am very pleased to find so many people and websites devoted to guitar design; particularly ergonomic guitar designs. But, despite the many new and different designs I see most guitars still have the same ‘ol standard scale lengths. I’ve been meaning to address this for a while, but I just haven’t had the time to [...]
Filed under: Guitar, Jazz, Musical Gear, luthier, short scale | Tagged: byrdland, chord, ergonomics, fender, gibson, jagstang, jaguar, Jazz, mustang, short scale | 7 Comments »
Posted on March 21, 2008 by grandweepers
Am I the only one that dislikes the trend towards putting news stories on video? For instance, if I go to my page and there is a headline that interests me I will click on it and read the article. But, If there is a video then another window will put up. I’ll have to [...]
Filed under: Light n' Fluffy | Tagged: annoying, google, news, video, yahoo, YouTube | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 20, 2008 by grandweepers
I read a new article recently entitled, The Mystery of Global Warming’s Missing Heat. The basis of the article is that scientists have been expecting to see a rise in the oceans average temperature but that rise hasn’t happened. Here is the first paragraph of the article:
Filed under: Politics, Religion, and Money, news | Tagged: climate change, global warming | 5 Comments »
Posted on March 18, 2008 by grandweepers
I’ll never vote for Barack Obama. It has nothing to do with the color of his skin, and everything to do with his politics.
I think that this simple sentence above needs to read, and repeated.
Filed under: Politics, Religion, and Money | Tagged: barack obama, black, democrat, obama, politics, race, republican, white | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 4, 2008 by grandweepers
The co-creator of the popular game Dungeons and Dragons passed away today. He passed away in his Lake Geneva home at the age of 69. He is survived by his wife and six children.
Word is that he was killed by a lowly one hit-die orc with a short sword. A sad way to go for [...]
Filed under: Heavy Things, Light n' Fluffy, news | Tagged: D&D, Dungeons and Dragons, Gary Gygax, Roleplaying games, rpgs, TSR | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 3, 2008 by grandweepers
Well, I’m down about 20 lbs now. However, the rate of progress is slowing down considerably. These first twenty pounds were pretty easy. But, each pound is now getting harder to get. I’m going to have to take additional steps if I want to get those next twenty pounds.
So far, I’ve concentrated on portion control, [...]
Filed under: Blog Issues, Diet and Health | Tagged: diet, exercise, nutrition | 3 Comments »