Archive for April, 2006

Kobe Bryant Saves The Day

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

Twice! The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Phoenix Suns 99-98 today in game four of their first round playoff series thanks in no small part to the heroics of Kobe Bryant. First, a few seconds are left in regulation, and the Suns are inbounding the ball at mid-court up by ...

The Clippers Looked Awful

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

The Los Angeles Clippers lost game three of their playoff series with the Denver Nuggets tonight by a score of 94-87. I watched the tail end of the third quarter and all of the fourth quarter, and let me tell you...the Clippers looked awful. The Nuggets looked bad too. It ...

My Second $30 Tank of Gas

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

I wrote about my first $30 tank of gas a couple of weeks ago. Today I bought my second $30 tank. I purchased 9.648 gallons of regular unleaded gas at $3.319 per gallon for a grand total of $32.02. I am still shaking my head thinking about spending over $30 ...

iChannel Internet Radio

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

I have been bringing my iBook to the lab with me this week. I am giving a seminar on Friday and am preparing the accompanying slideshow on my iBook, since I plan to actually present the slideshow from a projector attached to my iBook. When I listen to music at work, ...

Akismet To The Rescue

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

I woke up this morning, checked my email, and found 17 spam comments awaiting moderation in my Wordpress queue. Unbelievable. The amount of spam comments on my two blogs (this one and The Bottom Shelf) has increased drastically in the last three weeks. Until about three weeks ago, about one spam ...

Rockstars of Comedy

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

On Friday night, Mike and I went down to Hollywood to see the DVD taping of the Rockstars of Comedy. The Rockstars are a collection of six standup comics. One of them, Stevie D., hosts a series of Thursday shows at The Laugh Factory in Hollywood every now and again. ...