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Colorado State Patrol is training with a new radar gun that can measure the distance between cars. The idea is the troopers can find people who are following too close and give them tickets. Personally, I HATE people that follow too close and normally try to leave a good amount of distance between cars. Part [...]

An interesting article yesterday on students that are rejecting traditional yearbooks for online alternatives. MyYearBook.com is one of the leading websites offering an alternative to printed yearbooks. In my opinion this is a wonderful idea – and an idea who’s time has come. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees. The article quotes Rich Stoebe, director of communications [...]

In the wake of Ben Roethlisberger’s motorcycle accident I have been getting more static than usual about riding my bike. My sister and I had a heated discussion today on the topic. I like to ride, but she thinks I shouldn’t because it’s dangerous. This discussion brings up some interesting (at least for me) philisophical [...]

In sad news today, CBS cancelled the reality show “Tuesday Night Book Club.” Whoever approved this show should be fired. Reality shows are bad enough when they are exciting, like American Idol or Survivor. People that go to Book Clubs stereotypically don’t live exciting lives anyway. What’s next, “Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting”? “American Nursing Home”?

Two days ago boing boing posted an article about a nasty letter they got from Baker & McKenzie, legal council for Infront Sports & Media, exclusive brodcasters of this year’s World Cup. Dave Taylor wrote a pointed critique of boing boing’s flippant response. He poses the question …it’s hard to deny that this is actively [...]

Found this great site earlier today, Secret Fun Spot. It’s a list of ‘retro-culture gallerys’. Basically the kind of stuff you used to find in the back of comic books or in dime stores. Everything from toys to halloween costumes.