My buddy Josh "The General" Westmoreland was deployed to Iraq earlier this month. It looks as though he is doing good from the email he wrote. To keep everyone up to speed down at The Lodge, I have made this header to mark his spot for updates on our bulletin board.

HEE HAW???? Sign me up!!!

I guess Walmart wasn't moving their PSP starter kits very well, because I found this for a buck.

Every now and then he'll ask if there is any word about the Sidekick coming to Cingular. Someday he'll jump ship and join us.
It's Friday everyone. Pool party at my place after work, bring some chips and a side dish.

Ragan and I were discussing the lyrics of a couple songs today, and one happened to be Alice In Chains Angry Chair.
We have come to conclude that this angry chair that they are singing about HAS to be a toilet. I mean seriously, read the lyrics, and see what you think.

Ragan and I were discussing the lyrics of a couple songs today, and one happened to be Alice In Chains Angry Chair.
We have come to conclude that this angry chair that they are singing about HAS to be a toilet. I mean seriously, read the lyrics, and see what you think.

We get lots of catalogs from several vendors trying to solicit our business, but we have never gotten one like this. The sticker on the poster tube reads "moisture management tee shirt special enclosed". Inside is a poster calendar for the month of July, and it really has nothing to do with the merchandise they are selling which happens to be athletic apparel. Again, nothing like what is pictured.
Ragan asked where the rest of the month's were. It was certainly a good laugh. Hey, it got us to visit the website.

Hello?! Bender IS the man... Or robot... Or whatever. Regardless Bender is the man.

Just reading the news and came across thisstory I had somewhat been following (read "heard about on the news") and it seems that "the little satellite that could" didn't. Now this is not the fault of the space craft mind you, rather I would say it would be the fault of the "Mission Planners".
First thing that made me shake my head was the fact they launched this in a missile from a Russian submarine somewhere in the Barents Sea. Granted a missle is nothing more than a rocket that is SUPPOSED to reach it's target and THEN crash into it. So I guess it COULD be modified to carry 4 million dollars worth of "space sails" into orbit. Yeah I guess I can see that.
Now here is where "it's not rocket science guys" comes into play. They tried this back in 2001 aboard (yes you guessed it) a similar missile with *shock* FAILURE. I'm all about shoe string budgets and all, look at what it has done for the Mars missions with NASA. Oh wait... My bad. Those didn't go that good either.
I am no "rocket scientist", but something tells me Russian missles, shoestring budgets, and space just don't mix. I guess the adage of "fool me once- shame on you.. Fool me twice- shame on me" doesn't really apply to the folks at the Planetary Society.
The picture of the girl is Carl Sagan's daughter with a Sidekick before the "S.S. Minnow" was lost. Certainly not the finer times of Yuri Gagarin, Sputnik, or my personal favorite Laika the space dog.

Not "give me a dry number one with ONLY bacon, cheese, and jalapeno"... I don't recall asking them to add SUCK for an extra quarter. Damn....