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Writer’s Block

I get writer’s block sometimes. That’s not true, I get it often. Here’s a great article about it that I felt I had to share. If you’re a writer or a friend of a writer, read this article.

Florida Panther Season Ticket Renewals Redux

In a previous entry on my blog (Florida Panther Season Ticket) I talked about the Panthers. Here’s more news. I finally got an e-mail asking if I was going to renew. Here’s my edited reply: We had talked before and you were going to call me back. It’s been about eight weeks. Anyway, that’s beside […]

Queen and American Idol

First, there was the new Queen, see my review at: Queen + Paul Rodgers (Miami Concert Review w/set list) and now there’s American Idol doing Queen. Many Queen fans expected a train wreck, and indeed a train wreck is what we got. Fat Bottomed Girls: I never pictured this as a country song. I am […]

More reasons airlines suck

Airlines to Begin Charging for AmenitiesExcerpts From Associated Press Article on April 03, 2006 7:23 PM EDT (My comments interspersed in bold) Airlines are starting to charge for many services that once were free – such as assigned seating, paper tickets and blankets. What? They haven’t started charging for toilet paper yet?Air travelers who don’t […]

A Sad Story About a Cat

Today, at work, one of the ladies in the bookkeeping department came in to tell me there was a small cat in the parking lot at work and she had fed it but she thought it was sick. I asked her if it was someone’s cat and she said she didn’t think so because it […]

Global Warming

Our “President” continues to insist global warming doesn’t exist. Yet this headline from today says otherwise. Melting ice threatens sea-level rise, shrunken polar glaciers, temps at 130,000-year highsExcerpt From Associated Press March 23, 2006 WASHINGTON – Already the Earth is shaking beneath melting ice as rising temperatures threaten to shrink polar glaciers and raise sea […]

A Cute Little Sigfile

 (__/)(=’.’=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your(“)_(“) signature to help him gain world domination. This just totally appealed to my warped sense of humour. I thought I’d post it here for anyone to steal.

Great British Design Competition (Contest)

I am pleased to see Concorde has won the British Design Competition (link shows the winners) for the best ever in British Design, and in second place was the Tube Map! Congratulations Concorde! You can see my Concorde page at http://www.darsys.com/concorde.html — that will in turn link you to my other Concorde pages. I love […]

A literal pain in the neck

Yesterday, I found out I have a slipped vertebrae or disc in my neck. It’s the one right where my neck passes my shoulder. I’m not quite clear on which, but more information will be given to me this Saturday when I return to the doctor. I do know it’s painful as hell. This has, […]

NHL Florida Panthers Hockey Message Boards

Hello! Last week an exciting beta test began for a small group of hockey fans. Today, I am pleased to open the beta test for everyone — all hockey fans are welcome. I’ll put the URL at the bottom of this post, but read on first. I’ve created a Message Board System running phpBB — […]