Author: todd

Kitchen Remodel For those who couldn’t make it to our “kitchen warming” party last weekend, I put this web page together with a few “before and after” photos of our kitchen remodel project. The party was a blast, although it took a lot of time to prepare for and I spent most of the party… Continue reading Kitchen Remodel

Ex-Bush Aide Who Edited Climate Reports to Join ExxonMobil – New York Times – Why doesn’t this surprise me? It makes me wonder if our government has some secret plan to make distribution and sale of petrochemicals a government service, just like Social Security and public education.

I’m a bachelor once again this weekend. Just me and Rufus Poofus Underfoot. I took myself out for some Mexican food for dinner and then came home and watched “Swingers” for the first time ever. This is a great movie! I was inspired to rent it after listening to a recent review of it on… Continue reading Swingers

BBC – Radio 3 – Beethoven Experience – downloads – Cool, free Beethoven MP3s, courtesy of the BBC. Now, why doesn’t the US government support the arts as well as the British government? The US government seems to always ask “how much less can we support culture in our country?” while the British government appears… Continue reading BBC – Radio 3 – Beethoven Experience – downloads

Johnny Cash – Wow, this music video just gave me goosebumps. It goes with a Nine Inch Nails song that Johnny Cash recorded about 6 months before his death. If you have any clue of what the song’s about and know anything about Mr. Cash’s life, I’m sure you’d agree this is a very powerful… Continue reading Johnny Cash

Threadless T-Shirts – Dark side of the Garden, by Glenn Jones – If I didn’t have so damn many t-shirts already, I’d buy this in an instant.

BBC NEWS | Technology | UK company launches in-car toilet – Finally, something to do with the back 2 rows of seats in your Ford Excursion – the ones that go unused 99% of the time on your way to and from the office.

Grocery Store Wars | Join the Organic Rebellion – Here’s a hilarious Star Wars spoof film, with all the characters played by vegetables. There’s an agenda here, and it’s to promote buying organic produce, which I think is a fine idea. But the animated veggies are just hilarrious! Check it out.

I’ll probably end up writing a travelogue for this trip, but for now here are best of the photos. Actually, this page is thumbnails of scaled down versions of the best photos.

Well, I’m back from my weekend of rafting and hiking. It was much wilder than expected, and I’m still so exhausted from Saturday’s “hike” that I’m taking the day off work to recover. On Friday, we all met and camped at the put in site, near Loma, Colorado. Saturday morning, we rafted (and, in my… Continue reading wilderness weekend