As a very late wedding gift to my friend Sybil Baker, I told her I’d make a book trailer for her upcoming book, called “The Life Plan.” Actually, when she first started talking to me about a book trailer, I didn’t even know what that meant. But it’s basically a short video advertisement for a… Continue reading “The Life Plan” book trailer
Category: Drivel
Drivel
Todd’s TSA Fantasy
Yesterday Beth and I traveled home by flying Southwest Airlines from New Orleans to Denver. As I was getting dressed, I had this little fantasy: Wouldn’t it be cool if when we arrived they told us, “By order of the Obama Administration, the TSA has eliminated all elements of Security Theater and replaced them with… Continue reading Todd’s TSA Fantasy
WordPress 2.7
I just upgraded my site to WordPress 2.7. Please let me know if you see anything wrong. Thanks.
Dear God, please stop the wind.
One of the disadvantages of living at the top of the hill overlooking open space is that we get a lot of wind in the winter. Last night and this morning, it’s unusually bad. According to the web, the highest gust last night was 82. I think it’s blowing pretty steadily at about 50 to… Continue reading Dear God, please stop the wind.
random death
When I was a teenager, I spent a lot of time playing a role playing game called Traveller. If you’ve never heard of it, one of the fundamental game rules is that instead of just “rolling up” a character like you do in Dungeons & Dragons, you create a character who’s age 18 and then… Continue reading random death
red and blue
I got this email from a left wing friend of mine this morning. He lives in California. While I doubt all these statistics are 100% accurate, I think the message they send it mostly true, and quite hilarious. It reminded me of my despair being stuck in a red state at the last election, though… Continue reading red and blue
Todd’s lazy Sunday
Today is the first day I’ve had in weeks where I didn’t have anything planned. And so I’m hoping to take best advantage of it and catch up on a ton of R&R. Not only that, but I got an extra hour due to the time change! Last weekend was fully action packed, because I… Continue reading Todd’s lazy Sunday
cool new TV and a strange coincidence
My awesome new television arrived yesterday. It’s a Samsung LN46A750 high definition LCD TV. To go with it, I bought a Sony BDP-S350 Blu-ray Disc Player. Together, they’re amazing! The first two discs I bought are “Blade Runner” and “The Fifth Element”. Last night, I watched parts of “Blade Runner” in 1080/24p and tonight I’m… Continue reading cool new TV and a strange coincidence
Heather Locklear, Botox Poster Girl
From The Smoking Gun: Actress Heather Locklear was arrested by the California Highway Patrol in September 2008 on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription drugs. After receiving a call from a motorist who saw the 47-year-old Locklear driving erratically, officers found the TV star parked on the side of a road blocking traffic.… Continue reading Heather Locklear, Botox Poster Girl
Polycom DMA 7000
On the off chance you wonder what I do for a living, the product I’ve been working on at Polycom for the past year just got officially announced. It is the Polycom Distributed Media Application™ DMA 7000. Here’s our press release: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Polycom-Inc-NASDAQ-PLCM-899775.html And here’s our product web page: http://www.polycom.com/usa/en/products/video/conference_management_scheduling/dma_7000.html