by Kevin Pettway on September 2, 2010
It would be nearly impossible not to have heard about the proposed “Park 51″ mosque and community center that is trying to get itself build at GROUND ZERO in New York, where the Twin Towers fell. Formally named the Cordoba House after the primary party pushing this beast along, the Cordoba Initiative, the proposed mosque [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 31, 2010
Around the weekly gaming table we have recently started shaking things up a bit. Instead of alternating the same two D&D games every other week, we decided to play a totally different game for a month or two at a time, and then switch to the next game. Our first one was Call of Cthulhu, [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 26, 2010
Much excitement has been caused recently over the agreement recently recently by Google and Verizon. While it was not a formal business deal, the substance of the talks were which types of internet content to prioritize (bandwidth-wise) over others on wireless networks, and how best to go about it. the following describes the general public [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 24, 2010
Today’s first video is all about landscaping technology. It’s one of those “old way/new way” videos, with a brief safety message thrown in at the end. Our host seems like he’d be a fantastic guy to have a beer with, which as we all know makes him perfect presidential fodder. The next one shows something [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 19, 2010
Back in the mid-’80s, it became a fad for certain larger employers to purchase insurance for their employees. Now these were companies who typically (and concurrently) only paid for half of employee insurance, so the fact that they were paying for the whole thing looked like a pretty good deal. There were only two problems. [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 17, 2010
It seems as though I have left World of Warcraft behind me. I had an awesome time with it over the years, and I’d still recommend it to anyone looking to get into a MMORPG, but after five years…the bloom is off the rose. It is possible Lena and I will return for a while [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 12, 2010
Everything is alleged and based on the statements of the witnesses, except for the bit about the burka, which is totally made up.. This story starts in a familiar way for those who read last Thursday’s blog. Jarrod, an MMA fighter, his best friend and sparring partner Taylor, and another pal named Justin, were chillin’ [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 10, 2010
Today’s first video is a campaign speech. I know, I know, it seems dry and boring, but this isn’t just any politician. This is Basil Marceaux. The next video is here because I just can’t help it. Whenever I see one of these, I have no choice but to share. It’s like a city bus [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 5, 2010
(Story taken from the BBC News) So Geoff (37) is hanging out at this party in Liverpool and decides it’s going nowhere, so he calls his friend Amanda (24) on the phone to pick him and few others up from the party to head over to his house for drinks. Geoff and Amanda used to [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 3, 2010
First the pets. Lassie was a pretty great dog, not only for her ability to save Timmy from the well by talking the stupid kid’s parents into following her out into woods every week, but also for being able to be a farm dog with hair like that. But just how would the farm have [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 29, 2010
I try really hard not to be an asshole driver.I have always felt that the measure of a person was in how they treated people when they didn’t really have to be nice. Online, behind the wheel, dealing with service people, what have you. Once when I was sixteen and just leaning how to drive [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 27, 2010
Honestly I’m trying to move away from this sort of anti-religiony stuff. I still think it’s funny… but I’m not sure I think it’s important anymore. Lena told me she thought I was beginning to sound like some kook living alone in a shack with nothing better to do than shake his fist at the [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 22, 2010
Last Saturday I noticed a pain in my side. It hurt, but it wasn’t exactly killing me, so I put it out of my head and kept on doing whatever it was I had been doing. Sunday morning, it hurt pretty bad, but I was still working around it. By Sunday night, I had lain [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 20, 2010
To begin, we bring the happy. Then the drama… And finally, the funny!
by Kevin Pettway on July 15, 2010
One of mine and Lena’s favorite car games is Stupid Superpowers. The idea, as you might guess, is to come up with comic book “superpowers” that, while they might be useful in exactly the right circumstance, are probably not really all that “super”. A template for this would be the movie Mystery Men, where superpowers included such [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 13, 2010
The first video is here for a variety of reasons. This kid sounds good, he’s clearly having fun, but most of all it really makes me smile. This to me is one of the best things you can do with YouTube… other than overdubbing old Star Trek episodes. This next one smelled a bit viral [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 8, 2010
So Lena is really hot about this. Before I met my wife I knew that some of the Wonder Woman episodes with Lynda Carter had nazis, and some didn’t. That was most of what I knew, or cared to know, about Wonder Woman. I didn’t have anything against her, she just wasn’t one of the [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 6, 2010
This week’s selection is a sampling from that wonderful fixer of other peoples’ pop culture, How It Should Have Ended. These guys take our most popular movies, poke their fingers through the plot holes, and fix ‘em up with duct tape and sarcasm. You can probably understand the appeal this would have for me. The [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 1, 2010
Welcome to the town of Blackleaf. My players have been onto me for (I just realized how long it’s been now) two years to make them a map of their home town. I was always happy to do it… but somehow opportunity and inclination never coincided. (Also one of my players once expressed an interest [...]
by Kevin Pettway on June 29, 2010
BP stands for Bad Press. Or maybe it’s Bad Planning? Ah… now we know. BP stands for Biggest Prick. At the very least, it stands for Skewered on the YouTubes.