Archive for April 4th, 2007

TGV 574.8km/h

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

France’s electric train. You can watch the whole thing here.



16 months: Cold Turkey

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Baby Smithers is off the bottle as of yesterday. He is not stoked about it.

He uses a sippy cup everywhere else. School, grandma’s house, etc. But Mrs. Smithers and I have still been giving him the bottle at home because it calms him down so easily. But lately he has been walking around the house with an empty bottle hanging out of his mouth so it’s clear that he is getting a bit too pacified.

Time to man up, grow up and use a sippy cup just like his dad.

He has been letting us know, in no uncertain terms, that he wants the bottle back but we are hanging tough over here. It’s the first time he has come to the conclusion that mom and dad aren’t always awesome.

(sent wireless via Treo 650)



10 Reasons You Aren’t Rich

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Actually, there are 11 reasons.

11. You are not the heir of one of the following: Gates, Buffett, Helu, Kamprad, Mittal, Adelson, Arnault, Ortega, Ka-shing, Thompson, Ellison, Bettencourt, Alwaleed, Ambani, Albrecht, Ambramovich, Persson, Ambani, Allen.



Memo to Michael Chertoff

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

UK Telegraph:

Mr Chertoff said that “we can do a good job with the known terrorists, if we have their name, or if we’ve previously arrested them and have their fingerprint on file” but a more potent threat was the terrorist with no known form.

“The fear has always been the so-called ‘clean skin’ - that’s a person whose documents are completely legitimate, are not forged.”

Clean skin? Pick a new term.



LGR vs. Urthel

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

The polls have closed, the results are in.

Respect the will of the people.



Note to VeloNews

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

When you have to explain a joke, it ain’t funny.



Are you a parent?

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

Good luck holding tears on this one.

This is an example of what I most love about Baby Smithers right now, and the kid in this video is a perfect example of it. Total and complete sincerity.