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Archive for August, 2007

Gotta Love Beauty Pageants

This is a few days old but quite hilarious… Why is one fifth of Americans not able to locate the USA on a map? Miss South Carolina seems to think we need more maps. And South Africa, and Iraq, such as. Or something.

If You’ve Got Arachnophobia…

( Science )

… don’t visit Lake Tawakoni State Park in Texas. You might end up getting caught in that 200 yard spider web.

I Need A New Ipod…

… but instead of heading out to the store this weekend, I think I’ll be waiting to see what sorts of goodies Apple will announce at their September 5 “special event”. I bet they’ll announce some neat new gadget. Maybe a touchscreen Ipod? Now that would be cool.

26 Miles

Alright, I’m on a mission. My goal is the 2008 Los Angeles Marathon. I’ve got about six and a half months to get in shape. I’ve never run a marathon before, and something tells me I might regret this…. 26 miles of non-stop running? Right now 6 miles seems like a lot…. But in a [...]

Will It Blend?

Many companies have hopped on the web 2.0 bandwagon to market their products or services – via blogs, Second Life, You Tube campaigns, etc. More often than not, their efforts are pretty unimpressive. There are exceptions though, and they don’t have to be complicated. Here’s one example that I think is a great viral marketing [...]