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We won the Washington Post Treasure Hunt
So this last weekend, Dave Barry and Gene Weingarten organized a big honking treasure hunt through parts of DC... roughly 5000 people attended and competed for the grand prize of an all expenses...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 17:12:00 GMT
Harry Potter
We had a Harry Potter party this last weekend, that went really well. I put some pictures in the Halloween gallery. I was dressed as Snape. Lynn was Trelawney. Lochen was Harry...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:57:00 GMT
Capricorn
We were looking at zodiac images the other day when Lynn said "You know, I never really looked at Capricorn very closely before. What the hell is that thing?"A good question. For the most ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:55:00 GMT
Religious Slogans part 1
I came across this handy reference list of slogans for varying religious beliefs:Catholics - If you feel guilty, you're in the right placeJews - Even God couldn't get rid of usPresbyterians - We may b...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:08:00 GMT
White Clothes
I was wondering why painters still seem to always wear those white pants. It's not like they only use white paint, and therefore paint stains won't be an issue. On the contrary, their "whi...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:57:00 GMT
Horse power
Why is it we are still measuring car performance in terms of horse power? As a society, we've been using cars for over a hundred years. Shouldn't we be measuring it in terms of "car power"...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:01:00 GMT
Speeding
I was driving along the highway last night, among several other drivers, all of us going at least 20 miles over the speed limit. We all zoomed right past a cop, but he just sat there and did not...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:07:00 GMT
Star Wars : New Adventures
My kids have been playing Star Wars Battlefront II on the Xbox of late. The game is awesome, with many different battle scenarios you can play, on various planets, and the ability to play as mul...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:13:00 GMT
Howard Jones vs Phil Collins
The other day I was reminded of a bizarre conversation I had in high school...Flashback to 1985:I was sitting in class next a couple of girls... one was the kind that wore all black every day and had ...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:26:00 GMT
Noah and his ark
I was thinking about Noah and the ark the other day, and the thing that I kept wondering about was the animals. Exactly what kinds of animals was Noah likely to find for the ark? It was my...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:04:00 GMT
