This place practically has my name on it:

radegasthall.com/

Ever notice that "meteoric" and "mediocre" sound way to similar. Imagine if someone were to give a speech about your career and they chose one of these words but accidently said the other. You really couldn't blame it on a Freudian slip, so you couldn't really accuse the speaker of hiding their true feelings - but it would still be on the record, then there would be retractions and corrections & clarifications. It would end up being very complicated (and inconvenient)...

Why is it that ... read more

Thanks to Einar I have some pics of my new helm in my photo section. The metalwork is awesome (www.knotwolf.com) and I'm really happy with the final fit. The chin strap mount worked out better that I could have guessed, and the ventilation is a huge improvement over my old helm. The weight is pretty comparable to my old helm and it was hard to improve on visibility, but I'm much happier with the look of this one.

On Easter Sunday, 2006, The Plain Dealer (Ohio's largest newspaper) placed the linked article on the front page:
www.cleveland.com/search/index.ssf

What's most interesting is not that this non-news story was published, but that is was on the front page. Why do I call it non-news? Simple - the story doesn't tell you what happened - it tells you what the media MADE happen. A story that told you what happened would tell you who pays how ... read more

Its hard to find a sport where one thing always happens the same way every time, no matter what. Football doesn't have one & baseball doesn't have one. Neither golf, soccer or hockey have one. Only Basketball has one thing that is always the same, everytime, no matter what. There is no defense to get past, no wind, no sun, no one else handles the ball, and the one person involved doesn't even have to move. The basket is always in the same location, horizontally & vertically, from the fou... read more