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Star Trek does Monty Python

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 29th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The Internet was invented for stuff like this.



Spider-Man 3

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Meh. Too much soap opera action and not enough web slinging action.



Kids sports are expensive

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 27th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

I’d make some snarky comment about the parent spending $10,000 a year on his pre-teens hockey career, but since I have a $4000 saddle that was custom made in England being delivered today, I probably should just stay quiet.
Although in my defense, this saddle will work as both a hunter and dressage saddle, […]



Homeschooling: The Book

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 27th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Milton Gaither, a professor at Messiah College in Grantham, PA. has just published Homeschool: An American History, which looks to be a rather robust and even handed view of the home as the center of education in the US. I know nothing about Professor Gaither other than what I’ve picked up via his blog. Given […]



Fredericksburg Blogger Happy Hour

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

If you weren’t there you missed David buying a round of microbrews, followed up by Bryan passing around shots of Tequila. Mike is a professional photographer but thankfully he didn’t have his camera with him to capture what happened after Jim ordered up a round of Jägermeister.
Either that, or we all hung out for a […]



Schlitz is back

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Schlitz has gone back to the classic 60s formula and will be selling it in the classic brown longneck with the old school label. I’ve heard that the original Schlitz was a decent beer before cost cutting in the 70s ruined it. I’ll certainly let you know if I get the opportunity to drink it. […]



Another sign that gas prices are killing the economy

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Cowboys are carpooling to get to rodeos.
That can’t be good for the horse’s back.



links for 2008-06-25

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 25th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Gmaps Pedometer
figure out distances on walking / running routes
(tags: google hiking)

How to: Get Rid of Annoying Firefox Crashes in Ubuntu Hardy (Flashplugin-nonfree) | BioEng Thing
I haven’t tested extensively, but this seems to have worked.
(tags: flash ubuntu)

Good Grief: A Day Playing Catch With Charlie Brown
(tags: baseball comics peanuts)



One of the greatest power ballads ever

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

This is also a test of a hack to bypass the “feature” on Youtube that allows Universal Music to sop embedding of their videos. How dare fans provide free publicity. We can’t have that, it’s anarchy!
The video is here if my hack fails.



links for 2008-06-24

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Yep Roc Records > Store
Peter Buck (of REM) and friends did an album of baseball tunes.
(tags: baseball music)

Freedman: Increasingly Going to Extremes – Capital Weather Gang
(tags: weather)