The stories you hear about the sons and daughters of preachers being wild and crazy are true. Children that grow up watching parents who are forced to be holier than though in front of their congregations and seeing what happens when those same parents inevitably relax or mess up at home generally become jaded. I was one of these types of preacher’s kids who lost their respect for their parents at a young age and picked his own much more hedonistic path instead.… read more “The Friendless”
Facts
Facts: Tea party members do not refer to themselves as teabaggers. Fox news is yellow journalism. Obama has raised taxes. Obama is 100% American. Obama has created onerous new government regulations. Obama is doing everything he can to make America a better place. CNN, NBC, Jon Stewart, and the NYTimes have lighter shades of yellow journalism.… read more “Facts”
Still Walking Japanese Movie
Very good film about a Japanese family. I recommend it.
Going out in LA
Half the time you have to wait in line while people walk up to the front and grease the bouncers palms.
Wine chatter
Drinking wine and talking shop, music, and homosexual touching.
Kinda Lonely- Watch This Universe Video
If you don’t feel a bit lonely after watching this video on the scale of the universe, you need to watch it again.
htaccess Redirect Without Changing Address Bar URL
I had a problem: I wanted any URL that showed up after a certain directory to just pull from one file. So for example:
www.example.com/images/tree.jpg
www.example.com/images/2345.png
www.example.com/images/823947dfkasdf-dasdlkfjjk.html
All should point to:
www.example.com/image1.png
I found this excellent solution from jdMorgan at Webmasterworld:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^images /image1.png
Home by Edward Sharp & The Magnetic Zeroes
Awesome folk song
Napoleon of Average Height
According to Wikipedia and some other articles I read, Napoleon was actually of average height (5’7” at the time) and not short like his popular reputation & 1908 psychologist Alfred Adler made him out to be. He was thought to be short because of differences in the way French pouce and the British inch (French pouce was larger) and disparagements in the British press.
USDA Home Loans program EXTENDED?
The USDA home loan program is running out of money right now, but it appears that Congress is about to extend the program. Two bills are sitting in the house and are very likely to pass. If you want to lock a USDA home loan in Washington today, click on the link and talk to Nick Fitzer about how he can help you with your home loan. … read more “USDA Home Loans program EXTENDED?”