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This is the blog of a one Ben Wilson, a Louisville, Kentucky native who enjoys baseball, beer, music, bikes, things that fly and good food. By day he pushes pixels and makes the Internet happen for a local advertising agency. His wife, Kelly is an Ironman, and his baby Amelia is the cutest thing ever. |
The Helios solar-powered aircraft from NASA’s Dryden Research Center has crashed into the Pacific! It was a one-of-a-kind craft, and truly amazing! Uber-lightweight, and capable of staying aloft for a long, long time…. NASA does intend on building another, saying “the technology is worth pursuing”.
Wanna see some movies?
I, ben wilson, the undersigned, to solemnly swear that Nirvana’s “In Utero” will rock me until I cannot be rocked by physical means. I said earlier tto m@ that I think that In Utero may very well be the finest album — nay, finest collection of sounds — ever recorded by humans. I stand by that, but I might be biased. A man, rocked as I am, could be biased.
From The Smoking Gun‘s “Document of the Day”:
JUNE 25–Meet Dion Milam. The 30-year-old California inmate may be the scariest looking criminal TSG has ever seen. Milam, who wears “Aryan” and “Honor” tattoos above his eyebrows and a swastika tat on his neck, was charged yesterday in a methamphetamine case (his brother-in-law allegedly tried to mail the drug into the Stanislaus County Jail, where Milam is being held on a murder charge). The below mug shot was taken earlier this year following Milam’s arrest in the murder case. Milam, who pulled a gun on sheriff’s deputies, got roughed up a bit as he resisted arrest. (1 page)
ben: that man is the pride of the species and i think we should breed him for our own horrible bloodsport.
it would be called “Aryan Honor” it would start out small and eventually gain a loyal following. then would be exposed as fake and scripted. in the wake of that scandal, reality shows with many of the same “actors” would be created one of which would be “Goat House“. “Goat House“, much like “Survivor” would be the true original, by which future shows are modeled and poorly copied. but even the true originator must wane and then the obvious sequel and a true triumph of a pun — “Goat Boat” would be spawned.
m@: you’ve got an entire TV empire in the works here… just waiting for the societal depravity required to set it in motion…
ben: danielle refers to my flights of fancy as “elaborate daymares”.
m@: heheheh.
(let’s face it folks… i’m just ripping off TVGoHome)
update: caption – “hey buddy, you’ve got a little custer in your mustache!”
further update: that picture is still creeping me out.
lots of heat in the house.
insurance will fix, hopefully.
make things better than before.
but until then, it’s hot.
I give unto thee, a pamphlet from the Church of Scientology, circa 1976. link lifted from DiePunyHumans, now with more RSS!
BTW, get the skinny on Scientology over at Operation Clambake.
1. finish preparations for 4th of July party that Kelly and I are throwing.
2. consider starting a site for friends to drop links / observations into. yes, it sounds like killoggs, but i’ve expressed my love for them before.
3. on the same subject, kelly told me she has considered creating a site of her own. she even discussed website design with me on the way up to cincinatti yesterday. i was so happy. perhaps set up moveable type for her.
4. get kygeek[dot]org in order.
5. complete “kristin mix volume one (T thru Z)”.
6. actually do some of these things instead of posting your intentions and then not completing them.
I am selling an OFFICIAL HARRY POTTER and the ORDER of the PHOENIX TOME CONVEYANCE. Bid early and often — serious inquiries only.
Today at work, I received this memo from our commander-in-chief:
Gentlemen
Some of you know that the urinal in the Corvus men’s room will occasionally get stuck in the “flush” position and overflow onto the floor. When it occurs (once or twice a year at this point), the only remedy (short of shutting off all water to the building) is the following:
- Grab or grasp the flathead screwdriver above the bathroom’s fluorescent light fixture.
- Remove the chrome “nut” (no comments necessary) – that should be only finger tight – from the front of the urinal plumbing.
- Turn the embedded screw clockwise until the water to the urinal is shut off and the overflow ceases.
- Look down at your now-wet shoes and quietly mutter “damn”.
- With the screwdriver, tap on the bulbous area behind the nut (again – no comment necessary) to loosen any hard water particles that may have caused the overflow in the first place.
- Carefully – turn the water back on, replace the nut and go on about your business. If for some reason, it begins to overflow again, shut it back off, make and post appropriate signage and contact the local authorities.
By working together comrades, we can assure a dry shoe future for ourselves and future generations.
(And by the way, if someone accidentally removes the official Corvus men’s room flathead screwdriver from it’s appointed place, we may find ourselves, literally, up sh*t creek without a paddle – well… p*ss creek anyway.)
BTW, I should note that where he mentions “turning the water off to the entire building” is not only funny, but entirely true — and yes, we scrambled to find a screwdriver the first couple of times it happened.
