Hide A Case – Silly video for a silly contest

April 19, 2011

Several moons ago I heard that Canadian Club Whisky was reviving their Hide A Case program and looking for people to compete in a contest for $100,000. Being inclined towards such things, I entered.
The whole thing was an extension of a scavenger hunt promotion that Canadian Club did back in 1967, where they hid cases [...]

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What are the Great Geek Debates?

March 24, 2011

For a silly little project I am noodling on, I need to collect some of the Greatest Debates in the Realm of Geekery! Those things that, when targeted at the right people, will spark mayhem and finger waving of truly spectacular proportions. For example, in the realm of Comics the question of “Who is faster: [...]

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Peek inside the Freestyle Custom Coke Machine

March 3, 2011

Shops around Phoenix have been rolling out the new customizable Coke machines. These are called Freestyle Coke machines and they let you make your own flavor from 106 different combos. The entire thing is driven by a touch screen, and has sub-menus to help you refine your flavor. For example, if you pick Diet Coke, the [...]

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Misery loves company, and lots of alcohol

February 28, 2011

They call it the Strong Beer Festival. You might think that means they serve strong beer. Other years you would be right, but this year it was primarily because you had to be strong to simply attend.
You can normally throw a dart at a calendar and hit a sunny day in Phoenix, but on February [...]

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Overdosing on Homeopathy – There’s Nothing To It

February 15, 2011

On February 5 I joined the local Skeptics in the Pub to overdose on homeopathic arsenic. We did it as part of 10:23 Campaign – a global effort to show that homeopathy is nothing more than pseudoscience.  There is nothing effective about homeopathic remedies, and that can be a dangerous thing.
Homeopathy is not just alternative [...]

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Phoenix restaurant suggestions from Phoenix food fans

December 17, 2010

One of Phoenix’s shining features, to the perpetual consternation of my waistline, is an incredible array of good food. While it may take some driving to get there, if you’re willing to spend some time behind the wheel, tastiness abounds!
I was hit online with a request for local suggestions for where a vistor to the [...]

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The Greatest Sherlock Holmes

October 21, 2010

Moriarty is a bit of an interesting last name. It gets mangled a bit (“Mormontree” once) but not nearly as much as some. When telling it to someone, I automatically spell it afterwards by default. I’m forever removing extra I’s from various locations.  It is when I run into a Sherlock Holmes fan, though, that [...]

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The sadness of a “gay wedding”

October 9, 2010

This afternoon I will be attending the wedding of a female friend to her female partner.  It’s the first time I’ve been to such a ceremony, and it makes me sad that it stands out.
From everything I’ve seen, these two ladies just love the hell out of each other. They are absolutely adorable together, and [...]

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Spametry – Poetry from my Spam Folder

August 30, 2010

Friends, I am in love. Yes, yes, this happens to me on a regular basis, but sometimes cupid attacks from a strange place, and this time he got me via my spam folder.
I received the most poetic, beautiful spam I think has ever been crafted by pseudo random code. Read on and see why I [...]

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Sharing my Items of Interest

July 8, 2010

Image by Getty Images via @daylife

While not blogging nearly as much as I should of late, I do still read voraciously online. I read blogs on everything from webcomics to tech to social media to screenwriting to skeptics to the inability to punctuate long lists of items in sentences to self-referential references*.
I’ve always lacked a [...]

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