From the monthly archives:

March 2009


Dana Kunze’s 172 Foot World Record High Dive

by John P.

dana-kunzeHere’s a question for you. How much would it take to get you to climb a 172 foot tall tower that is swaying in the wind, wearing multiple bikinis? Then, how much more to jump off? Finally, how about jumping off and doing somersaults all the way down to the water where you could easily break your neck and die?

For me? Priceless. For Dana Kunze? Oh, that’s free!

Dana holds the record for “World’s Highest Dive”, and this is a video of that actual event. Interestingly, he didn’t just successfully complete the dive. He did it with absolutely perfect form. Now that takes cojones of steel and iron nerves as well.
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Extreme Sheep Herding! What? Yeah, You Herd Me!

March 30, 2009

Karen R. passed this little gem to me the other day, and she came into my office at work and was like… “you have to check out the extreme sheep herding!” I was like, “WTF?” But she was like, “just open the link I sent you.” So, without having any idea of what the heck [...]

Another Side of John P.

March 30, 2009
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There are probably like two people out there who actually would like to see another photo of me. But I guess this is for the two of you. It’s a self portrait taken with a Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 28-135 f 3.5-5.6 IS lens, mounted on a tripod, using a Canon TC-80N3 remote. The [...]

Obama Hits the AIG Spot

March 29, 2009

Much love to my boy Philly D for this little gem. This is the best little cartoon I’ve seen about the new Obama administration yet. We’ve got all your favorite characters in here… Hillary, Holder, Biden, Emmanuel, Geitner – take your pick. So, after you take a look at this, let me know if it [...]

SEDO’s Domain Brokerage Service SCREWS Me!

March 27, 2009

Folks, I’m here to share a story with you that I can hardly believe occurred. It’s the story of a major violation of trust between myself and a company we hired to specifically represent us as the buyer’s broker in a purchase transaction. That company is SEDO, and this story is, well judge for yourself… [...]

The New Star Trek 2009 Movie Trailers ROCK!!!

March 25, 2009
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Dear Lord. Let Christmas 2009 come early this year so that I can watch the new Star Trek movie (Even the Web site rocks!!!!!). It looks like it is going to be the best Star Trek I’ve ever seen. And believe me… being the huge geek that I am, I’ve seen them ALL. I just [...]

The Music of Microsoft Windows

March 25, 2009

This is an absolutely amazing piece of music which was created using only the sounds from Windows. It just doesn’t need any further introduction. Enjoy!

Today’s Moment of Zen, A Bubble Blowing Dolphin

March 24, 2009

You know, there are an awful lot of things that we can be worrying about now days. Take the economy for example. Today, the market made a nearly 7% recovery in one day! But I’m worried that it will make a 4% dive during the week just to even things out. But you know who [...]

10 of the World’s Fastest Humans

March 23, 2009

I was sitting around being lazy, and taking my sweet time to do it mind you, when I decided to check out some folks who do things a little quicker than me. In fact, I decided to find the fastest people I could, who were doing just about anything that people actually do fast! So, [...]

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