Posts by: Ted
…no doubt, when saying so, he intended to live up to his word, for his word was to be taken in all things, with the exception of his promising not to drink whiskey.
–Jerry Church, founder of the town of Lock Haven
I went to the largest mall in America (based on total leasable square footage) today to do my Christmas shopping. It was a zoo—of humans. Each animal with an expression of soul-less death on their faces, no one was happy to be there, they were there because they had to be. The animals lined up [...]
Found this interesting article online. Well, ok, it’s not actually an article, it’s a write up about the article. The article itself is behind a paywall–but who pays for online content these days anyway?
Guess I should start planning my summit of Mt. Ranier ASAP…
Joe Paterno, legendary Penn State Football coach, was fired tonight, after 46 seasons at the helm of the program. His back to basics philosophy and rolled up khakis have become the stuff of legend in Happy Valley. JoePa was dismissed by the Board of Trustees of The Pennsylvania State University amidst much controversy [...]
Beal’s nightmarish life grew darker on a walking tour in the area around Kharkov in the fall of 1932. As he stepped off the beaten path, he saw a corpse lying by a ceek and was accosted by starving peasants. In the spring of 1933 he found a “dead horse and a dead man upon [...]
Steve Jobs died today. I have always been an ardent PC guy, but the profundity of Jobs’ passing is not lost on me. Jobs will go down as one of the greatest entrepreneurs and tech titans of our time–of all time. I have heard a number of names for my generation, from the millennials to [...]
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