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Author Archives: Scott Allan

My new eBook Reader

Plastic Logic finally unveiled their Que Reader today at CES 2010.   It was the final eBook Reader I had been waiting on to see if I should get one.   I had been reading books on my Windows Mobile phone which was not ideal but I already owned it, the software was free, it was portable, [...]

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night


The twins

My wife flirted with disaster today. She has often told friends and family that her husband (that’s me) would leave her if she ever cut her hair short. I have to admit her long hair was really beautiful and probably the only reason I married her. Ok, there were [...]

Screw you Directv

Since I promised the billing representative I just talked to at Directv that I would blog about this, here we go.
OPEN LETTER TO DIRECTV:
I recently switched from Directv to Dish Network.  My bill dropped from $140/month to $66/month and I get all the same channels.  When the promotional period ends after 1 year I will [...]

Have we gone mad??

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the EPA (Obama administration) is going to classify Carbon Dioxide as a dangerous pollutant next week so that it can be regulated even without Congress passing any climate change legislation. This is the same Carbon Dioxide that we exhale when we breathe. This is the same [...]

Tiger’s only hope

Last I heard, there are now 10 women who have been identified as mistresses and I wouldn’t be surprised if that is just the tip of the iceberg. When Tiger married Elin, I thought she was about the 2nd hottest woman I had ever seen. My wife of course being FAR ahead in [...]

2009 Hoover Raiders 125 lbs Championship Journey


Gabi’s 6th Birthday

My princess turned 6 against my explicit rules that she stay five forever! I guess I can live with 6 but that’s it! No more birthdays.

Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize

The title is its own punchline.

Letterman

Letterman
let⋅ter⋅man [let-er-man, -muhn]
-noun A cranky old loser masquerading as a late night comedian although he hasn’t been funny in 15 years. Often mistakes hurling insults at Republicans for humor. Enjoyed taking pot shots at Governors Eliot Spitzer and Mark Sanford for infidelity. Now he is best known for being a hypocritical, cheating scumbag.

The audience doesn’t [...]