mlaldrid's blog

Listen, son, we need to have a talk. This isn't going to be easy for either of us. You are not my son. I'm sorry, I know this will come as a blow to you. But the fact is, no son of mine plays Oregon Trail like you do.

(WARNING: Loud ambient noise.)

This is some of the best LEGO engineering I've ever seen. If it were ever released as an official LEGO set, it probably would not be much cheaper than the $1.7mil real thing.

To compare the model to the actual Veyron, check out Captain Slow's top speed test on Top Gear from a few years back. He also tested the newer, faster Veyron this year, but I don't think the video is online yet.

Like, almost every day. (And thank god this show is back on. How many episodes can I stockpile before giving in?)

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A science fair poster from last month's Science for Juggalos event.

Heading to my first away game this Fall, and taking Dad to his first ever game.

This ghost pepper salsa from SilverLeaf is really good. It has a nice burn, while not quite as hot as I had expected, and a great garlic taste to balance it out. I also tried some of their "Fiery Hot" habanero salsa, which provided a relatively soothing cool-down. Get your capsaicin-induced endorphin rush!

My SF hotel is the first domestic hotel I've ever been in without a Gideon's Bible. Rock on.

I haven't read Warren Ellis' RED, but now I must. Those of you familiar with Warren Ellis already read his blog, but if you aren't a fan, this pretty much sums things up:

Also, did you see the goddamn cast list that’s signed on for those characters? Bruce Willis as Moses, yes. But also: Morgan Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker, John C Reilly, Helen Mirren, Julian McMahon, Brian Cox, Ernest Borgnine and Richard Dreyfus. It reminds me a bit of those 70s films like THE TOWERING INFERNO, that had in them everyone you wanted to see in a film, all at once. RED is a bit like that, only with more automatic weapons.