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I ran across this link on the Internet yesterday. It's written by a woman who lives near the city and rides her Kawasaki Ninja on the roads around the city. She says its the best place in the world to ride because there are no cars or people anywhere to be seen and, therefore, the roads are wide open. She says the roads are in perfect condition because there is no wear and tear on them from constant traffic. Only the occasional blade of grass pokes through a minute crack in the pavement.

I just got a copy of the latest release in the Unreal Tournament tradition. I got it the day it became available and put in at least 4 hours playing it already.

Yes, yes, I know it usually has another name but I attempt to keep things clean on this website. But here is a list of all the things I can think of that piss me off...and trust me, you don't want to be on this list. These are not in any particular order and I am sure the list will grow.

Just like I started keeping track of countries I've been to, now I am keeping track of states I have been to in the United States. Found a neat little map on World66 which allows me to highlight the states I've been to.

The movie Pulp Fiction has a ton of great scenes. One of my favorites is when Vincent takes Mia to the restaurant and she orders a special milkshake:

This is one dark book. This is the third book in the Prey series by John Sandford. I really enjoy reading this series (there are 14 books in the series now) and watching the development of the Lucas Davenport character. In this book, Sandford introduces the Michael Bekker villain. He is the darkest and freakiest serial murderer I've read about in a long time. This book drains you when you read it as it takes a lot to steel yourself against the evil in Bekker's personality. Davenport has a tough time in this book and you feel it right along with him. I was going to go right into the fourth book but my mind needs a rest.

I've decided to start keeping track of the countries I've been to before I forget them. The number after the country name is the number of times I've been there. If there is an asterisk (*) then I've only been in the country during transit, i.e. on the way to another country and thus I've only seen the airport.

Having spent months of my life in Europe while travelling in the last few years, I have compiled a list of differences that an American will find interesting. I'm not sure that all of these are present in every European country but all were present on my recent trip to Austria.

Those who know me know I hardly ever watch television. I don't have time for it. I work my 40-45 hours a week, come home, and then I work on Narrative all night or work out. Sometimes I turn on the TV over dinner. Tonight I did that and caught The Apprentice with Donald Trump. I'm not a big fan of reality shows but I was very impressed by this one. And I can also say that it is obvious why Donald Trump is The Man. He is sharp, decisive, fair, and intelligent, a formidable combination. The group dynamics in the show tonight were fascinating and the conclusion was surprising and intense. I feel I even learned a few things watching him and the others during the show. I plan on watching The Apprentice every Thursday night. It's an hour well-spent.

Ever since I started writing .NET code, I've been irritated that there seemed to be no way to programmatically set the TITLE tag of a web page from the code-behind. Certainly you can do things like