You have to be a real sicko to be intently watching a 3rd quarter of any NFL preseason game. Panel van and untidy moustache type of sicko. Watches Schindler’s List on Christmas Eve type of sicko. Yet, there I sat last night, glued to my TV, taking detailed notes of every play from the Packers…
America’s first power plant was opened in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1882, a full fourteen years before the power station in Niagra Falls opened for business. Given Wisconsin’s abundance of bodies of water, it quickly became one of the nation’s leaders in electrical conversion. Within a few years of President Roosevelt’s Rural Electrical Administration formation in…
Google services 5.5 billion search requests a day. Yes, you read that right. Billion. With a B. A day. That’s 24 hours, last time I checked. Pretty impressive for a company that was started in a garage by two of the nerdiest nerds that Stanford ever produced. Even more impressive when you consider that the…
I went to school in a fairly affluent area in Northern Utah, surrounded by kids who’s parents founded tech companies, chaired banking institutions, and owned car dealerships. I am not talking about car dealerships where the sales guys wear wacky ties and the cars smell of stale cigarettes and vanillaroma air fresheners. No, these kid’s…
This past Thursday, the Golden State Warriors beat the Boston Celtics 103-90, handing the Warriors their fourth championship in eight years and officially welcoming Steph Curry behind the velvet ropes of the NBA Legends V.V.I.P. Club. Curry is a curious talent, to say the least. Not physically domineering like Giannis Antetokounmpo or Shaquille O’Neal, nor…
America is a fat country. Now, I am not trying to ruffle feathers here, but it is true. We are fat. Much fatter than most, actually. Recent polls suggest that nearly a quarter of the country is overweight. And, I get to say this–I am fat, too! The root of this issue is not hard…
2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the movie TAPS and with it, the fourth decade of Tom Cruise being in our lives. Growing up a huge S.E. Hinton fan, I can remember first seeing Cruise in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1983 film adaptation of The Outsiders. The Outsiders–holy smokes. What a cast?!? Patrick Swayze (RIP). Matt…