tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:00:01 +0000http://blog.bitchen.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)Blogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-8442709927261573636Fri, 02 May 2008 13:36:00 +00002008-05-02T09:36:59.490-04:00I love this new character on SNL. http://blog.bitchen.com/2008/05/snl-nicholas-fehn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-5505093418829376040Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:10:00 +00002008-04-22T11:11:23.951-04:00 | View | Upload your ownhttp://blog.bitchen.com/2008/04/did-you-know_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-2690684026775297997Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:30:00 +00002008-04-21T11:34:01.781-04:0083% Geekhttp://blog.bitchen.com/2008/04/memegeekmemegeek.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-5476448019656340091Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:39:00 +00002008-04-18T16:40:16.719-04:0015http://blog.bitchen.com/2008/04/just-in-case-you-care.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-3418823588177770581Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:17:00 +00002008-02-29T00:21:13.302-05:00Buy it now! <!-- .hd1 { font: bold 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background: #880022; color: #FFFFFF; padding-left: 6px; } .smallText { font: 8pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif } .tblHD { font: bold 10pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #FFFFFF; background: #880022; display: block; padding: 2px 0px 2px 6px; } .text { font: 9pt Arial, http://blog.bitchen.com/2008/02/buy-my-yamaha-shs-10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-861975084165419794Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:38:00 +00002008-02-06T10:39:23.535-05:00Fleecing the GullibleHumorFrom Associated Press CHICAGO -- Call it a super-secret ballot. A Chicago Board of Elections spokesman said voters filling out paper ballots at one precinct Tuesday were given styluses used for touchscreen voting instead of ink pens. The spokesman said when the voters indicated they couldn't mark their ballots with the pens, they were told -- incorrectly -- that the pens used invisible ink. http://blog.bitchen.com/2008/02/20-chicago-voters-told-ballots-were.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-1333307960321693974Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:31:00 +00002007-10-26T12:33:47.759-04:00NewsHumorCourt: Teen-sex sentence 'cruel and unusual' punishment ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The Georgia Supreme Court on Friday ordered that Genarlow Wilson be released from prison, ruling 4-3 that his sentence for a teen sex conviction was cruel and unusual punishment. Wilson, 21, was convicted in 2005 of having oral sex with a consenting 15-year-old girl when he was 17. He has served more than two http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/10/so-how-did-she-get-that-nickname.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-2819081577239886589Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:07:00 +00002007-09-18T08:16:09.547-04:00HumorCool This is an amazing video. The bat thrown after the hit stands on end. You won't see that twice.http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/09/remember-finite-math-coin-toss-on-edge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-3454959191895178833Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:43:00 +00002007-09-04T14:46:28.030-04:00SteamPunkGeekiness Stormtroopers, Boba Fett and Alien--as seen in Dubai.http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/09/steampunk-meets-80s-movies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-7135428501887762227Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:22:00 +00002007-08-29T10:37:48.448-04:00GeekinessCoolVentilate, a Canadian special effects house has a new reel on their site. It has some astounding images. It's a must see. Watch Ventilate's full reel here.http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/reely-cool-reel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-5822261511094015962Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:31:00 +00002007-08-28T11:29:09.473-04:00Geekiness How many uses can you think of for a 1 terabyte (1000 GB) CD? tech.co.uk is reporting about a new technology ("TeraDisc") developed by Memphile (to whom they didn't bother to link). It uses 200 5MBGB layers to store the data. That's astounding isn't it. Let you mind wander at the possibilites. Or you can be short-sighted like they were: It's hard to imagine that a disc format not invented by http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/once-again-media-is-short-sighted-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-1071442258811843981Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:23:00 +00002007-08-27T11:01:20.663-04:00language origins I remember saying this tagline over and over in the 70's. It's an interesting study to see how much of American speech comes from television and movies. This is the first in a series of posts about this.http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/language-origins-1-its-not-nice-to-fool.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-5992393381303092503Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:42:00 +00002007-08-21T14:46:05.280-04:00Humorhttp://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/importance-of-using-flash-in-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-2982687299305555964Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:05:00 +00002007-08-21T11:10:04.875-04:00MemoriesI found this video and I still remember every word of the jingle. Ice Bird, Ice Bird, You're such a nice bird! Let's make an Ice Bird Treat! Scrape in the ice, to fill the cup, Then add the flavor, eat it up! Yum, yum, yum, yum! How about another one? Ice Bird you're a lot of fun! I was truly laughing out loud! Wow, what a rush.http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/when-i-was-seven.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-2011034563536635492Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:36:00 +00002007-08-20T16:46:26.936-04:00MemoriesResearchWhen I was a kid in the 70's, there was what I think was a hippie PSA (or maybe a commercial for something). The lyrics went something like this: Hear the world's heart beating Like a big bass drum Can't you hear the people something It's true It's the tapping of a million shoes. So, hey, take a look around! You can see it in a different way. Say, hey, take a look around You'll have a differenthttp://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/looking-for-old-tv-spot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-5531645060434284838Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:27:00 +00002007-08-21T11:12:48.306-04:00MemoriesHumor This is one of my favorite sequences from The Drew Carey Show. Accororing to Craig Ferguson's IMDb Bio he actually plays the harp. I thought it looked like he was. http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/mr-wick-plays-windy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-3014906334008367952Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:39:00 +00002007-08-29T10:37:09.340-04:00language originsGeekinessModern Mechanix blog has a wonderful article from the Nov 1934 Popular Science on Playing with Matches and Lighting Gasoline on Fire. Embeded in the article is this sidebar: Popular Science reported a poll (circa 1934, I would assume) whereby they discovered that the word iodine is pronounced "i-o-DEEN", chloride is pronounced "KLOR-id" and oxide is pronounced "OX-id." Funny how things change. http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/oh-how-language-changes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-4969409165528766199Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:03:00 +00002007-08-28T12:02:15.851-04:00Click to Enlarge This woman claimed these coalition bullets "hit her home." http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/did-they-use-slingshots.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-4410094693148776089Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:39:00 +00002007-08-28T11:31:48.234-04:00 PostSecret http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/postsecret-if-you-havent-been-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-2845285318477366992Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:48:00 +00002007-08-28T12:00:58.501-04:00NewsGeekiness So the Canadian Red Cross recently said they were going to sue video game producers for using the red cross emblem. Recently, David Pratt of the Canadian Red Cross sent a letter to a Vancouver law firm representing several game developers, requesting that the games industry cease usage of the emblem of the Red Cross in games. The familiar icon is of course used in an enormous number of video http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/red-cross-fights-for-video-gamers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-6486023646578631285Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:42:00 +00002007-08-08T12:31:53.435-04:00SteamPunkGeekinessCool On eBay UK for the next 17 hours. These are the coolest steampunk eyewear/goggles/monocles I've seen! Apparently made by Alex CF. Check out his site! http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/cooler-than-any-words.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-639364798719220637Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:11:00 +00002007-08-08T12:32:10.086-04:00GeekinessHumor via jackszwergoldhttp://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/esoteric-humor-part-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-8768309751437820198Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:47:00 +00002007-08-08T12:30:04.172-04:00Humor Rule #241 : Don't piss off feminists at rallies.http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/one-man-one-yellow-sign-one-who-has.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-1720584779919819564Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:15:00 +00002007-08-09T12:57:34.711-04:00GeekinessHumor from the best comic on the net!http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/08/esoteric-humor-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20578867.post-7038179350693022499Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:24:00 +00002007-08-08T12:32:10.087-04:00GeekinessHumor http://blog.bitchen.com/2007/07/esoteric-humor-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ric Johnson)