http://www.firepitblog.com My personal take on current events, sports, entertainment, and life in general. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:28:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Is it wrong that I still have a bedroom closet filled with stuff over at my mom's house? It's mostly just paperbacks, textbooks, yearbooks, trophies, certificates, and other memorabilia from my school days. The stuff doesn't even take up that much space, but my mom calls me every few months ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/07/04/is-this-wrong/ I just read that Larry Harmon, one of the men (there were several) who dressed up as Bozo the Clown, died at the age of 83 from congestive heart failure. According to the article I read, Harmon was the one largely responsible for popularizing Bozo around the country, as ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/07/03/bozo-the-clown-dies/ I read a pretty cool article today from LiveScience.com about how other countries celebrate their independence days. I have to admit that aside from France's Bastille Day, I didn't even know the dates of the other celebrations listed in the article -- not even Canada Day (sorry to all ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/07/02/independence-day-around-the-world/ That doesn't sound very appetizing, does it? Nevertheless, it seems that a lot of people are buzzing about the positive effects of eating red yeast rice regularly. I'd never heard of this stuff before, so I had to look it up. Apparently, red yeast rice is rice that has been ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/07/01/red-rice-yeast/ The last time we went to Disney World was two years ago. My son was 3 at the time, and even though he enjoyed the experience while we were there, he doesn't remember too much about it now. But whenever he glances through our photo albums and sees all ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/06/30/disney-dreams/ Remember disgraced American cyclist Floyd Landis? He ostensibly won the 2006 Tour de France, but was stripped of his title shortly after the conclusion of the race when a French lab said that he tested positive for banned substance (i.e. performance enhancing drugs). Well, Landis swore up and down ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/06/30/landis-loses-again/ Since I work from home most of the time, I of course need to have a bit of office space for my computer, reference books, and files. We don't have a spare room to accommodate these things, and even if we did, I probably wouldn't use it since I don't ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/06/29/my-home-office/ I've been on a real reading tear (well, for me anyway) in 2008. After the first six months of the year, I've already read 30 books! I usually don't keep track like this, but since I have to write up the reviews for Reviews and More, it's easy to see ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/06/28/30-books/ It's official: I'm completely clueless when it comes to interior design. I don't know the first thing about how to dress up a room or how to make a certain area more functional. I don't know how to arrange furniture in an attractive way, nor do I know how to ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/06/27/completely-clueless/ Houston Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was placed on waivers today, following a well publicized incident in which he grabbed the team's GM Ed Wade around the neck and threw him to the ground. According to Chacon, this happened after Wade started yelling and cursing at the player in public ... http://www.firepitblog.com/2008/06/26/shawn-chacon-released/