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Is Mars Between Ice Ages?

by Lukep on 09. Aug, 2008 in Ramblings

This is an interesting view of the planet Mars:

“We’ve gone from seeing [Mars] as a dead planet for three-plus billion years to one that has been alive in recent times,” said Jay Dickson, a research analyst in the Department of Geological Sciences at Brown and lead author. “[The finding] has changed our perspective from a planet that has been dry and dead to one that is icy and active.”

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The Rules for Wearing “Other Teams” Jerseys

by Lukep on 03. Aug, 2008 in Ramblings, Twins Baseball

I follow the Minnesota Twins. Let’s start this post out with that fact. I’m not bragging or anything, I respect any person’s allegiance to any team. But, this story casually includes that fact a few times and it needs to be known up front.

I feel a certain allegiance to the Twins, to the point where it’s blasphemous for me to wear a White Sox jersey. For the record, as much as I respect the White Sox I do not like them and I hope they end up at 3rd place behind the Detroit Tigers by the time that the 2008 MLB season arrives at completion.

Now… I have recently begun to like wearing mlb jerseys just ’cause it’s better than t-shirts. Ebay is amazing, as far as finding cheap jerseys goes, so I’m on a roll.

But… there is always the issues of buying or wearing a jersey which conflicts with my support of the Minnesota Twins.

So.

How should this be handled?

I present these rules, which should be followed by sports fans who are allegiant to their teams, yet like to wear league gear in general. This could apply to MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL or whatever.

The Rules For Wearing “Other Teams” Jerseys

  1. Wear a generic team jersey, a jersey with no player number or name. This will make it appear as though you don’t have a favorite player, and you’ll have no logo or recognizable information on the back of the jersey.
  2. Wear the jersey of the player that plays the worst against your favorite team. In my case, I would want to wear the jersey of a White Sox player who always gets schooled when playing the Minnesota Twins.
  3. Degrade the opposing teams jersey in some manner. In my case, I’m going to have a graphic designer that I work with design the word “Sucks” using the same lettering and look of the White Sox logo. I will then take this logo and have it embroidered underneath the Sox logo that is on the front of a White Sox jersey that I bought off of Ebay for $12.80.
  4. Wear the jersey of a player who has played in the past and has no general effect on the team and players that you actively have followed in your lifetime. For example, I was born in 1979, so I figure that I can get by with wearing any team gear from any MLB baseball team or player from before the year 1979 without having a fan conflict situation.

Yeah.

If you have some more ideas for rules, feel free to post a comment to this rant.

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The Black Bear, The Unpaid Prison Guard

by Lukep on 05. May, 2008 in Ramblings

This is a great addition to a prison security scheme.

The way the warden sees it, the more than 400-pound black bear living in the middle of the sprawling Louisiana State Penitentiary is an extra layer of security.

More prisons should adopt a policy such as this. Why not?

Just bring in all the animals that need to be removed from city limits for whatever reasons. There are always bears, wolves and other potentially dangerous wild animals being found within city limits. They need somewhere to be removed to.

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Denver Man Proposing City-Wide Commission on Space Aliens

by Lukep on 04. May, 2008 in Ramblings

This guy feels the city needs to be prepared. For space aliens. The story doesn’t get horribly specific, but I assume this is mostly a “what would we do if they showed up?” type of commission.

A Denver man who wants the city to be prepared for space aliens is proposing a commission to deal with the matter.

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IGN just gave GTA IV a “10″, Perfect Ten, rating

by Lukep on 25. Apr, 2008 in Entertainment, Ramblings

Cripes.

It must be a good game.

Maybe I should have reserved a copy at a local game store.

If it’s scarce, it’ll cost $100 on Ebay.

I should maybe buy it and play it, it looks fun.

IGN, I guess, rarely gives perfect 10 ratings. This must be a pretty good game. At least, GTA IV must be great enough to generate the most excitement of any recent game for the people over at IGN.

Even after all this, I really am not that surprised at the fact that IGN just gave GTA IV a perfect ten rating. I don’t expect any less from Rockstar.

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Olde English HG800 #2

by Lukep on 23. Apr, 2008 in Ramblings

Believe me, this is not a consistent situation.

I’m on my second Olde English Forty in two days. It’s kinda cool. I guess I’d talk it up if it came up during a casual conversation. I just like drinking malt liquor while watching Twins baseball, what can I say?

I should drink one of these every night. Maybe I shouldn’t. It’s hard to say. It probably depends on the evening more than anything.

As an afterthought….

Last night after I finished off my Olde English HG800, I browsed eBay and ended up dropping 14 bucks for an Olde English 800 baseball cap. I hope I receive it soon. It’s being delivered to my office. That will be some good subject material for office conversation, that is for sure. Guaranteed.

New Rally Cap?

I can’t wait until I receive my hat. That is going to be awesome. I’m going to wear it while I disc golf. That should be fun. I’ll probably wear the hat at other time as well. Maybe during Twins games. Maybe the hat will turn out to be one of those mythical rally caps for Twins baseball.

I could only hope.

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