Quoted: I read conservative blogs from time to time. A lot of the time, if anything involving the environment is brought up, it's usually jokes about either the lack of or thankfulness for global warming. As in, "It's 20 below zero this week with a foot of snow on the ground. We sure could use some of that global warming." Or, "We had an unusually mild

Quoted: I got Spore's new creature editor right before our amazing trip out West. It's very intuitive and cool. You can edit the creatures in a myriad of different ways. Check out the people I made in a few minutes:

Quoted: So, I was reading this morning and it turns out that Milwaukee somehow ranks 9th (NYC is 4th) for young professionals. http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/07/09/cities-professionals-young-forbeslife-cx_mw_0709youngprofessionals.html That's the article in Forbes magazine. Seattle was 19th. And to be honest, I started seeing some sweet cities as I was

Quoted: Has our perception of this drastically changed as Americans? I mean what is the American Dream? Does it change based on where you grew up? In the 1830s it was a place where you could land and keep walking west until there were no more white people and stake your claim. Is a McMansion in a lake-filled suburban area your perception of the American

Quoted: Hot off the presses is a video of my band, Stukenberg, performing at the Brewhaus Theater in West Bend, WI. Sweet venue

Quoted: So, in response to public outcry about the Grand Theft Auto games being too violent, Conan presents the new Grand Theft Auto IV:

Quoted: "This year the US Department of Transportation set aside 30 million dollars in matching federal funds for state or local rail projects. By comparison the government budgeted 39.4 billion dollars in federal aid for the highway system." - Article from the AP. Argh.

Quoted: Sometimes I am quite handy. I changed out all of the old 2-prong outlets on the first floor of my house this weekend. I installed 3-prong outlets. What's the difference? Well, 2-prong outlets aren't grounded, which makes them less safe. 3-prong outlets are grounded. For some reason, this is good at making sure that outlets don't overheat and

Quoted: So, I'm in a band. Our name is Stukenberg. Some friends have said, "What's the name of your band? Studebaker?" It is Stukenberg. We are named after the lead guy, David Stukenberg. You see, his last name is the name of the band. It's very ambiguous I realize. Here is a link to our myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/stukenberg Check out our