Monthly Archives: June 2008
Reality Bites
Socially introspective look at the roots on modern reality television in games shows and the seemingly innate American desire for 15 minutes of fame.
Excel Tutorial: Vlookup Tips and Tricks
Tutorial for the vlookup function in Microsoft Excel 2003. Explains the basics of a vlookup and how to embed additional functions for advanced lookup functions.
Posted in Technology, Tutorials Tagged excel help, excel tutorial, functions, if function, microsoft excel, vertical lookup, vlookup 4 Comments
Pitching Preview: Yankees versus Mets
Looking at the starting pitchers going into this weekend’s Subway Series; it is pretty woeful for the New York Yankees.
Take a gander at this unsightly match up:
Game 1 Friday: Giese vs. Pelfrey …edge Mets
Game 2 Friday: Ponson vs. Martinez …edge Mets
Saturday: Pettitte vs. Santana …best matchup by far, this one is a push.
Sunday: Rasner vs. [...]
Posted in Sports Tagged baseball, boston red sox, new york mets, new york yankees, shea stadium 2 Comments
Finally, I Can Say That I Have Seen Army of Darkness
As the third installment of the Evil Dead Series, Army of Darkness, starring Bruce Campbell as Ash, is the perfect example of a good, bad movie.
Posted in Movies Tagged army of darkness, b movies, bruce campbell, evil dead series, good bad movies 6 Comments
Kidd Chris’ Hot Steamy Blog
The radio departed Kidd Chris has sunk to a new level and descended into the realm of the bloggers with his Hot Steamy Blog. Earlier this morning I saw a bulletin come through from Kidd Chris’ MySpace page announcing his new venture in blogging. As a big time fan of his, this was uplifting news [...]
New York Yankees Must Consider Jason Giambi for 2009
What? He can’t be serious?
Jason Giambi, the $22 million albatross, is in the final year of his monstrous contract that he signed prior to the 2002 season. This binding agreement inauspiciously marked the beginning of a trend of obnoxious spending by the New York Yankees, who insisted on paying aging superstars for their past performance [...]
Posted in Sports Tagged atlanta braves, baseball, billy beane, brian cashman, derek jeter, jason giambi, mark teixeira, new york yankees, ops 4 Comments
Reaganomics, Trickle-Down Theory, Supply-Side Economics, or by any other name, is still a Fallacy
Trickle down economics, also called Supply Side Theory, or Reaganomics due to its support and proliferation under Ronald Reagan, is exposed to be inaccurate.
Breaking Down Taxes on Oil and Gasoline
Explaining a variety of different taxes related to oil and gasoline including income tax on oil companies and per gallon tax charged by the government.
Posted in Current Events, Energy, Politics Tagged big oil, corporate income tax, excise tax, federal budget, federal budget 2007, gasoline, government, government appropriations, income tax, oil, petroleum, tax 12 Comments
Photoshop Tutorial: How To Create a Smoke Effect
In this tutorial we are going to examine one technique for creating smoke effects with Photoshop. For this exercise I am using CS3, however earlier versions of Photoshop will be able to perform the steps necessary for creating an excellent smoke effect. This Photoshop tutorial will cover the usage of various Filters and Tools. A [...]
Obamanation – Dividing Our Country Under the Guise of Unity