the kitchen sink

this last week i’ve been talking to alot of people about sports teams, and favorite teams. what i always find interesting is why people like the teams they do. typically, it was for home town reasons. other times, for a particular player. still yet, one of my friends (a hockey fan) likes teams based on their rich history, for lack of better terms. i’ve decided to go through most of the major sports and figure out my favorite teams and why.

Baseball:

The Angles
The Dodgers
Whoever is playing the Yankees
Whoever is playing the Giants
The Red Socks

Football:

Raiders – used to be in LA, still my team
Steelers – Awesome coach, my second favorite in the game
Tampa Bay and The Patriots are tied
• The Bucs have a great coach, and the Patriots are an old time favorite

And then there’s Green Bay. How can you not like Favre?

Basketball:

The Lakers – very much a hometown thing, through thick and thin

Hockey:

The Mighty Ducks – hometown fun
The Kings – again, hometown fun

Soccer:

well, i’ll have to think about that one…i just enjoy watching the game

Rugby:

whoever i can watch, especially on channel nine from australia

i’m not a big sports nut, but i do like following football, and playoffs in any sport. eventually, i’ll update my list. like if i ever get an international channel to be on my tv consistently.

“The X-43A Hyper-X experimental unmanned air vehicle flew at nearly 10 times the speed of sound on 16 November, eclipsing the world speed record that a Hyper-X vehicle set earlier this year, according to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).” – Todays Intelligence Report

Some history on the idea of the project. And now, for some current information. The project is very much being compared to the SR-71 program. Which, is one of my favorite planes of all time. There’s some various information available all around the web. Some general history, info from the smithsonian, and a nasa photo collection.

Here’s to hoping that the technology they gain from this program will help jump start the aerospace program.

On a separate note, the scramjet and ramscoop technology don’t seem to help much with space travel. the whole there’s-no-air thing makes it a little harder. there is this crazy idea that space travel might help to unite man kind. but, above that, space is just so much fun! and then, the hyper-x really might by a hyperdrive prototype.

the colts are having a pretty good season, and have a red hot offense. thus, i went digging to find out why and found this article. my favorite quote about their offensive coordinator is:

Age will almost certainly keep Tom Moore from ever becoming an NFL head coach, and that’s a kind of discrimination nobody ever talks about or fights to overcome.

however, it does go on to talk about the amazing things moore has done in the past. and he’s a cool fellow. good read for any football fan really.

so, i’ve been at the farscape convention, and it’s been rather fun the speakers have been awesome, and the concert on friday night from signal room was fun.

one of my favorite moments from the con was actually from the first speaker, writer/producer ricky manning, when he reminded people that we needed to support the troops reguardless of our political affiliation. it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. after that comment though, the whole rest of the time was just fun and games time.

eventually, i should even have pictures up…

side note: as i didn’t take a camera, i’ll be relying on the friends that i went with to send me pictures (hint, hint) so as to put something up here. i did get to meet quite a few cast members and stuff, but no pictures due to lack of camera. oh well, next year i guess. stories, pictures, ramblings, they’re all to come once i become coher- sorry, my piano started drinking again, have fun!

in the world of inventions nothing is as comicly awesome as biomimetics. velco, body armor, gliders, just a few examples. i’m just wondering, what else could we do?

who’s suprised that rice was picked? it fits well with the whole theme of the bush administration: lets make america safer and go from there. she’s more hardlined than powell, with a little less respect from the world community, but, she has just as much world wide experience. actual time in world politics, she actually edges powell out.

now, there is a problem with is: she thinks just like bush. there’s one good thing about this: she thinks just like bush. the state department and the white house will be on the same page, but who becomes the check on this one? oddle enough, i think the one man that could really stand up to both rice and bush is considered one of the most partisan non-partisan men in washington: porter goss. but that’s a different story…

so again, the message is: welcome to the primtime ms. rice, and good luck!

NCAA Football Pittsburgh 41, No. 24 Notre Dame 38. need i say more?

the panthers are now bowl elidgebal and my man palko just tore it up out there with five touchdown passes. great game.

in other news, the team my little sister cheers on won their game today, i’m still waiting to get the final score.

now that it’s the end of the season, it’s time for me to brush up on my nfl-ness, and make my picks for the super bowl (patriots or steelers, either way i’ll be happy!). and basketball is even going on (poor lakers…). all in all, it’s sports time in this house.

once upon a time, even i had some sci-fi art on elfwood the pinacle of which was a 3D space ships, that was up for all of a month, then was taken down, but that’s another story. i go back and check it out from time to time, as i’m a sucker for good fantasy/sci-fi art. both of which are on that wonderful site. my favorite artist is unfortunately not participating at elfwood anymore. i might just start stealing his sketch book and scanning things if he doesn’t. oh, right, i’m posting. at any rate, here’s some of the galleries i came across today that you might like.

Patrik Almqvist: a little old school in the elfwood timeline, borderline comic bookish, but it’s that borderline that give him a style that is just pretty darn cool.

Alton Lawson: you can tell he’s worked for wotc. however, his druid is just an awesome picture.

Nils-Erik Lindström : when you need something to chuckle at, look at didi.

and what elfwood list wouldn’t be complete without the founder? of whom, probalby can change shape knowing him….
Thomas F Abrahamsson: look familiar?

have fun with those. i’ll probably browse the library soon enough, as there’s some good stuff in there on occation as well.