sometimes a blog by Dan Greene
I got America: The Book for my bithday (thanks Kathy). Great book, it would have made goverment class in hign school more interesting. Apparently the book is inappropriate for Wal-Mart stores. They didn’t like the naked Supreme Court justices. I thought that was one of the funniest pages of the book.
Jon Stewart also made the news when he appeared on Crossfire. Check out the transcript or video of his Oct. 15 appearance on the show.
Well it’s October 19, 2004. That means I’m now 26 and am marching steadily onward to 27. Getting to this date was not easy, I almost died in a car wreck last October 26th. And my dad died January 25th of this year. The year hasn’t been all bad. I got engaged July 24 and my baby cousin and goddaughter was born August 21. But all in all I’m glad to see this year go.
Travis got voted out of Survivor: Vanuatu last night. The article in the Johnson City Press doesn’t say much. He just had some bad luck when the tribes got redistributed and it was either him or Rory.
A Flash movie detailing the last 40 years of US/Iraq involvement. This is why Bush should not be reelected
I knew Farscape star Ben Browder was born in Memphis. But according to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Browder lived in Knoxville for a while and is a big Volunteer fan. I knew I liked that guy.
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars is already set to record on the Tivo.
Christoper Reeve died from a heart attack stemming from a pressure wound yesterday. He was 52. (Reuters) (Google News) I developed a pressure wound in the hospital, you get them from not being able to move around. They’re very nasty and painful and mine took months to heal.
Thankfully I don’t have to worry about pressure wounds so much anymore, as I’m up and walking and moving around. At this point I would classify my spinal cord injury as a major inconvience, I continue to improve little by little with time, it’s been almost a year now since the accident. I almost died and could have very well ended up in the same shape as Christoper Reeve. His original injury level was C2, mine was a bit lower down the neck at C5. Since I know unless you have a spinal cord injury you probably don’t know what that means, (I didn’t before mine) here’s a diagram. My injury was also incomplete, meaning I have function below C5.
Details beyond the news articles and press releases is sparse at this point. I’m sure more information will be up at the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation soon.
My Gamecube, Gameboy Advance, and Xbox have been over at a friend’s place since I last talked about video games. I haven’t played any console games in months.
Stephanie and I brought them back to the house tonight. Gaming is a whole new experience when you have a 36 inch television and surround sound. We played Nascar Thunder 2002. But then I showed Stephanie Super Monkey Ball 2. SMB 2 addiction is spreading and my hands are in pain, they forgot how to use game controllers. Guess I really will have to game more to get the dexterity back. Not that I’m complaining.
After losing to Aurburn 34 to 10 at home last week, I wasn’t holding out much hope that we could beat # 3 Georgia on the road. But we did. Tennessee lead throghout the whole game and managed to hold off a late fouth quarter drive by Georgia. The win ended Georgia’s 17 game home winning streak and puts Tennessee in the lead in the SEC Eastern Division.
The Knoxville News Sentinel has more details, as does ESPN.
JibJab, the people that created This Land, have now created Good to be in DC!. More election spoofs can be found at AtomFilms: Mock the Vote.
The Johnson City Press has another story on Travis. And in my earlier post about Survivor, I forgot one East Tennesse/Southwest Virginia Survivor, Tanya from Kingsport, who was on Survivor Thailand.