Love to ride horses? Love to watch for terrorists? Now do both!!

The Houston Airport System now invites you to join up for their Airport Rangers Program. From their application site:
“Thank you for your interest in the George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) Airport Rangers program. The Airport Rangers program was created with security and community participation in mind. Airport Rangers are mounted security patrol made up of volunteers, including off-duty law enforcement officers that ride their horses along the perimeter of the 11,000 acre Bush Intercontinental Airport. In return for keeping an eye out for suspicious activity in the area, equestrians have a pristine location, including wooded trails to ride and the airport has extra eyes and ears in areas that most security patrols can not easily access.”

I kept looking closely to see if this was a joke but apparently not. More information (including an application form) available here.

Finally got a Gmail account over at Google. Thanks Daisy!
Anyhow, if anyone wants, you can send me a message at This address

Catwoman starring Halle Berry is getting some awful reviews.

Metacritic is giving it a 24 (out of a 100) and Rotten Tomatoes is giving it an 11.

I still prefer Julie Newmar.

According to ESPN it is.

Ken Jennings has won 1.3 million so far on Jeopardy. The show’s now starting reruns so he’ll be back in September.

I’m a pretty good NTN trivia player (that’s where EyeNo comes from) but I never thought that a head full of useless knowledge could have been my key to retirement.

BTW, the final Jeopardy question last night would have stumped me (read the article to see it).

UPDATE:Thanks to Pat and Brian for pointing out that I was spelling Jeopardy wrong. Another reason I wouldn’t win.

Once in a while a day comes along that just redefines the concept of the perfect morning. This morning raised the bar.
After a few days of opressive humidity, the dawn came cool and crisp with not a breath of wind. I teed off at 10 minutes to 6 with the sun just rising over the trees.
A nice brisk walk on a pristine golf course is my idea of the best way to start the day.
Of course, now I’m home and the chores begin.

UPDATE Unfortunately the rest of the day hasn’t gone as well. I was called in to work because one of the users was having trouble with her laptop. Trying to fix it ended up making it worse so my department is now stuck with cleaning up my mess. On the way home I got nabbed for speeding (65kph in a 40 zone). Luckily, the officer liked my honesty and let me off at 10kph over the limit. $40 fine but no demerit points.

Arizona Senator John McCain has been touted as a possible replacement for Dick Cheney as VP running mate for King George II.
Senator McCain, a decorated veteran, decided to give a straight answer when asked about this.
“As far as me and the vice presidency is concerned … I spent a number of years in a North Vietnamese prison camp in the dark and (was) fed scraps, and I don’t know why I would want to do that all over again,”
What amazes me is that a politician can actually give an unequivocal answer from time to time.

Commemorating the 35th anniversary of the first moon landing, NASA has released digitized images of the Apollo 11 mission.
This image shows Earthrise (click to enlarge)

Review a film in 4 words or less. Sound simple? Try your luck here.

My favorites have to be the reviews for Titanic. Here’s a few samples:
* “Icy Dead People”
* “Everything Including Kitchen Sinks”
* “She Floats, He Don’t”
* “Galley Serves Iceberg Lettuce”
* “Spoiler: Ship Goes Down”

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