It’s going to Granada, then St. Vincent’s, then Puerto Rico, then the Dominican, then Jamaica, then RAWRRRR.
This is going to be a disaster. 150mph winds. Cripes.
Vintage XBox
I spent some time cleaning my living room this afternoon, and saw my old Xbox (I never got a 360 and doubt I will), and just for fun, I plugged it in and fired up an old game. Long story short- my living room is still dirty, and I just lost three hours to Jade Empire.
At any rate, what was the best Xbox game ever- my money is on Jade Empire, Ninja Gaiden, or KOTOR. KOTOR may simply be the greatest console game ever, now that I think about it.
Oh, yeah- I tried out Second Life and it is just bizarre. Hopefully, some of the ladies here will make some clothes for my avatar, as I was wearing boxer shorts and a Cowboy hat for a while.
Open Thread
Change the commenting rules (see below) – yea or nay?
Or talk about Scarlett Johansson. Your choice.
Open Thread
Koan of the day:
Democrats are afraid of losing, Republicans are afraid of looking weak.
Discuss.
A Beauchamp Review
Which, of course, means it is reasonable and doesn’t have any name calling, dripping sarcasm, and bitter ad hominem attacks, and as such probably doesn’t even count as blogging.
Still worth reading, though.
The Bad Bridges
Sullivan links to an archived graphic of bad bridges in the US, and a couple things stand out:
1.) If you look at the blown up map, Brooke, Hancock and Ohio County in WV are all marked red (as is Mon. County), meaning they have problem bridges. That region, the northern panhandle of WV, has it’s old industrial base along the Ohio River; Koppers, Wheeling-Pittsburgh and Weirton Steel, Fostoria glass (not sure how many if any of these are still in business) and many other industries reside or used to reside there. If you drive from Wheeling to Weirton up old Route, it seems like you can not go 1/4 mile without seeing an old steel bridge.
The point- there are a ton of bridges, and I am not sure how many are still operational, and if the archive is conflating the older out of use bridges and the newer bridges for civilian traffic.
2.) When I first looked at the map, I thought “Gee- the SW doesn’t have many bad bridges at all.” Then I realized I am a moron.
3.) Of the industrial centers with a number of waterways, it appears that Oregon and Washington stand alone as being in good repair. There might be a lesson to be learned by comparing the relationship between state and local government in regards to infrastructure in those states and New York, in which it looks like there is not a safe bridge anywhere.
Pretty interesting, though.