Archive for May, 2004
Thursday, May 27th, 2004
Ghost Bike Project
Pat pointed out the Ghost Bike project that started this week. Basically a bunch of bikers took old bikes, painted them completely white, and started hanging them in places where bikers had been struck (although not necessarily killed). I think it’s a good idea as far as bringing awareness, but it troubles me [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Bike by mattcomroe
Wednesday, May 26th, 2004
NPR discusses c-blocking
Caught this story on the drive home yesterday, discussing asprin’s possible anti-cancer properties for women. The general gist is that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX) activity. I pretty much almost crashed my car when I heard an NPR reporter use the phrase “blocks COX”.
No Comments » - Posted in Current Events by mattcomroe
Wednesday, May 26th, 2004
One elevator, please
While out with friends the other night, I wondered aloud what a Leaving Las Vegas drinking game might be like. Drink every time you see a bottle? Drink every time Nick Cage is drunk? No matter what, I’m sure it would be harsh.
No Comments » - Posted in Humor by mattcomroe
Sunday, May 23rd, 2004
Hey, stupid! (part two)
If you see that basically a frickin’ tornado has blown through the night before, chances are the climbing at Coopers will be wet. No need to drive down, park and hike in to see.
No Comments » - Posted in Climbing by mattcomroe
Sunday, May 23rd, 2004
Hey, stupid!
Just because you see something online for shave oil that contains tea tree oil does not mean that:
a) you should buy a bottle of tea tree oil at Whole Foods just because it happens to be near the shaving products.
b) you should rub 5-10 drops into your face
c) you should not read the instructions on [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Matt's Boring Life by mattcomroe
Tuesday, May 18th, 2004
Finding controls in the header and footer
This is such a pain in the ass it’s not even funny. I need to keep a running total of rows in my repeater, and then put a subtotal column at the bottom. You can’t do a normal FindControl on an item, and I saw weird stuff in the newsgroups about trying to [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in .Nizzle by mattcomroe
Monday, May 17th, 2004
Weekend ride
Fun little ride yesterday. Met up with David, Casey, Aaron and some guy Mike at the oval bike track on Washington Blvd, and then we went over the R. D. Fleming bridge and up through Etna on Middle Rd. Hit 910, went east, came down into Harmarville where it catches 28, across the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Bike by mattcomroe
Friday, May 14th, 2004
None of my ex’s live in Texas
Yesterday I completed the ex-girlfriend trifecta. First, I had a really weird dream about my ex of a few years ago from New Jersey that I haven’t thought about in quite some time. I don’t remember all the details, but I remember waking up feeling a mixture of sad/nostalgic, happy and angry. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Matt's Boring Life by mattcomroe
Thursday, May 13th, 2004
Yuk.
Today is the first really warm hazy day so far this spring, which means it’s the first day that we are all learning just how fun it is to be just up the hill from the water treatment plant. It fucking reeks out there, in a way that puts the dead deer stink I [...]
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Thursday, May 13th, 2004
MPT Week #4
An all-new installment of the Matt Poker Tour. Last night the action was at Ron’s, who climbs at our gym. He has a sweet house (including regulation 8-sided card table!) up in the hills near where I work, so I went directly there from a work send-off party for one of my co-workers [...]
