Posts from — April 2009

We are setting out to find a good cologne… not because we stink. I went to Macy’s today and I did notice that there were saleswomen that seriously looked like prostitutes. You couldn’t distinguish them from manequins. Besides the salespeople, I did notice a calogne called “Element” from HUGO BOSS. I swear, It smells like a scene from Disneyland’s and Walt Disney World’s Sorin’. It smelled like the orange groves/ forest. mmmm brings back memories.

For those of you who grew up before the 80s may remember when Pepsi and Coca-Cola used real sugar in their sodas. Unfortunately many of us that were born afterwards weren’t so lucky to taste this sugary goodness, well, unless you lived next to a convenient store that got it’s imports from Mexico.

Just this past week Pepsi introduced Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback. Both Contain real sugar just like it was before they screwed it up. I was lucky enough to get my hands on both Mountain Dew and Pepsi Throwbacks yesterday, and I could really tell the difference. Both are much sweeter than their “Today” versions. I must say, I really wish both Pepsi and Coke would just return to their roots just like they did back in the day. Go out and buy a couple and try them out before their gone. The Throwbacks will be gone sometime in early June, since this is a test run. If Pepsi sees significant numbers in sales, they could possibly switch back or even add Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwbacks onto their list of permanent products, So go out there and try it! I highly recommend it!

Today, we went to Bangor International Airport (KBGR) and watched aircraft from 2pm-pm. A KC-135 Stratotanker was doing a few touch-and-goes, as well as a P3 Orion, which did hours and hours of touch-and-goes. One of the crew of the P3 told the tower at one point that they thought they saw/heard debris falling off  of the aircraft. I was cruely excited because I thought we might see an emergency landing. Did this happen? hell no. Instead Bangor Tower decided to have an approaching regional jet scan the runway. Yes, you heard me well, not a sweeper car, but a regional jet. They gave this jet a clear for a “low-approach” and my god did that thing go fast down the runway. I could almost swear it was no more than 10 feet above that runway. The sound was almost comparable with an F16. Afterwards the jet circled around and reported that he did not see any debris from the P3, he then landed at his discretion. After all this happened, they decided to send out a sweeper truck to find out. I was shocked that they decided to use a regular regional jet to fly above the runway instead of using a regular sweeper truck. Eventually, everything was clear and everyone went on their way.

Last night, NASA decided to announce Node 3 “Tranquility” instead of the expected “Colbert” after Stephen Colbert, the host of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report, asked his viewers to vote his name in NASA’s competition to name the new node that is expected to be installed onto the International Space Station in August. According to a NASA spokesperson, it is not typical for NASA to name Space Station hardware after living people. The new name “Tranquility” will be named after the landing place of Apollo 11. Apollo 11 landed in the Sea of Tranquility 40 years ago this July.  Even though the actual node won’t be named after Stephen Colbert, NASA decided that they will name a treadmill, the “Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill” or COLBERT for short, after him. COLBERT (See patch below) will be installed in the Tranquility node this summer as well. NASA has invited Colbert to try out the treadmill before launch and to watch the launch. Both Tranquility and COLBERT will launch in August.

Via NASA

Over the past two years  in the dorms, I have learned many ways on keeping my valuables safe, but I have noticed many “stupid” things people have done that could compromise the security of their belonings and livelyhood. Call me paranoid but this is what happens when you grow up in California for most of your life.

• Don’t reserve your table with your keys - I have noticed that people have reserved their table at the dining hall by putting their keys on the table. Not only do most people have their dorm room keys on their keychains, but they also have an ID holder that clearly has their name on it. If someone really wanted to get into your room, all they have to do is snatch those keys up. Most keys don’t have the room numbers on them, but most dorm room doors have your name plastered all over them. Since most of the rooms have names on them, taking your name off of it will help, but only a little, because theres only a few nameless doors. If your dorm has genders separated by floors, the theif can use process of elimination, making it a whole lot easier to find your room. Finally, if your keys are stolen and you never get them back, colleges usually charge a fee (Somewhere around $100) for a lock core change. Simple rule to prevent this, Keep your damn keys in your pocket!
• Do not drape your towels over the stall doors - It only takes sick individual to snatch your towel… and trust me, everyone will know when your running down the hall naked because the idiot with the towel will have probably told everyone by then. To prevent this, keep the towel away from the stall door and in your plain site. Also keep the towel gripped pretty tight when walking through the halls (if you even do walk around with just a towel on, I don’t), because it takes only one bored person to end it all for you, and trust me, boredom isn’t hard to come by in a dorm, trust me.

I, for one, have my brother as a rommate but the attitudes around the halls are pretty much like this. Either your damn right stupid or extremely pissed at the stupid people.

Today is by far one of the most annoying days on the internet because everything is usually a bunch of BS. Heres a list of notable April Fools Day Jokes of 2009:

1. Thinkgeek.com – Squeez Bacon
2. Gmail- Gmail Autopilot
3. Youtube – Every video on the front page is upside down.
4. Digg – Annoying ad that appears randomly
5. The Pirate Bay – Acquired Warner Bros.
6. Woot.com – Bag of Crap at the price of $3….  $1,000,000 to ship it though. Too bad it’s sold out.
7. Google -  Introduced “Cognitive Autoheuristic Distributed- Intelligence Entity.”
8. Reddit – Now looks like Digg.
9. Kodak - eyeCamera 4.1

So far, no Rickrolls this year. Stay tuned because we are updating this site all day today!