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09/03/08
Labor Day Weekend: Angler's Paradise
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Last weekend I traveled to south Missouri (near Liberal, MO) with some of the guys I work with to fish at a fishing camp called Angler's Paradise. Rumor has it that the pit at this camp could hold a record breaking bass, and in fact many greater than ten pound to 13 pound bass have been found there. The owner, Don, is a great guy and takes fantastic care of the grounds and the modern, comfortable cabins. He is very willing to swap fishing stories and provide advice for great spots to fish and the tecniques to catch em.
The lake is beautiful, especially in the morning when the still water reflects the surroundings like a polished mirror. It is a pit, and old converted strip mine, so the walls surrounding the lake are mostly sheer cliffs or very steep wooded hills. This means that most fishing needs to be done from boat, which we rented from the owner.
As for our luck fishing, we did not do nearly as well as any of us hoped. The biggest fish anyone in our group landed was a 4.5 pounder, and I mostly cought 1-2 lb bass. The owner attribute the less than stellar fishing to torrential rains this year that have already dropped twice the annual rainfall on the lake. This has killed much of the shoreline vegetation and disrupted the habitat. I hope to return there next spring when the ecosystem should start recovering.
05/09/08
Decultured Redesign
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I just finished a new theme for decultured.com and have set it as the default. I was getting tired of the old design, and wanted something cleaner and easier to read that focused more on the content and less on menus. So far I am pretty happy with the new design, but will undoubtedly be making minor tweaks here and there over the coming weeks.
If you want to see the old design, use the themes menu at the top right of the page and select "Black and Orange."
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03/11/09
Kay Pettigrew - The Fresh Prince of Bel Air Theme
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Kay Pettigrew sings an absolutely fantastic cover of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song using acoustic guitar and a beautifully inappropriate melody.
03/10/09
Cabinet Sounds Like Chewbacca
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Video of a cabinet door that sounds like Chewbacca. Might sound uninteresting, but it is just so uncanny I had to post it.
02/24/09
Guess What This Bizzarely Surreal Ad Is Selling
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Can you guess what this magnificently surreal video is selling?
02/17/09
Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Death by Black Hole
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson is one of my favorite people alive. As an American Astrophysicist and director of Manhattan's Hayden Planetarium, he is a highly respected scientist as well as a recognizable public figure who corresponds on many news programs and lecture tours. What makes him most unique, however, is his incredible knack for making complex and technical subjects instantly understandable, entertaining, and accessible to anyone even with only basic scientific knowledge. This video featuring him explaining what would happen to a person being sucked into a black hole is a perfect example of this ability.
02/17/09
Japanese Fanta Commericals Fantasubbed
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A series of hilarious Fanta ads from Japan. I love the eye-rolling attitude of the students at the end of each commercial.
02/17/09
Douche Off
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Do you have what it takes to be the biggest douche that ever lived? Watch as two douchebags compete for the title.
