July, 2006 | Greg Nilsen

Just Another Dope

Jul

2006

Well, following Floyd Landis' inspirational comeback to win the Tour de France last week, he's now tested positive for high testosterone levels during the race. He's currently been suspended until a second sample can be tested to confirm the results. After all the good feelings that Landis' win generated, the last thing the international cycling ...

Get In Gear

Jul

2006

Recently I've caught on to the BBC car show, Top Gear. I wouldn't call myself a car buff, but this is easily the best car show I've ever watched. Along with serious reviews of performance cars, they also have crazy contests and other events such as: Creating and racing "amphibious" cars they each made in ...

Middle East Crisis?

Jul

2006

While I've been following the stories coming out of the Middle East, I have to admit that I'm a bit confused as well. It seems as if things just suddenly escalated, and I've heard more than a few people talk about Revelations and the end times (in ways that just don't match up with the ...

So Fresh And So Clean

Jul

2006

So, I've finally gotten around to making many of the changes I've been looking to. Besides the new look, you may notice that the comments section has changed (you no longer have to log in), tagging has been added, and there are a few new blocks on the right. It's a pretty major overhaul, but ...

Short Outage

Jul

2006

So, thanks to the Last.FM feed that shows the music info at the top of my page getting corrupted, my blog has been unavailable for a few days. Looks like they corrected the issue once I sent them the bug. However, it did get me to scramble to work on my updates to the site ...

Hard Work and Hard Goodbyes

Jul

2006

Much of the last few days Marci and I have been out helping Pastor Paul and his family get packed up for their cross-country move starting on Wednesday. It's been a lot of hard work, but it's just nice to be spending time with them before we have to say our final goodbyes. Still, I ...

Get off ME!

Jul

2006

Today, Microsoft ended support for Windows98, WindowsME and WindowsXP Service Pack 1. I sure hope that they're more confident in Vista than everyone else seems to be. Leaving support for only one consumer OS seems rather risky. I can see finally eliminating support for Win98, and I'm surprised they even acknowledge that they created WinME, ...

Dad's Here

Jul

2006

The second half of the day yesterday was no less eventful than the morning. I met my dad and helped him move into his new apartment for the time being so he could start work today. If you hadn't heard, my dad got a job in Pittsburgh, and my parents are in the process of ...

My Experience Behind The Pulpit

Jul

2006

Yesterday was a very interesting day for me, but for now let me focus on the morning. Several weeks ago, I was asked by our pastor to fill in for him July 9th while he and his family were going to be out of town for his sister-in-law's wedding. I told him I could do ...

OLN: <em>Outdoor</em> Life Network…Right?

Jul

2006

I caught a little bit of the Tour de France on OLN today during my lunch bread, and what do I see but a self-advertisement promoting their 8-ball Billiards finale on Sunday. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember that most people play billiards indoors. Oh well, I can forgive them ...