Entries by x.smith

25 years ago, higher education began the purge of school nicknames and mascots derived from indigenous peoples. The Dickson State Savages of 1972 became the Blue Hawks, just after the Marquette Warriors became known as the Hawks. Wisconsin Willie Wampum was withdrawn. 

It was the beginning of a new practice - naming College Sports programs after threatened wildlife. In the haste for change, in flew the Falcons and the Griffons and even America's own symbol of freedom. According to the US Fish & Wildlife Service at FWS.GOV "The Bald Eagle is also endangered in the U.S.A. conterminous States" -- that is the 'lower 48' for those of you not smarter than a 5th grader.

It's everywhere this week that America needs heroes. It is what the Conservatives are saying, along with needing to have something to laugh at too. Presenting the latest Internet meme -- 40,000+ jokes by his own reckoning -- of "More New Facts about Chuck Norris" for all stages of a conservative's life.

Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice (or Chuck Norris can do a wheelie on a unicycle).Good stuff for the elementary school kid who, outside of selfishness, probably hasn't really forged any kind of right leaning tendencies yet. Just standard superhero fare of accomplishing the impossible.

Chuck Norris can slam revolving doors (or Chuck Norris can tie shoes with his feet).Funny stuff for young kids and TY-Y rated since there's no weaker sex stuff yet. Cute exaggerated comments that Republican Moms and Dads can enjoy right along with the children.

(reprint of article originally published here on 12/30/2006)

Early in January - quite possibly the very first day of the New Year - a very large number of people in a major  northeastern city will become very sick upon waking. There will be severe headaches and nausea with some sort of  connection to beverages from France, or possibly California.

Soon thereafter, in nearly the exact same area,  hundreds of people will get sick eating Chihuahua tacos? It makes no sense, but this is clear as a bell - Tacos. Really  limp, smelly tacos which points to either lettuce or perhaps green onions being the culprit for the mass illnesses in  New Jersey or New York. But this remains a source of confusion since how can a thousand people getting sick by eating  at Taco Bell be a major news story.

12 video games sold by Ebay user BLAZERS5505 (Blazers5505@hotmail.com): Aliens, bombers, and rooms! Destroyers, blasting and hunting ... Dinosaurs and Tetris Attacks!!

Galaxian expanded on the formula pioneered by Space Invaders. Bomberkids - A multiplayer bomberman. The Fourth Element is a good clone of the original Connect Four. JezzBall is a computer game in which red-and-white balls, referred to as atoms, bounce about a rectangular field of play, or room.

Labyrinth is a challenging game where you navigate a square through a maze. Mars Patrol is a side-scrolling adventure where you have to jump over pits and blast away boulders to clear a path for your vehicle. Subhunt is a classic game (where) you control a destroyer that floats above many passing U-Boats. Uncle Worm is a simple game that plays very much like the old classic Snake.

Yoshi is a dinosaurlike video game character appearing in a number of video games produced by Nintendo. Block Dude - a puzzle/action game in which you move blocks to navigate to the end of the level. Tetris Attack - Description, Just like on the gameboy. This has nothing to do with Tetris! Pegs - Description, A game of object elimination.

Original research along with game descriptions taken from the first line of Wikipedia.org when available, or the first line of TI-Calc.org -- the platform on which the games would play. Video games are in the order of the auction listing, with the last four being part of a multi-game pack.