ddhr.org http://ddhr.org The personal web presence of David Hosier Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:37:46 +0000 en hourly 1 Microchip cat door http://ddhr.org/2012/01/30/microchip-cat-door/ http://ddhr.org/2012/01/30/microchip-cat-door/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:37:46 +0000 Dave http://ddhr.org/?p=5525 It amazes me that there's a locking cat door that only opens when it recognizes a specific cat's flesh-embedded microchip, yet I still have to fumble around in the dark to insert a fancy metal key into an inexplicably difficult door lock just to get inside my house.

]]> http://ddhr.org/2012/01/30/microchip-cat-door/feed/ 0 Tony Romo chokes http://ddhr.org/2012/01/24/tony-romo-chokes/ http://ddhr.org/2012/01/24/tony-romo-chokes/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:48:10 +0000 Dave http://ddhr.org/?p=5522 This image of Tony Romo from the 2006-7 playoffs still makes me laugh: 

On the one hand, I feel a little bad for the guy, since this image has been burned into the collective conscience of the American football fan.  On the other hand, it's always good to see the Cowboys lose.

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]]> http://ddhr.org/2012/01/09/reusable-coffins/feed/ 0 Cubeicals wine rack http://ddhr.org/2012/01/03/cubeicals-wine-rack/ http://ddhr.org/2012/01/03/cubeicals-wine-rack/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:27:04 +0000 Dave http://ddhr.org/?p=5497 A few months ago we got some of those ClosetMaid Cubeicals to store stuff in our kitchen.  One of the items we like to store in our kitchen is wine.  But typical wine racks take up space, and space is something our kitchen conveniently lacks.  So we took to storing our wine upright, in direct sunlight, on top of the Cubeical, which violates several rules of wine-drinking.  So naturally I figured, "Surely someone on the internet has made a wine rack that fits in this widely available cubical storage system."  Naturally, I was wrong.  Consequently, I became that person. 

wine-rack-1 wine-rack-2 wine-rack-3 wine-rack-4 wine-rack-5 wine-rack-6 ]]> http://ddhr.org/2012/01/03/cubeicals-wine-rack/feed/ 2 Bowl schedule http://ddhr.org/2012/01/03/bowl-schedule/ http://ddhr.org/2012/01/03/bowl-schedule/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:35:42 +0000 Dave http://ddhr.org/?p=5494 I think it's stupid that the current schedule of college football bowl games consists of a bunch of insignificant, poorly-named, ill-timed matchups that take place randomly over the course of 7-10 days, often over a month after the end of the regular season.  When I'm elected Supreme Commander of All Things, here's how I would change that: 

  • First of all, no more PAC-10 changing its name to PAC-12, or a BIG-10 with 12 teams.  Stick to letters.  BIG-10 and BIG-12 get to fight out the details.
  • Season ends with conference championships.
  • Conference champions compete in bowl games.
  • The National Championship Game cannot contain two teams from the same conference.
  • Bowl games take place no more than two weeks after the end of the regular season.  All in one day.  The end.

Everybody who has ever had an opinion about college football agrees that the current system is stupid.  Yet the system remains.

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Thanks for making me clean up after you.  Please remove me from your mailing list. 

Sincerely,
Everyone who's ever had to clean glitter off every object in the house that happened to come in contact with your ridiculous gaudy card, then wash their hands because glitter sticks to everything, but then still had glitter on their face all day because that stuff gets everywhere and it makes you look stupid, like some jerk who puts glitter on their face in the hopes of attracting attention, like a bizarre mating ritual where mating will surely not happen. 

]]> http://ddhr.org/2011/12/21/glitter-cards/feed/ 0 Accents that annoy me http://ddhr.org/2011/12/19/accents-that-annoy-me/ http://ddhr.org/2011/12/19/accents-that-annoy-me/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:37:33 +0000 Dave http://ddhr.org/?p=5486
  • South Jersey/Philadelphia/Baltimore
  • Canada
  • Chicago/Minnesota
  • Richmond, VA
    • ]]>     http://ddhr.org/2011/12/19/accents-that-annoy-me/feed/ 5     Constant vs. average speed http://ddhr.org/2011/12/14/constant-vs-average-speed/ http://ddhr.org/2011/12/14/constant-vs-average-speed/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:10:10 +0000 Dave http://ddhr.org/?p=5483 If I had to choose between driving at a constant speed of 40 mph or driving at a stop-and-go speed that averages 40 mph, I'd choose the former.  I often travel longer distances just so I don't have to drive on Route 206 in NJ.

    ]]>     http://ddhr.org/2011/12/14/constant-vs-average-speed/feed/ 5     Special disinterest group http://ddhr.org/2011/12/12/special-disinterest-group/ http://ddhr.org/2011/12/12/special-disinterest-group/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:17:37 +0000 Dave http://ddhr.org/?p=5481 I'm uninterested in joining this special disinterest group: 

    Politicians are completely out of touch with those Americans who are completely out of touch with politics.

    Who says that two people can't make an indifference?

    ]]>     http://ddhr.org/2011/12/12/special-disinterest-group/feed/ 0     Plata o plomo http://ddhr.org/2011/12/10/plata-o-plomo/ http://ddhr.org/2011/12/10/plata-o-plomo/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:07:50 +0000 Dave http://ddhr.org/?p=5478 Plata o plomo is Spanish for the phrase "silver or lead," which was Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's motto in dealing with his local government.  In other words, accept money or face bullets.  Me likes.

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