http://katsden.5100bac.net The World's Most Pointless 'Blog Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:32:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...for not updating. I blame the curse of World of Warcraft. A friend of mine bought a copy of it for his kids, and I warned him that if he started playing he'd become addicted. Little did I know that I would too. I keep asking myself why I'm playing ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2009/12/epic-fail/ Got off my bum and updated the webcam page. Not that I ever remember to turn them on; but there are now cams for the office, laptop, and work. I'm also a little tired of the constant yes-it-is, no-it-isn't back and forth over "global warming". Science should never bow to the ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2009/04/cams-and-warming/ Sounds like a band name. Actually, it's a set of heated pants, jacket liner, and gloves for the bike. And man, do these things work! Rode in 38 degree weather Saturday morning and only needed to put it on low... why did I wait so long before buying these? Have ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2009/02/electric-underpants/ Sooo... first week at the new job. I knew I'd have a job ahead of me setting up a training program pretty much from scratch; but no idea how much of one. It seems the former Sheriff of this county- we'll just call him "G"- was basically coasting until retirement ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2009/01/holy-wow/ 2009 will certainly be a year of change! If you've read earlier posts, you'll recall that the candidate I supported for Sheriff of the county I live in (and the office I work for) lost the primary election. Wondering every four years who your boss will be is hard enough; but ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2009/01/the-biggest-problem-with-elected-law-enforcement/ Yeah, I'm an internet junkie. Surfing for me means following link after link on whatever little thing crosses my mind while I'm sitting at the computer. Every now and then I'll fall back on old favorites, like failblog.org. While browsing failblog, I noticed two posts that really made my brain ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2008/11/oh-my-brain-hurts/ It's been a really crappy couple of months. First the election- covered in the last post- then the usual drama around the station house, and then I find my mom has stopped taking her medication and had a paranoid episode in which she called 911 and got five cops respond ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2008/08/is-august-over-yet/ Yes, it's been a long, hot summer. Not just because of rising temperatures due to the planet's axial tilt and an ongoing drought in the southeast- no, because it's election year. Now, normally I'm a pretty apolitical person. I vote for who I think will do the best job, rather than ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2008/08/the-wasted-vote/ Farkles- the little bits and pieces you add on to a bike. Or so the term seems to be around the sport-touring community, I've found. Started with the electrical support for other bits and pieces- TomTom Rider 2 GPS, iPod. Ran wires from the battery to a Bluesea fusebox under ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2008/06/farkeling-begins/ We'll just ignore the date of my last post. In the early '90s, when the bikes I rode were all used '80s Universal Japanese Motorcycles, Yamaha was producing a "sport touring" bike called the FJ1200. Sport tourers are comfortable, long distance touring bikes that still retain the power and handling of ... http://katsden.5100bac.net/2008/04/vroom/