Taken

Sunday, February 8, 2009
Just returned from watching Taken with the Smart Man.

Liam Neeson's character was a total badass - almost as badass as Rob Roy.

Of course, I'm pretty much willing to watch Liam Neeson read the phone book, but I thought the movie was a decent action flick.

Hmm...Liam Neeson!

Why Jon Stewart Should be the President's Advisor




His bailout plan, i.e., "Trickle Up Economics," starts at about 5.23.

Good Citizenship

Saturday, February 7, 2009

I believe the message here is "Good Citizenship."

And it matters.

Hot Chicks and Smart Men - Worldwide!

One of the do-dads that I have on the side bar is the visitor's map from ClustrMaps:

Locations of visitors to this page

I check the larger version periodically, and recently noticed that they have a country-counter feature. I cannot believe how many countries have visited HCDSM:

United States (US)24,363
Canada (CA)1,836
United Kingdom (GB)1,250
Australia (AU)488
Germany (DE)444
India (IN)420
Netherlands (NL)192
South Africa (ZA)188
France (FR)155
Italy (IT)142
New Zealand (NZ)102
Turkey (TR)101
Mexico (MX)99
Europe (EU)96
Norway (NO)94
Pakistan (PK)94
Brazil (BR)83
Malaysia (MY)82
Greece (GR)82
Spain (ES)81
Philippines (PH)81
Belgium (BE)80
Switzerland (CH)80
Saudi Arabia (SA)76
Denmark (DK)75
Sweden (SE)71
Poland (PL)70
Finland (FI)69
United Arab Emirates (AE)68
Ireland (IE)68
Egypt (EG)63
Singapore (SG)57
Japan (JP)52
Romania (RO)51
Indonesia (ID)50
Portugal (PT)41
Thailand (TH)38
Austria (AT)36
Israel (IL)36
Argentina (AR)30
Russian Federation (RU)29
China (CN)28
Croatia (HR)27
Vietnam (VN)26
Czech Republic (CZ)24
Hungary (HU)24
Chile (CL)24
Korea, Republic of (KR)23
Puerto Rico (PR)23
Qatar (QA)23
Bulgaria (BG)22
Serbia (RS)22
Venezuela (VE)20
Hong Kong (HK)16
Slovakia (SK)16
Kuwait (KW)14
Sri Lanka (LK)13
Kenya (KE)13
Colombia (CO)12
Jordan (JO)12
Lithuania (LT)12
Cyprus (CY)11
Trinidad and Tobago (TT)11
Lebanon (LB)10
Malta (MT)10
Bangladesh (BD)10
Nigeria (NG)10
Slovenia (SI)10
Estonia (EE)10
Ukraine (UA)10
Peru (PE)9
Oman (OM)9
Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR)9
Algeria (DZ)8
Macedonia (MK)8
Morocco (MA)8
Costa Rica (CR)8
Sudan (SD)8
Jamaica (JM)8
Taiwan (TW)8
Tunisia (TN)7
Iceland (IS)6
Yemen (YE)6
Barbados (BB)6
Mauritius (MU)6
Luxembourg (LU)6
Latvia (LV)6
Guam (GU)6
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY)5
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)5
Bahrain (BH)5
Fiji (FJ)4
Panama (PA)4
Bolivia (BO)3
Ecuador (EC)3
Maldives (MV)3
Moldova, Republic of (MD)3
Iraq (IQ)3
Nepal (NP)3
Cayman Islands (KY)3
Bermuda (BM)3
Nicaragua (NI)3
Kazakstan (KZ)2
Ghana (GH)2
Aruba (AW)2
Honduras (HN)2
Saint Lucia (LC)2
Uganda (UG)2
Guatemala (GT)2
El Salvador (SV)2
Dominican Republic (DO)2
Cote D'Ivoire (CI)2
Asia/Pacific Region (AP)2
Palestinian Territory (PS)2
Grenada (GD)2
Afghanistan (AF)2
Georgia (GE)2
Brunei Darussalam (BN)2
Reunion (RE)1
Gibraltar (GI)1
Zimbabwe (ZW)1
Northern Mariana Islands (MP)1
Botswana (BW)1
Senegal (SN)1
Paraguay (PY)1
Faroe Islands (FO)1
Netherlands Antilles (AN)1
Lesotho (LS)1
Mongolia (MN)1
New Caledonia (NC)1
Belarus (BY)1
Antigua and Barbuda (AG)1
Guyana (GY)1
Macau (MO)1
Turks and Caicos Islands (TC)1
Bhutan (BT)1
Uzbekistan (UZ)1
Armenia (AM)1
Suriname (SR)1
Cameroon (CM)1
Haiti (HT)1
Zambia (ZM)1
Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA)1
Holy See (Vatican City State) (VA)1
American Samoa (AS)1
Anguilla (AI)1
Syrian Arab Republic (SY)1
Virgin Islands, U.S. (VI)1
Myanmar (MM)1

Myanmar? Seriously? And where the hell are "Reunion" and "Brunei Darussalam?"

Of course the one that made me laugh and laugh is the visitor from the Holy See, heretic that I am.

Where do your visitors come from?

Dodging the Bullet

Friday, February 6, 2009
The plumber has come and gone, and the issue was apparently a leaky seal around the Smart Boy's bathtub drain that was leaking down the outside of the pipes and collecting above the ceiling in the laundry room.

The entire visit cost less than $150.00, and the plumber was punctual, courteous and helpful.

Yay, Crown Plumbing! If you're a South Metro Denver resident and you need a plumber, I'll recommend these guys any time.

Who Cares? Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 6


Was Christian Bale's outburst justified bacause Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut is an ass? Will they ever reconcile? Who Cares!

The Joys of Home Ownership - Not

Thursday, February 5, 2009
This is the ceiling in our bathroom/laundry room, which is located below the two upstairs bathrooms.

Notice anything?

Yeah. It totally sucks to be our laundry room ceiling.

It is with great fear and trepidation that I have called...a plumber.

He will be here tomorrow morning.

Wish me luck...