Archive for October, 2007
Tonto
Although I haven’t made a skydive in over two years, I occasionally check the dropzone.com memorial forum hoping not to see any recognizable names. Today, sadly, I found a very recognizable one. Eric “Tonto” Stephenson, a South African guy I only met once, but interacted with online regularly, died today of complications from a swoop [...]
Book Review: My Lobotomy
I just finished a fascinating memoir by Howard Dully, a man who was lobotomized by one of the operation’s pioneers in 1960. For those of you who aren’t sure what a lobotomy is, essentially it was a procedure performed on thousands of mental patients and schizophreniacs from the 50s into the 70s. The earliest procedures [...]
Sports Betting Website
I started a sportsbetting information website. It’s fairly primitive right now, but hopefully I can build it into a portal with a lot of good information. Comments always welcome.
The World Without Us
A few days ago I finished one of the most fascinating books I’ve ever read. Alan Weisman spent three years researching what would happen to the Earth if humans just suddenly disappeared. Not if we got sick, or killed ourselves via nuclear warfare, or anything like that, just… poof, disappeared Biblical rapture-style. The result, as [...]
