http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Geoff Brown's Web-o-Rama: A Random Sampling of Whatever Happens to be on My Mind. en-us blog@geoffbrown.net 2008-08-28T00:11:54-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000341.html So somehow, the whole freaking month of August managed to blow right by me. And of course, I haven’t even remotely come close to keeping this thing as up-to-date as I’d like to. Not that I haven’t had lots to... 341@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Random Musings 2008-08-28T00:11:54-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000340.html In my blog slacking, I never got a chance to blog about the Internet video that, well, broke the Internet, so to speak. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is the brain-child of Joss Whedon, who is the creator of such popular... 340@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Humor 2008-08-03T18:32:40-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000339.html It’s been a while since I posted here, hasn’t it? I promise I’ll post more soon. ... 339@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Random Musings 2008-07-30T22:46:11-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000338.html This, of course, is one of the “seven words[*] you can’t say on TV, made famous by one of my favorite comedians, George Carlin, who, sadly, died yesterday (the list is now over 2,400). Carlin was one of the first... 338@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Humor 2008-06-23T20:14:42-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000337.html As I mentioned in a previous post, since I became a homeowner, I have had occasion to learn quite a bit about home repair as things (a) broke and needed fixing, or (b) as I decided to add things. This... 337@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Random Musings 2008-06-22T22:12:04-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000336.html Sadly, however, they are not. Seems that out-of-control parenting has gotten further out of control, as News.com.au reports that two-year-olds have started handing out business cards. I’ll let that sink in for a minute. This is not a joke. Apparently... 336@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Weird News 2008-06-08T10:34:37-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000335.html Well, the Detroit Red Wings have done it again — they won the Stanley Cup in six games against the Pittsburgh Penguins. This tops off an excellent season in which they also won the President’s Cup for having the best... 335@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ NHL 2008-06-07T20:41:23-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000334.html Wil Wheaton blog features an account of a bad concert-going experience that reminds me of why I stopped going to concerts. Seems he had gone to see The Police — at $60 per ticket — when he encountered some rude... 334@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Random Musings 2008-05-28T23:26:27-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000333.html Today might possibly be one of the best days I’ve had in a while. It was gorgeous outside — about 70 degrees, not humid, sunny with no clouds. I had breakfast with Amy, and then went to Greenfield Village for... 333@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ What's New in My Life 2008-05-24T20:27:40-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000332.html Today’s Detroit News proved that thousands of people can be wrong. The News released it list of what it alleges to be “Michigan’s Best” businesses of 2008, in a variety of categories. For the most part, it is what the... 332@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Random Musings 2008-05-22T22:36:45-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000331.html My old friend Ben Kepple, of Daily Rant fame, was in town as part of his Economic Stimulus Vacation Tour. In keeping with the theme of his trip, we stimulus-ed the economy of Ann Arbor with a visit to an... 331@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ What's New in My Life 2008-04-27T22:38:53-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000330.html I have always liked cats because when I was a wee young lad, my grandparents had a cat, Charlie, who was pretty much my constant companion when I’d visit. Later, after I became a lawyer, it seemed to me that... 330@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Humor 2008-04-26T21:06:02-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000329.html Travel writer Thomas Khonstamm has admitted that he either plagiarized or just plain made up a bunch of the stuff he wrote for the “Lonely Planet” travel guidebook series. He says that he broke company policy by taking free travel... 329@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Weird News 2008-04-20T23:42:27-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000328.html It seems that a woman was arrested at a courthouse on the day of her wedding, in front of her entire wedding party. What is it that she allegedly did? Well, the day before her wedding, she threatened someone. A... 328@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Weird News 2008-03-23T22:10:22-05:00 http://www.geoffbrown.net/archives/000327.html When I was a kid, I used to love to read Garfield cartoons. As I grew older, I might stumble across the occasional Garfield strip in the newspaper, and they still managed to get a smile out of me, but... 327@http://www.geoffbrown.net/ Humor 2008-03-16T13:09:33-05:00