Tom McMahon

Tom Skilling's Tornado Seminar

From asktom.org:

Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist of WGN-TV Chicago, has been educating the public on severe weather and tornado safety for 22 years. He has produced several TV specials on severe weather safety, including "It sounded like a Freight Train," and "When Lightning Strikes. This Severe Weather Seminar is free and open to the public and includes multimedia presentations from many forecasters, researchers, and noted personalities from the meteorological world.

Everyone with an interest in understanding severe weather should come to this year's seminar and take part in this wonderful learning experience, but arrive early as seating is limited! The 2004 Severe Weather Seminar will be held on April 3rd, 2004, at 1:00pm and 7:00pm at Fermilab near Chicago.

All this from the brother of Jeff Skilling, ex-CEO of Enron!

Family Guy Action Figures

Family Guy Action Figures

Everything I know about action figures I learned from Jeff Patterson over at Gravity Lens

Yankee or Dixie?

A quiz to check on your dialect and see if you might have crossed over to the "other side". I scored 44 percent (slightly Yankee). Sounds about right, given that I grew up in Illinois, Tennessee, and Missouri. (via Oliver Willis)

Trouble Always Comes in Bunches, Doesn't It?

If ya know what I mean and you're feeling so inclined, why not wander on over to Dean's World and throw some coins in the tip jar? And while you're there, leave 'em an encouraging word or two. Thanks!

Ripples From The Passion

From NRO:

When the dust settles after March 1, many of the rules of the filmmaking business may need revisions. For the first time, the industry will realize the profits that have been forfeited over the years by creating films that were out of sync with the interests of the citizens of the red states. In a post-Passion world, whoever figures out as Gibson apparently has, how to consistently tell stories that appeal to the heartland will be the beneficiary of the wellspring of affection Gibson's film has generated among people traditionally hostile to Hollywood.

Clear Channel vs Howard Stern: the Rest of The Story

My summary of a post on The Critical 'I" :

Stern's show is produced in partnership with Viacom, which owns Infinity Broadcasting, which is the second-largest radio network, behind--hello!--Clear Channel. I find it hard to believe that Clear Channel only now determined that a show like Howard Stern's could be construed as objectionable. The motivation lies elsewhere, beyond a corporate impulse to conform to decency standards. Clear Channel is orchestrating the current climate to put pressure on its chief rival, Viacom/Infinity. The Stern action is designed to give the appearance of "cracking down", when it's really an opportunistic power play.

Lautenschlager

Doesn't "Lautenschlager" sound like a brand of beer? A tall, frosty Lautenschlager. Lautenschlager: For The Good Times. Because Tonight Is Kinda Special: Lautenschlager. That sort of thing.

Just The Thing For Going To A Milwaukee Fish Fry

Fish n' Chips

Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord...

A few selections from the very comprehensive list:

• My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear Plexiglas visors, not face-concealing ones that can hide the enemy.
• My ventilation ducts will be too small to crawl through.
• My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.
• Shooting is not too good for my enemies and should be done ASAP.
• The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the object which is my one weakness.
• I will not gloat over my enemies' predicament before killing them.
• When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?" I'll say "No" and shoot him. No, on second thought I'll shoot him then say "No.

(via Fark and Cynical-C Blog)

The Other Drudge Report

Why, that would be the award-winning and very useful Refdesk.com , run by Matt's daddy Bob Drudge. It's a reference desk for all sorts of facts.