http://www.theronhatch.com Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:17:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Google Earth blog posted about how you can turn your google earth experience into this special halloween edition.  Download this kmz file and open it up in Google Earth. You'll see the earth in a whole new way.  Make sure to use the ShareThis button below to pass this ... http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/10/a-little-google-earth-halloween-fun/ EarthSwoop can take you there with some really cool trips to each of the NFL stadiums.  The 3D realism is close to the real things.  No smell of beer or rowdy fans.  No live action.  No cheerleaders.  No bad calls. http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/10/cant-get-to-the-game-let-google-take-you/ I was fortunate to be asked to play with Tiffany Curtiss about a year and a half ago. She is a wonderful writer and singer and a joy to play with. She was filming for a live DVD and opened that night for Chris Barron of the Spin ... http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/10/a-cool-live-set-tiffany-curtiss-at-12th-and-porter/ So this big campfire just appeared one day millions of years ago? Read more about this here. http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/10/the-sun-up-close/ Broken Escalator - The funniest videos are a click away http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/10/some-friday-fun/ I just reconnected with a good friend from college this past week on Facebook.  Tim and I used to play in a band together called "Skydiver" named shortly after we all went skydiving.  We caught up by phone this past week and it was like 20 years hadn't just passed.  ... http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/10/facebook-and-sharethis/ From the House of Representatives website as I was trying to share some views about the current crisis. The House of Representatives is currently experiencing an extraordinarily high amount of email traffic. The Write Your Representative function is therefore intermittently available. While we realize communicating to your Members of Congress is ... http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/09/congress-website-overrun-by-citizens/ The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away. http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/09/ronald-reagan-said-it-best/ I've been trying to track down the history of my first name forever.  I'd heard that it was based in mythology or from one of Homer's (not Simpson) writings.  A recent Google search found that my name shows up primarily in Virgil's "The Aeneid".  Oh valiant warrior that I was, ... http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/09/from-virgils-aeneid/ Where did the last 30 days go?  I just noticed that a month has elapsed since my last post.  What gives? For starters, my occupation provides a never ending source of manageable stress that I let get a little out of hand.  Not good.  Combine that with one of those nasty ... http://www.theronhatch.com/2008/09/a-month-of-mondays/