Status: RETIRED HERO Troy Tulowitzki had talents as a shortstop comparable to some of the greats—such as Cal Ripken Jr., Derek Jeter, and Alex Rodriguez. However, he was injury-prone and rarely played more than 140 games in a season due to various ailments. Tulowitzki was selected to five All-Star games, won two Silver Slugger awards, […]
4D Media Library
Imagine if you could upload all of your photographs, videos, and sound clips to the internet cloud, then navigate through them across space and time within a virtual environment. Now imagine if everybody in the world could upload their multimedia files to a single virtual environment for anyone to view. It would become a massive […]
Water-filled Chair
Remember the 1980’s when waterbeds were all the rage? I thought they were so cool when I was a kid. But then waterbeds fell out of favor, probably because they need some tedious maintenance, are bad for your back, and causes massive damage if they leak. So maybe waterbeds are not such a good idea. […]
Dream Sequence 4: Ancient Portal
“4:13. We have five minutes!” Danny shouted.
“I’m in front of the door,” Xenia replied from below.
Danny carefully rappelled down the ancient stone edifice, its surface covered with faded pictograms. They would have a brief window of time to enter the treasure room.
$100 Bets
One of my favorite pastimes is investing my money. I do plenty of stock market investing in speculative companies. I like putting money into different types of cryptocurrencies. Whenever I hear about an investment idea that I think is a good idea, I put a small amount of money into it. Sometimes I hear about […]
Joe Nathan
Status: RETIRED HERO Joe Nathan was a six-time all-star closer and is a member of the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame. His 377 saves is eighth all-time. Nathan underwent Tommy John surgery twice in his career. After his first surgery in 2010, he bounced back and was selected for two All-Star games for the Texas […]