I’m headin’ back to Texas for what appears to be three days chock full of isolated thunderstorms. I can’t wait! Bring on the rain, b****es! Anyway, yeah, I’m coming back home for a short while. I’ll pet my doggy. I’ll see the family. My dad is in Europe somewhere this week. Paris? Rome? I’m not […]

My AMEX bill is crazy high due to my expenses this month. That tends to leave me with a sense of impending doom until I pay it off every month. I’m not a big fan of doing expenses, but the fact that it lifts the doom off me does help matters. I have been trying […]

This past weekend I saw three films: REVENGE OF THE SITH, ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, and MONSTER-IN-LAW. I couldn’t find anyone willing to see SITH with me on opening day (something I’ve done ever since EMPIRE STRIKES BACK came out in 1980). Here’s the blog entry I wrote with my Blackberry while […]

Last week I got to work from Minneapolis, Minnesota. I flew into the Minneapolis / St. Paul Airport and drove straight to the Hotel Sofitel. I was supposed to fly in the night before, but I got booted off the preferrable 7 PM Tuesday night flight in lieu of the icky 6 AM Wednesday morning […]

More goodies have been showing up in the Super Genius mailbag in the last week. From: Steve Bridge <sbridge21@hotmail.com> To: Mark Shields Date: May 13, 2005 6:07 PM Subject: BATMOBILE Hello my name is Steve and I would like to explain something to you called POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO. I was reading through your journal […]

I revisited by training grounds on Wednesday with a one hour training session with Justin. It was a chest workout and I believe this is what went on during my hour. Get warmed up on the elliptical for 10 minutes at L5 setting Decline Bench Press: 16 & 12 reps at 90 pounds, then 10, […]

I’ve got some video of a buddy of mine in two matches that he participated in recently. Click here for Kevin Grainer Kicking Some A** and Taking Names.

In today’s Super Genius Mailbag, web site visitor VizionzofSpace@aol.com wrote inquiring about my replica batmobile. Here’s a transcript of our conversation: From: VizionzofSpace1@aol.com To: Mark Shields Date: May 2, 2005 11:44 PM Subject: Weight of Bat Car? How much does the bat car weigh? I am doing research before I contact my people to build […]

I arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport at 5 PM. My dad drove me and dropped me off at the Terminal A passenger drop off. A quick hug later and I was checking in and going through the rigors of the security check-in. It’s been only three months since I travelled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it […]