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 […]

Yesterday I drove into the parking garage. It took me a moment to get my badge to open the cross gate so the car behind me dodged into the adjoining entrance and passed me up. When you first enter the garage there’s a visitor parking area that’s off to the side. If you drive around […]