News

In the current issue of the journal Neurocase, scientists report on a woman with the astonishing ability to clearly remember events that happened to her decades ago.

David • News • 04/20/06 • 4 comments

Today’s golf

Dave and I went golfing today up at the Meadows course in Lincoln Park. We both played well, for at...

Dad • News • 04/17/06 • 3 comments

Leslie Norris, poet, 1920-2006

Leslie Norris, poet and friend, has died.

Patrick • News • 04/13/06 • 0 comments

The Earth Institute

Global warming is upon us.

Dad • News • 03/31/06 • 0 comments

The Woman Who Can’t Forget

A woman who remembers everything? ...hum!?

Patrick • News • 03/25/06 • 0 comments

Annie “Sore Loser” Proulx

Annie Proulx should have kept quiet.

Patrick • News • 03/23/06 • 3 comments

Cartoon Violence

In fairness to Muslims, the publication of these images does appear to have been a rather blatant provocation.

Dad • News • 02/08/06 • 3 comments

Jerome Bettis Day

The Steelers honored Jerome Bettis by wearing his ND jersey when they landed in Detroit earlier this week. Cool....

Dad • News • 02/01/06 • 0 comments

The Return of the Puppet Masters

Carl Zimmer's article, "The Return of the Puppet Masters" talks about the possible link between Toxoplasma gondii and schizophrenia.

David • News • 01/24/06 • 2 comments

Why we laugh

Scientists have finally divided laughter into two different types.

Patrick • News • 01/23/06 • 3 comments

Doug Flutie’s drop kick

Doug Flutie granted my wish for a drop kick.

Patrick • News • 01/12/06 • 2 comments

Hook ‘em Horns!

Congratulations to Texas. Maybe I’m crazy, but I think I was as happy last night with a USC loss, as...

David • News • 01/05/06 • 2 comments

We’re here in Uruguay

We made it to Uruguay, though we lost some of our sanity on the way.

Patrick • News • 12/10/05 • 0 comments

Sportsman of the Year

Sports Illustrated writer picks Weis for Magazine’s top honor....

Dad • News • 11/30/05 • 0 comments

H5N1

Avian Flu websites - PBS, National Geographic, NPR.

David • News • 10/30/05 • 4 comments

Utah Arts Council Writing Competition

I won 2nd place in a Utah book contest.

Patrick • News • 09/24/05 • 4 comments

Evolution vs. Intelligent Design

President Bush made uneducated remarks, basically saying that intelligent design should be taught alongside evolution in science classrooms.

David • News • 08/07/05 • 7 comments

The Power of Now

I haven't read the book yet, but suffice to say it's a "guide to spiritual enlightenment."

Dad • News • 08/05/05 • 2 comments

Computer Train 2

"Can we get to Convent in 30 minutes, or would it make sense to try for another station closer to here?"

Dad • Connections/News/Observations/Puzzles • 07/24/05 • 3 comments

Dinosaur National Monument

Dinosaur National Monument features an unexcavated fossil quarry, Indian petroglyphs, and an old-style homestead.

Patrick • News • 07/24/05 • 3 comments

Carrick-a-Rede

On the northern tip of Northern Ireland is a place called Carrick-a-Rede which has a rope bridge across a deep...

Dad • News • 07/07/05 • 3 comments

Belfast

Yesterday it rained all day and we drove to Belfast to get a sense of the city. The sense we...

Dad • News • 07/06/05 • 0 comments

Ireland

Well, actually, we’re in Northern Ireland right now. It has rained all day (as opposed to part of the day)...

Dad • News • 07/05/05 • 2 comments

Why is yawning contagious?

"This finding represents the first known neurophysiological signature of perceived yawn contagiousness."

Patrick • News • 07/02/05 • 0 comments

A goodly apple rotten at the heart

"It is amazing how a couple of bad apples can try to spoil the entire barrel."

Dad • News • 04/24/05 • 0 comments

Pat Tillman

Today is the one-year anniversary of Pat Tillman's death. Tonight ESPN will show his Sports Century Special.

David • News • 04/22/05 • 1 comments

The Face of Christ for You

Sister Helen Prejean's article on the Pope's legacy, "Above All Else, Life".

David • News • 04/10/05 • 1 comments

Birth Order Blues

First-born children get a greater share of their parents' attention and wealth.

Patrick • News • 04/09/05 • 4 comments

But I Love Grilled Cheese!

Sonya Thomas took the GoldenPalace.com World Grilled Cheese Eating Championship by consuming 25 grilled cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes.

David • News • 03/20/05 • 0 comments

Scale for masochists

She took a deep breath and said, "How depressing."

Dad • Funnies/News/Stories • 02/26/05 • 3 comments

The tsunami

These tsunami pictures recovered from a smashed digital camera that washed ashore are remarkable and eerie. The first picture with...

Dad • News • 02/24/05 • 0 comments

The Gates

At his suggestion, I had already taken a brief look at Christo's website and come to the conclusion that the project was pretty ridiculous.

Dad • News • 02/13/05 • 0 comments

Cheney’s Auschwitz Attire

Nobody told Dick Cheney that he should dress in solemn, formal attire at Auschwitz.

Patrick • News • 01/29/05 • 1 comments

Buying Diplomas

Laura Callahan, former CIO of the Department of Homeland Security, faked all three of her college degrees.

Patrick • News • 01/22/05 • 11 comments

When is Eid al-Adha?

To be honest, I like the idea of using a moon crescent siting as the beginning of the year.

Dad • News • 01/21/05 • 0 comments

Farewell to Dave Barry

Dave Barry has quit.

Patrick • News • 01/18/05 • 5 comments

Designing a Book

I will soon be starting my biggest design project to date, the design of an experimental novel by Notre Dame Creative Writing professor Steve Tomasula.

Dan • News • 01/07/05 • 2 comments

A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss Hart

Rolling Stone magazine, in another "Special Collectors Issue" has listed the 500 greatest songs of all time.

Dad • News/Observations/Reviews • 11/23/04 • 1 comments

Athletes Brawling

In the USA, brawling athletes get fined. In Uruguay, they get jailed.

Patrick • News/Observations • 11/20/04 • 5 comments

“Do They Know It’s Christmas” Yet?

Bono says to thank God it's them instead of you. Primo Levi says different.

Patrick • News/Quotes • 11/17/04 • 1 comments

New Evil for PC Users

A new nefarious method of "phishing" for bank account and credit card information.

Patrick • News • 11/15/04 • 2 comments

Smartest States

New Jersey is the 4th smartest state in the Union.

Patrick • News • 10/19/04 • 5 comments

Professor brings unique emphasis to BYU

BYU's newspaper, The Daily Universe, welcomes Professor Madden.

Patrick • News • 09/27/04 • 1 comments

Swimming in Syrup

350 years after Newton pondered it, scientists have finally experimentally determined whether humans swim faster in syrup or water.

Patrick • News • 09/26/04 • 6 comments

George W. Bush by the numbers

George W. Bush's left-wing enemies will have a field day with these statistics.

Patrick • News/Observations/Recommendations • 09/04/04 • 5 comments

The Cost of Revenge & the Dorsal Striatum

This is a cool segment from NPR that examines Revenge and Altruistic Punishment. Turns out, revenge activates the same part...

David • News • 08/27/04 • 3 comments

On The Issues

NPR has a page on their site titled, On The Issues, where you can listen to what each candidate has...

David • News/Recommendations/Suggestions • 08/09/04 • 0 comments

Rush #1 among Geeks

According to a recent Register poll, geeks love Rush.

Patrick • News • 08/06/04 • 0 comments

Income Tax to Be Abolished?

There's talk of Congress abolishing the Federal Income Tax.

Patrick • News • 08/04/04 • 9 comments

Speedy Delivery: New Al Qaeda Threat?

NYTimes reports that "new" terrorist threats come from years-old intelligence.

Patrick • News • 08/04/04 • 1 comments

The MJ of Nerds

Basically, if The Sports Guy says it/writes it, I believe it. This weeks article, The Summer of the Jeopardy Guy...

David • Funnies/News/Suggestions • 07/21/04 • 4 comments

The Tour de France

I love it. I’m hooked. I have become obsessed with the Tour this year, thanks to OLN (Outdoor Life Network)...

David • News • 07/21/04 • 3 comments

Taking safety for granted

This year several people have been injured, and one man killed, on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster.

Patrick • News • 07/10/04 • 1 comments

9/11 Memorial Typeface

Dan's typographical friends have connections at the NY Times.

Patrick • News • 07/09/04 • 1 comments

Beach Volleyball

It's been a while since I've done this, but today I went to Belmar to watch some beach volleyball.

Dad • News • 07/08/04 • 5 comments

We Made It

We made it to Utah okay, and we're reconnected to the internet. Here's the proof.

Patrick • News • 06/30/04 • 2 comments

We’re Back

I get back from Ohio after Pat's graduation and find a blank blog!

Dad • News • 06/12/04 • 0 comments

Dr. Madden

I'm now officially a doctor.

Patrick • News • 06/01/04 • 2 comments

Controversial Eucharist

On the way home from school today I heard an excellent piece on NPR about the Eucharist, and the current...

David • News • 05/29/04 • 2 comments

What’s your favorite colour, baby?

Living Colour has released a new album called Collide0scope.

Patrick • News • 05/28/04 • 2 comments

Abortion on NPR

This morning the first thing I heard when my alarm went off at 6:22 was a spot on NPR about...

David • News • 05/24/04 • 4 comments

Rush’s album of cover songs!

Rush will release an album of covered 60s tunes.

Patrick • News • 05/15/04 • 4 comments

Congraduations!

I will be allowed to graduate this June.

Patrick • News • 05/14/04 • 0 comments

Rupert Wins!

Rupert Boneham the Pirate wins Survivor by the vote of the people.

Patrick • News • 05/14/04 • 3 comments

Ouch (Six Nails in Head)

Man gets shot with nail gun in head. Newscaster bungles sentences.

Patrick • News • 05/06/04 • 2 comments

3-D photos

So the lesson for all of us is, never throw anything away. You might need it later.

Dad • Funnies/News/Stories • 04/08/04 • 4 comments

Myrtle Beach

The famous golf vacation in Myrtle Beach is over and I did worse than anyone else. I brought 4 dozen...

Dad • News • 03/28/04 • 1 comments

Sara

Sara Teresa Elizabeth Madden Cabrera, welcome to the family!

Patrick • Felicitations/News • 03/10/04 • 10 comments

Snowball Fighting Championships

Adding to the evidence that there are championships in everything, here’s an article about the Japanese Snowball Fighting Championships. Maybe...

Patrick • News • 03/01/04 • 4 comments

Our New House

An introduction to and virtual tour of the house we bought in Lehi, Utah.

Patrick • News • 02/24/04 • 2 comments

Uut and Uup

Two new elements have reportedly been created or is it discovered!?! How awesome is that? The last time scientists made...

David • News • 02/03/04 • 4 comments

Breakin’ for the Pope

Polish break-dancers perform in the Vatican for the Pope.

Patrick • News • 01/29/04 • 7 comments

Let the Punishment Fit the Crime?

Since this place is so dead lately, I figure it won’t hurt to post about a woman who, as part...

Patrick • News • 01/14/04 • 1 comments

Stop Light

The new cold fusion? The most incredible experimental result in our lifetime? A doorway to new methods of computing? What...

Patrick • News • 12/11/03 • 2 comments

Religion in the US

According to a study at the University of Michigan, the US is far more religious than other industrialized nations. Among...

Patrick • News • 12/03/03 • 0 comments

The Tords Reunite!

After a ten-year hiatus (time for marriage, children, school, and other pursuits), The Tords will reunite for a recording session...

Patrick • News/Sounds • 11/12/03 • 2 comments

Snap goes the ankle

I had to talk myself into going to play noontime basketball yesterday. For one thing, my left foot was aching,...

Patrick • News • 10/25/03 • 9 comments

99 behind (and gaining?)

Basically I wanted to get to less than 100 entries behind Pat. Now I’ve done it! I also wanted people...

David • News • 10/23/03 • 1 comments

Political Cartoons

a neat site for checking out political cartoons.

Dad • Funnies/News/Recommendations • 10/22/03 • 1 comments

How Low Can I Go?

After peaking at about 235 lbs, I'm down to 200 and feeling pretty good.

Patrick • News • 10/08/03 • 8 comments

iprmoetnt tihngs

Aoccdrnig to a rseearcehr at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the...

David • News • 09/29/03 • 10 comments

Job/Working

In case you haven’t heard, i have a freelance job at Semaphore Partners in downtown chicago. it’s a web design...

Dan • News • 09/26/03 • 2 comments

Back in the [Athens] Groove

This is just to say that we’re back in Athens, Ohio, please send unpacking help. We had an adventurous return...

Patrick • News • 09/24/03 • 0 comments

Hurricane Isabel

Holy Hurricane Batman!! Take a look at this!! It’s a amazing satellite image from one of NASA’s crazy gizmos. It’s...

David • News • 09/19/03 • 2 comments

John Ashcroft’s SSN

This article says that, for $26, you can purchase the Social Security numbers and home addresses for top Bush administration...

Dad • News • 08/29/03 • 0 comments

You call that cheating?

“Rutgers professor finds 40% of students plagiarize material from the Internet, other sources,” says the sub-headline in yesterday’s Star Ledger....

Dad • News • 08/29/03 • 3 comments

Test scores

...schools must report math and language arts scores for every school, broken down into categories based on race, income, and disabilities.

Dad • News • 08/29/03 • 7 comments

Man knocks self out with rock

The Morris County section of the paper carried this blurb yesterday, which I paraphrase. A 21-year-old man knocked himself unconscious...

Dad • News • 08/29/03 • 2 comments

Michigan Essay

The University of Michigan, fresh out of Supreme Court, where it lost the battle to preserve its old admissions policy,...

Dad • News • 08/29/03 • 2 comments

Poet Laureate

The selection of Louise Gluck (rhymes with pick) to US Poet Laureate will be announced today, according to a Star...

Dad • News • 08/29/03 • 2 comments

Let’s Try It Again…Hermosa Beach!

Greeting, family, from my new home in Hermosa Beach, CA. I tried this the other night, and as all of...

Kathleen • News • 08/27/03 • 4 comments

Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

I was reading up on a recent concert in Toronto meant to revitalize the SARS-scare-afflicted economy there. Playing to the...

Patrick • News • 08/26/03 • 1 comments

Sea Turtles and Grand Designs

Hola from Costa Rica! Last night i watched and ´helped´a green sea turtle lay her eggs. it was one of...

David • News • 08/07/03 • 4 comments

Please Consume Beef?

Today I had a conversation about salmon with a guy I was playing volleyball against. Yup, during warm-ups we chatted...

David • News • 08/02/03 • 4 comments

Betting on Terrorist Attacks

How much stock do you put in a story you read in the New York Times? If they tell you...

Patrick • News • 07/31/03 • 3 comments

Golf

I played golf today. First, I got up at 5:00 a.m. to pick up Kathleen at Newark after her red-eye...

Dad • News • 07/24/03 • 0 comments

Will Ferrell at Harvard

I did not know until today that Will Ferrell gave the Class Day (apparently not the real graduation day or...

Patrick • News • 07/20/03 • 1 comments

Attention Windows Users

I found out through zeldman.com that there’s a huge hole in Windows that could allow hackers to severely mess with...

Patrick • News • 07/17/03 • 2 comments

New Episode

After a several-week hiatus, I’ve posted a new episode on the Fulbright portion of LosMadden. It’s not so great, but...

Patrick • News • 07/08/03 • 0 comments

Custom 404 Error Page

You know how when you follow a broken link you get a page that says “Error 404: File Not Found”?...

Patrick • News • 07/03/03 • 3 comments

Google, Searches, Justice

A while back, Dad emailed me about people suing Google because their search-engine rankings fell and they lost business. Often...

Patrick • News • 07/01/03 • 2 comments

Guster

Dad and I went to a Guster show the other day in Morristown. This might be the first concert I’ve...

David • News • 06/30/03 • 1 comments

Monthly Archives

I have made the Monthly Archive pages. They have calendars up top, links to their posts, and all their posts...

Patrick • News • 06/30/03 • 0 comments

Author Pages

I’ve put up author pages for the five of us who have posted on Maddenation. They’re super incomplete (even mine...

Patrick • Instructions/News • 06/30/03 • 1 comments

Site Design Update

I am currently (over the weekend, maybe a little longer) cleaning up the site design, designing interior pages, making things...

Patrick • News • 06/28/03 • 13 comments

Holy Moley

Apple has just unveiled their new G5 processor (created in conjunction with IBM). I’m salivating (and hurting, because the top-o-the-line...

Patrick • News • 06/25/03 • 2 comments

NYSP Journal

Because I cannot keep a journal on my own, and i’d like to for NYSP (the sports camp i’m working),...

Dan • News • 06/24/03 • 29 comments

Mile Run/New Macs

i have a picture of mile run, 2 miles. it’s great. unfortunately, no freaking scanners at this university work. that’s...

Dan • News • 06/21/03 • 2 comments

Happy Father’s Day

Karina and I disagree about how to handle this. We have a cool Father’s Day present for Dad, but I...

Patrick • News • 06/15/03 • 4 comments

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

Hello folks. I hope you all read this. I am finishing up school today and tomorrow and should be recording...

Kathleen • News • 06/12/03 • 3 comments

Packing for Life

hi kids. dan is finishing up packing. he is going out to notre dame to work the same summer sports...

Dan • News • 06/10/03 • 8 comments

Service Trip and Ramblings

Hello Everybody! Sorry for the long absence from the site. I’ve been unbelievably busy and consumed. To give you an...

David • News • 06/07/03 • 1 comments

Hepatitis

Forgive my entering this unpleasant bit of news right after Dad’s beautiful, moving piece to Dan. Pato has Hepatitis A....

Patrick • News • 05/15/03 • 0 comments

Mother’s Day

We don’t have too many messages to Mom and Karina on this list (and none from them), so I want...

Patrick • News • 05/11/03 • 0 comments

Monkeys, Typewriters, Shakespeare

I’ve found links to this on a couple of other blog sites, so I figured why not put it here...

Patrick • News • 05/10/03 • 4 comments

Good News

I just found out that I have received the John Cady Graduate Fellowship at Ohio University for next year. This...

Patrick • News • 04/13/03 • 0 comments

Who Is Dan?

I have been hard at work on my nametag project and i am working very hard trying to get this site up.

Dan • News • 04/07/03 • 5 comments

Fulbright Extension

I found out today that I was awarded an extension of my Fulbright fellowship, so we’ll be here until September,...

Patrick • News • 04/03/03 • 0 comments

Back to Normal

The site is, as far as I can tell, back to normal operating status. The problem was an ugrade at...

Patrick • News • 04/03/03 • 2 comments

He-Man

I just learned that He-Man is back on television. I was a little too old for the guy, but Dave...

Patrick • News • 03/28/03 • 2 comments

Go Cougars!

Quickly: I got offered a job as a professor at BYU (at the rank of “assistant professor,” actually, but that’s...

Patrick • News • 03/28/03 • 1 comments

Trash-Talking in Iraq

I got this from CNN, which tells about a clash between the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and a group of...

Patrick • Funnies/News/Quotes • 03/23/03 • 2 comments

Save the Time, the Trees, and the Stamp

March Maddenness has gone electronic! Booya! I just finished setting up our very own family NCAA bracket webpage dealio. You...

David • News • 03/18/03 • 7 comments

kath in da house

I am finally online. I just got the info tonight. For those of you living in the southern hemisphere or...

Kathleen • News • 02/28/03 • 7 comments

Of Beauty and Toilets

Adi doesn’t know how to write, so this is really me, Patrick. Adi has been potty training recently and doing...

Adi • News • 02/22/03 • 1 comments

Site Updates

I have put small “posted-by” pictures and ascii-generated popups of everyone on the site, so post away. Your picture will...

Patrick • News • 02/21/03 • 0 comments

Current Events

I figured I’d use the news feature on this site to tell everyone that I got the Ohio U English...

Patrick • News • 02/21/03 • 0 comments

Welcome to Maddenation

The site is ready for Phase-1 usage, meaning that this front page is designed (while other pages are not), members...

Patrick • News • 02/14/03 • 0 comments