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Yearly Archives: 2008
Perfect “Score” on Wii Fit
Somara and I have a new weight-loss competition for the remainder of the year. Not exactly the right time to start with all the holiday parties in America. Still, I’m up to the challenge due to my competitive nature. Here … Continue reading
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Welcome to Picayune revamped
Finally! Picayune has made the move to a more efficient solution for posting 1200, WordPress. It’s rather obvious since it’s advertised at the bottom and many of you may recognize its rather “blah” default Theme. For a couple years I’ve … Continue reading
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And Detroit’s Big Three think they have a problem?
Think I should have this minor Adam Ant hit memorized? Go ahead, at least click it for the title. Today my VW decided to leak oil profusely. According to Somara, it had started trickling a little yesterday when she saw … Continue reading
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I think I’ll pass on this jersey unless I see more winning
Everything old is new again thanks to Reebok being the company to make the “new” NHL jerseys. Personally, I have yet to see this overpriced shoe company do anything to actually promote hockey in America. Ya’ know, commercials, product lines … Continue reading
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Outages of Picayune ahead
…or more likely, you may see prototypes, experiments and anything else of what may be its future. My friend Jeremy has had little to no success getting the successor site to work due to problems with 10.4’s implementation of SQL … Continue reading
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Miette the Cat Burglar of Food
Sunday night Miette decided to give us a nice scare but first let’s set the Wayback Machine to Halloween to explain why the Tension-o-Meter jumped to 11. I came home from the Blue Marble to see Somara in the neighbors’ … Continue reading
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Good News coming
Details are still in transition plus it cannot all be disclosed due to confidentiality matters. What I can tell you is that it involves Somara. She was allowed to tell me and I was thrilled. When we receive clearance, I … Continue reading
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Humor Test #3
I picked this one up from BustedTees.com to go with my Obama victory shirt. The main joke of this is ridiculing Amy Winehouse and/or the stereotype of British people’s teeth. Anyone who has been to London will recognize the red-blue … Continue reading
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Let the “Melrose Place Cancelled” jokes begin
How amusing it was to see the headline of Barry Melrose’s firing from the Lightning this morning on my “alarm clock’s” ESPN widget. It’s a bummer Cap’n Mullet has gone down in flames after a mere 16 games at the … Continue reading
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1993: Picayune 2.0 gets rolling around now
Picayune underwent its first major makeover around this time. While I was un-/underemployed, I ratcheted up making more of them but they still had the amateurish appearance of a newsletter or mock newspaper. By mid 1993 they were shrouded in … Continue reading
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Another milestone achieved on the War Against Debt
Another big [financial] pat on the back for us because today is the final payment of Somara’s second-smallest student loan! Not bad work. This one took only a year to kill off despite the set-back of her surgery, a smaller … Continue reading
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A huge reason why I’m glad I rejoined Apple in 1998
The recent news on Nortel makes me want to quote the overused expression from Yogi Berra, “This is like deja vu all over again.” Ten years ago, something similar happened with those clods after I left and back then the … Continue reading
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Happy Sixth Anniversary to Kim & Rad (belated)
A belated happy sixth anniversary to my Phoenix-based friends Kim & Rad. According to the Internet (aka Wikipedia), the “appropriate” gift for them is either iron or wood. Hmm. Rad’s a big comic-book fan so I’m confident he already owns … Continue reading
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Sorry Cousin Denise, Downie is your problem now
With huge apologies to my cousin in Tampa who is also a Lightning season-ticket holder, but imagine my relief at the news this morning on the EPSN widget. Holmgren finally got rid of Downie for Tampa’s prospect Carle to solve … Continue reading
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Trial run of Guitar Hero World Tour this week
Tuesday night I was at the nearby Best Buy, picking up the new Futurama movie, when I saw the latest Guitar Hero game all set up. It’s no secret that GH is trying to compete with Rock Band after the … Continue reading
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