Monthly Archives: January 2010

My brother to the rescue!

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Steve

With all the cutbacks in the SCLM, here’s a nice glaring example of what happens when the copyeditors are axed. High five to my friend Bryant for finding this.

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Not a bad suggestion to refine written communication

Posted on January 16, 2010 by Steve

One hazard with written communication in my profession and personal life is tone. When I was a big, geeky letter writer as a teenager, this wasn’t much of an issue with all the correspondence between my friends and me; we … Continue reading →

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May nothing come of this unholy union

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Steve

I was poking around the Web, reading a great article on The Guardian about the photographer Spoon paid for their new album cover only to see this horror. Scratch that. Horror implies I care. Corgan gets well-deserved razzing for the … Continue reading →

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Farewell CuJo and my teams won!

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Steve

The winningest goalie without a Stanley Cup finally hung up his skates yesterday. There are three goalies ahead of him with more victories; Brodeur, Roy and Belfour; yet poor CuJo kept getting put on teams which never made it. The … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Ayako

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Steve

My co-worker and friend let us take her to Dave & Buster’s for dinner to celebrate. She brought along her children Eddie and Anna. Those two are still at the age when there’s a time limit on the festivities yet … Continue reading →

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Happy 11th Anniversary to the Rheas

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Steve

Masami and Lee (aka Doc) have been married for 11 joyous years. According to Wikipedia, the gift this time would be steel, scent (huh?), fashion jewelry or accessories. Steel doesn’t sound very practical unless it were a new car. Scent, … Continue reading →

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A cool James Ellroy interview

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Steve

One of my favorite contemporary authors gets a nice treatment from the Guardian in this interview with another author named David Peace. Seems Peace writes similar stuff, historical fiction and I will need to check him out. I did get … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Mary

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Steve

One of the earliest friends I made during my return to Austin was Mary. Hey, when you run into the same mother and daughter team at two Neil Finn concerts, three months apart, you tend to remember those people! I … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to Elvis & David Bowie

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Steve

Hail to the King of Rock n’ Roll and the Thin White Duke. Man, if Elvis didn’t die on the can, he would’ve be 75? I always thought he was older but I did the math again based upon knowing … Continue reading →

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(Austin) Stars win a nail biter last night

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Steve

My friend and hockey bud Jeremy traded in our pair of seats to get a small section to the game against Houston. Whenever the Stars play another Texas team, it’s going to be exciting, especially with the Houston Aeros still … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Lester!

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Steve

My gaming sensei is something age wise. I have no idea and it doesn’t matter. It’s his day to celebrate, be the king of the world or maybe keep it modest to his house. In the recent past, I tended … Continue reading →

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Cheap alternative to Cable & Blockbuster

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Steve

Somara and I joined the last decade by getting into Netflix after resisting the continuous pestering to join practically every time we bought something at Best Buy. To me, the main point I wanted to avoid was the subscription element. … Continue reading →

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Pesky font color on my site resolved!

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Steve

In case you haven’t noticed, and that was good, I got the body text of my site to use Black instead of Gray which I find to be easier on my eyes, especially with the white background. Thanks to a … Continue reading →

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Happy Belated Anniversary to the Giraudets!

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Steve

Their sixth anniversary was this Sunday. If only it were on the sixth of January, it would be easier to remember or forget thanks to Epiphany (Three Kings Day). Sonia and Philippe have been married as long as Somara and … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 2, 2010 by Steve

James Cameron has rightfully taken the Sci-Fi/Fantasy mantle away from George Lucas with his latest film. Maybe it can be a shared title with Peter Jackson for the Rings trilogy. I was more excited to see him working with Sigourney … Continue reading →

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