Monthly Archives: September 2010

Upcoming Queen movie sounds promising

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Steve

Since the musical elements will be overseen by Brian May and Roger Taylor, I give it my initial seal of approval. The casting of Cohen seems appropriate. I don’t find his schtick terribly funny, probably due to already knowing what … Continue reading →

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Liberace’s museum is closing

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Steve

What a bummer! I finally posted my experience earlier this month only to see this story last night. I’m glad we managed to see it before it closes. I regret that many of you won’t get the opportunity to see … Continue reading →

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Welcome Luke

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Steve

Normally, I tend not to announce the births of co-workers’ children because I usually forget and/or I don’t know the parent(s) well enough. In this case, I couldn’t resist due to this young man’s name. Luke is not really that … Continue reading →

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Molly’s secret napping place

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Steve

Our cats pulling open drawers on our dressers is nothing new but I finally caught one actually using the furniture for a more practical purpose; a hiding place to go into a deeper, relaxing sleep. Molly may be the alpha … Continue reading →

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New Biker Barbie!

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Steve

I thought Mattel couldn’t stoop any lower than NASCAR but never underestimate how ignoble America has become. Makes me wonder if other previous, declining civilizations had equally obvious, tangible signs through their toys or novelties. Ken resembles a wannabe biker. … Continue reading →

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The Silders make it to 17 years

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Steve

Let’s see…17th wedding anniversary…furniture. Furniture? Who comes up with this? I can’t think of any couple that has been married for any length of time yet lacks furniture. If it’s new furniture, many people have probably changed out the old … Continue reading →

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2000: Third Edition appears

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Steve

Today is the release of yet another version of D&D. Why? I have no idea. I can only guess that Fourth Edition, aka Tabletop World of Warcraft, isn’t going over very well. Small wonder. The hard-cover books got thinner and … Continue reading →

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The next three weeks will be busy and/or crazy

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Steve

Hard to believe I’d get another shot at the management brass ring after 10 years but I have more realistic expectations this time and when the backfill is over, I will be returning to my current position which I enjoy … Continue reading →

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NPR asks why Tuesday is new music day

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Steve

Details at this link. However, I never gave it much thought. I plan to hit Waterloo Records this weekend, maybe a staffer can answer this question. The theory about Billboard‘s charts had some validity initially but then again, I remembered how … Continue reading →

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Fright Night and Vamp

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Steve

When did the trend of Emo-Wussy vampire films really begin? I blame Coppola’s weak Dracula, Rice’s adaption of Interview with the Vampire and White Wolf’s RPG. These bad precedents made crap such as Twilight and all its current knockoffs acceptable. Thanks … Continue reading →

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Who wears the pants in our house?

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Steve

In the tiny brains of cats, they certainly think they do. In our house, only in the early morning because we won’t get a moment of peace after 5 AM until they have their breakfast. Afterwards, there’s the post-meal relaxation … Continue reading →

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The Liberace Museum

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Steve

Our awesome 2010 Vegas Vacation has been over for a month but I promised myself and the wonderful people at three of our destinations that I would write individual, detailed posts to spread the word. I think having a month … Continue reading →

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1985 – Summer Part IV: Banishment to North Dakota

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Steve

My apologies if the last installment was rushed. I didn’t have enough written in advance and housesitting took up more free time than I expected. The silver lining was it forced me to break up the third section into two … Continue reading →

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Only seven near misses?

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Steve

When Jobs announced all the new iTunes and iPods, I took a gamble on looking over the employee discount page to see if the new hardware was ready to go. Instead I saw that the iPad was no longer grayed … Continue reading →

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2000: Servers & Apps

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Steve

After supporting desktops and portables at Apple/PowerComputing for a few years, I decided to make the leap to the group which handles more of the software aspect. Nowadays we’re known as Enterprise Servers but back then some duties didn’t include … Continue reading →

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