Monthly Archives: January 2011

Vote to give The Onion’s AV Club a hand!

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Steve

Let me apologize in advance because the deadline is soon for the voting (Tuesday, Jan. 18) but if you love music as much as Mark, his brother Scott, the employees of Waterloo Records, Cheapo Records and me (I’m sure I’ve … Continue reading →

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Fabian Brunnstrom traded

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Steve

Rather bummed because he was really filling in the gap left by another Scandy forward (Perttu Lindgren). Brunnstrom came to my Stars last season for a couple conditioning stints and he wasn’t very impressive. This year he got sent directly … Continue reading →

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Travis Morin makes the AHL All-Star Team

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Steve

Congratulations to my team’s leading scorer for not just making the team and he’s in the starting lineup to boot! Travis is having quite a season with being number one in goals, my primary hope is that Dallas doesn’t trade … Continue reading →

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The Princess and the Frog

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Steve

Two weeks ago we saw Tangled, several days later we cleared The Princess and the Frog from our Netflix queue. Again, I thought Disney cleared out all the well-known stories collected by the Grimm Brothers so they just remade this … Continue reading →

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Happy 31 and my Treadmill is here!

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Steve

Rejoice! Everyone will be spared those mediocre binary jokes until October since today is the last day the date is kept exclusively to zeroes and ones. Meanwhile I had a stroke of luck with my treadmill acquisition. On Sunday evening … Continue reading →

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Happy 12th Anniversary (Late) to Masami & Doc

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Steve

This date I totally spaced on. I have it right there in a calendar to remind me too. Well, I’m sure they’re rather occupied with their new son Nicholas (another one, how will I keep the four in my life … Continue reading →

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Belated birthday to Ayako

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Steve

I totally forgot about this regarding my co-worker/friend. It’s alright though, she brought some treats to celebrate with us at Apple. Last year, Somara and I took her to Dave & Buster’s with her two kids, they had a great … Continue reading →

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Trip down Sitcom Memory Lane

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Steve

There were some oldies but goodies in the sitcom department on this quiz of match the hangout with the show. I did better than I anticipated, 10 out of 14. My best friend Jose better not get Cheers, Happy Days … Continue reading →

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Tangled

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Steve

Disney dusts off Rapunzel to give its princess formula from the Nineties another try but unlike last year’s The Princess and the Frog, computer animation is used over the traditional hand-drawn style, plus past hit-maker Alan Menken does the music … Continue reading →

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Top Notch

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Steve

Ice skating on Thursdays is becoming a new habit with Somara and our friends the Derrs. Going here for dinner before burning off 650+ calories was more of an experiment. Movie buffs may recognize Top Notch from its cameos in … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Mary

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Steve

Cheers to the first new friend I made in my return to Austin. What are her plans? No idea. At least she doesn’t have to take a vacation day to get the time off to celebrate. Maybe we’ll all get … Continue reading →

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Mac App Store

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Steve

This went live on Thursday (in the morning for us in the Western Hemisphere). I saw the sneak preview back when Jobs did a demonstration with the upcoming Lion OS. Initially, the reaction was “so what!” Agreed, software has been … Continue reading →

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Russia stuns Canada in World Juniors championship

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Steve

Not that I’m against Canada winning the gold after pushing America out of the running. (This wasn’t the Olympics in which the Great North received a mulligan so that crybaby could score the deciding goal.) It was just exciting to … Continue reading →

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RIP Gerry Rafferty

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Steve

The Seventies just wouldn’t be the same without his hit “Baker Street.” Hell, it was one of the first videos MTV showed during its first day on the air with his other single “Right Down the Line.” As for the … Continue reading →

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Happy Seventh Anniversary Sonia & Philippe!

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Steve

It was great to see Sonia before Christmas but I didn’t have any luck seeing Philippe, he was still busy with work and the snow storm(s) prevented him from coming to Austin, maybe next year. According to her Facebook page, … Continue reading →

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