Monthly Archives: February 2011

Dyslexic Engrish?

Arrr! You be the judge matey…or padre…or Spot.

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Exterminate!

An awesome fandom shirt from Teefury showing the Doctor’s most famous mechanical nemesis standing over the carnage of Pop Culture’s most famous robots, cyborgs and vehicles. To split hairs, Daleks aren’t robots though. They’re probably closer the cyborg family since … Continue reading

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Quest for Fire

I think this educated guess of a movie has held up well after 30 years. We’ve made major strides in anthropology since then (we aren’t descended from Neanderthals now) but I wonder if beginner courses ever show Quest with genuine … Continue reading

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Upgrades coming to our Internet infrastructure

A quick heads up regarding Saturday morning and (hopefully not) later should Picayune go offline when you’re dropping by or your RSS Feeder shows a disconnect/can’t subscribe icon. I was planning on wasting several hours on the phone with AT&T … Continue reading

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RIP Guitar Hero

It’s probably old news to those who really cared. I knew about it earlier, this post just had to take a back seat in the queue. I caught the scoop while I was home sick and during one of the … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Jeff!

My relatively new friend (since we met in 2009 at work) rejoins the Prime Number club with Peter Gabriel today! Lucky him. Hopefully he gets to celebrate in the company of his two sons Pearce and Neo; yes, the younger … Continue reading

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Bring food when you come back

The last two weeks of cold weather didn’t seem to raise many hackles with our four cats as this picture illustrates. They always can’t wait for us to go to work so they can claim their “rightful” places on the … Continue reading

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Autobot, your secret is safe with me

I spotted this vehicle a few days ago in the parking lot of our local HEB. Hopefully Michael Bay didn’t discover him (I’ve never seen a female Autobot) and cast him in the next craptacular film.

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World’s Greatest Dad

Bobcat Goldthwait was the last person on Earth I ever thought could make the transition from Eighties schtick comic to successful director. Sure Shakes the Clown is hilarious but I didn’t think he had anything left creatively like Kevin Smith … Continue reading

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Somara won an iPad!

Since iTunes, iPods and everything related to them are such popular gifts near the end of the year (Christmas, Chanukah, Festivus, Solstice, New Year’s, Ephiphany, Kwanza, you name it), Somara and her department have to put in some serious overtime. … Continue reading

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Finally, mostly recovered from a sinus infection

Actually, it was a relapse since I had been sick near the end of January, recuperated enough to function (go to work, attend games, etc.) and then the crap weather hit. How it sucked! I hadn’t felt so ill in … Continue reading

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900 Days to go

I totally missed the date on when this was at 1000 days (we were in Dallas and/or I was experiencing a relapse of the cold I had around mid October) but it doesn’t matter today since there’s enough time remaining. … Continue reading

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Several pieces to counter today’s whitewash of Pharaoh Reagan

It’s sad to see what a short memory Americans have regarding this president who laid down the ground work for the worst one (Bush II) to happen. But as the American Dad cartoon shows, Reagan escaped any serious punishment because … Continue reading

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My parents said they rode brooms in their spare time

I wasn’t always sure my parents were kidding when they told stories to my brother and me about their experiences with nuns in parochial school; they did attend grade school during the Fifties. By the Seventies Vatican II seemed to … Continue reading

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Post Snowlocaust 2011

What a great title from The Onion since the local cable news channel and others always go overboard on this. When it snows here, I just feel dread due to the overreaction it receives. Plus it’s an excuse for some … Continue reading

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