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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Aeros lose, Bruins spank Canucks
While I was leaving Luxor, I checked to see how the Calder Cup was going on my iPhone. Sadly, the Houston Aeros lost to the Bing’ton Senators and the Cup will remain in the East for yet another year. Quite … Continue reading
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Anti-nagging shirt
Now before I get unfairly labeled as a misogynist, this mean-spirited shirt can’t be unisex since the opposite problem would be harder to illustrate, aka wife/girlfriend beating.
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Vegas 2011, Day 1
With the nap and grocery shopping concluded (food prices for the residents of Vegas…ouch! Not even Albertsons in Austin could be this bad), we got our first day started but kept it light. The rental car this year is a … Continue reading
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Three boobs in Las Vegas
This appears to be a minor attraction in Mandalay Bay, near the Shark Reef. Getting a picture taken with this bust was quite popular with small children too. One little girl’s eyes (I think she was under 10) just widen … Continue reading
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Greetings from Las Vegas ’11
Technically we have been here for over seven hours but since I can never sleep the night before the trip (due to my fear of flying), I am up from my post-travel nap. The flight was uneventful too, especially in … Continue reading
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Bruins prevent a Canucks’ sweep
We leave for Vegas in a matter of hours and one thing I stumbled upon while packing was the odds for the Stanley Cup winners, based upon last Summer’s forecasts. Seems that Vancouver and Boston weren’t too much of a … Continue reading
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Scott Pilgrim v. the World
This is the most obscure comic-book title to be made into a movie since Tank Girl. I’m sure there are others but I’m going with the first thing that comes to mind until Hollywood finally makes an adaptation of Reid … Continue reading
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1996: Goodbye University Towers
I completely missed the actual date of this anniversary (June 2, 1996) but I think it was rather appropriate, I did the same for the goodbye ceremony Doc tried to throw for me…he wasn’t specific enough so I only dropped … Continue reading
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Only 82 percent to go
Before we head to Las Vegas in a couple days, I wanted to shore up the books on the Maggi Republic and I forgot to note this landmark which was put off by three years due to re-financing. With Travis … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Alaire
Although we took her out for the show yesterday, today is officially Alaire’s birthday. I foolishly thought it was Friday but Ethan (her son and my friend) bailed me out before I was cornered in my ignorance. Alaire is awesome. … Continue reading
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Yaron Gershovsky
Last evening’s Manhattan Transfer concert with the Austin Symphony was extra special (I have seen them three previous times). Firstly, it was with an orchestra backing them, they normally have a standard Pop/Jazz ensemble. Secondly, the show was also a … Continue reading
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DC ‘rebooting’…again
In their Quixotic quest to lure in new readers, DC Comics is relaunching, restarting, rebooting…whatever, all their titles this September and starting over from issue number one; not on just some as they ended up doing in 1985 after the … Continue reading
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New Zealand answers and the winner
The winner of the New Zealand music contest is my friend Mark Millard! Actually, he was the only one who even tried to take a stab at this and he was correct with the five he submitted. I would be … Continue reading
The caption says it all
Since the days of the NES Famicon, younger brothers have gotten the less popular character, baffling clueless parents for 25-plus years.
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June is National Accordion Awareness Month
Who better to be in the Header of my site this month than “Weird Al” Yankovic! He’s probably my generation’s best known accordionist. He isn’t alone on cranking out great, original material with the squeezebox. There’s Flaco Jimenez (featured on … Continue reading
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