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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Nashville achieved!
The downside of RSS feeds…you don’t get to see my “flashy” countdowns and progression bards showing how I’m doing on my running, rowing and weight loss. As of today, I have run the equivalent distance between my house and Christina’s … Continue reading
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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, on my Chucks!
Once in a blue moon, all the uber-hype with social media (aka FaceBook) actually informs me of something cool I wanted to know about. Elvira (nee Cassandra Peters) has licensed her character on hightops with this shop in California, I … Continue reading
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Apple manufacturing Macs in the US again
The details about this are rather scant but I remember back in the Nineties when Apple had factories in Singapore, Cork, Colorado and California. Some of the original iMacs were made in the states too. Somara and I are seriously … Continue reading
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My new iPod Touch! It rocks
I just scored my first new iPod in five years. Before the Touch, I used to upgrade every year because I never had any trouble selling the used one to a friend who couldn’t afford the new, full-price models. When … Continue reading
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Happy 96th Birthday Charles
Editor’s Note: This is overdue by a few weeks but he still deserves to be mentioned for his WWII service alone. We haven’t seen him lately yet we want to congratulate Charles on his special day. We’ve been told indirectly … Continue reading
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Pinballz celebrates two years with two tournaments!
Technically the place’s anniversary is around Thanksgiving but the owners delayed it to the first weekend of December, worked for us! Last year there was a tournament featuring Pinballz’s new Transformers game, based upon those dreadful films. This year the … Continue reading
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Oh! My! Glob!
This is like my lame car but it’s not as lame as like yours.
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Phase IV with the director’s original ending
The night I stumbled upon this movie’s showing in the Alamo’s November-December schedule my brain had to do a double-take. For years I had to ponder if Phase IV really existed thanks to the few people who have heard of … Continue reading
Pending the results of DriveSavers
After much mental anguish and anticipation, I decided to go through with a post to update those who care. Firstly, Jeremy had no luck getting anything to happen. His immediate theory is that the drive’s SMART chip turned everything off … Continue reading
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Hit from behind while waiting at a red light
Editor’s Note: Remember this is in the Lost Tales section, it happened during the server’s downtime. I could’ve let the incident go but we have yet to receive a decent follow-up from the other driver’s insurance company. I’m definitely certain … Continue reading
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