Yearly Archives: 2012

Nashville achieved!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Steve

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!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Steve

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

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Steve

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

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Steve

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

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Steve

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!

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Steve

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!

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Steve

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

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Steve

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 →

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Pending the results of DriveSavers

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Steve

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

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Steve

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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I choose you Jake-a-chu!

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Steve

Jake’s shape-shifting ability would explain how he fits into the little red and white ball the human carries around. Another cool Adventure Time mashup from Teefury and thanks Kristin for thinking of me. Now to retire a shirt or two … Continue reading →

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Princess had another batch of kittens

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Steve

The irresponsible neighbors’ cat gave birth again which would explain why Princess greeted me at the door recently for some food. Her offspring from a few months around have been poking around too. Panthra is missing so I fear she … Continue reading →

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800 miles achieved in running!

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Steve

Editor’s Note: This is the first entry of what I hope will be the only round of a new Category I’ve labelled The Lost Tales in honor J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit hitting theaters today. Word has is that … Continue reading →

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Happy 14th birthday Nick!

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Steve

Editor’s Note: This did take place on 11/28/12 but I still wanted to plug Nick’s birthday on my site because 14 is a special birthday in my mind. My Chicago-based nephew hit the big 1-4 today! Sure at 13 he’s … Continue reading →

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One fifth of the way there!

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Steve

At the current pace we’re going, we’ll own my side of the bed (30%) within eight years. Actually, it’ll be sooner as the interest part of the mortgage declines and over the upcoming months, it should accelerate a bit. Good … Continue reading →

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