Monthly Archives: October 2009

Links o’ Interest

Dear Dr. Ruth… That’s going to be a great Halloween costume Dad, why can’t we be Jedis this year? Bankers vs. the President How to pick your religion Arnold wouldn’t sign this bill. And he added a bonus, read the … Continue reading

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Poker Update

I was bubble boy. At 3-handed, I had A-4. I raised preflop and got an Ace on the flop. But the other guy had A-Q. Oh well. WSOP: How about Ivey completely missing the flush? Right now my money is … Continue reading

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Fun with YouTube

This is really neat. On any YouTube URL, replace “watch” with “warp.swf”. You’ll see a cloud of related videos. Clicking on any of them brings up more related videos. Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkoTCVrbSD8 turns into http://www.youtube.com/warp.swf?v=CkoTCVrbSD8

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Basketball is on

This is my favorite time of year. Professional football and basketball are my favorite sports and they will both be on for a few months. On opening night the Celtics beat the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers were 39-2 at home last … Continue reading

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Thought for the Day

I liked it so I put a ring on it. I like this cover version.

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The Adventures of Mr. D

What if Joey D and Captain D are the same person? You’ve never seen them together, have you? And there’s some talk that he may be the same person as been Davy, who was once in the Navy. Everyone thought … Continue reading

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Just Kill the Guy Already

This is offensive. An Ohio death row inmate won a stay of execution on Monday, three days before he was to have been put to death for killing a Cleveland-area woman in 1994, because the state was unable to carry … Continue reading

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Links o’ Interest

Don’t annoy a nerd Fat kid stuck in skate bowl. It’s the new “stuck in a well”. Extremely slow motion videos of bullets. Fascinating. Type anything and have it sung back to you. Oddly entertaining. Superheros in war photos Another … Continue reading

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Things Parents Know

Wet-vacs work great on vomit.

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Six Year Old: Getting Your Priorities Right

The six year old was in a very bad mood. He stormed upstairs. “I hate everything! I hate every person and every thing in the whole world! Everything! Except for Wii!!”

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Football Jersey Awards

The Winner: (Ron Mexico is the name Michael Vick used when he checked into clinics to see if he had VD. Which he naturally did not tell his girlfriend about.) The Loser: If you don’t know what Bukkake is, you … Continue reading

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Patriots Win, 59-0

I could not take much joy in this game. Sure it was great at first. The hook up to Moss. Lawrence Maroney on fire. The Patriots understanding how to play in snow and ice and rain against a fair-weather team. … Continue reading

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Quote of the Year

The wife likes to watch The Rachel Zoe Project. I watched with her a few minutes. One of Rachel’s assistants was mad at some interns she was in charge of. Things weren’t going well, and she had to say something … Continue reading

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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a fantastic show. Although nothing will ever measure up to it’s first two seasons, it’s gotten very close. Of four episodes this season, two have been funny and two have been amazingly crying-from-laughing funny. … Continue reading

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Boy Drifting over Colorado in Homemade Balloon

Wow. FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 6-year-old boy is floating over northeastern Colorado in a homebuilt balloon and authorities are racing to try and rescue him. Update: I saw a few seconds of footage last night. Even in those few … Continue reading

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Poker Update

These have gotten kind of boring, huh? I don’t remember many hands tonight (I gave blood earlier)… there were bad beats and lucky draws, there were bluffs and such bla bla. We have accelerated the blind structure, so near the … Continue reading

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Open or Closed?

Make up your mind.

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Even More Good User Interface

A year ago, I enthused over my Acura’s windshield wiper controls. Specifically, that the intermittent wipers fastest setting was the same as having them on continuously. I discovered it’s even better than that. First it senses whether the car is … Continue reading

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Lunch Follies

I had lunch with some new people. I sat at a different people so I could get to know some co-workers I usually don’t associate with. Lunch was delicious: meatloaf and mashed potatoes.* I was wiping up some of the … Continue reading

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Links o’ Interest

A very pointless machine. If you turn it on, it turns itself off. Insider trading Surely, this economic correlation is a coincidence. Right? People still do this? Oh, I get it now. Daddy’s Girl New business meeting Best riot picture … Continue reading

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