Author Archives: Steve

Princess Leia fan, right on!

Face is blurred out to protect the sweet person’s identity but I love the shirt and I want to encourage little people of both genders to be unafraid to promote their heroes, even if they’re fictional.

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Protected: Side achievement #1: Stor(age) organization

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Shut up and take my money #1!

Futurama may no longer be having any new adventures beyond its comic book (published six times a year) but it’s great to see the show continue to have new calendars. This one is the best because expired months can be recycled … Continue reading

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Protected: Update on where I’m probably headed in August

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New Horizons made it and the new information is great!

I won’t deny being late to the party when it comes to all the Pluto hype. I’ve been busy taking care of my health and cleaning up affairs key to the maintenance of the Maggi Republic. I have been an … Continue reading

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RIP: Alex Rocco and George Coe

Two great minor-character cartoon voice actors have recently passed on. The first was Alex Rocco was more well known as a parent in The Facts of Life and someone who got whacked in The Godfather II. His first and recurring Roger Meyers … Continue reading

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Congratulations Nelson on his new gig

My only remaining friend/family in Chicago started a new position this Monday. He had been searching for a while and it can be tough in the Midwest, a region stuck in a rut from many directions. This attitude is why my … Continue reading

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A pause or anti-respite in the hiatus from Picayune?

Plus what’s with these posts requiring a password? I would blame those on the death of privacy in some ways. They’re not incriminating or anything really awful, we just live in an over-cautious, over-reacting, heavily-handed PC world. Quick aside: Contrary … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Kristin!

Lucky person. She got David X Cohen, the co-creator/developer of Futurama and Patrick Stewart/Captain Picard. It’s good to have her back after a little vacation from her former hometown of Baltimore. I’ll allow Kristin to have an exception in being allowed … Continue reading

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Happy birthday to my kitty Isis

Unlike some cowards in the Middle East and at FXX, I’m sticking by this name since it fits her and she continues to respond to it. Her birthday picture is a looping GIF because cats are like children, they don’t … Continue reading

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Protected: Hiatus under consideration or is it motion?

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Protected: Last Day of “Vacation”

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D&D Fifth Edition is a year old and remains unimpressive

The people behind enworld.org, a decent rumor site plugging both D&D and Pathfinder, mentioned that around this time, WOTC released the new starter kit for what would be their apology for Fourth Edition. Trying to keep an open mind, I … Continue reading

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New music day moves to Fridays starting July 10

This didn’t catch me completely by surprise, my GWD co-captain Pablo had mentioned this happening as a possibility back in June or May, he works at Waterloo Records. Tuesday has been the day for years with me yet I can’t remember … Continue reading

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Ten years in this format, kind of

After completing the really basic training on Apple’s Weblog solution that made its debut in Mac OS X 10.4 Server, I decided to give this a try. Since it was mid-2005 you could tell, Apple was late to the party because … Continue reading

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