Author Archives: Steve

Wreck It Ralph: Worth Seeing

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Steve

My initial reaction to this was, “Ugh! A video game version of Toy Story with flavor-of-the-month voice actors, namely Jane Lynch.” Jane has always been cool (her part in 40 Year Old Virgin was clever), I just feel she’s getting … Continue reading →

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RIP Patrick Moore

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Steve

Personally I’ve never heard of this astronomer but if he provided inspiration for Queen’s lead guitarist and in-band astrophysicist Brian May, then the gentleman deserved a quick mention. From what I could glean, he must’ve been the UK’s version of … Continue reading →

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Teddy and Mewsette cloned or reincarnated?

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Steve

While gathering information about our backyard cat situation with AHS, I spotted this duo who resembled the two cats I grew up with in the Eighties. I completely have spaced on their names but they’re siblings, the tortoise shell is … Continue reading →

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Texas twang fading out, maybe

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Steve

A common topic I remember coming up in my communications classes was people being afraid of regional accents/dialects disappearing when radio started taking hold in the Twenties. It wasn’t just an American concern, other nations worried too. Seems this might … Continue reading →

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DriveSavers’ initial results

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Steve

I received various level of news this week from a couple sources while the site continues to be in limbo. I have been making a spreadsheet for the stories I am missing out on, maybe I should crib from Tolkien … Continue reading →

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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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