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The Silders make it to 17 years
Let’s see…17th wedding anniversary…furniture. Furniture? Who comes up with this? I can’t think of any couple that has been married for any length of time yet lacks furniture. If it’s new furniture, many people have probably changed out the old … Continue reading
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2000: Third Edition appears
Today is the release of yet another version of D&D. Why? I have no idea. I can only guess that Fourth Edition, aka Tabletop World of Warcraft, isn’t going over very well. Small wonder. The hard-cover books got thinner and … Continue reading
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The next three weeks will be busy and/or crazy
Hard to believe I’d get another shot at the management brass ring after 10 years but I have more realistic expectations this time and when the backfill is over, I will be returning to my current position which I enjoy … Continue reading
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NPR asks why Tuesday is new music day
Details at this link. However, I never gave it much thought. I plan to hit Waterloo Records this weekend, maybe a staffer can answer this question. The theory about Billboard‘s charts had some validity initially but then again, I remembered how … Continue reading
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Fright Night and Vamp
When did the trend of Emo-Wussy vampire films really begin? I blame Coppola’s weak Dracula, Rice’s adaption of Interview with the Vampire and White Wolf’s RPG. These bad precedents made crap such as Twilight and all its current knockoffs acceptable. Thanks … Continue reading
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Who wears the pants in our house?
In the tiny brains of cats, they certainly think they do. In our house, only in the early morning because we won’t get a moment of peace after 5 AM until they have their breakfast. Afterwards, there’s the post-meal relaxation … Continue reading
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The Liberace Museum
Our awesome 2010 Vegas Vacation has been over for a month but I promised myself and the wonderful people at three of our destinations that I would write individual, detailed posts to spread the word. I think having a month … Continue reading
1985 – Summer Part IV: Banishment to North Dakota
My apologies if the last installment was rushed. I didn’t have enough written in advance and housesitting took up more free time than I expected. The silver lining was it forced me to break up the third section into two … Continue reading
Only seven near misses?
When Jobs announced all the new iTunes and iPods, I took a gamble on looking over the employee discount page to see if the new hardware was ready to go. Instead I saw that the iPad was no longer grayed … Continue reading
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2000: Servers & Apps
After supporting desktops and portables at Apple/PowerComputing for a few years, I decided to make the leap to the group which handles more of the software aspect. Nowadays we’re known as Enterprise Servers but back then some duties didn’t include … Continue reading
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Futurama‘s seventh season concludes
Today’s a good day to review the last four episodes because it’s John DiMaggio’s 42nd birthday! If you have to ask, then you obviously don’t watch enough and you can’t stop reading this now. I was a bit miffed with … Continue reading
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Nine years at our house
Every day extends my lifetime record here for living in the same spot. After picking and moving practically every couple years during the first 25 years of my life, even I was skeptical about staying put on the day we … Continue reading
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Jose and Nancy are moving to Dallas!
Today the news became official since Jose had given me the advanced status yesterday but it was more in the 75 percent range. I’m initially saddened over him leaving Orlando, his home for the last 19 years, he had really … Continue reading
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All the new Apple music stuff
I thought the announcement was decent. Kai Ryssdal took a cheap shot this evening on his show but I didn’t really care. The new products are mainly refinements, they’re not radical “game changers” which I suppose the SCLM demands because … Continue reading
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Belated good news from the dentist!
The great hygienist on Dr. Alice’s staff has been helping me out in my ongoing, back-n-forth battle with periodontal matters. I don’t think I have the disease, more like the side effects of the bad habits (aka, not flossing and … Continue reading
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