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Peters leaves Stars, Gagne waives trade clause

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Steve

Warren Peters was one of my team’s best checking forwards, usually playing alongside Francis Wathier and Scott McCullough. He had 11 games in Dallas but was probably on fourth line based upon his stats. I guess he was an unrestricted … Continue reading →

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Annual Lucky Jeans sale

Posted on July 3, 2010 by Steve

This weekend may be America’s 234th anniversary (the concept of a new nation, the US isn’t really formalized until the Constitution was ratified by the majority of states) but beyond having a three-day weekend, it’s also when Lucky Brand Jeans … Continue reading →

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Braaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiins Cake

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Steve

Somara made this one as a gift for a co-worker/friend of hers. It’s a very rich cheesecake and judging by its appearance, it could make a zombie drool despite their lack of functional fluids: blood namely.

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Happy 65th Birthday Deborah Harry

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Steve

I would’ve chalked her up at being around 5-10 years younger but there was her birthday on my Simpsons calendar stating 1945 as to when Ms. Harry was born. Pretty impressive that the First Lady of New Wave (a title … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Rad

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Steve

My cool friend in Phoenix celebrates what I think is a landmark birthday if I’m correct about his age. It’s not important what the number is, I want him to have a great day with his wonderful family. Often, Doc … Continue reading →

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New Look for July!

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Steve

With the new WordPress 3, this is the new default Theme (2010, that’s its name). The key feature I really liked was the ability to change the header which I used to enjoy doing with Blojsom. To kick off my … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Mark

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Steve

Before the day is over, I want to wish my concert and music bud a great day. Not sure if he took the day off because I spoke to him online a couple times. We’re definitely in for a great … Continue reading →

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Record number of Americans drafted

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Steve

During the first round of this Summer’s draft, 11 Yankees (or American-trained players) were in the top 30. One went to Dallas which will be going through a major overhaul after being terrible again. It also means, the younger playmakers … Continue reading →

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Data plan altered today

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Steve

In all the uproar over AT&T no longer offering an unlimited amount of downloading for the new customers (people switching from another carrier, mainly to get an iPhone 4), Somara and I decided to re-assess ours. Back when we got … Continue reading →

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My iPhone is operational again

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Steve

Eventually, Somara and I will upgrade to the new fourth-generation iPhones (aka iPhone 4), just not this year because getting iPads are the higher priority gizmos. We are going to the AT&T Store in the near future (tomorrow?) to see … Continue reading →

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Bionic Cat!

Posted on June 26, 2010 by Steve

This poor guy named Oscar lost his hind feet in a farming accident according to the original BBC article I was sent about him. It’s pretty amazing how well he struts around now with his prosthetics but then again animals … Continue reading →

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iPhone 4 is out…

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Steve

and the local cable news station asked Jeremy for his two cents.

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1985 – Summer Part I: Escape from Beulah, sad news and a surprise friend

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Steve

When the last day of school arrived, Mom had Brian and me load up our most personal belongings for our escape from North Dakota. She originally wanted to bail right after we arrived in March but Dad talked her out … Continue reading →

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Second session of physical therapy…ouch.

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Steve

After about two weeks of doing all six of the exercises the PT guy (Doyle) asked me to do at least five days a week (more like six for me, I take Sundays off due to the lack of time … Continue reading →

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Pardon my iPhone…

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Steve

…it might drop calls or do other freaky things for the interim. My favorite is the touchscreen becoming unresponsive. I hastily went through with the new iOS 4 upgrade. Probably because I was on a roll with how well I … Continue reading →

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