Author Archives: Steve

T-Minus 10 days to Las Vegas Five!

Posted on September 7, 2008 by Steve

So far I have only received one bet and another “maybe” for this upcoming trip to Las Vegas. This morning we hit the less than 10 days before we’re on the plane for what I have dubbed Las Vegas V, … Continue reading →

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Squeeze in Austin

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Steve

I finally got to see Squeeze in concert. How I remember their video “Black Coffee in Bed” being the first thing I saw on MTV. Of course, my immediate reaction to it was “what the hell is this?” But thanks … Continue reading →

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Happy 40th Birthday John DiMaggio

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Steve

Many of you know him as the voice of Bender, the smoking-drinking-gambling robot character from Futurama. Your children know him as Schnitzel, the rock creature who only says “Rada rada rada,” on Chowder. Despite all the voiceover work he has done for … Continue reading →

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1983: Fall kicks off with a new start at CCHS

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Steve

Yesterday was the traditional last day of Summer despite the weather in Central Texas (it will remain blistering hot for another month easily). I guess we must have a national day we can all mentally agree on despite what everybody … Continue reading →

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RIP Don LaFontaine

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Steve

His trademark deep voice and “In a world…” from numerous movie trailers had become as overplayed as “more cowbell!” at every concert; something equally annoying had to take over “Freebird!” The GEICO commercial he did was nice because it was … Continue reading →

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Farewell Star Trek Experience after 10 years

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Steve

Another Vegas memory came to an end this weekend, I only found out about it yesterday while talking to my friend Nelson on our bitchin’ iPhones, c’mon, they’re almost like tricorders from Star Trek! Yup, after 11 years, The Star … Continue reading →

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No, this is not a joke product from the Onion

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Steve

I thought all the (insert instrument here) Hero shirts from TorsoPants.com were amusing along with the joke on CN’s Fried Dynamite. Then the “Christians” have decided to bring their lameness to a PC near you. Don’t believe me, see this … Continue reading →

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Bumpersticker joke of the day

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Steve

Haven’t had one of these pictures in a while and with the iPhone’s built-in camera, it’s even easier to catch now. The vehicle had Texas plates but I guess it originally came from California because the equivalent of Tijuana for … Continue reading →

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A modern dinosaur spotted in my yard!

Posted on August 30, 2008 by Steve

I say…I say, what an odd and unexpected visitor we had upon our doorstep after dinner. That’s the best Foghorn Leghorn I can do on the fly. Still, I figured it was inevitable because chickens like to wander and there’s … Continue reading →

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Wii Fit Milestone #1 – 100 Days

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Steve

Yesterday’s e-mail was rather heavy but it needed to be stated to reassure everyone I hadn’t quit, just slowed down a bit. If I had a faster upload speed on my ADSL, I would blame the subject matter more for … Continue reading →

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Where have I been lately?

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Steve

When I started Picyaune 4.0 back in July of 2005, the goal was to continue the magazine-letter-like style with the rapidity of a blog page since using straight HTML pages in version 3.0 (from 1998-2005) was too slow. I was … Continue reading →

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Cowboy Mouth

Posted on August 24, 2008 by Steve

Most of you who don’t live in the Louisana-Texas area are probably going “Who?” at the mention of this band. Maybe your memory would be jogged over their one big, national hit “Jenny Says” from 1996-7 which got them on … Continue reading →

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1998: Neil Finn at La Zona Rosa

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Steve

Drat! I realized that I missed his 50th birthday while “researching” this story. Maybe if Neil wrote a song like his brother’s “Haul Away,” I could remember it better. Tonight I’m off to see Cowboy Mouth for the second time … Continue reading →

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The scars of Clarke still haunt us Flyers fans

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Steve

Due to the slowness of Summer, I forget to check my link to the Philly newspaper every day to see what’s the skinny on the Flyers. To my horror there was a piece Wednesday talking about my team being one … Continue reading →

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Humor test #2

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Steve

My new litmus test on humor arrived over the weekend. I wore it in public where it yielded about a 50 percent success rate on strangers and friends “getting the joke.” Most usually laughed yet they said they couldn’t explain … Continue reading →

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