Category Archives: News

Just the news, big deals, not-so-big deals, birthday, anniversaries, announcements, mostly timely stuff. The news that applies to the personal world around me, not what you watch on cable or listen to on the radio.

September ’13 is continuing to shift!

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Steve

After being inspired by the Alamo Drafthouse’s Back to School theme for their older movie screenings, I decided to take their idea and continue it with my site. Originally I was going to move forward to 1993 but I’ll save that … Continue reading →

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Twelve years at Chez Maggi, Austin division

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Steve

I’ve never regretted buying a house much. Actually, as the years go by any feelings of regret fade away quickly. Rent around Austin is getting jacked thanks to us becoming the 11th largest city in the US. With our recent … Continue reading →

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Virtual Las Vegas reached

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Steve

For the first post of News with the subcategory covering my health, I want to let you all know I managed to run the distance between our house and our Las Vegas-based timeshare! It only took 969 days to achieve. … Continue reading →

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Happy September ’13, this month’s design may fluctuate

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Steve

September is always a super-busy month. There’s the back-to-school stuff going into full swing, Labor Day Weekend tends to be the official end of Summer as per a favorite movie (The Flamingo Kid), the Silder wedding anniversary, 3000 deaths justifying … Continue reading →

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Happy 25th Birthday to The Onion!

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Steve

This is no joke. America’s leading, grown-up satirical newspaper can finally rent a car, get its insurance premium lowered and not be automatically carded when entering Dave & Busters. Comedy Central has cornered the TV segment and MAD remains the entry-level … Continue reading →

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My Batphone for the 21st Century!

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Steve

Last week, Somara had an accident with her iPhone 4. After a couple days of trying to save it, the verdict was hopeless. We chose to hit the local AT&T store and see what options the staff could offer us … Continue reading →

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Epilogue: Ben’s memorial service

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Steve

I’m getting better every day over the loss of my co-worker and friend Ben. Monday afternoon was part of the healing process with the memorial service. As you can see from the photo above, Ben did make an impact from … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Steve aka Stvee

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Steve

I wasn’t going to let the sadness of the weekend completely obscure the birthday of another good friend. Still awaiting his assessment on San Diego and the recent Superman flick since he is the biggest, most knowledgeable fan I know … Continue reading →

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Rest in peace Ben

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Steve

Last Friday morning (Aug. 23, 2013) Austin, TX and Apple, Inc lost a person who made the world a better place. This is no hyperbole because many co-workers of all stripes liked Ben. I never heard a negative thing about … Continue reading →

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Happy Belated 14th birthday to Hunter!

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Steve

Last Monday was Hunter’s birthday. We actually got to speak to him that evening too! Well, he’s usually busy with swimming practice or meets, Hunter is a regular Aquaman like his mother. From what I could gather, he had a … Continue reading →

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Remodeling underway, you may have noticed

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Steve

With the one-million-word milestone appearing in my virtual rearview mirror, I’m gradually changing up the Picayune‘s categories first. The initial names or classifications were often an afterthought when I first rolled out this site around 2005. Some don’t really hold up … Continue reading →

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Sorry I was away again, had a panic attack

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Steve

Wanted to get out a nice, overdue story before getting to the ugh stuff. As the title says, I was doing OK until about Tuesday morning when the coughing/congestion I’ve attributed to allergies knocked me down for a day or so … Continue reading →

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Happy 45th birthday to me this week and one million words!

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Steve

Another successful four-day weekend for me! It was pretty great, maybe not as cool as last year when Jose and Nancy came down to hang out along with numerous others whose company I dig at Pinballz. This time was a … Continue reading →

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Happy (belated) birthday to fellow Leo Kate!

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Steve

All these belated stories I’m trying to dig out over, namely the stuff I let slide while celebrating my own birthday. Yeah, I’m rather selfish after 45 years aren’t I? Kate gets a special mention due to her birthday being … Continue reading →

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This month’s banner was tight

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Steve

August is a special month in so many ways but I had to err on the side of my geeky past by reminiscing over Gen Con for multiple reasons. A new book telling the history of D&D is due out … Continue reading →

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