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I think I forgot the lyrics

We actually caught an episode of “Don’t Forget the Lyrics” - I know, what a fantastically creative name. This is a great show for The Woman because she can sing well and knows tons of lyrics. It’s terrible for me because… well… I can’t sing, and I tend to know a lot of bogus lyrics. [...]

The world’s laziest spammer

Reading this eloquent example of phishing, I was in awe with how much effort was put into creating such a meandering butchery of the English language. The spammer must have been convinced that if enough words were out of place, the reader would be so confused that money would just flow from him without even [...]

Another blog bites the dust

Scott Adams has decided he’s going to blog less. That seems reasonable. But now he’s also gotten rid of the full feeds, because the ad revenue just isn’t worth it for him. That’s right, the guy who created one of the most successful comic strips and has multiple best selling books isn’t making enough money [...]

Two heart attacks later…

Ever since the incident which I will not speak of, I’ve become rather obsessive about backing up data and not dropping hard drives - hey, I’ve only dropped two in the last month. Now The Woman knows to stay out of my way and not bug me at the computer with the simple phrase “I”m [...]

I may be a wanted man…

If you want to leave a car parked in front of our house overnight, you have to call the cops. We have a two car driveway, so it’s typically not a problem. But sometimes one of us will leave a car in the street until the other gets home based upon exit strategies for the [...]

Things to be thankful for

Let me just say, that I am totally thankful for the Internet. For it provides us with such fantastic viewing as badly re-dubbed Santana:

There’s a whole selection available, but the Santana one is the best. (thanks to Questionable Content)
Not to mention, where else can you find such hysterical spoofs of Hitler:

(thanks to kottke)
But parody is [...]

What have we learned?

So far, we have learned that I cannot keep to a schedule. I’ve proven this over most of my life but, come on, I couldn’t even link to some kittens or something? Missing the first night was silly. When I skipped this past Saturday, well, I was well on my way to a wine and [...]

I cannot emphasize how much I loath this state

If you were keeping score this week, I believe it’s something along the lines of New Jersey 5 Me 0. Let’s see, there was the ridiculously out of the way drive home Wednesday night. I managed to not be able to make it into the City to see Mike Doughty with a friend on Thursday [...]

High culture for sure

Just an FYI, this blog is rated:

Apparently that’s because I’ve recently used crap twice and pissed once. I guess it’s appropriate then that I write at this level:

I’m guessing for the same reason… So it looks like I should start pandering to my target audience more - 13 and 14 year olds who have to [...]

New Jersey sucks

For the second time this year, I found myself accompanying The Woman for a “musical experience” at NJPAC - that’s the New Jersey Performing Arts Center for you non-locals. The first one was an orchestrated version of Led Zeppelin - which was a lot of fun. This time it was Rain: The Beatles Experience. The [...]