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Entries from March 2007

Not Touching That One

March 31st, 2007 · 3 Comments

Not much energy for music reviews or whatever at the moment. So again, courtesy of the Random Word Generator…
Your Random Word Is: Thrust
Each of the three Space shuttle main engines can produce a thrust of 1.8 MN (Meganewtons), and each of its two Solid Rocket Boosters 14.7 MN, together 34.8 MN. Compare with [...]

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Tags: Misc Tech · Whining

What Pulp Means To Me

March 30th, 2007 · 6 Comments

When creativity and ideas for a daily blog entry run dry, there’s always the Random Word Generator.
Your Random Word Is: Pulp
1) I do not like pulp in orange juice. Not even light pulp. That’s probably the reason I never drank much of it as a kid. I kept wondering what it [...]

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Tags: General · Movies · Music · Personal

If There’s A Spider, It Will Be Used

March 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Hey, how about last night’s episode of Lost, the Nikki and Paulo one? That was a little weird, wasn’t it? Pretty predictable though. I totally called it from the time the spider showed up. Although I have to say the very end was a bit unexpected, kind of horrifying yet funny [...]

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Tags: Personal · Television

When I’m 25 Or 64

March 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Not a lot of humor or pop culture references in today’s entry. So please move along if you’re not into my masturbatory self-analysis…
In today’s Dilbert Blog (go read it now), Scott Adams asks the question “What’s your permanent age?” This is something I’ve actually given a lot of thought to lately. I’d [...]

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Tags: Personal

Shifting Para-dij-ems

March 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I stopped by Best Buy at lunch to pick up the new Kaiser Chiefs album Yours Truly, Angry Mob, which they were advertising for $7.99 with three exclusive bonus tracks.
On the positive side, this exclusivity policy supports the buying of the physical media instead of the downloading (and possible theft) of the digital [...]

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Tags: Music

$1000 On NightKicker To Show

March 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments

One of the many odd ailments that afflicts me from time to time is Restless Legs Syndrome. I think it’s hereditary, as other members of my family have the same problem. I’ve been to the doctor about it before, and was prescribed some sort of antidepressant or something, which didn’t help at all [...]

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Tags: Personal