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Entries from December 2007

Zeus, Redefined

December 31st, 2007 · 8 Comments

I’ve closed off the God Poll. I figure everyone who was going to vote has done so by now. The results were spread out pretty evenly. Out of a total of 18 responses, they fell like this:
Which answer below most closely matches your beliefs about the existence of a supreme intelligence?

(4 votes, […]

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Tags: Whining · Personal · General

Never Did Give Nothin’

December 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

During my vacation, I finally got around to watching the SciFi Channel original miniseries Tin Man. The series is billed as a “bold reimagining” of the Wizard of Oz and the credits say it is based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book by L. Frank Baum. I think I was hoping for […]

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Tags: Whining · Television

Crash Into January

December 29th, 2007 · 9 Comments

Be careful what you wish for…
I knew that if I complained long enough about having nothing to post about, something would happen. Well, it did. I had a very close encounter with a stopped RTD bus on a slippery road yesterday. The bus wasn’t damaged and luckily it had no passengers; the driver […]

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Tags: Whining · Personal

[Insert Clever Title Here]

December 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I should just cede the daily posting contest to Steve. This is essentially a space filler blog entry; a quickie so that I don’t lose ground. I don’t know if I’ll have time later today to do something more detailed/interesting. I wasted most of the day so far reprogramming my Pronto remote […]

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Tags: Whining · Personal

Component Switching

December 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments

How I’m spending my Christmas vacation…
As expected, there was more snow today. Luckily I’m still on vacation and I didn’t have to be anywhere. As I mentioned back in this blog entry, I ordered an Onkyo TR-SX605 receiver. I ended up getting a refurbished unit direct from Onkyo for a total of $305. […]

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Tags: Whining · Home Theater

I Am Not Beowulf

December 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I am not really Legend either…
There was a break in the never-ending snowstorm cycle today, so I went out and saw the IMAX version of I Am Legend. I got to the theater only a few minutes before it started and was surprised it wasn’t sold out. There were lots of seats left. I […]

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Tags: Whining · Movies