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   Meet Boo and Eek  (10/31/2006 12:28 pm)
      Filed under: Personal


This year my attempt at a Halloween pumpkin failed miserably, so you'll have to contend yourself with our attempt at Halloween themed cookies.

Perhaps the funnies part of this is that we actually managed to create cookies that look more appetizing and visually appealing than the sample cookies they had on the box art. You'll just have to believe me on this.


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   Deep Fried Coke  (10/27/2006 11:36 am)
      Filed under: News


Whenever I'm with a group of people and we end up talking about bizarre fried foods, I tend to always make the joke that one should deep-fry a can of Coke.

Well, it seems like someone has finally managed to basically do this. My hat is off to Abel Gonzales, who created a deep fried Coke for the Texas State Fair. Now I need to come up with a more ludicrous food to joke about.


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   New Neighbors Coming  (10/21/2006 4:23 pm)
      Filed under: Home


The house across the street from us appears to have finally sold. After a month of having a sign out front but no potential buyers coming by, the sign is now gone. If you asked me how owning a new home was going, this was the house I'd likely complain about the occupants of, till they moved away.

I can only hope the home owners don't use the home to run a small car-repair shop and decide that two in the morning is a good time to begin construction on a car-shed for their new limo. In other words, I just hope these neighbors aren't worse than the most inconsiderate neighbors ever.


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   Tanga of the day  (10/16/2006 12:07 pm)
      Filed under: Computers


If you like
Woot, then you might want to check out Tanga. It's a similar website, offering a deal of the day.

It's clearly superior to Woot since they launch the daily deals three hours earlier. Otherwise, Tanga feels like a clone of Woot. Time will tell if they have any worthwhile deals.


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   Internet Gambling Illegal  (10/13/2006 11:06 am)
      Filed under: News


Bush today signed a bill on port security, with a rider effectively making
gambling online in the states illegal.

I feel so much safer now that the moral fabric of country is safe from gambling online. I also feel safe that the evil doers of the world can no longer funnel money through online gambling. Pick your excuse, I've heard both used as reasons for this bill.

I'm off to go buy a government sanctioned lottery ticket and have a government sanctioned amount of fun.


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   Useless health warnings  (10/9/2006 6:33 pm)
      Filed under: Health


I have a cold. I know, exciting, right?

Well, as part of this cold, I have a sore throat. I normally don't really care so much about such things, but the medication I'm on now has a specific warning: "If you develop a sore throat, call your doctor immediately".

Ok, trying not to worry, I call my doctor. After a bit of back and forth, where they determined over the phone, I likely have a cold, I've determined something: I need to stop worrying so much about all the nasty warnings on my medications; it seems no one else does.


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   Xbox Live Vision  (10/3/2006 10:30 pm)
      Filed under: Gaming


I picked up an
Xbox Live Vision today. It's a simple little web-cam for our Xbox 360.

Pretty much a useless accessory for me given how little I play online, but still fun nevertheless, and seeing a 3D avatar in a game that looks mostly like me is a very freaky experience.

And if you haven't heard, TotemBall will hit Xbox Arcade tomorrow, so finally I can join the PS2 EyeToy fans and wave madly and dance around like an idiot at my console to play a game. =)


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   Sonic on the 360  (9/28/2006 1:40 am)
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One of the games I've been looking forward to the most for the 360 is Sonic. I've been a huge fan of the franchise, and despite some people calling me overly-optimistic, I was sure Team Sonic would finally release a good 3D Sonic game that I could enjoy.

A demo of the game was released yesterday. Looks like the naysayers were right. The game sucks. Sonic is a great 2D platform game that can never seem to make the transition to 3D. I'm still careening off ledges at the slightest touch of the joystick and "homing" right in on empty space and my death because of the silly attack system. I'm really disappointed.

Ah well, I'll just be playing more Lego Star Wars II. That's a really fun game.


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   End-run around the Electoral College  (9/22/2006 1:29 pm)
      Filed under: News


While I've heard of various attempts to dismantle the Electoral College used for electing presidents, all of them have had no hope of actually coming to fruition for one reason or another.

This one, however, is different. It manages to do away with the electoral college without actually changing the constitution. Rather, it's an attempt to get individual states to direct their elector voters to vote however the majority of Americans do, regardless of the outcome in their particular state. Surprisingly, a bill to do just that is already waiting for Schwarzenegger's signature, having passed the California legislature.

I like the idea, and it's interesting, they don't actually need all 50 states to agree to it for it to become feasible.


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   Fairwood is losing the race  (9/20/2006 2:34 pm)
      Filed under: News


Assuming I'm reading
this page correctly, it looks like the special election to incorporate the area we live in into the City of Fairwood has failed.

What amazes me is the margin of failure. Right now it's sitting at 49.98% for and 50.02% against. With the number of ballots cast, that works out to a margin of one person. Personally I'm hoping there are some uncounted mail-in ballots out there. Time will tell, I guess.


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