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Just regular kinds of stuff that happened (that doesn’t fit in other categories).

Time for school

Posted on August 18, 2005 | Leave a comment

School starts back up next week! As cRaZy as this time of year gets, it’s really nice to have everyone coming back. All the new teachers are great. Some of the other teachers are back early getting their rooms together. Three more days of work and all the students will be back too. For some reason I’m really looking forward to it this year…

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Psychic Wins Lottery!

Posted on August 13, 2005 | 3 comments

How come you never see a newspaper that reads “Psychic Wins Lottery!”? Statistically, you’d think one would have won by now…

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The Google Alphabet

Posted on August 11, 2005 | 6 comments

If you thought “A was for Apple” then you’ve got another thing coming. Here is the Suggested Google Alphabet. This is the suggested word for each letter of the alphabet. Not only does it get the info from Google, it’s live, it could change every time you look if the requests change.

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TiVo will change the way you watch TV!

Posted on August 9, 2005 | 4 comments

TivoaniI love my TiVo!!! I’ve seen other digital recorders but this is so easy to use with it’s excellent interface. I think it’s a great product. You can watch stuff when you want or start a show late and catch up to it by fast forwarding through the commercials. If you’re just watching TV live you can pause it or even rewind. It’s got season passes, wish lists, automatic suggestions (based on what you want), fast forward at 1 minute per second, on screen directory, you can schedule shows via the web and all sorts of other stuff. They have got to save shows to DVD. If you hook it up to your home network (you do have a home network, don’t you?) you can play MP3s and view photos that are on a computer somewhere else. You can share shows between TiVos in your house (if you have more than one). It really is a great tool to have for your TV watching (even if you don’t watch a lot).

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35 Brats in 10 minutes

Posted on August 9, 2005 | 3 comments

99LbbrateaterSo it seems that this 99 pound woman in the photo won a Johnsonville Brat eating contest (wouldn’t that double her body weight?). She ate thirty-five brats in ten minutes (I’m assuming no bun or toppings). The amazing thing is that before that the record was only 19.5! She’s known as “The Black Widow” in the food eating circuit.

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Have you seen “The Spaghetti Harvest”?

Posted on August 5, 2005 | 6 comments

SpaghettiSo when I was a kid the local movie theater, in lieu of cartoons, would show short documentary type shows. These 3-7 minute shorts might be on skatboarding, mountian climbing or any old thing (some were new, some were old). The one I’ll always remember is about the annual Swiss Spaghetti Harvest, they show how they harvest the spaghetti trees and lay it out to dry. You can watch a low quality version (in RealPlayer) and you’ll get the idea of it.

Update: I noticed the direct link (click the image) was broken. So I’m moving this back up towards the top so you can take a gander if you missed it the first time.

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What a beautiful day!!!

Posted on August 5, 2005 | 1 comment

So it looks beautiful outside so that’s where I’m heading. I have the day off and I’ve been doing some work around the house (I live on the 3rd/4th floors of a condo so it’s better to get stuff done before the heat rises). Place looks great and as soon as I get this load of laundry done, I’m off to lunch and to blade and off to the cable company to return my cable box (two of the channels act up, so it’s the wiring or the box, but for the wiring I gotta wait for the repair guy all day so I’ll try the box first).

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Happy Birthday

Posted on July 31, 2005 | Leave a comment

Did you know it was Harry Potter’s birthday today?!?

Here’s a short fan fiction birthday story I found.

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