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Entries from December 30th, 2009

Obligatory Holiday Post

December 30th, 2009 1 Comment

All in all, it’s been a great Holiday season – including a Christmas Eve visit from Santa, sweet gift giving, taking Grandma to see Fantastic Mr. Fox, adding a new nutcracker to my collection, helping the family out, juicy roasts roasting, roaring fires and cousins playing with my old legos.
Let’s expand on that “helping the [...]

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Making the jump

December 22nd, 2009 2 Comments

The time has come. I’ve been slugging along with my High School graduation gift from my parents, a 2002 Dell desktop, for the past 7+ years.  And I’m finally treating myself with a new laptop (I’m waiting until Christmas morning to open it!!) – but with a twist.  Reading Rapture for the Geeks was the [...]

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The day I soiled myself

December 20th, 2009 2 Comments

I’ve run into a few B-List celebrities in my life so far, including Keisel the Diesel and the Wannstache. While nice, those close encounters come nowhere close to the elbow I rubbed this past Thursday night.
I was in Lansing MI, staying at the Radisson on the top floor. It was fairly empty, but [...]

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