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Archive for June, 2006

Weird seems to be the keyword this week.
CNN has more on “the Winkler story”, the story of the preacher’s wife from Selmer, TN who most believe killed her husband with a shotgun.
If they don’t use the insanity defense on this, I will be floored.
She “doesn’t remember” getting the gun.
She told him after (we assume) she […]

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Weird, weird, weird…

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Why would an mp3 burnt to a CD sound (not played from the original CD) better played through the same player, and the same computer, than the mp3 played directly from the hard drive?
Weird.

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Stupid Is As Stupid Does

Friday, June 30th, 2006

Generally I have to say I’ve been really pleased with the government lately. The Federal Tories have been spending money where money desperately needs to be spent, and even Dalton McGuinty has not done anything overly crazy in a while. For a Liberal… that’s quite an accomplishment.
But sometimes… I wonder what they put […]

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An Incredibly Amusing Irony

Monday, June 26th, 2006

I just noticed that the “I Get No Respect” post was the 1,000th post I have made to this blog, which happily almost coincides with the blog’s third anniversary on July 21st of this year.

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Justin, you might want to get a cold beverage. You’re going to enjoy this one.
As the poweredbycoffee.net kazoo orchestra begins to play Pomp & Circumstance it is my pleasure to welcome you to this week’s Amateur Stupidity Scholarship presentations.
Our recipient today is… for no other reason than the fact I’ve always wanted to award […]

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I Get No Respect

Monday, June 26th, 2006

I wish I hadn’t turfed out the bathroom scale when I moved out of the last place. I GET NO RESPECT!
There are two things I’ve been addicted to for ten years or more. The first is Dristan spray, that I was hooked on for the better part of a decade. I literally […]

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A Mac iTunes plugin called iSpazz has been developed for the new line of Macbook laptops that feature backlit keyboards. Yes folks, it flashes your keyboard backlight to the beat of the music.
I would almost think that would HAVE to void your warranty.

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