Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Amazon is so far the only company to launch a music download store to rival iTunes. I read an article today that said that Amazon has become the #2 digital music store behind iTunes and it's only been open for 6 months. In my opinion, there are two things about ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
My wife and I went up to The Borgata last Thursday thru Friday. Not too much to report. I was very pleased to net just about $800 in just under 7 hours of playing $1/$2 No Limit Texas Hold Em for a hourly rate of about $110/hour. It probably would've ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
I was in the backyard pushing my son on the swing when I see this middle school-aged kid in my neighbor's yard lurking about. My house backs to a major road and on the other side of the fence and through some trees, I see two other kids standing there. ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Van Halen decided to take a week off because of Eddie's mystery illness and now they've decided to sit for a month. As of now, the tour will resume on April 19th. Originally, I was supposed to see them on March 9th. That was rescheduled for April 15th. Now, ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Sunday morning. I turn over in bed, open my eyes, and find my daughter standing in front of me. I glance at the clock and am annoyed to see that it's only 7am. I'm extra annoyed because I didn't get to bed until about 2am.
My daughter says that she's hungry ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
I hate Nine Inch Nails. I have never been a fan of Nine Inch Nails. I don't think there's one song of theirs that I've ever liked. However, I hate the recording industry and their old-fashioned business model that they are trying to cling to even more than I hate ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
This morning, I was getting ready to leave for work. I come out of my bedroom and see my daughter about to turn on the hall light. There is absolutely no reason for her to turn on the light. When I asked her why she wanted it on, she couldn't ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
I did get tickets to see Van Halen in Baltimore for Sunday, March 9th. On my way to work yesterday, I heard a report on the radio that there was a rumor that the remainder of the tour was going to be cancelled. The unnamed sources cited internal band conflicts, ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
We have Windows XP running on our home computers. I don't know if it's because I'm a tech guy or because I am paranoid, but I set everyone in the family up with their own login account for Windows XP. I gave myself administrator privileges and made everyone else a ...
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