Yesterday was very cloudy and gray all day. By the time I left work in the evening, there were hints of snow in the air. The hints of snow were freezing to the windshield.  I had made plans with Scotty to see a late showing of The Golden Compass and arrived there 2 hours early so I could do some Christmas shopping at some neighbouring stores and by ( Read more... )

Well the Recording Academy announced this year's Grammy nominees this morning, and I must say I'm pretty happy with the results overall. I was very happy to see that, despite her drug and behavioral problems, Amy Winehouse had a much-deserved 6 nominations, neck and neck with Kanye West who had 8 (I don't understand rap 'music' so not sure what ( Read more... )

I found this news story amusing and quite funny...

SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. quickly shut down Santa Claus’ Web privileges after it found out the automated elf it created for kids to instant message with was talking naughty, not nice.

Last year, Microsoft encouraged kids to connect directly to “Santa” by adding northpolelive.com to their Windows ( Read more... )

Well normally I do this post on my myspace page , but I thought I would start doing it here for shitz and giggles. These are a handful of albums that have come out recently that have made their way onto my Most Played list on iTunes. If something is listed here, it's because I find it wonderful and inspiring and highly recommend it to you.


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I'm lovin this video lately.

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LOS ANGELES - The Red Hot Chili Peppers on Monday sued Showtime Networks over the name of the television series “Californication,” which is also the name of the band’s 1999 album and a single on it.

The lawsuit alleges unfair competition, dilution of the value of the name and unjust enrichment, claiming the title is “inherently distinctive, famous ( Read more... )

Howdy friends! This holiday weekend was a blast. Thursday started out with me driving south to Colorado Springs to my kids' house to spend the next few days with them and my ex-wife and my brother. Being the turkey-haters we are, we had a great helping of Cornish game hens stuffed with stuffing, cranberry sauce, green beans, sweet potato pie, red ( Read more... )

I must say that Monday night's episode of Heroes was one of the best most intense ones yet! A real nail-biter. I know a guy who boycotts the show and will not watch it because because Heroes trumped another show that only lasted one season to allow for a bigger budget. Frankly I'm glad Heroes got the bigger budget. The special effects are ( Read more... )

I don't know why, but I just love this video.

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I love when people state the obvious. Today, coming into work, a lady on the elevator says, "well, it's getting cold out there ( Read more... )