I come home, and there's a dead duck (well half of one) in a shopping bag next to my driveway.

Looks like the Furries moved out of the Woodfield Hyatt, and the 60's moved in...

http://woodfield.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/gallery/photos.jsp?icamp=propPhotoGallery

There are approxamately 1,000 kittens in a ton(US).

Fun: Having your printer service company tell you that if you're' going to move to a 64-bit OS (Vista/Win7) you're going to need a new ($4,000+) printer since they don't have 64-bit drivers ( Read more... )

Fallout 3 caused a meltdown for me. My video card. Last April, I picked up an EVGA 7600GT Superclocked AGP card to replace my 6800GS. I stuck with AGP since I didn't have the cash to upgrade the board (I was still using the AthlonXP). I'm still using it even after upgrading to an Athlon64 X2 (yes, I found an AM2 board with AGP, Biostar's K8M800-M7A ( Read more... )

Using plush black and yellow Labradors as visual aids to explain where chocolate Labs come from is something that probably shouldn't be done in the plush toy aisle at Toys 'R Us. Especially on Christmas Eve.

But damned if the look on that woman's face wasn't priceless.

Now, I've been a fan of Dell's C-Series business laptops for a while, owning a CPi366, a CPxJ-650, and the latest, a C840. I'd recommended the Vostro line to a couple other people at work, and figured that we could use one for a business laptop too. Mainly, we have it on hand for people to do presentations on if they need a laptop and didn't bring ( Read more... )

I woke up at 0430, and was all set to take the scooter to the polling place. Mother Nature had decided to play a ripe prank on us, hefting a goodly portion of the Pacific Ocean over our heads sometime during the night. I hunted around for an umbrella, then decided to chuck the thought of two-wheeling on the oil-slick streets, instead stealing ( Read more... )

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While watching Lou Dobbs, and a debate about the economic mess, we were wondering just why they'd invited Jesse Jackson to join in.

My suggestion?

"He's there for the color commentary".