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Football, Football, Football!
Football 1: Today was the day that NFL teams are required to cut their rosters down to 53 men. The person given the job of summoning a player to his firing is known as "the Turk". While trying to find the origins of the name, I realized that I could play Rise of Nations as the Turks in honor of those given the unpleasant task of sending young ( Read more... ) -
Phone Fail
I stopped by the Verizon store to complain that my phone was often spontaneously shutting itself off in my pocket. The tech slapped the phone around a bit until he got it to fail. He swapped batteries and confirmed that the problem was with the phone and not the battery. Since I pay the monthly insurance whatsit, he replaced the phone. The good ( Read more... ) -
Palin's Gubernatorial Resignation
Why would Sarah Palin resign her governorship?- She's Mark Sanford's Argentinian lover.
- She shot a man in Juneau just to watch him die.
- She's urgently needed to console Norm Coleman.
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Playoff Beards
I didn't shave between Christmas and the Superbowl. The Pittsburgh Steelers won.
I didn't shave between Mother's Day and the Stanley Cup finals. The Pittsburgh Penguins won.
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Gang Cutting?
My current favorite soft drink has a deal going: each 12-pack of cans comes with a $1 coupon off of the next 12-pack. Today was the first time I was planning to use two of them in the same store visit. I decided to read the fine print to make sure that wasn't prohibited. It wasn't, but I found something more baffling. The store is instructed to ( Read more... ) -
Starting the Month the Geeky Way
It was raining inside and out at work tonight. I made eight code commits in the space of an hour. Such commit storms are pretty typical for me, but tonight's was eight commits for a reason. The last one had a revision number of 314. Sure, it was late for Pi Day, but I wasn't interested in staying around long enough to reach 501 for May Day. -
Ask Lazyweb: Laundry Lore
It was only last summer that I learned to skip fabric softener when washing towels. The softener takes up residence where the water is supposed to go and reduces the towel's ability to absorb. Another important fabric softener detail: it builds up on the dryer's lint screen, and must be removed with soap to restore proper air flow. Are there any ( Read more... ) -
Whatever it is, I'll have it with everything.
Lunch today was a cheeseburger plate, hash browns only, with everything. For those who've never experienced Rochester's most notorious contribution to the culinary arts, those cheeseburger patties were served directly on the home fries, no bun required. The "everything" translated into a heaping pile of diced raw onions, tablespoon after ( Read more... ) -
The Internet is Full of Fail
We'll start with You Probably Lose, the addictive new Flash game from Bad Gods. After each round, be sure to visit Sad Trombone. I would mention Fail Blog at this point, but they've mostly been made of fail lately.
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Happy Pi Day!
I went shopping last night to stock up on pie ingredients to celebrate π Day. I started at the fabric store, but they didn't have any French silk. When I asked where I could score some chicken pot at the grocery store, thay called the police. Oh well, there's always next year!