Month: December 2004
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas everybody!!! It was a white christmas .. in Houston, which hasn’t happenned since 1986. A good time was had by all.
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We’ve got approval
My future mother-in-law has decided that she really likes the idea of a Rome wedding. So the we’re eloping and you are welcome to come along with us idea now has wings.
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Man builds Giant Robot to defend Home
OK … maybe that title is a little far fetched, but according to this article on Engadget and the original link from CNET News, a man in Alaska is building a Giant Robot/Exoskeleton in his backyard. He plans to be finished by next summer and then plans to go to the local racetrack and test…
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Potter mania to begin again…
Several headlines are now showing that book 6 of the series : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, will be released on July 16th, 2005. I’ll never forget walking into Costco picking up my Order of the Phoenix book, walking over to get some bagels and then walking past the now more than half gone…
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We’ve lost our minds …
Well unless my fiance get talked out of it by her mom during negotiations at Christmas, it looks like we may be doing a “we’re eloping to rome but you are welcome to come along” wedding during Thanksgiving week. Tickets (~$350) and hotels should be dirt cheap since it is the off season and the…
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My current mantra
Meet the wednesday deadline … Sleep later… Oooh! Shiny! err… Meet the Wednesday deadline …. …
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Dude, a linguistic Study
If you have ever found yourself using the word dude then you should head over to take a sneak peek at this CNN article.A linguist at the University of Pittsburgh has written a paper on the subject which, among other things, discusses the “effortless kinsmanship” that the word brings. So here’s to you dudes!
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Cellphones, or things that make you go SHHH
Engadget is reporting that the Society for Handheld Hushing, or SHHH, have a pdf available to help combat the next cell phone conversation you overhear in those inapropriate places and times. The notes aren’t necessarily as “reasonably polite” as they claim, but they do get the point across for even the most dense invidual.
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Fun with Cryptology : The Davinci Code
Over Thanksgiving I finished reading “The Davinci Code” by Dan Brown, I was hesitant the read the book at first because of all the buzz surrounding it (I guess I am just contrary) but finally broke down when I needed something to read on the flight. I walked into the airport bookstore and there it…
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Domestic Cheese Trays
Well the quest for the wedding locations/date has begun although still a little half-heartedly (after christmas the real fun will begin). So far 3 cities are in the running Dallas, New Orleans, and Miami. We have shot down the destination wedding at this point just so we don’t unitentionally stop anyone from coming due to…
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Virgin Mobile finds niche market
I got this link from “The Really not Anon Girl in A. Town”. Apparently if you have issues controlling the urge to call your ex when you are a little drunk … Virgin Mobile has come to your rescue with this special service. All I can say … Australia must be an interesting place to…
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Thanksgiving …
Pardon the radio silence, just recently got back into town. I had an excellent time in New Orleans with my *now* fiance’ Johanna. There was food, conversation with great friends, site-seeing, lots of wine, and mint-juleps that could have downed a horse. Such a fru-fru name for such a potentially strong drink … Also came…