Category Archives: Etc

Escape from LA

This is the second time LAX simply didn’t want me to leave. 8:40am flight, cancelled, found out as I was checking in at 7:49 that I was booked on a 7:49 flight instead. Went on standby on a noon. Noon … Continue reading

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LOLcats

They still make me LOL.

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Feeling demotivated?

Well, now you don’t even need to know Photoshop to have fun.

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Guitar-in-law

Kat’s mom — world-renowned author of young fiction and disturbingly obsessed chicken fetishist — has just taken delivery on a custom-made guitar. Hot damn. That’s some serious olde-worlde artistree right there.

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How dumb are gamers?

Every so often, someone sends me a link to this image: It’s an old scan from an old GamePro, before my time there. The house rule at GamePro has always been to caption each screenshot with a ProTip — actionable … Continue reading

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Not today, my little one.

A friend at RRC pointed me toward The Perry Bible Fellowship and now I cannot stop clicking. For better or worse, much of this is my sense of humor. (And it’s from a Rochesterian!) I particularly like this and this … Continue reading

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It’s the end of E3 as we know it and I feel fine

The show was very good this year. Quieter, calmer, a hell of a lot less crowded (last year I had to take a weekend job at GameStop just to get in), and so much quality software on display! Happy to … Continue reading

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Jessica Rabbit…gone?!

My…appreciation (which is the kindest possible word I can find for it) for Jessica Rabbit is well known by my inner circle. (I’m a sucker for redheads…and teh b00bs.) But, in researching some vacation options, I just found out that … Continue reading

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Today’s evidence against celebrities

We’ll always have Paris (I’m afraid, anyway), so take a break and read this LA Times article. It notes that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak did not call in any favors; he’s standing in line to buy an iPhone like the … Continue reading

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Buy my old laptop

Seriously, it’s nice. I’m super happy — kind of overjoyed, actually — with the new D630, and I was thinking of holding onto this one as a machine around the house…but c’mon. I have enough stuff, and I certainly have … Continue reading

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