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My family has a way of solving problems that is… well unique. At first there are arguments, then the arguments are diffused with humor then the humor passes into absurdity and then finally into sketch comedy. Fictional Example that is not far off: Sibling 1: “I can’t believe you would say such a thing! Are… Read more »

We watched George Stevens “Giant” last night. Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean. I hadn’t seen it in so long that what I remembered seems like such a small part of the whole story. What I originally remember about the story was the Jet Rink (James Dean) character and his oil strike on the land… Read more »

Clothes and especially wedding clothes are probable one of the biggest rackets. I think the whole wedding event thing is kind of a racket. Maybe there is some secret society kinda like the wedding mafia that controls these things. I think the toughest is going to be the wedding dress. I will get married in… Read more »

We were in Calistoga over last weekend, doing some relaxing. Here are some photos up on Alanna’s Flickr site. We went to Krug Winery and soaked in Doc Wilkinsons hot pools for 3 days. We even had a chance to hang out in St. Helena and watch a motorcycle chase right through the middle of… Read more »

Mario Kart for the Wii is set to be release in the US sometime in April according to Kotaku. You can use it with the new wheel as well as with various controllers including the old Nintendo ones. Lots of courses, battle mode. You can even use your Mii instead of the classic Mario characters…. Read more »

Although I don’t know that many people who would repost, here is my “Four Things” Four Things I am looking forward to in 2008: Marriage Family Making Music Elections Four jobs that I have had in my life: Vacuum Repairman Amusement ride operator Coffee Barista Web Designer / Developer Four movies I would watch over… Read more »

In another WTF moment, the Associated Press is running a story that the government is sending out letters to 130 million Americans telling them that their rebate check is on the way. Total cost of postage? $42 million dollars. How about we skip this letter and put a little something extra in my check?

I have been looking for this for so long and now it’s here. Not only is it winter sports for the Wii, but it has Curling. Sweep baby! Winter Sports for the Wii 15 playable disciplines spanning the 9 most popular winter sports Brand new campaign mode with 42 missions including boss rivals Multiplayer party… Read more »

We went to see the Rosebuds and Working for a Nuclear Free City at Mezzanine last friday. It was really good to see WFANFC on their first ever tour to the US. It kinda sucked that they had to kick it off at the Mezzanine with such crappy sound.

I was posting a while back about people in their mid twenties and I was talkin smack about not really seeing roll models that age. Well I think Matt Mullenweg from WordPress is a great roll model, and not just because I am writing this using wordpress. He is a smart, driven, articulate person and… Read more »