18 Mar 2010 @ 7:36 AM 

Some car dealers have installed “black boxes” in their new cars, which have the ability to shut off your car remotely, or honk the horn, when you’re late with a payment. What could possibly go wrong with that system?

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Last Edit: 18 Mar 2010 @ 07:36 AM

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 10 Mar 2010 @ 10:30 AM 

I know that things which appear to be clusters are merely random stastical fluctuations, but if another Canadian child actor from the 80s dies this month, it’ll be freaky.

Corey Haim, 38. At least the vampires didn’t get him.

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Last Edit: 10 Mar 2010 @ 10:30 AM

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 09 Mar 2010 @ 6:52 AM 

Pringles has issued a recall on Cheeseburger and Taco Night chips, due to salmonella concerns.  Of course, if you eat either of those two flavors, your stomach is probably made of cast iron anyway.  Ew.

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Last Edit: 09 Mar 2010 @ 06:52 AM

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 04 Mar 2010 @ 7:43 PM 

Any of my contacts not from California – have you ever heard of a Pee Chee?

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Last Edit: 04 Mar 2010 @ 07:43 PM

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 31 Dec 2009 @ 1:40 PM 

Eighteen workstations wasn’t enough for the boss, no sirree. I’ve now chalked up 23 workstation installs in the past two weeks. You’d think I was some sort of computer geek or something.

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Last Edit: 31 Dec 2009 @ 01:40 PM

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 23 Dec 2009 @ 6:39 PM 

This is just crazy – the past three days, I’ve been working all day long. This is just unacceptable; my boss is crazy to think I can keep up this kind of pace. Next he’ll expect me to accurately report my work hours.

Seriously, I’ve installed Red Hat on 18 machines in the past three days, and some of them have CPUs propelled by gerbils. Painful.

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Last Edit: 23 Dec 2009 @ 06:39 PM

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 07 Dec 2009 @ 11:09 AM 

I have, over the years, frequently pointed out that most of the world’s great philosophical and religious movements can be boiled down to one phrase: Don’t be a dick.  Glad to see someone agrees with me.

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Last Edit: 07 Dec 2009 @ 11:09 AM

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 05 Dec 2009 @ 3:03 PM 

Oooh, ooh!  I met the Geek Queen, Judie Lipsett, today.  It’s surprising this hadn’t happened earlier, I suppose, since she used to live about a half mile from me.  But, we bumped into her at Fort Concho today.  Yeah, not exactly CES, is it?  BTW, she’s incredibly tall.

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Last Edit: 05 Dec 2009 @ 03:03 PM

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 29 Sep 2009 @ 7:19 AM 

Farewell to one of the great writers of our time. One more of the old guard, those with intellectual honesty and some hint of nuance in their beliefs and writing, has left the world.

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Last Edit: 29 Sep 2009 @ 07:19 AM

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 28 Sep 2009 @ 6:20 AM 

Why are the same people who claimed two years ago that any disrespect toward the President was treasonous are now the loudest ones claiming the President is not even American himself? Intellectual consistency must be very difficult.

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Last Edit: 28 Sep 2009 @ 06:20 AM

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 18 Sep 2009 @ 9:50 AM 

USGov removes 3.6mil funding from ACORN, which is about 52 seconds worth of the federal budget. This is what passes for big news.

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Last Edit: 18 Sep 2009 @ 09:50 AM

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 14 Sep 2009 @ 8:08 PM 

Nobody puts Baby in the corner.

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Last Edit: 15 Sep 2009 @ 12:00 PM

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 09 Sep 2009 @ 1:59 PM 

After 8 years, Apple finally adds an FM radio to one type (of several) of iPod. One more thing?

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Last Edit: 09 Sep 2009 @ 01:59 PM

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 02 Sep 2009 @ 6:57 AM 

Should I be concerned that the IT field services rep for my company (who has a long list of acronyms in his signature block) referenced “Duel booting” between Windows and lynx?  I’m not sure if I’d trust someone who wants a text-based browser fighting with an operating system…

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Last Edit: 02 Sep 2009 @ 06:57 AM

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 01 Sep 2009 @ 8:34 AM 

It is an old strategy of tyrants to delude their victims into fighting their battles for them. – FDR

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 31 Aug 2009 @ 7:54 AM 

Best Buy not smart – Sansa Clip+ 4GB $50, original Sansa Clip 4GB $57. Look forward to the Clip clearance sales in a week or so.

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 28 Aug 2009 @ 8:03 AM 

We’ve had “czars” for over 60 years, and W had 26 czar positions, yet Obama’s 20 czar positions are new and alarming?

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 17 Mar 2009 @ 11:06 AM 

Is “until further notice” the most useless phrase ever used, or just among the top ten?

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Last Edit: 17 Mar 2009 @ 11:06 AM

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 22 Feb 2009 @ 10:20 PM 

Dear Oscar committee,

Some of us don’t have 85-inch televisions. Please put the “dearly departed” memorial on-screen in a way we can actually view who has left us. And, what’s with the spinning ballerina-like camera work? Vertigo much?

Kthxbye

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Last Edit: 22 Feb 2009 @ 10:21 PM

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 02 Feb 2009 @ 10:46 AM 

Michael Phelps, fastest swimmer on record, smoked pot. Well, that proves it then – doing drugs leads to nothing but failure. Some other pot-smokers I know of, just off the top of my head: President Obama, former President Bush, former President Clinton… Yep, a road to ruin there.

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Last Edit: 02 Feb 2009 @ 10:46 AM

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