Monthly Archives: January 2007

But Still I Love Technology…Always and Foreverrrr

This Onion AV Club Blog post about DVD players got me thinking about the planned obsolescence of technology and how deeply offensive that is to me.  Allow me to go on an unstructured rant for a second.  Think about cassette … Continue reading

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test with the blackberry

After futzing with the settings on this thing, I think I got it where I’m able to post stuff. Cross yer fingers.

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Cynicism Validated

“Yeah, I’m thinking of doing movies…or maybe a PBS special on wildlife or two…” Today I watched VH1′s “Best Week Ever,” and in between shots of Mrs. Garrett calling out Joan Collins, they showed Lemur and Friend from American Idol … Continue reading

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A Good Day at Work

It’s not every day that something one does causes another person to cry tears of joy. I got to experience this today, and although I wasn’t technically the sole cause, it was still pretty sweet. There’s this old couple whose … Continue reading

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Four Kids, But She Looked Good…

I was sitting in a comfortable chair on the 9th floor of a 14-story office building in northeast Dallas, waiting for my contact to arrive. He was bringing with him a DVD containing roughly 1000 years of geneological data for … Continue reading

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Never Watch The Hills

So, not to turn this blog into a “cavalcade of bad TV” or anything, but the second season of the MTV scum-fest The Hills is threatening to become a top-flight piece of trash-ertainment.  Allow me to explain…The show’s not good, … Continue reading

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News You Need to Keep From Failure: 1.22.07

We here at This is Epth Nation 2.0 strive to be constantly timely, relevant, and informative.  Not surprisingly, we fail at this every day.  In an effort to stop this trend, here’s the news of the day (not guaranteed to … Continue reading

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A Never Ending Supply of Fame Whores

I tried to watch an episode of My Super Sweet Sixteen tonight, the one that was playing at the “aftershow” part of MTV.com.  I couldn’t make it past her shopping for (and getting her mom to pay for) $13,000 earrings.  … Continue reading

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So What’s the Problem With Ice Then?

Apparently Dallas had ice melt all along, and never told me.  So why does every bridge here turn into a screaming death trap whenever it’s cold and precipitating?  Do they only use it on the rich bridges?  Anyway, we only … Continue reading

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A bizarre combo of puppets, a potato, and Eraserhead.

Greg the Bunny was a FOX show about puppets interacting with humans and having alcohol problems, but now they’ve moved to the Independent Film Channel and are doing parodies of really weird films that nobody’s seen, like Gummo. Here’s Greg … Continue reading

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