Monthly Archives: June 2007

Pretty Much Not Impressive

“I totally installed a server today” bragging by Mike Pape apologies by Mike Pape’s alter ago, Frank  brought to you by the good people at Phillip Morris. I totally installed a server today. I don’t mean to brag, but how … Continue reading

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Message to the Future

Just listing current cultural obsessions of Americans, so that we can put it in a time capsule and show it to our Idiocracy-like descendents: 5) Darfur, and the celebrities that want to help the region. 4) LeBron’s failure in the … Continue reading

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Everybody Loses, Nobody Wins (Harder to Finish Than it is to Begin)

When my internal cynicism engine hits overdrive and starts taking away my hit points, I try to remind myself than not all presidential candidates are power-hungry scum who are working overtime at looking their best to fool us into voting … Continue reading

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CompUSA sells man empty camera box; won’t issue refund

This TV news consultant bought at $270ish digital camera from a CompUSA clearance — but only gets an empty box. A staffer blamed the buyer! “It ’s not just ‘buyer beware,’ it’s ‘don’t be a buyer.’ read more | digg … Continue reading

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Supernanny vs…Who Cares? She’s Going to Win

Supernanny is is British woman who’s clearly patterned after Mary Poppins, and she goes into people’s lives and judges them into improving. She’s a Dr. Phil who makes house calls. But she’s British, so a spoonful of sugah and all … Continue reading

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Review: They Might Be Giants’ “The Else”

What do you get when you give They Might Be Giants better production than usual?  A really good, heavily-guitared, and slightly quirky Ben Folds record.  At least that’s what it sounds like to me. Let me explain to you what … Continue reading

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Emotional Rollercoasters

Ok, here’s my problem:  More and more, I feel the deep desire to write long-form well-organized pieces on things rather than blog posts.  Let’s face it, I’m not really accomplishing much here.  Or am I?  Either way, I feel like … Continue reading

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