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59 Bel Air vs 09 Malibu

13. January 2010

To celebrate its 50th Anniversary, the IIHS crash tested a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air into a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. This is the frontal offset test. This blows a lot of my misconceptions out of the water, unless my father’s ‘53 Chrysler was built a lot stronger, which is probably a silly notion. Nothing could touch [...]

One year in 120 seconds

11. January 2010

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Via The Anchoress, this video is simply awesome.

Why didn’t I just hang up?

3. December 2009

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Snotty people are a pet peeve. I have a cold. Maybe pig flu; who knows? Slept in for once, haven’t had a damn shower or even finished my coffee. Head is foggy and if not for the magic of nyquil things would be even worse. Though I hate the stuff, it works [...]

Email Hell

25. November 2009

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Aside from the political form letters from representatives I’ve threatened to tar and feather… with extreme prejudice… and sales flyers [who needs the paper anymore?] I love pretty much everyone who emails me. The real people. BUT I will warn you now: If I receive one more email that says ‘if you don’t send this to [...]

The next best thing to being there

13. November 2009

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If not the greatest invention of the 20th century, video chat is certainly one of the coolest. Installing the cam and the software was a breeze and using it with Skype is even easier. Now, almost all day I have a window up, looking into a room of my SIL’s home. We [...]

Question

6. November 2009

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I just bought a webcam. Anyone have experience with video chat? Which platform is best… Skype, Windows Messenger, AOL Messenger or even Yahoo? Skype is P2P, so using them means they use you; bandwidth and processor. I’m not really down with that, so looking for something solid – or can I hop from [...]

The economy

4. November 2009

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Just back from jury duty! Was an hour late, had to go through a partial strip search and was let go because the case was settled out of court. This from email, sent by OD. Thought it was cute… The Economy, How Bad Is It? The economy is so bad….. that I got a pre-declined credit [...]

Duck!

22. October 2009

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This morning some asshole ran over three ducks in the neighborhood. All I’m saying is… it better not have been my babies. That is all.

Pencil Art

16. October 2009

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Proof that an artistic person can make something beautiful out of… anything. More after the jump…

Statham advantage

15. October 2009

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From here on I’ll just watch television on Hulu, because it never fails – I end up over-thinking the commercials. Yes, I know that sounds odd, but I like finding the hooks and the corresponding tender flesh where they hope to stick the gig. Of course now in the harsh light of day [...]