Archive for November, 2006
My First Uberstandard Rips
I got into the MP3 scene late, during Napster’s last waning year, from early 2000 to summer 2001. My iBook (with its whopping 3gbs of hard drive space) had a bizarre assortment of MP3s on it that could barely be called a “collection”. When Napster finally shut down and the userbase split between the several [...]
Read More..>>The End of Faith
I picked up The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris on Amazon about a week ago and was going to wait to FINISH it to post anything about it, but with the Wii and all I haven’t had much time for reading, and the book just makes too [...]
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One of the funnest things about my job was the assortment of genuine characters that frequented it. Unfortunately, my tenure was cut short before I could really get to know one of my favorite customers, to whom we referred as “The Casper the Friendly Ghost Guy”. This clever nickname was chosen because a plastic Casper [...]
Read More..>>Almost Like Being Fired Twice…
There was a glimmer of hope for a while. Fully considering myself unemployed, I had devoted the whole of Saturday to some Legend of Zelda and Wii Bowling when the manager at work called. Another kid had failed to show up for work, and he wanted to know if I could come in and cover [...]
Read More..>>Minor Run-in With the Police
Showed up to work Wednesday night expecting what is normally my most boring shift of the week, but the person whose shift I relieve was running around like crazy, and a line of cars had accumulated around the building (oh yeah, we have drive-thru liquor in Wyoming. From what I understand, not many states do). [...]
Read More..>>My Wii Launch Adventure
I guess I underestimated the Wii launch. No no, I got my system, but it was a battle. Let me take you through my Wii launch adventure.
You may remember I had expected to waltz into Walmart at midnight of the 19th, purchase a Wii, and walk out with no problem. I guess I was judging [...]
Beardello of Blood
Facial hair is a curse. I absolutely cannot stand it, but am also extremely lazy, and I am not satisfied with current shaving technology. I put off shaving for about a week at a time, then bite the bullet and curse and swear while I scrape my stubble off. Lately I have skipped shaving altogether, [...]
Read More..>>Hopefully His Legacy Will Not Carry On…
I have been fascinated with Kent “Dr. Dino” Hovind since I discovered him several years ago. Well, fascinated in the same way I am fascinated with any crackpot; he’s no less entertaining than the guy at the bus station with the aluminum foil hat, pants around his ankles, waiting for extra terrestrials to contact him [...]
Read More..>>Guitar Hero II!!1#!3W%90!DGF
Oh man I almost pissed myself when the drummer exploded after the Spinal Tap song.
Read More..>>Holy Hell, The Radio Sucks
I know, profound, right? Unfortunately, I get forced into listening to a couple hours of one of our town’s two “classic rock” radio stations (hint: they may as well be the same station) during my Monday shift every week. Don’t get me wrong, I like a lot of classic rock. I like Black Sabbath, AC/DC, [...]
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