Monthly Archives: April 2005

New Toy

Posted on April 29, 2005 at 11:42 pm by flickr

Creative Zen Micro 5gb. Free. Those American Express points that build up for work purchases pay off after a while. Yeah Apple, I thought about you for 5 seconds. Until I realized I probably get sued for even talking about … Continue reading →

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And I’m STILL laughing at you

Posted on April 28, 2005 at 10:04 am by psychophil

Look at that, posting two days in a row. Maybe I’m getting back on track. I commute down I-83 from the PA line to Hunt Valley. Right now there’s a bit of bridge construction happening about halfway through my route. … Continue reading →

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Huh?

Posted on April 27, 2005 at 9:15 am by psychophil

You know, its funny just how completely and suddenly I’ve lost interest in maintaining this blog. I’m sure I’ll get back to it eventually. Must be the time of year. I’m busy finishing up all the winter home projects plus … Continue reading →

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24 Hours Later

Posted on April 24, 2005 at 8:06 pm by psychophil

Ow.

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YEEEHAAAAAAAAAAA!

Posted on April 23, 2005 at 8:08 pm by flickr

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What to do?

Posted on April 17, 2005 at 8:22 am by psychophil

Mow the lawn or go Fishing? Mow or Fish? Mow or Fish? One is a quiet and restful way to spend the day and relax while getting a bit of exercise. The other is a conglomeration of agonies including, but … Continue reading →

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Going Postal

Posted on April 14, 2005 at 11:21 pm by psychophil

For obvious reasons, I was quite pissed off by the time I made it home last Saturday night. And as we all know, there’s just no better stress relief than to shoot people and blow stuff up. So I stop … Continue reading →

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$2 update

Posted on April 13, 2005 at 9:05 pm by psychophil

A few entries back I commented on the Best Buy $2 bill story. Notice how I said it reminded me of the Taco Bell $2 story? Well apparently snopes.com agrees as they’ve updated their Taco Hell page with details from … Continue reading →

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The First Black Pope?

Posted on April 13, 2005 at 1:24 pm by psychophil

Many MSM sources are touting the possibility of ‘the first black Pope’. Many of these stories also press the line ‘is the world ready?’. Once again the MSM fails to do the most basic fact checking. There have in fact … Continue reading →

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A Generation Out of Control?

Posted on April 12, 2005 at 7:44 pm by psychophil

From the April 2005 issue of Ladie’s Home Journal. A Generation Out of Control? A record four million children — some as young as 2 — are being diagnosed with ADHD, and many are being put on powerful medications, perhaps … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on April 11, 2005 at 8:52 pm by psychophil

What makes a parent (in this case, me) do these things? What makes me decide that since the kids have off from school that I should play hooky from work (well not really hooky, I took a personal day) and … Continue reading →

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Goddammit!

Posted on April 10, 2005 at 12:07 am by psychophil

You know what?! I’m really, REALLY starting to get tired of being arrested. We all know its illegal to drive home from the bar drunk. But! Did you ALSO know its illegal to walk out of a bar, think to … Continue reading →

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Baltimore man arrested for using $2 bills

Posted on April 7, 2005 at 1:38 pm by psychophil

Part of me hopes this was just a late April Fools joke, but most of me realizes that people really are just this stupid. More proof that Best Buy is actually “Worst Buy”: Man arrested for paying in $2 bills … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning Geek Style

Posted on April 7, 2005 at 9:15 am by psychophil

The awsome weather prompted me to do a little spring cleaning when I got home from work yesterday. Spring cleaning for me entails unhooking every computer in the house, taking the cases off, lining them up in the driveway, firing … Continue reading →

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Blame Canada!

Posted on April 5, 2005 at 4:11 pm by psychophil

Something Rotten in Canada The story above is a large collection of links on the growing corruption scandal in Canada which Canadians cannot read about (unless they go to sites based outside of Canada of course) because of a Government … Continue reading →

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Red Flag

Posted on April 4, 2005 at 11:12 am by psychophil

Question: If you a starting a new job and its your first day, whats the one thing you can say to the computer tech who is stepping you through your system that will make the tech send a warning email … Continue reading →

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Bio Acoustical Utilization Device

Posted on April 3, 2005 at 11:21 pm by psychophil

I stumbled across this blurb at Gizmodo.com for the Bio Acoustical Utilization Device Through headphones, the instrument emits sonic waves that stimulate brain frequencies, accomplishing the same objective as commonly prescribed medicines, such as Ritalin and Adderall. By keeping their … Continue reading →

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TiVo Repair

Posted on April 2, 2005 at 10:41 pm by psychophil

I’ve been going into withdrawal in the few days I’ve been forced to go without the TiVo. Not so much the TV itself but the ability to pause whatever I’m watching whenever a kid walks into the room and begins … Continue reading →

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Yet again

Posted on April 2, 2005 at 12:12 pm by psychophil

Once again I am screwed by copy protection. I’m goddamn sick of it. Since I bought the new Philips DVD player, I have the old Toshiba DVD player left over. All I want to do it hook it up to … Continue reading →

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