Arbitrary, Incidental, and Accidental Musings...

Turns out Stalker Guy was a professional after all...

Not surprising.  His stuff is available for sale on iTunes.

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Quick Thoughts 1/16/08

MacBook Air - Expensive, but very thin and cool.  While I don't think this will sell a ton (I could be wrong, people like to travel light), I think the best thing about it is that it will spur on other computer manufacturers to make more PCs with solid state drives.

American Idol: Season Seven - Whose bright idea was it to give more back story on the truly terrible contestants?  Do I really want to see a human interest piece on some mentally disturbed teenager who thinks she can sing right before she gets her heart ripped out.  It was way more fun when you didn't know anything about these people and could make fun of how terrible/delusional they were.  Now, you just feel pity.

I would be completely remiss if I didn't mention the "Stalker Guy".  This man could be the greatest comedic genius of our time.

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Quick Thoughts 1/14/08

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Eh.

Balls of Fury - I surprisingly liked this movie a lot.  But then again, I loved The State, so why wouldn't I?  Speaking of which, when the hell is The State coming to DVD.  I need to own those episodes.

The Giants - Holy crap, they won!  Again though, why would I get my hopes up?  They won't beat the Packers at Lambeau and even if they do...  Well, you know.

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Okay, I may HAVE to get one of These Guitars...

When I first heard about this, I wondered, "Why the hell would I want one of these?"  Now... I know why.

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Lenovo is Killing the ThinkPad Brand

ThinkPads used to be the best, most reliable laptops when IBM made them in Mexico.  Ever since they sold the PC unit off to Lenovo and started making them in China, the quality has gone remarkably downhill.  The amount of time I have wasted on this laptop alone this week is staggering.

I just hope the lead paint doesn't flake off of these things and kill me.

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Quick Thoughts 1/8/08

American Gladiators:  Terrible!  Why did they put this on TV again?  I think they killed any fond memories I had of this show in my childhood.  The contestants just spew out sports cliches and Titan looks like Jay Mohr and He-Man had a love child.  F

Kazu: Had Butter Fish sushi for the first time last night.  Very tasty.  Sort of like a buttery white tuna.  Came with some sort of chutney and a jalapeno slice.  I think I will definitely have to do that again. A

Disturbed "Ten Thousand Fists"

Like this album a lot.  Very heavy, very catchy.  Recommend.  B+

Clemens:  Is guilty.  I have no doubt that he did steroids.  However, he's brilliant by suing and trying to save his reputation/hall of fame bid.  Of course, my caveat here is that steroids weren't illegal in baseball back then, so... whatever.  C+

Petey: Starts work with me this week.  Good luck sir.

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The Worst Beer Ever...

Chris, Sue, and Tom introduced me to Budweiser Chelada the other night:

That's right.  Budweiser and Clamato.  That's beer, tomato juice, and clam juice in case I wasn't driving the point home enough.  And if I wasn't driving it home enough, Budweiser decides to by putting it in 24 oz. cans!

Anyway, I thought I'd be a trooper and take a nice big swig.  I have to tell you, at first, it wasn't all that bad.  It just tasted like a fizzy Bloody Mary.

I took another sip.  That's when the aftertaste hit me.  Clam should never be an aftertaste of a beer.  Ever.  Let's just say I didn't take another sip.

Please stay away from this.  Don't torture your friends with it either.  That's just plain cruel.

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Giants vs. Tampa Bay

The Giants win a playoff game for the first time in years and I'm only slightly happy.  Why must they get my hopes up like this when I know there is no chance in hell they could beat any of these good teams?  I promised myself I wouldn't let them suck me in this year, but here we go again...

So, here's the deal boys and girls...  I'm going to blog quick hits every now and then.  Some will be better than others, but at least you can't say I didn't try.  Enjoy.

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Something New?

Perhaps.  Maybe, just maybe, I'll start blogging again in 2008.  Stay tuned.

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