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Archive of entries posted on May 2005

When the advertisers win…

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Casino Spammers: (warning, rated “R” for excessive profanity)

My “banned” list keeps growing, and you inconsiderate bastards keep coming back. Well, nice work, jackasses. I no longer allow comments on old entries, so you’ve lost that (and valid posters are now unable to comment there, either). I will continue to ban any comment with “casino-dumbasses.com” or whatever anywhere in the comment, even if [...]

This should be good

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe If you’ve never read the novels by C.S. Lewis, you’ve missed out. No fear, you have till December to http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0064471195/qid=1116739013/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-8974531-8756951?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 get them and start reading. While they’re written at a children’s comprehension level, they’re a good read at any age. From the trailer (follow [...]

Dude! Sweet! (wtf?)

DVD on TV… generally a pretty fun way to watch a movie – they offer commentary and show “bonus” clips from the DVD. Well, today’s offering is “Dude, where’s my car?”, which I have somehow managed not to see until now. I hadn’t missed much. What prompted me to post about this was something that [...]

What’s for dinner? Beef Stew!

So I was at the store yesterday, and came across a great looking round steak marked down because it was nearing it’s “sell by” date. Yeah, I’m a bargain hunter like that… It was about 2 lbs and selling for under $5, how could I pass? Anyway, it had beef stew written all over it [...]

Two great movies that go great together

When you have a day to spend nothing to do, and nothing seems very interesting, sometimes you just need to sit down and watch a good movie. Or two. Now prison movies aren’t usually a big thrill for me, but here’s two that I highly recommend – both about prisons, both starring Robert Redford, but [...]