Quote of the Day

Sarah: “Field Trip!”
John:  “I call shotgun!”
Cameron:  “I call nine millimeter!”
~Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Yes, I’m catching up on old television shows.  And I replayed that scene five times I was laughing so hard.  What a hoot.

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Thought for the day

Drizzly rain outside + snoring dog and cat = little motivation to do anything yourself.

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Thank heavens I can get some work done now! (aka Olympics week two recap)

I think it’s a sign of bad things to come.  I kept the TV off for two weeks, then the Olympics started.  I, of course, had to watch every minute possible.  I had to clean space off my Tivo (!) to allow recordings to occur.  I had to sit and watch all of it.
Now, the [...]

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“Blame Canada! Blame Canada!” (aka Olympics Week One Recap)

Or in this case, “Blame Chi-i-na!  Blame Chi-i-na!”  I recently heard Robin Williams’s version of the South Park theme song, and it’s been playing in my head for the last week.  Change Canada to China, and it’s apropos.
I did really well, actually, the first two weeks I was unemployed.  Then the Olympics started.
I am an [...]

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Top 25 Documentary Films

I’ve done movie lists before, from the top 1001 all time to the top 100 modern day must see movies.  This is the first list of documentaries that I have seen.  Interestingly enough, only one or two of them appear on the other two lists.  Many of these are in my Blockbuster queue, ironically enough!
Again, [...]

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News of the Odd and Absurd

Sometimes I think that my life is absurd.  That things just aren’t right.  That there just couldn’t be anyone else that has this much of a soap opera of a life.
And then I read the newspapers.  I mean, good grief, my life is downright boring.  Family dysfunction, unemployment, life in general is nothing compared to [...]

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Random stuff

Here are a few of the random things going through my mind.  It has been a crazy week, and there are just a few things I’ve bookmarked to talk about.
Part I: Update on the week thus far:
So this week has been interesting.  Never been unemployed before, never had to find another job right away–it was [...]

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