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02.24.10Crazy FamilyThis past weekend was our annual family birthday get together since my Brother and I both have February birthdays. I love my family, but spending too much time with them drives me crazy. I get along fine with them as long as topics stay away from politics, religion, or anything medical related. Both my Mom and Brother think they are far smarter than me because they completed more college that I did. You can’t argue with them because they think they are always right, and they believe in some really wacky things. My Brother is a chiropractor ...
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02.08.10Super Bowl CommercialsEvery year that I watch the Super Bowl I am always amazed at how many people care about the commercials. Why anyone would care about commercials bogles my mind. Don’t people use DVRs to fast forward the damn things? Who cares if they are new, or maybe funny. They are just trying to push products. Another thing I don’t get is why so many big companies waste money on Super Bowl commercials. I have heard of Coke and budweiser before. Spending millions on a Super Bowl ad isn’t going to get me to by your ...
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01.25.10Mount EverestI believe I mentioned that I am catching up on old episodes of Everest: Beyond the Limit on my Roku box. That show has really piqued my interest in Mount Everest. I think the people that climb it are crazy, but it's pretty incredible that they can. I have added a bunch of other documentaries about Everest to watch on my Roku, and today I ran across a great presentation from Dr. Ken Kamler talking about his Everest disaster of 1996.
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12.16.09I am a Better Masturbator then Mass DebaterI hate arguing with people that don't open up their mind and listen. It's about as productive as talking to a wall and trying to convince it to move. It's just a wast of time, and I get too worked up over it. In the end I guess it's ok if you disagree with me. I can't force you to be right.
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11.18.09At Your FuneralSo Monday was the Wife’s Grandma’s funeral. Pretty much the whole family was there. It was a sad time, but also a nice bonding time. It was quite obvious that everybody cares a great deal for everybody in their family, despite not seeing them all that often. Grandma picked out almost every detail of her funeral from the songs, and singer, right down to the casket color inside and out. That got me thinking about my death. Do people really care about their own funeral? I personally could care less. I don’t really care what they ...
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11.12.09Goodbye GrandmaSo my Wife's Grandma finally passed away last night. It's sad, but it's kind of a relief. She was in a lot of pain these last few weeks, and hardly slept. It was also taking a toll on my Wife's Grandpa. He is in he 80s and doesn't really need the stress. Her daughter from Arizona that was living with us, was also very stressed. She felt uncomfortable living with us, and really wanted to go back to Arizona and her job. Just a few days ago Grandma was looking pretty strong and ...
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10.26.09No Raise For MeSo it’s that time of the year at work where we review our benefits and get everything setup for next year. I have been at my job for 12 years, and this will be the first time we don’t get a cost of living raise on the first of the year. Maybe the recession is finally hitting us a bit. The good thing is our health insurance isn’t going up for the first time in 12 years also. Usually our heath insurance goes up enough that you don’t even notice the cost of living raise. ...
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10.23.09The EndI’m not sure if I blogged about my Wife’s Grandpa’s Wife on here or not. She isn’t technically my Wife’s Grandma, but she has been married to her Grandpa for more of my Wife’s life then her real Grandma was. Her Grandma died of cancer in the 80s. Now her second Grandma is dieing of cancer. Early this year they were staying with us while she was going through treatment in town. They thought they got the cancer in her throat, but then found some in her hip. She has been in a nursing home for ...
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07.21.09New PhonesSo it’s time again to upgrade our cell phones. This time we are both getting Blackberries since iPhones aren’t available around here. The Wife got hers yesterday, but I couldn’t because the phone I wanted two years ago was out of stock, so my upgrade date got pushed back a few weeks. I figured that would happen, and they said they couldn’t do anything for me in the store other then sell me the phone at full price. Today I decided to email Verizon’s customer support to see what they could do. I few hours after I ...
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07.20.09JobsLast Friday my supervisor at work retired after 44 years of work. I couldn’t imagine working at the same place for 44 years, but if I stay there until I retire I will be close to it. Chances are I will be too. I like my job, I make decent money, and I like this city. I have only had two jobs in my life. Three if you count the paper route that I had before I was sixteen. I started my paper route when I was 11. Having a paper route takes lots of ...
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06.30.09New ShirtEvery day I check out shirt.woot.com and see what their shirt of the day is. Last week they had a cool one, so I bought it. It's a spaceman holding a flag up on the Sun. For some reason I felt like reading the tag. In small words on the tag is says, "Not to be used as pants.". I love when companies do funny shit like that.
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05.27.09Back From DenverWe got back from Denver Monday, but today has been my first chance to get any computer time. We had a great time in Denver, but the weather could have been better. Friday right after we got there we toured Invesco Field. It was pretty cool to see parts of the stadium that most people don’t see. We were able to see the party suites, press boxes, visitors locker room, and many other areas. It would have been cooler to see some of the private suites, and Broncos locker room, but those areas were off limits for ...
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05.19.09Pet PeevesLiving with a bunch of house guests this past month had really exposed a bunch of pet peeves that I have. I hate when the toilet seat is left up. I hate when the toilet paper roll is put on wrong. (paper goes over, not under). I hate when lights and TV are left on when nobody is watching them or in that room. I hate when someone fills the dishwasher wrong and nothing comes clean. I hate when someone puts dishes away in the wrong places. I hate when knives are facing the wrong way and are in the wrong spot on in the knife ...
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04.28.09Numbers are HardCurrently everybody is going crazy about the Swine Flu. Sure it’s scary because it’s new and we don’t know much about it, and it seems to be spreading, but really, it’s not much of a threat yet. Right now I think it’s mostly hype. News now days all seems to be about hype. It’s more about getting good ratings rather than getting the facts out there. Less than 200 people worldwide have died from Swine Flu. Sure, death is never good, but that number is miniscule, 35,000 people die every year just in the US from ...
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04.27.09Bad NewsThe roads are still flooded by my Wife’s Aunts house. It sounds like she is going to be living with us a few more weeks until the water goes down. This weekend we learned some bad news that is going to bring even more house guests for who knows how long. My Wife’s, Grandpa’s Wife has esophageal cancer. It’s going to be pretty tough on my Wife’s Grandpa. His previous Wife died of cancer 20 years ago, and now he has to go through it all again. She probably isn’t going to last long though. ...
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