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08.20.081990sI was just playing around with yearbookyourself and this one totally looks like I did in high school except for the hair color. Mullets were cool. Honest. My hair always had to be long enough to stick out the back of my football helmet. What the hell were we thinking?
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05.01.08First of MaySo when I hear that it's the first of May the first thing that comes to mind in the Jonathan Coulton song. I wish I lived closer to Minneapolis. He is performing at the Varsity Theater tonight. How cool would it be to hear JoCo sing "First of May" on the first of May? If you have no idea what song I am talking about check it out here. Just so you know, it's a little NSFW. He is giving it away on his site, so I am sure it's fine if I gave it away. If ...
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04.30.08Motion City Soundtrack Acoustic EPSo if you are regular reader of my blog you know who the best fucking band in the world is right? Well, next Tuesday they are releasing a little 5 song acoustic EP on iTunes. I don't know if it's only going to be on iTunes or if it's going to contain DRM or not, but I will be getting it. You can check out one of the songs over at Spin.com. Next month I will be seeing them for the sixth time. I can't wait.
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04.26.08MoneyThanks to Salena I now know when to expect my "economic stimulus" check from the government. I will be getting a paper check around June 20th. It doesn't really matter to me when I get it. The money is going right into our savings account. We are trying to build it up again after the house purchase put a big dip in it last summer. I love having a big chunk of money in my savings account. I just feel more comfortable knowing that I have enough money in savings that I could miss ...
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04.24.08Next StepSo it's been a busy week. It's been reasonable nice out so I have been busy doing outside house stuff. We got an estimate on a fence. Sometime in May we should be getting our backyard fenced in. It will be nice to be able to let the dog and not have to keep an eye on her. We also had another thing going on this week. We had a two day adoption workshop. I tend not to blog too much about my personal life. I might start opening up a little more. ...
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04.16.08=w=So I have been sick the last couple days, and really haven't been in the mood to blog, but I had to blog about this. Weezer has leaked the first song off of their new album which is coming out June 24th. It will be Weezer's third self titles album. This one will be known as "The Red Album". You can hear their first single titled "Pork and Beans" here. I so can't wait for this album. Weezer is one of my all time favorite band, and I have seen them in concert five times.
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04.12.08The Beeps, the Sweeps and the CreepsLast night the wife got free tickets to see Michael Winslow. If you don't know who he is, he is the guy that makes all those noises in Police Academy. I know him from one of my favorite movies Spaceballs. He was pretty funny, but I thought his opening comedian was funnier. He still put on a great show. It was amazing the noises he could make. That was something to see. At one point hs sat back and played a clip from Star Wars and suplied all the voices and sound effects. ...
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04.11.08TV is DyingI watch very little TV. Most TV shows bore me. I am watching more and more online video. I love most of the shows on Revision3. They have a new show called Scam School that is pretty cool. Brian Brushwood is the host. He is a magician, and each show he shows cool tricks to play on your friends to get them to buy you free drinks. He recently did an interview with Drew Domkus from the Dawn and Drew Show on his N3rd Moment show. During the interview Brian said he ...
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04.07.08April ShowersSo it looked like spring was about to get here. The snow was almost completely melted out of our yard. We were making plans for spring. I was going to call some fencing companies today to get estimates on getting out backyard fenced it. I guess I wont be doing that for a couple weeks now. We got a little "April Shower" yesterday. Six inches of "April Showers". Here are a few pictures I took with my phone at work. You can't really see the snow coming down, but it was coming down like ...
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04.06.0810 YearsTen years ago today I started my current job. I can't believe I have been working here for 10 years. Since it's my anniversary, I get a nice 50 cent raise today, plus I now get a little longevity bonus every paycheck. It's also now been 10 years that I have been living in Fargo. That's the longest I have lived in one town. That seems crazy. I grew up in a little town in northern Minnesota. It seemed like I lived there forever, but it was only eight years. After my ...
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04.02.08Giving Up on CDsI have always been a CD guy. I like to touch and look at the physical CD. A couple of CDs that I want came out yesterday, and I am really tempted to buy them in MP3 form from Amazon. I have purchased a few albums from Amazon, but they weren't from bands that I have to have their CD. No Use For a Name is one of the band that I have to have their CDs. Now that Amazon sells non-DRMed MP3s, they are actually an option for me. I would never buy ...
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03.30.08WeekendSo I haven't blogged since I got back from Bismarck. Classes went good in Bismarck. They were boring, but informative. They were better than last time I had to go. Mostly because the PowerPoint presentations were better. I am starting to get spring fever. The snow is melting like crazy. It still is a little cold to do much outside, but so tempting. Yesterday we worked on a few projects around the house, and today was catch up on TiVo and Internet day. I am almost caught up already, and am tempted to ...
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03.26.08Second Day in BismarckFirst day of classes are done. After class we hung out in the bar in the hotel. I very seldom drink, so it didn't take much to get drunk. it's kinda nice having this big hotel room myself. The internet is also great here. I am able to keep up on everything. Oh well, off to grab a bite to eat before I spend all day in class. fun.
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03.25.08Off to BismarckWell, I am off to Bismarck now, so to keep you entertained here are a couple of cool videos I found. The first one is a live acoustic set of three songs from Bad Religion. I have been a Bad Religion fan for well...ever, and I am a sucker of acoustic versions of songs. Another band that I have loved forever is Screeching Weasel. This video is from the lead singer, Ben Weasel's latest solo album. The final video is from Rivers Cuomo, Weezer's frontman. His solo album wasn't as good as I was hoping, but this video is from ...
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03.24.08Rhinestone CowboyYesterday I heard Rhinestone Cowboy from Glen Campbell on the radio at work and actually liked it. Not because it was a great song, but because it reminded me of seeing Soul Asylum cover that song a couple summers ago. Seeing Soul Asylum was awesome. Dave Pirner looked like he was having so much fun up on stage. It looked like he would be doing that even if he wasn't getting paid. They haven't had a hit song in quite some time, but it didn't look like they cared. They were there to put ...
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