• VHS to Blu-ray

    January 1, 2010 / No Comments

    So yesterday we put some of our gift cards together and got a blu-ray player. It only costs us $50 after gift cards. Not too bad. Now we can finally watch movies in HD. To me even DVDs look better in the blu-ray player than in the old DVD player. The blu-ray player must upscale our DVDs better than our old DVD player did.

    We are also using this time to upgrade our receiver too. It’s sad to retire our old receiver and DVD player that we spent over $600 on, but it would be nice to have HDMI on the receiver.

    Sadly the receiver selection at Best Buy is pretty limited, so I had to order it from Amazon. I probably would have ordered one even if Best Buy had it in stock. It was $100 cheaper than it was at BestBuy.com. I wish we didn’t have to pay sales tax at Amazon like most of the country, but oh well, still a pretty good deal.

    So I started the ’00s with VHS and ended them with blu-ray. That’s a pretty big transition. I wonder what the next 10 years will bring?

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  • Test Your Geography Knowledge

    December 22, 2009 / No Comments

    Anybody that knows me knows that I love to learn, especially if it’s fun. I am ok at geography, but could be better. I just spent an hour playing this game. I got up to level 6. I was pretty good at getting the right country, but pretty much sucked at knowing where the city was in each country.

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  • I am a Better Masturbator then Mass Debater

    December 16, 2009 / No Comments

    I 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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  • Soul Asylum

    December 8, 2009 / No Comments

    So last Saturday we went to Soul Asylum. It was the third time seeing them, and they are always great. Dave Pirner looks like he has more fun on stage than any band I have ever seen. Sadly they aren’t that “big” rock band that they were back in the 90s. They released an amazing album back in 2006 that got pretty much no play. Because of this they didn’t sell to many tickets.

    I don’t understand, $15 to see one of the best bands to come out of Minneapolis, who wouldn’t want to see that?

    Luckily instead of canceling the show, The Venue and a local radio station picked up the tab and offered the concert for free, so we got our money back at the door.

    It was a great show. The only downside was it was 21+. Drunk adults are way more childish than kids. There were people behind us yelling stupid shit the whole time. Even during the music I heard those idiots. They were shouting for “Runaway Train” the whole time. Even after they just played it. The funny thing was after they played it they started playing it again, but then went into a different song. Frankly, I would have been happy if they never played “Runaway Train”. That song got so overplayed on the radio that I am still sick of it.

    People think that kids with spiky hair and lots of piercings are troublemakers, but frankly, they are a lot more respectful at concerts. They are there to see and enjoy the music, not to get drunk and act like idiots.

    I hope the lack of ticket sales doesn’t deter Soul Asylum from coming back to Fargo. I would love to see them again without the drunk idiots.

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