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Crazy CD Prices
So I finally got out and picked up the new Jack’s Mannequin CD today. I swear the record companies are pushing everybody to piracy, or at least online downloads. $18 for a CD is crazy. If it wouldn’t have been Jack’s Mannequin I would have gotten it online instead.
Some bands I just have to have the CD, others I download from Amazon, and if it’s a band that I don’t know much about, but want to hear them, I will torrent it. Then if I like it I buy it, and if not, I don’t listen to it. Most of what I listen to isn’t mainstream, so I support them as much as possible, but the price of CDs is sure getting outrageous.
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Gopher Game
My wife got free tickets to the Gopher game this Saturday. She doesn’t want to go, so I am taking my Brother. He lives in the Cities, so we will be hanging with him this weekend. I have never been to a college football game before. It’s actually been years since I even watched one on TV. It should be fun just hanging out with my Brother and his Wife for the weekend anyway. It’s probably the last weekend of the year away without having to worry about road conditions. Should be fun.
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Oh Canada
I work with a foreigner. Yes, a co-worker of mine is from Canada. Today at lunch we were talking about the things that Canada has different names for. I already knew those crazy Canadians call macaroni and cheese “Kraft Dinner”, but that also have a different name for Bloody Marries and Bulldogs. I already forgot what she called them though. She aslo said they don’t use cream up there. She said they use skim milk in Bulldog instead. I have only had a Bulldog a couple of times, but I would thing skim milk instead of cream wouldn’t be nearly as good, eh?
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Tumbledown “Lonesome”
I have yet another new music video to share with you. This time it’s the only “Country” band that I like, if you can call it country. They do, but I’m not so sure about that. It’s Tumbledown, the country side project of Mike Herrera from MXPX.
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Adoption Update
I have been kinda bummed out lately. We had to take this Talor-Johnson test for part of our adoption process. We didn’t think much of it. The wife and I both get along great. We know we will be great parents.
last Thursday we got to see the results. I thought it was kind of a joke. There was a little sine wave on the chart of where we should be, and both the wife and I were totally opposite of it. WTF? Now we have to put the whole thing on hold for six months and see a marriage counselor. WTF? I don’t see how or what that stupid test sees. I don’t even know what we are suppose to talk about with a counselor. We don’t have any problems, or I guess we don’t have any problems that we know about. That test much be super awesome and finds our future problems. Whatever.
It almost makes me want to say fuck it and forget about the whole adoption thing. The process is a pain in the ass. Tons of pointless hoops to jump through. it’s no wonder more people don’t adopt more often.
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Jack’s Mannequin “The Resolution”
I am a big Jack’s Mannequin fan. I have been looking forward to another album from them for quite some time. Well, tomorrow is finally the day. Here is the first video off their newest album:
And don’t forget to set your DVRs to record Leno on October 2nd, Jack’s Mannequin will be there.
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TiVo FAIL
Our TiVo died yesterday. It’s probably just the hard drive. I could have gotten a new hard drive for around $100, but then the wife started to look around for a replacement. It is a DirecTV TiVo which they no longer make. She hates the DirecTV DVR like most people, and really wants her Tivo Back. Well, she found some used DirecTV TiVos on Amazon for $50, what a deal. They were even HD TiVos, ours was just SD. So by the end of the week we should have our TiVo back and even get upgraded to HD on our upstairs TV.
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Punchline “The Hit”
My newest CD is from one of my favorite bands Punchline. They just released their first video off of the album. I thought I would share the love here. Enjoy!
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Router FAIL
So I haven’t mentioned my new router problems yet. I specifically ordered a Linksys WRT54GL so I could use the DD-WRT or Tomato Firmware on it. Me, being the cheapskate that I am, tried to order it used off of Amazon. It specifically said it was a “Linksys WRT54GL” and when it arrived it was a “Linksys WRT54GS”, which is unable to run the DDRT or Tomato Firmware. I was pissed. I contacted the seller, and haven’t heard anything back yet. If I don’t hear anything from the seller by October 2nd, I can file a complaint with Amazon.
In the mean time I just ordered a new Linksys WRT54GL from Amazon, and it should be here tomorrow. I sure hope they get it right.
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Watch History Hackers On Friday
A lot of people are excited for the new seasons of their favorite TV shows starting up again, not me. I am bored by most of TV. I like to watch intelligent shows where I can learn something. Jeopardy, Mythbusters, and Smash Labs are about all I am watching on TV these day. I watch way more stuff online.
Bre Pettis is a guy that I have been watching online for years. He makes some pretty cool things. Well, he has a new TV show pilot called “History Hackers” that airs this Friday on the History Channel. I really hope the show gets picked up. These are the kinds of shows that I want to see on the TV.
Here is a little teaser of the show.
If you like the show Bre has a list of things you can do to help make the pilot a TV show. It will be great if it happens.