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Jack Johnson Review as a Visa Priceless Commercial

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

4 tickets to Jack Johnson Concert at Time Warner Pavillion in Raleigh: $169.40
Dinner for 4 before the show at Mo’s Dinner (which was excellent): $160
2 Miller Lites at concert: $22 (yes, it was made of gold)
Listening to stupid B*tch next to me blather on through every good Jack Johnson song: Priceless

The concert was [...]

China Claims World’s Largest Internet User Base - Yahoo! News

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

China Claims World’s Largest Internet User Base - Yahoo! News
According to the China Internet Network Information Center, more than 253 million people in China are now online.
Yep, and they all read the same 10 pages that the Government censors allow them to read.  (ducking…  I know, I know, it isn’t really 10 pages, it’s much [...]

Stone Mountain State Park Review

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

My son and I went backpacking this weekend at Stone Mountain State Park in North Carolina.  We got in Friday night and camped at site B (about 1.5 miles in from the parking lot.)  The next morning, after breakfast, we hiked up to sites C and D to check them out and then we bushwacked [...]

Craigslist Scammers

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Got this “offer” on a recent ad I put up on Craigslist.  It reeks of scam:
Hello, I’m lauretta, I am satisfied with the description and
condition of the item listed above by you on the Ad, Please
let me know if the piece is still available for sale and
kindly attach more pictures if available. I have a [...]

Review of Vivetique Organic Innerspring Mattress

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Back in January or so, we bought a Vivetique Organic Innerspring Mattress from the The Organic Mattress Store.  We spent a good deal of time researching mattresses (at least a month), etc. and finally settled on the organic cotton innerspring mattress because my wife gets pretty nasty migraines from a lot of things like perfumes, [...]

EU Concerned About Google’s Street View Images - Yahoo! News

Friday, May 16th, 2008

EU Concerned About Google’s Street View Images - Yahoo! News
Yeah, the EU is concerned that Google is infringing on it’s territory…  At least, that is the feeling I got in Amsterdam.  There were cameras darn near everywhere in that city.

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