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House hunting continues

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Here are some of the houses that have come up during my search: New construction, gated neighborhood Looks great in the pictures, nice layout, great back deck with hottub Good neighborhood, with updated interior. Closer in town, too Same neighborhood as the first link, but a little smaller No garage, but possibly a good value [...]

Sweet picture of the sunset, Lake Conroe, TX

Lake Conroe is sweet

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I havent been to Lake Conroe in years, and it’s a good thing, too. I’m pretty sure I waited for just the right opportunity. My friend Mike has an older brother who has recently finished building a sickeningly nice house out there. Add the dock, the decked out Mastercraft ski-boat, the jet ski elevators, and [...]

This evening

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So, I am going to leave the office and try and find a way to kill a couple hours before I meet some friends at Taste of Texas. I should get my car washed, but the only good place to do that is way down by Mike’s place. Anyways, I hope the week is treating [...]

Book review: Chrichton’s ‘Next’

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Here are my thoughts on the Science/Bioengineering “thriller” authored by Michael Chrichton. PREFACE: I like Chrichton. I like his books, and I often consider him one of my favorite authors. I have NOT read his previous “State of Fear”. This book was confusing to the point of “huh?”. Characters, that were introduced in detail, seem [...]

WHo is the weirdo in the middle?

Holy metal bikini batman!

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The Cult of Leia’s Metal Bikini Also, THIS SITE features over a hundred female fans who model the costume, ranging from some who could almost pass for Fisher, to others who look nothing like the actress. Many weren’t even born when the movie came out. Another site offers instructions on making your own costume, which [...]

Mmmmm…..Beeeeerrrr……

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Here is one of the greatest discoveries ever found by man: Alcohol cloud spotted in deep space Apparently, its 463 billion kilometres across, now that is a lot of hooch. Actually, its some really important science thing that may help shed light on how giant stars are formed from primordial gas, or something. But, I [...]

I want to spend one trillion dollars

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There is an interesting article written on cnn.com for all us morons out there who just dont comprehend how much one trillion dollars really is. A few paragraphs in, you come across this little phrase: “If you spent a million dollars a day for a million days (2,739 years),” you’d hit $1 trillion” And our [...]

40 Million Americans are trapped inside cubicles

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CNN/Money article about the first cubicles Turns out they were not originally designed to drain the life out of office employees. Even the designer of the first cubicle system had denounced their usage by the time of this death. As someone who has spent most of his employed life using a cubicle of some sort, [...]

I though we almost had Swingers 2

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I really hoped this was something else Turns out, the 3 main characters (Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, and Ron Livingston, for those of you who havent seen the flic) are getting together at a Comedy festival in Aspen. While I wouldnt mind attending this event, I was really hoping they were going to make another [...]