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Nobody cares if you wear your seat belt

February 1, 2010

Well, that’s what you might tell yourself anyway. This beautifully done commercial serves to prove otherwise. Somewhere, there is someone who would care if you neglected to wear your seat belt.
I have watched this commercial about five times in a row and it gets me every time. I wear my seat belt, [...]

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Johnny Cash in LEGO

January 27, 2010

This LEGO mosaic combines two of my favorite things – LEGO and The Man in Black.

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Firing a no-win customer

January 26, 2010

I am always leery of this type of customer –

They want your response ASAP (yesterday, nearly)
They give you an extremely short deadline
They are very particular (in a not so nice way)
They are not up front with all of their demands until after they get you to agree to work with them
They question if your [...]

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RaNdOm ThOuGhTs January, 22, 2010 Edition

January 22, 2010

What made me smile this week:
My wife, my daughter, and my son. They are so precious to me.
Random Quotes:
This one comes from my Grandpa Smith, “Stay mad or get over it.” One way or another, we all take his advice just about every day.
Here’s another one from the John Wayne movie ‘McLintock!’ with the [...]

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Pants On The Ground – The Larry Platt Video

January 14, 2010

Okay, this is a hilarious original song by Larry Platt as it appeared on American Idol. He turns 63 this year so he is way over the age limit for American Idol, but I think he might squeeze a bit more than 15 minutes of fame out of “Pants On The Ground.” This [...]

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New LEGO® Universe Trailer is AWESOME!

January 9, 2010

Okay, if you haven’t heard – LEGO® has had a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in the works for quite a few years. It’s original release date was supposed to be back in 2008, but it has been pushed back several times to ensure that the final product will be excellent. If [...]

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‘Alma’ computer animated short is incredible

January 8, 2010

I have to tip my cap to all of the talented folks out there creating computer animated shorts as beautiful as ones like Alma. Alma is deliciously beautiful to watch and the story feels like something straight out of The Twilight Zone.
I have two recommendations:
1) Watch this in Full Screen Mode
2) Watch [...]

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RaNdOm ThOuGhTs January 8, 2010 Edition

January 8, 2010

Something that made me laugh:
How my daughter pronounces various words. Here are a few of my favorites –
Milky = Milk
Oh-durrant = Deodorant
Kapkin = Napkin
Checkchup = Ketchup
Random Factoid:
Did you ever wonder how to calculate wind chill? Well, here’s the formula if you have a thermometer, anemometer, and a calculator -
Wind Chill = 35.74 [...]

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Not another New Year post

January 2, 2010

As the title says – this is not another one of those blah-blah-blah year in review or here is what we did in 2009 posts. You see enough of that rubbish in the newspaper and other blogs. I don’t make resolutions so you won’t see a bullet-point list of those here either.
Sure I [...]

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Tuesday Thumbs Up December 29, 2009 Edition

December 29, 2009

Thumbs Up:
For the store exchanging my wife’s Cricut for one that actually works. It was just my luck that I got a bum one for her for Christmas.
Thumbs Up:
For some neighbors taking advantage of our free entertainment center. It was really nice, but a rather huge beast and I wasn’t looking forward to [...]

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