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Feb 10, 2012, 2:13 am
My blog is my home on the Web. It’s where I can kick up my heels at the end of the day and blather about whatever topic I choose and then interact with those who may have an opinion on … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Feb 8, 2012, 1:04 am
With the Big Four-Three just a week way, my Yahoo! inbox is slowly but surely being inundated with the usual fare of free birthday offers and other crap. This year, however, I’ve noticed that some companies are being a lot … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Feb 7, 2012, 1:06 am
As I occasionally do, I am taking yet another break from the unprivate world of Facebook for personal reasons. It’s not that I’ve got some kind of incurable disease that has rendered my body useless. Hell, I rode over 12 … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Feb 4, 2012, 1:36 am
One of our semi-annual traditions – semi-annual for reasons I can’t comprehend – is taking a trip to Wrightwood, a small town nestled up in our local mountains. Not only is it a quick escape from city life, we love … Continue reading → Comment - Like
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Feb 1, 2012, 11:50 pm
Filed under: Fatherhood, Parenthood, Pets, Phone-Cam, Wordless Wednesday Tagged: Fatherhood, parenthood, valentine, Wordless Wednesday Comment - Like
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Jan 27, 2012, 2:31 am
Let me start this post by stating that along with glamping, I despise the word staycation. I understand what it means but it just sounds ridiculously stupid. Anyway, with money being a bit tight the last few weekends, taking mini staycations (*shudder*) is exactly what we’ve been doing lately. Liv... Comment - Like
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Jan 22, 2012, 5:30 pm
I first heard of Clean Bottles about a year ago when Active Schwaggle was offering two of them for the amazingly low price of $10, which was pretty much buy one, get one free since they normally run $10 each.
For whatever reason, I didn’t take advantage of it and the offer was gone the next day... Comment - Like
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Jan 22, 2012, 4:05 pm
Hey, do you smell that? It’s the smell of a new blog post and I bet you’re all excited and stuff!
I have a new list of events I will be participating in this year. Ready? Here we go!
Hollywood Half Marathon 5k, April 7, 2012: The beginning of the year is always busy for me so I decided I’d l... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2012, 12:28 am
If you are a data-heavy user who signed up for Virgin Mobile’s Beyond Talk with unlimited data, web and e-mail in the hopes of paying $25 (or $35, depending on when you joined) and never having anything to worry about, your dreams are about to be shattered – in some ways. March 23rd, 2012 is …... Comment - Like
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Jan 17, 2012, 9:58 pm
On January 18, 2012 from 6 am to 6 pm 6 am the following day, I will be joining sites such as Wikipedia, Google, Reddit and others in showing my opposition to SOPA.
During those 12 24 hours, all of my blogs (listed below) will be set to “private” in order to bring awareness to what SOPA ... Comment - Like
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Jan 12, 2012, 1:03 am
First, I’d like to say that you’ve got me for yet another year of blogging as I have renewed the holographicmeatloaf.com domain name. And unless I decide to hang them up, simply walk away or am killed in some kind of bizarre gardening accident, I’ll still be here. Everything will remain the sa... Comment - Like
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Jan 9, 2012, 12:38 am
As you’ve probably already read in a few of my posts, my LG Optimus V has a tendency to have its memory eaten up in to time flat. As a result, I was often left to go into the Applications menu and clear out caches, uninstall updates, etc. I did all of that until App2SD … Continue reading Comment - Like
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Jan 5, 2012, 1:30 am
Just a little something I saw yesterday on Facebook that was worth a chuckle. Filed under: Humor, Internet, Social Networking Tagged: facebook, Humor Comment - Like
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Jan 3, 2012, 1:31 am
I’ve been contemplating this for some time now and this year I decided I might as well go for it. I’ve got a blog for my weight loss, some of my photography and of course, this one here. That makes, what (1, 2, 3…) 3 blogs I sort of oversee. Welcome Number 4: Pencilectomy, a … Continue readi... Comment - Like
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Jan 1, 2012, 3:29 am
Anthony toots his trumpet in my first photo taken, and blog post written, in 2012. Happy New Year, my friends. Let’s make it a good one Filed under: Life, Phone-Cam Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 2011, 12:30 am
I’ve made my list, checked it twice, and am fairly certain it’s complete. Said list is composed of hot topics in 2011 that gained much, much more attention that I honestly felt they deserved – so much attention that they need to be forgotten and never spoken of ever again. I now present them t... Comment - Like
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Dec 29, 2011, 12:54 pm
As a contract worker I am responsible for keeping track of my how hours via my staffing agency’s website. This also means that an honor system is followed as I “sign” and agree that the hours I input were indeed the hours I worked for the week. Our timecards must be turned in no later … Cont... Comment - Like
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Dec 26, 2011, 3:49 pm
The list of Anthony’s Christmas gifts was pretty extensive this year: An Android tablet Nintendo DSi XL Mario Kart bundle Telescope A pair of spy glasses that captures video and still images Remote control car Lots of clothes (which he was thrilled beyond belief to receive) Angry Birds stuff that ... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2011, 2:26 am
Before I get into this post, I want mention a few things.
First, to thanks Fat2Fit Radio for once again mentioning my blog on their podcast! You can give it a listen here.
Second, where I am with my maintenance. Believe it or not, I’m still hovering around the 205 range and, not surprising to me... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2011, 8:19 pm
As you can probably guess, I’m a bit behind on things around here so I thought I’d make up for it right now.
It’s been a month since I did my bike tour and 5k and while I wrote about them on my personal blog, I simply didn’t do it here. Shame on me. At any rate, here’s a copy of that post... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2011, 12:39 am
“This is going to be my last trip home,” he told us in 2003. Ken, Ann’s grandfather, had been saying this for years before departing for his annual trip back home to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He had friends back there and would spend at least 5 months out of the year with them – when the … ... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2011, 12:40 am
I write this, tonight’s post, for a few reasons. First, it’s almost the end of the month and I’ve hardly written a thing. Something about being busy and all that sort of prevents me from doing so. And catching a nasty virus on my old computer didn’t help matters, either. So this is sort of ... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2011, 1:38 am
Well, this last week sure was a busy one. As I had mentioned in this post, I rode my bike in the Long Beach Marathon Bike Tour for the second year in a row. That means that it was another day of waking up at the crack of dawn (or 4am to be precise), preparing … Continue reading Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2011, 12:27 am
Okay, a Diet Pepsi to be precise. It was one those mornings when I arrived at work and the only thing I wanted to drink was something carbonated. Not coffee, not water, not anything else. My body was craving a soda and that was the only thing that would satisfy it. So up to the … Continue reading Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2011, 11:11 pm
I will be riding in the Long Beach Marathon Bike Tour tomorrow morning at 6 am PST and this year, you will be able to track my progress live thanks to Endomondo.
If you really want to do this, check my weight loss Twitter feed at @200by40 for a post that says something like, “200by40 Just began a... Comment - Like
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Oct 8, 2011, 11:08 pm
I will be riding in the Long Beach Marathon Bike Tour tomorrow morning at 6 am PST and this year, you will be able to track my progress live thanks to Endomondo. If you really want to do this, check my weight loss Twitter feed at @200by40 for a post that says something like, “200by40 … Continue ... Comment - Like
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Oct 6, 2011, 1:00 am
It doesn’t matter which side of the PC vs. Mac or Android vs. iPhone fence you are on because today you lost an ally. And whether you consider yourself geeky or a total n00b, you should pause for a moment to reflect and give thanks. Steve Jobs, the magnificent mind behind the plethora of Apple …... Comment - Like
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Oct 3, 2011, 12:52 am
Hey, how about some good news from the workplace? First, you might recall the post I wrote back in April in which I started to wonder just how much longer I was going to be around there since they let one of the other proofreaders go. Fortunately, they were the only part of the puzzle … Continue r... Comment - Like
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Oct 1, 2011, 2:20 am
It seems like it was yesterday when I wrote a post about the survey I had taken in which Virgin Mobile was asking me what I thought of the potential names of their upcoming phones. Almost one month to the day of that post, today Virgin Mobile announced two brand-spanking-new models: the LG Optimus S... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2011, 1:06 am
I think I may have turned down a job opportunity the other day but in the end, it was probably for the better. I know, in today’s economy, you would be absolutely stupid beyond a reasonable doubt to walk away from any kind of good news that might come waltzing your way, especially unexpectedly. Bu... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2011, 12:33 am
You see that map (click to enlarge) to the left? That there is my daily commute to work and although it’s only Tuesday, I’m about ready to start riding my bike there. Why? Pretty simple. The people who take the 405 at the same time I do all suck eggs. They’re a bunch of moronic … Continue re... Comment - Like
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Sep 13, 2011, 1:56 am
As promised, this post will be dedicated strictly to the apps related to photography. Let’s get one thing out in the open: when it comes to photography apps, iOS definitely has Android beat. I check AppShopper daily on my iPod for literally thousands of free iOS apps and there’s always an abunda... Comment - Like
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Sep 9, 2011, 1:35 am
Ever since I got my Virgin Mobile Optimus V smartphone, I’ve been downloading apps like a madman. The bummer, of course, is the phone’s extremely limited memory that gets maxed out in no time at all. Once I made this discovery I decided that if an app was going to be on my phone, it … Continue... Comment - Like
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Sep 6, 2011, 12:39 am
I don’t know what took me so long to do this, but I decided to make a Twitter account for this blog. While I already have a personal account it tends to be for more personal stuff rather than information related to the content I create here. And since I figure none of my followers of my personal a... Comment - Like
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Aug 31, 2011, 11:30 pm
Yet another example of what it’s like to live with yours truly. We’re in the den watching Ghost Hunters where they are doing an investigation on a naval ship. During one scene, they go into the ship’s hospital and we see a bed with leg harnesses that could have been used for delivering babies ... Comment - Like
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Aug 30, 2011, 12:59 am
Just when I thought Virgin Mobile was starting to overlook me for survey purposes, I get one in my inbox! This time we find out a few details of what they have planned for the future. Here’s the first screengrab: Hey, it looks like Virgin Mobile has yet another Android phone on the horizon! No …... Comment - Like
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Aug 27, 2011, 3:09 pm
This was taken before the run and will post a few more taken with an actual camera (not phone) later. Summary: finished in about 42:00 or so but I’ll post my official time when I get home. Right now I’m relaxing with the family at Wild Rivers where we had to run through a wading … Continue rea... Comment - Like
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Aug 27, 2011, 2:03 pm
This was taken before the run and will post a few more taken with an actual camera (not phone) later.
Summary: finished in about 42:00 or so but I’ll post my official time when I get home. Right now I’m relaxing with the family at Wild Rivers where we had to run through a wading pool of sorts.
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Aug 25, 2011, 12:57 am
Hey, in case you hadn’t heard, there was a reasonably sized earthquake yesterday centered somewhere in Virginia. And how did I find out about it? Twitter, of course. During my regular perusing of Twitter via my TweetCaster app, I came across several tweets from a friend of mine who lives on DC and... Comment - Like
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Aug 23, 2011, 1:06 am
Hey, in case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been absent around here lately. The simple reason is that I’ve been working a second job at my friend’s restaurant in the evening right after my regular job. That pretty much means that I’m driving 20 miles to my normal job, driving another 20 or so t... Comment - Like
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Aug 17, 2011, 1:44 am
With jobs being sent overseas to Indian call centers, I know that’s a rather redundant statement but after experiencing a plethora of customer service adventures within the last week, I’ll gladly make this declaration once again. Customer service is DOA. Dead, kaput, ceases to exist, etc. Now yo... Comment - Like
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Aug 13, 2011, 2:23 am
I suppose I’ve held my tongue for as long as I could. As I posted a few weeks ago, there were quite a few things going on in my life that sort of restricted my blogging. Not so much the physical aspect but more emotional than anything and they really took their toll. There were … Continue readin... Comment - Like
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Jul 29, 2011, 1:38 am
First, I want to say that I’m posting this as a way to take my mind off of a recent personal event. My cat Ozzie was euthanized yesterday and I’m still trying to move on from the shock of it all since we had him from the time he was a kitten and his illness truck him rather quickly. He was a gre... Comment - Like
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Jul 28, 2011, 1:35 am
The picture you see above is of our beloved Ozzie, one of the first pictures I took of him way back in 1998. As is obvious, he was very little when we got him and yeah, it was shot on film. The picture you see here was taken just a few days ago and it … Continue reading Comment - Like
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Jul 27, 2011, 3:00 am
Ach, this whole 30 Day Song Challenge has proven to be a painful experience and in the long run not the least bit appealing, not even to me. So I can imagine what my readers may have thought when they read any of these posts which, looking at my stats, generated little interest. As a … Continue re... Comment - Like
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Jul 26, 2011, 3:00 am
I’ve had various keyboards over years and most of the time, they’ve laid untouched and collecting dust. But when I do sit and try to play them, I really am capable of making something that resembles music. But it’s never my own composition. See, I can play by ear and play back just about anyth... Comment - Like
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Jul 25, 2011, 3:00 am
Why do they rock so hard? That’s both a question and a title of an album by Reel Big Fish, the group who performed today’s featured song. In it, one of the guys discovers that the girl he once dated, well, doesn’t like guys anymore. Still wanting her, he pleads: Well, I never thought it … Co... Comment - Like
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