tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59403382904686409422012-02-16T01:53:31.266-05:00MUSIC. FILM. CULTURE. POLICY. BLAH.hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052087509427603029noreply@blogger.comBlogger2021100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940338290468640942.post-60244571979854955152011-12-19T10:04:00.002-05:002011-12-24T20:02:08.753-05:00

Merry Christmas!

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Rane manufactures in the US. Please remember on your next gear purchase! It's good stuff, too. I've never had a problem with a Rane product (I have several). Why Made in the USA?: Rane manufactures in the USA because it is the best way for us to produce the musical instruments and professional sound tools our customers demand, respect, and deserve. It simply makes sense. Rane is proud to

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I try to not let politics nor religion creep into these pages about music.  Music should be a happy, non-divisive place, and both politics and religion are often tools used for both . However, something needs to be said about making  musical goods in China... There are any number of really good arguments of why musical equipment makers shouldn't do this: patriotism, putting Americans to work,

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It's a big move, with lots of crap to take with me.  People accumulate a lot over the years, and I've accumulated a music store's volume of basses - most of which go unplayed.  So it occurs to me what a great idea it is to sell my fretless, since I haven't played it in years. Now, this is the one-same awesome fretless Alembic that's on Rick Olaguer's songs to the right. It sounds magnificent. "

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If Ozzy is really the devil, why doesn't he just resurrect Randi Rhoades?Black Sabbath Announce New Album Produced by Rick Rubin | Music News | Rolling Stone

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A Florida woman is facing a felony domestic violence charge after she allegedly tried to strike her girlfriend last night with a “female sex toy,” according to a police report. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/florida-sex-toy-assault-784098

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I say this all the time: you can't make this stuff up! Officers say that Grant approached the woman inside Walmart, 17000 Tamiami Trail, and claimed to work for God. When the woman told him she did not think so, Grant reportedly told her she was going to Hell, screamed profanities at her, pushed her shopping cart and started throwing potatoes from the produce section at her. Man throws potatoes

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'Rent Is Too Damn High Party' Founder Being Evicted From New York Apartment - FoxNews.com: "The man who ran for New York governor under the Rent Is Too Damn High Party banner claims he is being kicked out of his Manhattan apartment -- because the rent is too damn low, the New York Post reported Friday.

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**SMART ARSED ANSWER ****5** > It was mealtime during a flight on a British Airways plane: "Would you like dinner?" the flight attendant asked the man seated in the front row. > "What are my choices?" the man asked. > "Yes or no," she replied.* **> ** **> SMART ARSED ANSWER 4*** > A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at a branch of Sainsbury's but she couldn't find one big enough

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Weird TV news moment: To some, suspect sketch looks like WJZ reporter telling the story - Baltimore Sun:

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I was whining some time ago about having a slow leak in a tire.  What I found out is that occasionally aluminum wheels will corrode around the tire bead, causing it to stop sealing air.  The fix: break down the bead and clean the wheel. Worked for me. 

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Harry is playing with the Cha Cha Boys this Sunday, Feb 20. If you remember, they were one of Baltimore's premier bands in the 80s, and a full-blown reunion is scheduled.  Look for some old friends, maybe make some new ones! It's an all-ages show, so the kids are welcome.  It's at The Bowman on Harford Rd in Parkville, Sunday Feb 20, 8-12.

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My wife's employer recently required her to take an advanced driving class.  From what I hear, it was great, but most of the information was really just good common sense.  But I think it should be required, since no one anymore seems to have any sense - common or otherwise. So I thought I'd post a couple of things I've been thinking should be in cars. When you put the car in reverse, there

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I got FIOS a few months ago in response to Comcast's internet dropping out incessantly.  FIOS has been like a rock, but unfortunately also like a stone in terms of speed.  I mean in some cases, as slow as dial-up.  The answer is to optimize the internet registry settings. FIOS knows this, and has a speed optimizer tool to do it for you.  Unfortunately, it doesn't always work.  Being on Windows 7

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The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.   - David Richerby

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Obituary printed in the London Times - Interesting and sadly rather true. Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: - Knowing when to come in out of the rain;

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YouTube - The Outfield - My Paradise: "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

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It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.   - Logan Pearsall Smith

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I've been playing around with stompboxes a lot lately, everything from my old reliable SansAmp Bass Driver to a semi-new Zoom B2.1u. But the most recent addition is a Digitech BP50 modeller and multi-effect. I like to start with the bottom line: it's cool.  So cool, in fact, it's now an integral part of my sound. I'll leave technical details to the manufacturer's page. I want to talk about what

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I ran across this while surfing some WW2 sites.  A B-17 damaged by flak, with the bombardier killed.  Wow, those guys were men. B-17G 43-38172 of the 398th BG damaged on bombing mission over Cologne, Germany on 15 October 1944. Pilot 1st Lt. Lawrence De Lancey brought the wounded Fortress back to Nuthampstead, UK, where photo was taken. Notice the upwards effect of the anti-aircraft shell;

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I heard the most awesome Guy Tip today. If you drop something like a small part into a place where you can't get to it, and don't have a magnet (or the part is plastic or non-ferrous), put a ladies stocking over the end of a vacuum cleaner hose and vacuum it. The suction will pick up the part, and the stocking will keep the part from being sucked into the vacuum. Suhweet!

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I've never been a fan of the iPhone. For one, Apple is just so smug about all its offerings, and that attracts smug users. That arrogance leads to high prices, for which the equally arrogant hipsters are willing to pay. There's no question that the iPhone has utility. But then there's apps like this: Apple - Web apps - Virtual Squirrel Is Apple owned by Milton_Bradley?

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WowWee's Paper Jamz: fake guitars make the jump to 2D, gain some musicality -- Engadget Just when we thought Guitar Hero had removed every shred of dignity from the once proud profession of "rocking out," along comes Paper Jamz to do away with all pretense. WowWee, known primarily for its creepy robotic toys, has put some of its technical chops into a new musical line of utterly flat

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Art. Sigh. Less Lamp, the $875 lamp you smash with a hammer | DVICE

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Gotta hand it to The Boss - he really handled this one beautifully. Hat's off to him!Springsteen wants name off royalty lawsuit against NYC bar - Yahoo! NewsNEW YORK – Bruce Springsteen wants his name off a lawsuit demanding licensing fees from a Manhattan bar where a band played his songs. A statement on Springsteen's Web site Thursday said he didn't know about the lawsuit that

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Wis. women avoid jail in glue-related revenge plot - wtop.com Ziemann, a mother of six, acknowledged that she lured the 37-year-old man to a motel last July after the man's wife contacted her and told her he was seeing other women. First she tied the man up and blindfolded him under the guise of erotic play. Then she summoned the other three women with a text message, according to court

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This was the first year I watched the Grammies.  I'm sending a bill to The recording Academy - whoever they are - for my wasted time. I saw only a couple of bright spots: Stephen Colbert was right on when he chastised them for not including Susan Boyle. One comment that seemed to fall flat was saying that their  industry was saved by a "48-year-old Scottish cat lady in sensible shoes." They

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The squeaking wheel doesn't always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced.   - Vic Gold

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I recently ran into a problem with Microsoft Windows Media Center 2005 - the audio and video went out of sync.  Those working with Windows media know this can be  nightmare, but I found a quick fix (maybe I was lucky!). Try changing the order of the audio CODECs. In my case, I had AC3Filter as the first CODEC.  I changed the order to be all the Microsoft CODEC products first.  Whammo, audio

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30 Hilarious Print Advertisements | Spyre Studios

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From Mix. What more can I say - less is more is always best.However, if you really want to mind your bottom, here's an alternative approach: Use one of the console's auxiliary outputs as a subwoofer send. This concept removes unwanted audio from the subwoofer simply by virtue of the fact that you turn up the subwoofer aux only on the channels that need to be in the sub. Channels such as kick

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And now you know why they run so fast when you turn on the lights! Solar Cockroach

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The other night I was watching an NBC News "expose" regarding the state of the health insurance industry.  The show was part of the dateline franchise and was called "Critical Condition." One of the reports involved a young girl, Nataline Sarkisyan, diagnosed with and treated for leukemia, but who ultimately died because, as NBC's Ann Curry wanted us to believe, because she didn't receive a liver

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I saw this article and was thinking, "The Chinese communists do captalism better than we do anymore. A lesson to be learned, before we sink. Chinese firm to invest billions in solar battery plant | Green Tech - CNET News Chinese car and battery maker BYD--which is 10 percent owned by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway--will invest $3.3 billion over five years to build

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Face-Detection Cameras: Glitches Spur Charges of Racism - TIME...HP isn't the only company whose cameras have exhibited an accidental prejudice against minorities, since many brands could be using the same flawed code. TIME tested two of Sony's latest Cyber-shot models with face detection (the DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1) and found they, too, had a tendency to ignore camera subjects with dark

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I read in the newspapers they are going to have 30 minutes of intellectual stuff on television every Monday from 7:30 to 8 to educate America. They couldn't educate America if they started at 6:30. - Graucho Marx

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FOXNews.com - 'Idol' Sensation General Larry Says 'Pants on the Ground' Being Stolen General Larry Platt, who became a national obsession after performing his original tune "Pants on the Ground" during an "American Idol audition," said Thursday that he is being taken advantage of by folks looking to make a fast buck from his hip hop tune and is searching for representation, Fox News reported.

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Scorned Mistress of Married Obama Adviser Posts Billboards Nationwide - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com This billboard -- which also has gone up in Atlanta and San Francisco -- is the ultimate act of revenge -- a very public retaliation by a dumped mistress aimed at a very wealthy, and married, businessman who is an adviser to President Obama.

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Will your new home still be standing in 50 years? - MSN Real Estate - Page 5 of 17“Most residential structures (today) are built to last 50 years,” he says. Builders could go further, of course. Some do. The codes, after all, only set a minimum standard. Meeting code “is like getting 70% in a test,” quips Carter, who also allows that a home built today is more likely to survive an earthquake or

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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is.- Chuck Reid

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Like it or not, Christmas is upon us. Whether or not you think Christmas has gotten too commercial, one thing's for sure on which we can all agree: it's about remembering why it's here with family and friends, but especially, it's about the kids.This Christmas, we're promoting the US Marines Toys for Tots foundation. They give toys to needy kids, and we think that's great. You can buy toys

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College isn't the place to go for ideas.   - Helen Keller

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Tavern owner says he'll unveil 100-proof turkey - Yahoo! News: "NEW YORK – You'll need to be 21 to take a bite out of this Thanksgiving turkey. New York City tavern owner Paul Hurley said he'll unveil what he is calling the nation's first 100-proof turkey on Monday. A spokesman for the owner of O'Casey's Tavern in Midtown Manhattan said that the bird is infused with fruit-flavored and 100-proof

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As a lifelong musician, I apologize to the world for Adam Lambert's shenanigans. I don't want to be associated with his ilk, the same breed that brought us the Madonnas of the world. The upshot is that - offensiveness aside, but we're coming to that - he hasn't earned the place to do the nonsense he's doing. He's actually not good enough and especially not experienced enough to consider the

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"I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me."- Dave Barry

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Here's my good deed for the day - posting this link. I see new homes all the time that clearly are nothing more than a shack with nice-looking siding on it. For example, using OSB (oriented-strand board) to build the house, which is common in Maryland, is a joke. The stuff will turn to pulp if it gets wet: OSB has a coating to keep the water out of it however when water does penetrate it will

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"If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience." - John Cage If I even thought that, I'd look for a shrink.

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"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. - Anais Nin"

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"Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.- Barry LePatner"

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"Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.- Evan Esar"

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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.- Henry Adams

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Electronista | RIAA agrees: "DRM is dead": "'DRM is dead'"Long-time proponent of digital rights management (DRM) protection for music files, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has finally acknowledged that DRM has become obsolete, according to a recent report from TorrentFreak. DRM prevents buyers of digital music tracks from copying them to other devices in an attempt to curb

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I'm experimenting with different players for the music hereabouts. So enjoy the dust!

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Reality is something you rise above. - Liza Minnelli

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"The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.- Alfred Hitchcock"

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"The world is governed more by appearances than realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.- Daniel Webster"

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"The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it.- Laurence J. Peter"

hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052087509427603029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940338290468640942.post-68455870533919037582009-04-09T21:28:00.000-04:002009-04-09T21:28:35.614-04:00

‘Foolish’ photography condemned - Times Online: "Penryn A Cornish photographer has been ordered by the police to take down a montage of properties called Suspected Second Homes after an increase in the number of burglaries.Oliver Udy, a 26-year-old teacher, of Penryn, wanted to highlight the number of houses that were occupied for part of the year. “People who own second homes are contributing to

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Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better. - Anonymous

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Don't you wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence? There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.- George Goebels

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And it's still cleaner than from where they came.Group: Detained immigrants kept in squalid basement - USATODAY.com: "Upward of 200 detainees are at times crammed into temporary holding rooms in the basement of a downtown federal building, with as many as 60 immigrants in each room, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, which filed a lawsuit against Immigration

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In another blatant money-grab, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Balto City Council are looking at the prospect of charging bars a licensing fee of $1500 per year to have live music. That's right, in addition to all the fees now paid by bar and club owners, they may have to pay this too.From a musician's perspective, this is awful. It's already next to impossible to find places to play in

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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. - G. M. Trevelyan

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It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them.- Isabel Colegate

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"Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.- Robert Byrne"

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Caravaggio used 'photography' to create dramatic masterpieces - Telegraph: "The 16th century master used modern darkroom techniques to create his masterpieces, more than 200 years before the invention of the camera.Art historian Roberta Lapucci is the first researcher to suggest that he treated the canvas with light-sensitive substances, including a luminescent powder made from crushed fireflies,

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If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?- Laurence J. Peter

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The future of America. One question to ask: What happens with all that information? Even the most useful, if not acted upon, is nothing but noise...

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This goes in the "Chutzpa" category.Nifty: Pizzeria Employees Wear T-Shirts With Quotes From Nasty Yelp Reviews: "Here's a little bit of brilliance — a pizzeria in San Francisco has taken quotes from nasty 1 star reviews on Yelp! and make them into t-shirts for their employees to wear. We love this."

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"I have seen the future and it doesn't work.- Robert Fulford"

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"I have seen the future and it doesn't work.- Robert Fulford"

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If you've not heard one of Paul Harvey's commentaries, then you've never listened to radio. A real pioneer who bridged the "old" radio days and the new. He will be missed.Paul Harvey's singular voice falls silent - USATODAY.com: "Paul Harvey was radio's original Prairie Home Companion.The legendary commentator, 90, who died Saturday in Phoenix (no cause of death was released), was known for his

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"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.- Matt Groening"

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"The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."- Elizabeth Taylor

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Washington Times - BREITBART: The con artists have taken over the asylum: "While the Obama Cabinet choices suggest this is already among the more ethically questionable administrations in modern history, that's not even a particularly big deal in my eyes.The most disturbing thing going on in America today is the art world's complete and utter totalitarian behavior toward the new president.With

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I'm really angry about the EZPass rate increase in Maryland. So I'm going to get one from another state, which is cheaper.For those interested, here's a rundown on what other local states charge:MD: $21/$33/$40 non-refundable purchase required for transponder. $1.50 monthly/ $18 annual fee. Commuter rate duration reduced to 45 days.VA: $25 refundable deposit for transponder, no monthly/annual

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"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.- George Orwell"

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And now you know why art school pissed me off so. And I left after one semester.Artists Create Scenes For Google Maps Users - Technology - redOrbit: "In May, artists Ben Kinsley and Robin Hewlett staged outlandish scenes, including a 17th century sword fight, and an escape from a building using knotted sheets, to be captured when a Google car equipped with cameras was sent down Sampsonia Way.The

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Boxes Of Crap: Walmart Sells Blank Disc Labeled "Redneck Sh*t" As Madden 09: "When Michael's son used his Christmas money to buy a copy of Madden 09 from Walmart, he though he was buying a copy of Madden 09, not a blank disc that said 'Redneck Sh*t.'"

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"The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible.- Jean Kerr"

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Software and media piracy are the scourge of modern times. Or so we are told. I've often looked to claims by the RIAA and software makers of lost revenues as being mostly truthful, yet they still claim billions and billions in revenue, lost or not. Those involved in writing lousy software and piss-poor music become overnight millionaires weekly. So what's up?Apple seems to get it: that piracy

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Communications of an A.D.D. Generation - Wait a While - Opinions by ExtremeTech: "People update their Facebook or MySpace statuses countless times a day instead of sitting face to face with actual friends. We create identities online and befriend people who in reality we may not actually want to sit with, chat up, or share anything with. Is this authentic or flawed communications?"Click the link

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Hi all, I hope everyone has a merry, safe and joyous Christmas.Remember that "Christmas" is about Christ, after all.To my secular friends: If you don't like that, then don't celebrate the holiday, and don't spoil it for others. Go to work that day and delight in your special insight.Have a good one, all.

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How to Apply Lessons Learned from the Great Depression - wikiHow:"Recent economic times may mirror what American grandparents or great-grandparents went through in the Great Depression. While this time may be a challenge, it may be an opportunity to look back and learn how previous generations coped with tough economic times. Hopefully, we'll never need to relive their lessons learned, but at the

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RIAA finds its soul, will stop suing individuals downloading music - Engadget: "When you retard fair use with pointless DRM and then sue anonymous children for illegally downloading music while ignoring those of the execs at the top of the music industry, well, you're asking for a public relations nightmare. Now, with more than 35,000 lawsuits to its credit, the RIAA says it will finally end the

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"I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.- Joseph Baretti"

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FOXNews.com - Canadian Man Builds Himself Robot Girlfriend - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News: 'A Canadian man, apparently unable to find the perfect woman, has done the next best thing — he's built himself one.Le Trung, a 33-year-old software engineer who lives with his parents in Brampton, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto, says he's spent about $20,000 so far on Aiko, a 5-

hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052087509427603029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940338290468640942.post-13709766903842731522008-12-10T23:57:00.001-05:002008-12-10T23:58:22.555-05:00

Music Thing: SH Stompin' Bass: a real wooden stompbox

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Musicians Protest Blistering Music Used in Prisons to 'Break' InmatesI dunno, maybe it's patriotic...But why now are these musicians so concerned - they don't seem to be so angry when teenagers who listen to their stuff blow off their heads. Maybe they're too fearful of a Muslim backlash.Rock the Casbah, baby!

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...now why won't you speak to me?

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How to Define a Problem - wikiHow: "Einstein is quoted as having said that if he had one hour to save the world he would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution. This quote does illustrate an important point: before jumping right into solving a problem, we should step back and invest time and effort to improve our understanding of it. Here are

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I love music fashion, I really do. It tells you when to cross the street.American Music Awards fashions -- baltimoresun.com

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Don't tell anyone, but I'm staring middle-age in the face. And I don't mean that history that we've all forgotten from grade school.I've been looking for a protein-rich, carbohydrate-poor food that will keep my muscles going. Enter the egg. It was there all along.The egg in the picture fits better in my pocket.American Egg Board :: Health & Nutrition: "Nutrient-rich, all-natural eggs are a

hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052087509427603029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940338290468640942.post-16612569725502740832008-12-02T09:23:00.001-05:002008-12-02T10:03:20.740-05:00

"I can remember when the air was clean and sex was dirty.- George Burns"

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Odd little cabs. Read on...Introducing The ROUND SOUND 2X10 Speaker Cabinet - eBay (item 180308090261 end time Nov-30-08 16:20:49 PST): "The speakers are round...why can't the cabinet be round also?"

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Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest. - Alexandre DumasThe least of learning is done in the classrooms. - Thomas Merton

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For those who have not followed my Yamaha bass saga, here is a recap:I bought one of those fancy-schmantzy, lighted-dial, uber-light RBX5-A2 basses. The bridge nearly fell apart and the neck got wonky. China, he said. Back it went.That one was exchanged for an RBX-375. I wrote about this bass, basically saying it was the coolest cheap bass ever. I rescind those remarks; not only did the neck

hdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03052087509427603029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940338290468640942.post-38984822580601183012008-11-29T17:55:00.006-05:002008-11-29T19:58:27.840-05:00

I added this little bag to my kit, to hold small tools and such. But it's not marketed as a bag: it's a pencil case, from Staples! Yes, they come in colors.

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I thought I'd drop some creds here. I'm not being paid for this, so you know.I wanted to let my musician friends know about the great experiences I've had at Guitar Center in Towson, MD. Manager Eric Dixon has been taking excellent care of me, but that care extends throughout his staff. Ryan also went out his way for me, for nothing. For once, the peeps at GC are knowledgeable, and friendly,

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