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Entries from January 2008

Random Definitions

January 24th, 2008 · Comments Off

I thought up two word definitions last night. Thought someone might enjoy them.

Oxymoron
A blond wearing pimple cream
Moment of Insight
When you are hit by a hybrid car

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Tags: Fun Stuff · Writing

Motorola RAZRs Hate SMS

January 24th, 2008 · Comments Off

So what happens when you get 100 SMS messages in the span of about 90 minutes in clumps of 20 or so messages? Your RAZR becomes useless.
For various reasons a watchdog system I’m connected has been misfiring this morning. When an alarm goes off on it, I get a text message. I’ve got to say [...]

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Tags: Reviews

Half-Life 2: Episode One

January 19th, 2008 · Comments Off

I just finished Half-Life 2: Episode One. I enjoyed it. I thought from the reviews I remember reading that it had a vehicle sequence, I guess I’m confusing Episode One and Episode Two. It was very well done. I miss having the saw blades that you got in Ravenholm in HL2. There are a few [...]

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Tags: Games · Reviews

Rubik’s Cubes Are No Longer Sold

January 13th, 2008 · Comments Off

For various reasons, I recently got a hankering to mess with a Rubik’s Cube. Now I’ve owned them in the past, but can’t find any of them. My brother had them too, but he can’t find his. The only cube I could find was a little keychain model that is extremely hard to rotate and [...]

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Tags: Games · Me