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Donate to the Red Cross

Donate to the American Red Cross and help them provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.... Continue reading

Posted in Current Affairs

College football needs a playoff

Editor's note: Bobby Burton of Rivals.com has a birthday wish today, to air his thoughts on the ridiculousness that is the lack of a playoff system in NCAA Division 1 football. His thoughts echo mine and most sports fans pretty damn well. Feel free to pass this on... Today is my birthday - I'm 36 today. Or, as my dad put it this morning, I'm halfway home. But before I reach "home," there is a... Continue reading

Posted in Sports | 1 Comments

Paul Giamatti tidbit

I had no idea Paul Giamatti (of Sideways fame as well as Cinderella Man, easily the movie of the year) was the son of the late A. Bartlett Giamatti. The elder Giamatti was briefly commissioner of Major League Baseball and permanently banned Pete Rose from the game before passing on five months into his tenure.... Continue reading

Posted in Entertainment

Movable Type 3.2 finally ready

The official release of Movable Type 3.2 is now available. I've been running the beta on another site for a while and I've been very pleased. Easier to use and a ton of new features. Better comment spam tools, multiblog management, new better looking styles, and a more powerful, more integrated plugin system. Despite the slight bump in version number, this is a major upgrade. Upgrading is super simple so there's no reason to put... Continue reading

Posted in Design | 3 Comments

Xbox 360 prices set at $299 and $399

Microsoft has offically confirmed the price rumors we've been hearing for a while now, there will be a base version for $299 and a premium version with a hard drive for $399. The base version will include everything most gamers will want to have: the console, one wired controller, and the basic power and A/V cables you'll need to get started. The premium version ups the ante by including a 20 GB hard drive, one... Continue reading

Posted in Entertainment

Happy birthday baby!

Christina, the love of my life and the girl I'm going to marry, is turning the big two four today. Hope you have a happy birthday and an overall wonderful day, I love you.... Continue reading

Posted in Personal | 3 Comments

Gas prices blow...

...And DART agrees. You know it's a bad sign when gas goes up four cents when you're eating lunch and 24 cents over the course of three days. I swerved across three lanes of traffic just to get gas that was only $2.41 per gallon. I'm sure glad I get 5% cash back on all my gas purchases with my Citi MasterCard.... Continue reading

Posted in Humor | 3 Comments

Latest steroid rumor

Rumors are flying all over the place that two baseball superstars have tested positive for steroids and are going through the system. Reportedly, they're almost through the appeals process and their names will be released in the next couple of days. However, one of the two names that are floating to the top of the list is Roger freaking Clemens. Roger isn't a superstar, he's a legend. He's probably one of the top 3 pitchers... Continue reading

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Wing & Donuts

Interesting restaurant combo Christina and I saw on our way home this weekend. And why is donuts plural but wing isn't? I think Wing, Donuts, Washeteria, & Check Cashing would have been an even better business idea.... Continue reading

Posted in Humor | 1 Comments

House Hunting

Christina and I have started to look into buying a house next summer and so we went last weekend and visited our first open house. We went to see some DR Horton homes up in McKinney and are pretty excited. We're still very early on in our search but we had a good time and learned a lot. For one thing, the neighborhood is almost as important the house. So many of those mid-level... Continue reading

Posted in Personal & Photos | 7 Comments