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Comment spam

July 29, 2004 at 01:23 PM

Over night last night this site was bombarded by comment spam to the tune of something like 150 new comments. So since some morons desire to spread the glory of penis enlargement through spamming worthless weblogs, I am going to have reenable comment moderation until I can get the new MT version and MT-Blacklist installed.... Continue reading

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Aggies: Always good for a laugh

July 28, 2004 at 10:29 AM

Texas A&M has been in trouble on the playing field the last several years, posting an excellent 4 - 8 record this past year. They got blown out again by Texas and absolutely mauled by Oklahoma. Oh and they had guys dancing on the field when down by 70 to OU, nice work Fran. With lots of free time on their hands (thanks to not making a bowl), they've decided to go out and get... Continue reading

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John Kerry almost makes me root for the Yankees

July 26, 2004 at 08:41 AM

I really can't stand the Yankees. I mean, I completely despise them and everything they stand for. That was the case till I saw John Kerry's "surprise visit" to the Red Sox - Yankees game last night. Watching SportsCenter this morning and seeing Kerry dorkily and artificially high-fiving the Red Sox players really made me hope the Yankees would come back and win the game. He really looked out of place. I honestly think... Continue reading

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Upcoming redesign

July 25, 2004 at 06:29 PM

I just got my copy of MS Office 2003 from NewEgg so I'm currently working on an Access database to keep track of all my workout details and progress. Leave it to me to make working out nerdy. As soon as I'm finished with that I'll be beginning the redesign of this site. I've got a lot of stuff I plan on doing both on the back end and on the presentation of things. I've... Continue reading

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Holy crap! Ricky Williams retires from NFL

July 25, 2004 at 10:53 AM

Wow, talk about a stunner. The Miami Herald and ESPN.com are reporting that Ricky Williams has told the Dolphins he plans to retire from pro football after just five seasons. He's going on a trip to Asia with a one-way ticket, so who know's if anyone will be able to talk him out of it. One interesting note in the whole story is that Ricky has been spending time this offseason with Robert Smith,... Continue reading

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Today I become an (old) man

July 22, 2004 at 11:42 AM

Today's my 24th birthday. I'm officially in my mid-twenties. It's all down hill now. Life has changed a lot in the last year and a half, and for once in my life I think I've handled it pretty well. I've always been resistant to change, I guess that's part of my pessimistic nature. Even if times were tough, I still would be fearful of the changes the future would be. I'd rather stuff stay bad... Continue reading

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Xbox roster file

July 22, 2004 at 09:15 AM

After waiting entirely too long on PS2Rosters.com for the NCAA Football 2005 roster files for the Xbox I finally found another source yesterday. The rosters weren't bad at all. No added players, no attribute changes, and no equipment changes, but most of the names appeared to be correct. I just glanced at some of the teams and they seemed fine, and Texas' roster only had one or two minor errors. Not too bad, and... Continue reading

Posted in Games

Can you tell I want one yet?

July 21, 2004 at 10:12 PM

PC Magazine has a short article saying pretty much nothing, certainly nothing new. But they did apparently get their hands on the new iPod and were gracious enough to take a few shots of the thing with all the rest of the iPod family. I really don't know what I learned in school, because when I heard it was only going to be one millimeter thinner I didn't think much of it. But looking at... Continue reading

Posted in Web/Tech | 5 Comments

Brooster the Rooster

July 21, 2004 at 09:50 AM

A farmer had 200 hens but no rooster. He wanted chicks, so he asked a neighbor if he had a rooster for sale. "Well, I have one, but he's expensive," the neighbor said. "His name is Brooster. He'll service every chicken you got, no problem." The farmer brought Brooster, took him home, set him down in the barnyard and gave him a pep talk. "Brooster," the farmer said, "I want you to pace yourself. You've... Continue reading

Posted in Humor

Another reason to hate Duke

July 20, 2004 at 12:02 PM

When I got to UT I received several crappy t-shirts and stole like half a dozen UTLD plastic cups, other than that I got bupkis. Sure some say you pick a college based on things like educational reputation, faculty to student ratio, and cost. But we all know we want to attend the school where you can get the best free crap. As if being consistently a Final Four team in basketball wasn't enough,... Continue reading

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Lewis is a Longhorn

July 19, 2004 at 12:10 PM

Aaron Lewis has just verbally committed to the Texas Longhorns. Great news for the Longhorns especially coming in the wake of last week's news that Bryan Pickryl's injuries continue to plague him. Link: Orangebloods.com article... Continue reading

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Aaron Lewis to announce commitment today

July 19, 2004 at 11:56 AM

The Texas Longhorns lost out on a bit time recruit this weekend when blue-chip quarterback Mark Sanchez chose USC over the Horns. Today at 11 MDT (when the hell is Mountain Time? Who lives in the mountains? Is it one hour after Central? So does that mean his press conference starts right now? I hate time zones.) New Mexico defensive end/linebacker Aaron Lewis will hold a press conference to announce his decision. It's down... Continue reading

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iPod upgrade official

July 18, 2004 at 12:43 PM

There's been a ton of rumors in the last couple weeks about the next generation of iPods. Most of the speculation assumed only minor upgrades, bringing several of the advances from the iPod mini into the larger player. Well Steve Jobs announces in a Newsweek article that for the most part the rumors were true. The fourth-generation of iPods will be released this week and be only slightly smaller (one millimeter), have the mini's... Continue reading

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Martha Stewart gets jail time

July 16, 2004 at 10:56 AM

Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in jail and then five more months confined to her home, pending appeal of course. That should be interesting. The part of the article I found most interesting though was that this whole hubbub is because she received an insider tip to sell her IMClone stock before negative news hit, which she did and saved her self a mere $51,000. But if she had never gotten that... Continue reading

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Braves are in first place

July 16, 2004 at 09:15 AM

The Braves beat the Expos 8 - 0 last night, and the a little while later former Brave Roberto Hernandez botched a comebacker to lose the game for the Phillies 3 - 2 in extra innings. The Braves win combined with Philadelphia's loss means the two teams are now tied for first in the NL East. The NY Mets and Florida Marlins are both just one game back in what is easily the best... Continue reading

Posted in Sports

The French are at it again

July 15, 2004 at 11:13 AM

The good old French, they're just so much fun. First they accuse Lance Armstrong of doping because he keeps beating them, and now they're trying to break into his hotel room. If they can't prove he's on drugs, then why not just break in and plant some in his room? Makes sense to me. This isn't just you're average low-life either, this is the freaking French media doing this. Now that's a reputable news... Continue reading

Posted in Sports

I've noticed something

July 15, 2004 at 08:48 AM

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a bit of a smartass. Okay, maybe a big smartass. Lately I've noticed that I'm having more and more trouble keeping those internal smartass remarks to myself. It seems they're creeping closer to be out loud, and then I'm going to be in trouble. For example, this morning I'm coming down the steps from the parking garage and I see a woman wearing one of those ugly... Continue reading

Posted in Personal

Jimy Williams out as Astros manager

July 14, 2004 at 02:08 PM

It had been rumored the last several days (weeks? years?) that Jimy Williams would be fired as Astros manager. Today it became official. Houston has fired Williams and replaced him on an interim basis with former Brewers and Tigers manager Phil Garner. The firing wasn't much of a surprise, but the hiring of Garner does seem to come out of left field a little. I hadn't heard his name mentioned for this (or any... Continue reading

Posted in Sports

Jayson Stark on the Home Run Derby

July 13, 2004 at 12:20 PM

This a great article by Jayson Stark over at ESPN.com. It talks a lot about 5-foot-9 Miguel Tejada winning the thing, about the highly touted home run legends participating (Bonds, Sosa, and Rafael Palmeiro), but by far the most entertaining sections are the conversation with Lance. He makes comments about taking as many pitches as possible, so even if he didn't win at least he was on TV a long time. Then when asked... Continue reading

Posted in Sports

To "Parent"

July 12, 2004 at 09:44 PM

To the commenter who posted on my "I hate my job" post from back in May: I accidentally deleted your comment (I'm watching the Home Run Derby and was distracted by Berkman's second at bat), but I read it and would like to reply to it. This general idea behind the comment was that this parent was glad that I wasn't a teacher anymore because I'm a loser who couldn't get a real job and... Continue reading

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Wow, Berkman is gonna hit right handed

July 12, 2004 at 08:45 PM

Well that's a surprise, Lance is going to bat right handed for the Derby. It's smart to try to take advantage of the Crawford Boxes, but he's such a better hitter from the left side. Well it's a genius idea so far. Already has five homers with only one out! He's hit several bombs as well as a couple line shots. Side note, they just showed that Lance has hit 129 of his 142... Continue reading

Posted in Sports

Lance Berkman joins Home Run Derby

July 12, 2004 at 10:49 AM

More good news for Lance thanks to Ken Griffey Jr.'s frailty, he'll now be participating in his second career Home Run Derby. It's definitely good for him and it's quite an honor. The more exposure (especially on this kind of stage) the better it is for him and his career. I'm not nearly as excited about it as I am about him starting the actual All-Star Game though, he's always hit a lot of... Continue reading

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Fantastic news: Ken Griffey Jr. is hurt!

July 10, 2004 at 09:59 PM

According to Baseball Tonight Griffey is injured (again). Why is this good news? Because if Junior can't play in the All-Star Game that might mean a chance for Lance Berkman to start. He deserved the honor a lot more than Griffey or Sammy Sosa anyways. Berkman's numbers have tailed off (along with the rest of the Astros) the last month but he's still having a better year than almost all NL outfielders not named Bonds.... Continue reading

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Ginobili re-signing with Spurs

July 09, 2004 at 12:53 PM

Good news for the San Antonio Spurs, it appears that Manu Ginobili is going to re-sign with the team. It was in doubt for a while there because the Denver Nuggets were talking about throwing some insane amount of money at him. At least a number that was insane for a player who averaged thirteen points and came off the bench last year. You never know what NBA GM's will do these days, after... Continue reading

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Olsen twins lactose intolerant

July 07, 2004 at 09:42 AM

Due to the "sensitivity" of the situation regarding Mary-Kate Olsen's eating disorder, their recent "got milk?" ads have been pulled. I guess they figured it would lead to too many obvious jokes. The creepiest thing (other than the look on their faces in that picture) is that when the milk ads were originally released Mary-Kate said, "We wanted to appear in this ad because we love the campaign and we want to help make... Continue reading

Posted in Current Affairs | 4 Comments

Willie's Picnic

July 06, 2004 at 04:48 PM

Overall, Willie's 4th of July Picnic was really fun and something I would recommend to fans of Willie or country music in general. Especially country music fans age 30 or older, as several of the performers are from the 70's and 80's. But I'm not complaining, it was a great mix of young and old artists and all different types of country/rock music. The music itself was great. The only group I had seen live... Continue reading

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Happy Fourth of July!

July 04, 2004 at 10:35 AM

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Independence Day. Christina and I are off to Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic. It should be a blast. We're gonna see Jack Ingram, Jason Boland, Asleep at the Wheel, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Django Walker, David Allen Coe, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Los Lonely Boys, Merle Haggard, and of course Willie himself.... Continue reading

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Acclaim headed for bankruptcy?

July 02, 2004 at 01:04 PM

Acclaim used to make some pretty decent games back in the day. Arch Rivals freaking ruled old school, NBA Jam was one of the most entertaining games of my youth, and the Turok series was very well received. But now they make Mary-Kate and Ashley games, the craptastic All-Star Baseball series, and the Turok franchise has gone down the toilet. So it's little surprise that they've been losing more and more money and are headed... Continue reading

Posted in Games

Are frogs low-carb?

July 01, 2004 at 12:10 PM

We've been on the South Beach Diet for almost three weeks now. So far it hasn't been too difficult, but I have had to have like 12,371 more salads than I normally would have had over that time span. Wendy's salads are actually decent, but I haven't had the chance to try McDonald's options. Good thing too, because eventhough seafood is mostly low carb and good for you I don't think I would want a... Continue reading

Posted in Current Affairs | 2 Comments

I've never understood the DDR craze

July 01, 2004 at 09:11 AM

Konami's Dance Dance Revolution has been around in arcades and on PlayStation for a long time and I have never once played it nor have I ever had the urge to. I just don't get it. It looks like an entertaining experience in the arcade, the people playing/watching seem to be enjoying themselves. Maybe it's my complete lack of rhythm. Or my utter distaste for dance music. The PlayStation and PS2 versions make even... Continue reading

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