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fuckin awesome!
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March 2, 2007
March 4, 2007
Just Thinking...
I love Suze Orman. One thing she tends to preach is not to buy things you can't afford - do you need it or do you just want it?
I wonder how she will view my taking her new book on Women & Money out of the library rather than buying it. After all, I don't need it, but I do want it.
March 5, 2007
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Monster's Job Assets & Strengths Profiler
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Elizabeth Edwards' eloquent response to Ann Coulter
March 7, 2007
Marketing for the Young and Hip
I love this!
A couple of days ago, actually last week (time flies) I wrote about the Black Donnelly's on this blog. Since then I have received a couple of emails from what I assume is a marketing intern for a some sort of NBC company. He tells me the following:
Hello Amy,I noticed that you discussed the new crime drama The Black Donnellys on your blog.
I wanted to let you know some exciting news. In addition to the 13 episodes that NBC has ordered for The Black Donnellys, there is a special online episode going live ONLY on NBC.com next week after the second episode airs this coming Monday night.
So why is it ONLY available online? Well, let's just say that it is a full-length episode and has some really intense footage that pushes the envelope. Expect to see things beyond what you're used to getting from network TV- this is footage that was just too edgy to be aired!
This is more of a heads-up now as the episode isn’t live yet. If you don’t mind, I’ll shoot you a quick email to the link as soon as it’s up and running. Once it’s up, it’ll only be available online for a few days, so make sure to catch it before it’s gone.
Keep in mind that those viewers who don’t go online won’t miss anything having to do with the overall plot – so if you miss it, you won’t be out of the loop for the March 13 episode. But wouldn’t you like to see why NBC isn’t airing it on TV?
And of course, you can catch the second episode on TV this coming Monday, March 5, where you can get your fix of fast-paced action, edge of your seat drama, and great music sequences of the pilot and that you can expect from the rest of the shows. You can view the preview of next week’s episode at: http://www.nbc.com/The_Black_Donnellys/preview/?__source=BLG|1.
Please feel free to call or email me with any follow up questions.
Thanks,
Amie
Amie Kershbaum
360i
On Behalf of NBC
akershbaum@360i.com
Do I want to watch scenes "too edgy for tv"? Yes, I do. Do I pause and wonder if something considered too edgy for NBC, may never even be considered for HBO because it would be too boring? Yes. But it's an excellent way of drawing in the young hipsters. If only I could download it to my iPod.
March 8, 2007
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As if Schilling needs another outlet to get attention. Jealous of Dice-k's press entourage??
Reasons to Keep Your Old Computer Around
or: I am an uber dork and I'm about to prove it.
I recently discovered a long hidden away box in my house. When I opened it, I gasped with recognition. Yes, it was my 100 Mb Zip Drive from the dawn of time (ok, circa 2000):
Yes, back in the days when 100 Mb seemed like a fairly large amount of storage for an individual. Also in the box: 5 100 Mb zip discs. Ooo.. What COULD be on them?
Staring at the dust rising through the air as I pulled it out of the box I thought: there is NO way this thing is going to work with Vista. May have to crank up the old machine (the one so slow I could take up knitting while it boots). The attached cable came out last: parallel port? Holy crap. Definetely need to boot the old machine (and hope it's old enough). Without a doubt, I don't have any software for this thing (and good grief, it probably came on diskette).
I look at the back of the old computer and their IS a parallel port. I plug in the unit and hope for the best. Windows informs me it can't load my tape controller device. Ok. How can I get the driver? Hmm... Who makes this thing? Oh right.. Iomega. Do they still exist? THEY DO! And a simple search of their website produced the driver for the 100 Mb Parallel Port zip drive. Holy crap. The site helpfully informs me it will take 2min. on a 56k modem to download the driver. I'm sure everyone else using this machine is still on 56k! I download it and I'm off.
Gotta run now. I've got a 100 Mb disc marked "stuff to keep" to sort through!
March 9, 2007
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Stocks suspended in trading because they were touted by spammers? I don't see why we should protect morons who don't know enough not to buy stock someone sends them a spam about. Seriously, if it were really a deal, why would they tell you?
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apparently this includes handing out pamphlets. I will use mine as a shield to protect me!
March 10, 2007
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yes, it's THIS weekend here in the US
March 11, 2007
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So many people have come and gone Their faces fade as the years go by Yet I still recall as I wander on as clear as the sun in the summer sky
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Ways to get to an actual human on various companies 800 numbers
Total Bullshit!!!
Arkansas, Stanford, Texas Tech and Creighton make the tournament and my Orangement are left out??!?!??!
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!
Yes, that is me screaming.
It's never been my team that was the team people are "shocked" that didn't make the tournament. Not one time. I'm not handling this well.
March 12, 2007
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UN investigators have accused Sudan's government of "orchestrating and participating" in crimes in Darfur that include murder, mass rape, and kidnap.
The Bizarre World
that's right, not bizarro, just bizarre.
Today I watched someone get into their car, which was parked at a meter, then start the car, drive it the next meter, get out of the car and check that meter to see if it had any time remaining. Lather, rinse, repeat up the street until he found a meter with enough time for him. He apparently hasn't calculated the difference between his cost savings and what his time is worth. I didn't, either, as I sat and observed this, but at least it was entertainment for me.
Later when going home, I saw a grown, well dressed man, in his 40's at least, slide down the handrail on the stairs to the train.
Is there something in the water...
Meanwhile... it's only spring training, but the Red Sox beat the Yankees!
March 13, 2007
I Did It!
This is sort of embarassing to say (as someone who works in a technical field), but I just managed to get wireless set up at my house. It didn't go smoothly, but I perservered. I am quite pleased with myself.
Watch me cruise around the place, laptop in hand!
March 16, 2007
Hold the Phone...
Texas A&M - CC 25
Wisconsin 7
Winthrop 54
Notre Dame 36
Could these be typos??
I just checked my pool... my main competition has Winthrop going 2 more rounds. My wacky upset prediction is Long Beach State. I smell doom.
One of my friends emailed me to ask why Syracuse wasn't in the pool. I still have no good answer to this question.
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March 17, 2007
High Holy Days
It's the triple whammy: St. Patrick's Day on a weekend during The Tournament and the Red Sox in green uniforms.
Utopia! Bring on the Guinness!
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March 18, 2007
You Know You Live in an Irish City When..
A. A St. Patrick's Breakfast which every politician in a 300 mile radius (and potential presidential candidates like Joe Biden) attend and mock each other exists
B. When that breakfast is on tv
C. When that breakfast is on tv and has a pre-show.
The only problem with all this is you can't watch the whole breakfast on tv and make it to the parade route in time to get a good spot.
Wo... He Loves to Watch Her Struts
(sort of early in the am for Bob Seger bastardizations, but...)
I take great pride in maintaining my car (my baby!). By maintain, I do not mean that I touch the car. I believe I've mentioned here before my independent, I can do anything you can do attitude - except when it comes to the car. When it comes to the car, I'm a total girly girl. I know nothing. I will bring it to the dealer every single time and pay more money (I'm sure) just to have someone else do the dirty work.
Recently I took my car in for it's big 15,000 mile checkup. I dropped it off with the naivete of a child: it's here for it's checkup! Imagine my surprise and horror when they called and said the "struts are leaking and should be replaced". Oh, I reply - acting as if I know what struts are. Then she tells me that will be $600. Yikes! Then something odd happened. She told me that because my car had such low mileage and I bring it to the dealer, that Honda has agreed to pay for new struts as a "good will repair". The only thing I will have to pay for is a realignment after. Hmmm... why am I am suspicious? Ever heard of a car manufacturer pay for a "good will repair"?
Ok, We Gave it A Try
I think the "this is our country" ads have been given their fair shot... it's time to return to the "like a rock" commercials of old.
links for 2007-03-18
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bill explains why liberals are wrong: we have sacrificed for the war on terror. In spades.
March 19, 2007
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what? down to 10,000 calories and a case of beer a day??
Tonight I'm Going to Party Like it's 1995
Holy crap... I've discovered that the X-Files are on TNT. At all kinds of wacky hours: like 3 - 6 am... not that it matters when you have Tivo. So the show with the most haunting theme (aside from Twin Peaks) is back in my life. I've signed myself up for a season pass and now I'm addicted to watching Mulder & Scully ride again. It's all here: the syndicate, black oil, Skinner, The Lone Gunmen, the Smoking Man - the episode with Giovanni Ribisi AND Jack Black that kept me up nights and the bad guy it's hard to hate, Alex Krycek, who is so hot he almost burns the eyes. I miss those days...
March 20, 2007
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March 21, 2007
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Nice... this doesn't even include the Red Sox season tickets he receives, which are priceless
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Oh, to be a fly on the wall in the White House today. WHEN will this be on C-Span? I'll set my Tivo now.
I Hope That Everybody Can Find a Little Flame...
and me, I say my prayers, and I just light myself on fire and walk out on the wire once again...
I was listening to Counting Crowes this evening and wondering where all that Gen-X, Mid-90's angst went off to.
March 22, 2007
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and yet Dan Shaunessy remains...
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gag... let the ARod to the Red Sox rumors begin. I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.
March 23, 2007
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ready for a tumble?
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I could start a whole blog on Fung Wah incidents... What I wonder is who are these people still getting on a Fung Wah bus.
March 25, 2007
Then We Came to the End
I literally can't wait to read this book. Don't know why.. I lived through it, so I know what it will say.
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Georgetown to the Final 4
Big East represents! Big me ACC!
Georgetown puts on a show in OT. UNC scores only 3 points. I love this shit!
Doc Rivers' son. Patrick Ewing's son.. off to Atlanta.
March 26, 2007
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I {heart} Ira Glass
March 27, 2007
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It looks like Carl Pavano is going to start on Opening Day for the New York Yankees.
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hmmm... aaron peirsol
March 28, 2007
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I'm stupified..
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President Bush on Wednesday withdrew the ambassadorial nomination of businessman Sam Fox after Democrats denounced Fox for giving money to a controversial conservative group that undermined Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign.
March 29, 2007
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Can we just put Gonzales out to pasture already? There are important things going on in the world and this is a distraction (albet, yet another display of the Bush administration's feeling they can do whatever they want)
March 30, 2007
Let's Go Hoyas!
Even though as an alum of a rival Big East school, I still ask: what the hell is a Hoya?
Just received this email:
Hibbert is MVP of the Final 4. You heard it here first.
To which I say: amen, brotha!
Go Georgetown!
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Put a fork in this guy, because he is DONE. Is he kidding with this shit?
March 31, 2007
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First the Direct TV package, now this. MLB: do you have your heads up your asses?
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There is hope for the future...
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and that one Georgetown loss in their last 20 games? To Syracuse...
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now this is what the internet was made for!