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Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

Only Outlaws Will Have Tomatoes

I’m sure my friend Lisa is happy, but the rest of us are bummed that tomatoes have been banned. (Lisa doesn’t like raw ‘maters.) I just can’t believe it. They are such a staple of my life. I’ve got a quartet of tomatoes-on-the-vine in my fridge, and I know they’re supposed [...]

Freedom Rider

Here’s an update on a couple of the traffic-related pet peeve things I’ve written about lately.
First: Red light cameras, which I last blogged about here. The city of Denver is definitely going through with installing the cameras and increasing the yellow light times. I’ve seen them installing the camera at 6th & Kalamath, [...]

E.T.I. (ExtraTerrestrial Idiocy)

Colorado is in the spotlight again for something weird. I’m sure you’ve all heard by now of this dude Jeff Peckman, who is sponsoring a ballot initiative to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in Denver. He says he’s got a video showing an alien which helps to prove there’s extraterrestrial life out there. [...]

Comparing Donkey Schlongs

I finally got a chance to see The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters tonight. Fabulous. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll kiss two bits goodbye. The story of champion Donkey Kong player Billy Mitchell vs challenger Steve Wiebe is a tale for the ages.
Though I did play a lot arcade games [...]

The XVI-Files: I Want To Believe

Wow, the Catholic Church is getting more and more enlightened all the time: Vatican: It’s OK to believe in aliens. Of course, this is coming from a Jesuit, and everyone knows they’re not real Catholics. They’re like the Star Trek “fans” who go to conventions but don’t dress up like Klingons or Vulcans. [...]

Major Matt Awesome

Nothing feeds the nostalgia addiction like the Internet. Well, that and TV on DVD. I got all weepy for the past the other day when I saw this post on io9 (watch the commercial!) about one of my favorite childhood toys, NASA astronaut Major Matt Mason. Now there was a toy. [...]

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