FlasshePoint

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The Rockies Are In The Playoffs

Are my musical tastes becoming (horrors!) mainstream? I was in a Big Lots yesterday in my quest for replacement slimline reading glasses. (They didn’t have any, but I did pick up a rake for $4 and a 6′ HDMI cable for $12. I did eventually find the reading glasses I wanted at Ace [...]

As The Digital River Flows

So – Amazon debuted it’s own MP3 download store this week. Looks like a step in the right direction to me. The only negative compared to the iTunes music store is lack of selection, but hopefully that will get better as more record companies join in. So far, it looks like only Vivendi [...]

It’s The Hobo’s Life For Me

“Dude, you need a purse.”
Those fateful words from a famous tattooed religious librarian kicked off the comments to this infamous blog entry about all the things I carry around. Well, I never did get one (purse or man-purse), but I did decide it was time to try combining my backpack and laptop case. [...]

The Language Of Loss

My hit count really goes down when I talk about music (or movies, or television…), but I don’t care. Suck it, plebes. Lately I’ve been really getting into the Texas band Voxtrot. Really, really getting into them. They’ve got three EPs and a full length album out, and all of it [...]

The New Pods And i

Last week, Apple announced another new series of iPods. What generation are we up to now on the “classic” model? 6th? 7th? Anyway, my initial impressions based on the marketing materials and online reviews are very good. I’ve been wanting a new iPod for a long time, which makes it [...]

Who Wants To Be Stan Lee’s Bitch?

In the comments to yesterday’s post, InfK (currently downunder) asked about the second season of the SciFi Channel’s Who Wants To Be A Superhero? InfK worked on the show, so that’s why he was interested. You may remember that I praised season one of the show last year. However, that post was [...]

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