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Entries from May 2009

 The trade show of the gods…

May 25th, 2009 No Comments

I’m a huge fan of The Onion’s AVClub site. One might even call me a die-hard fan. Yet sometimes I hate their living, breathing guts.
Once a year the writers take a break from practicing blood rites to whatever dark god has given them their dream jobs. This much needed break from the drudgery of watching [...]

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3 Quick Hits

May 20th, 2009 No Comments

Hey kids!  It’s time for another installment of 3 Quick Hits. Three things I find silly or cool or whatnot but that don’t really merit me writing much about them.
First up via SlipperyBrick:
Without a doubt the coolest usb flashdrive ever.
 
A fully transformable Ravage! Turning into a mini-cassette is so 80’s, all the cool kids these days use [...]

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That’s out of order!

May 16th, 2009 No Comments

 

Old news for some, but sadly even in the internet age uk-tv related news is not always easy to hear over here.
Simon Amstell has apparently retired as host of the BBC’s Music quiz/comedy show: Never Mind the Buzzcocks in order to spend more time touring as a straight (har!) standup artist.
This marks the second recent [...]

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  A venetian, a roman and a greek walk into a bar…

May 15th, 2009 No Comments

I had high hopes for poker going into this Vegas trip. The stories I’d heard of easy fish (with money to burn) at certain tables in Vegas had me salivating a little, and my practice sessions prior to the trip had gone well. Unfortunately for me, things did not go according to plan and I [...]

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  An uncertain neon oasis…

May 12th, 2009 No Comments

 
We are in the middle of a global economic recession. Though I certainly wasn’t in any doubt about it before, I had it systematically reinforced during my recent visit to Las Vegas. Things are bad in Sin City… and getting worse.
 
…more after the break…

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