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How to Cancel Your Cable

About 3 or 4 months ago we cancelled our cable. Not because we are hippy luddites, but because we spend all our time playing with Samantha when we are home. We couldn’t justify paying $70 for cable anymore. So we … Continue reading

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In the spirit of the games

Olga Korbut’s uneven parallel bars routine from the 1972 Olympics Nadia comaneci and the first perfect ten in the history More cool videos Blogged with the Flock Browser

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Beijing Olympics – Faked ‘fireworks’ at opening ceremony

Pre-recorded footage was used to showcase the dramatic opening ceremony fireworks show. From CNN – Fireworks that burst into the shape of 29 gigantic footprints were shown trudging above the Beijing skyline to the National Stadium near the start of … Continue reading

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Comic-Con 2008

On Friday, July 25th, I took the day off work and traveled to the San Diego Convention Center for the 2008 Comic-Con via Amtrak trains.  When I first got to the San Diego train station, there was a massive nerd … Continue reading

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Cox is worst cable company!

The Ducks game started on VS/GLF 723 (an HD channel), then moved to 334 Versus, now it is on FSNPT 63.  Lets try to keep it consistent guys!  If we could use satellite we would!  Too bad we are stuck … Continue reading

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Which way are you leaning? HD-DVD or Blu-ray?

Michelle just posted a whole bunch of Blu-rays on ebay last night.  They are the ones her family got for free when buying a new HDTV.  They were pretty bad titles, so they decided to put them up for sale … Continue reading

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Beckham to appear on Desperate Housewives

According to b5media.com, Beckham and Robbie Williams will be on the show as a gay couple. read more

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TV: Flash Gordon

Wow, I kept telling myself to watch the entire episode, “maybe it gets better”.  I was wrong, really wrong.  Now the debate is, what is worse Dr. Who or Flash Gordon?  Don’t get me wrong I love the Scifi channel, … Continue reading

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