Category: From the Mind of Brian
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Nice bathroom
The hotel near our office has been upgraded since I last stayed here four years ago. The bathrooms are much nicer than before … which is good, since I’ve been in my room all day with an upset stomach. Was it the nice local seafood meal that did me in? Jet lag? Staying up into…
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Old Habits
LAX, International Terminal, Box’o’Sushi, Connecting Flight to Taiwan … Old habits die hard.
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Taxes are what?
Reason I’m a Libertarian #4,895 … morons like this: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BIDEN_TAXES?SITE=AP Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Thursday that paying more in taxes is the patriotic thing to do for wealthier Americans. Yes Joe, I’m sure that’s what the British said about the stamp tax just before all those “patriots” dumped the tea into Boston…
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The Male Unbifurcated Garment
And the men (and women) of Dragon*Con rejoice. “Mailman seeks comfort in kilt” http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/07/21/mailman_seeks_comfort_in_kilt/ “They’re mostly ribbing me, but occasionally there are people who appear to be offended,” said Lunde, 38, who has delivered mail in Salem, Ore., for nine years. “I say, ‘Show me a picture of Jesus in slacks, and I’ll consider it.’…
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Twitter did what?
Looks like the fail whale has a fat wallet … CNET is reporting that Twitter bought Summize. For those of you that cocked their heads to the side and said “whut?” reading that sentence, I will explain further. Twitter is a neat microblogging service (140 character updates via the web, SMS and other methods). Twitter…
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Turbo Boost On The Right in 0.3 Miles
We’ve been joking about it ever since the new Knight Rider show came out on NBC … a GPS that uses the voice of KITT. Well, it’s now a product. http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/24/video-knight-rider-gps-asks-michael-where-do-you-want-to-go/