tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238151252012-02-06T16:09:36.648-05:00All Pax, All Nude, All the Time. Oh, and my random, incoherent thoughts on pretty much everything.Paxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04883124901219059661noreply@blogger.comBlogger871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23815125.post-51720139732596780852007-03-28T14:59:00.000-04:002007-03-28T15:01:37.577-04:00

Google Blogger has become somewhat of a blogging wasteland. I've moved this blog over to Wordpress. I was keeping them both in sync but I'm tired of doing that.For new articles and a new look, come visit me over at my new home.http://blog.paxholley.net

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If you've been watching American Idol the last few weeks you've no doubt noticed the numerous promos for a show called Drive. It's an action series about a secret, illegal road race and the people that participate in it (some of them, possibly, under duress). The show starts on April 15 and is produced and written by Tim Minear (one of the main contributers to the tv shows Angel and Firefly).

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If you've been watching American Idol the last few weeks you've no doubt noticed the numerous promos for a show called Drive. It's an action series about a secret, illegal road race and the people that participate in it (some of them, possibly, under duress). The show starts on April 15 and is produced and written by Tim Minear (one of the main contributers to the tv shows Angel and Firefly).

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It's happened to you. You are in the supermarket, you pass a product, usually in the drink or snack food aisle, with a weird name or crazy color scheme, you take a look at it, maybe even pick it up, and say to yourself, "This tastes like what?" I do it all the time. Take the Jones Soda Company. Each year their novelty soda line becomes more and more disgusting. Soda that tastes like antacid,

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The time is nigh, my friends, the Academy Awards are here. Well, almost here. They'll officially be here on Sunday at 8pm EST. I. Can't. Wait. The wife and I, being rabid, movie whores, are throwing a huge (read "small") shindig to celebrate the occasion. No expense will be spared. Our guests will drink out of the finest gold color paper cups and eat off the most delicate black and gold

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I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day. Just remember that this holiday was artificially created by greeting card companies to bump up sales during the slow early year months. In fact, tell your Valentine that when she asks to go to dinner. Mention how this holiday is the manifestation of the corporations' greed and you don't want to buy into the hype or feed that kind of soulless

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So, I've been in training this week. Yes, again. This particular week we are learning about PeopleSoft Billing and Accounts Receivable. Awesome, huh? I get goose-bumps just talking about it. Seriously, the atmosphere in this class is like the encore at a Lynard Skynard concert. They just started singing Free Bird, lighters are lit and raised, people are losing their minds. It's almost a

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Take a look at the picture to the left. Was this picture taken in like 1978? What's with the tri-fold Science Fair display in the back? Or the easel with the paper and permanent marker? Wow, that's old school. That's how the people who worked during the Crusades had on-the-job training. Hard to imagine right? I'm used to sitting in stadium seating like you are at the big game. I'm used to

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Well, it's mid-January and everyone should be girding their loins for two of my favorite beginning-of-the-year events. First is the SuperBowl on Feb 4. My boy Peyton Manning takes on the phenomenal defense of the Chicago Bears. Should be a good matchup. After the SuperBowl is the Academy Awards. Being movie buffs, the wife and I love the Oscars. For several years we threw Oscars parties and

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Well, for those in the know, 24 started on Sunday night with a 2 hour season premier extravaganza. It continued with another 2 hour free-for-all on Monday night. It's official, Season 6 has begun, and I am hooked...AGAIN.This year, Jack has already escaped from Chinese torture, been traded by our government to a terrorist in order to be killed, barely escaped a military air strike and watched a

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Avatars are pretty cool. They are little graphical representations of yourself you can use in Internet chats, fantasy sports or any website that uses a profile. Some people use pictures of celebrities or random objects, but some sites let you create your own little icon. Several years ago I stumbled upon the South Park Studio. This website lets you create cool images of yourself as a South

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Well, it's 2007. Where the hell did 2006 go? Last night Steph and I went with Dave and Marlene to St Augustine for dinner at a Spanish restaurant called Columbia. You picked from several things on the menu for a 5 course meal. Unbelievably good. I ate so much I wanted to cut open my stomach, let my dinner pour out, then eat some more. I could really have used my friend Steve's "The Bucket"

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Today's article is a reader submission. I was asked to write about what, I believe, are the 10 best/worst Christmas songs of all time. So, Kathy, this one is for you. If there is something you would like me to write about just drop me a line here. If it interests me and I decide to do it, you'll get credit for giving me the idea, just like I'm giving Kathy right now. Anywho, on with the

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Steph and I actually put up our tree last weekend. We didn't decorate it, but we at least had it up. So, after a week of letting the tree sit in our den pretty much naked as the day I was born, Steph and I finally got around to decorating it last Sunday. I love Christmas. You will see that as the weeks go on. I'm sure there will be a few blog articles on Christmas crap you can only buy in

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Today, December 5, is officially the Day of the Ninja.Below is an orientation video for nonjas (or non-ninjas) about the origins of Ninja Day.In light of the fact that it's the Day of the Ninja I want to reveal a secret I've long held from the people I love. I too am a part of the Dark Brotherhood (no, not the NAACP). I am ninja. I have never revealed this to anyone before. After an

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Man, camera phones are the greatest. When I'm out and aboot during the day and I see something funny or strange, I can just quickly snap a pic of it to show people later. I've turned the sound off on the camera function so it doesn't even make that tell-tale camera clicking sound when I take a pic. Perfect for crowded areas. I thought I'd show you guys a few of the pics I've taken this week

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Well, it's the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Everyone is prepping to wear their maternity pants tomorrow to stuff in the largest amount of food you can possibly eat in one sitting. Then, a few hours later, create leftovers and do it again. It's a ritual, and I love it.In preparation for the food orgy to come, I went to my first spin class last night. For those that don't know what spin is,

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I have a weird compulsion to collect things. Nothing outlandish like naval lint, body parts or other people's souls, but things more under the pop culture umbrella. I've tried to collect things since I was a little kid. I remember having a bottle/can collection in our garage when I was 8 or 9. I was made to throw it away because my parents thought it was just "taking up space". What the hell

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Sooooooooooo, even though today is Thursday, I am taking tomorrow off, so you bitches can SUCK IT, today is my Friday. I think I'll spend today talking a little bit about indulgences. There are a few things my wife and I love to indulge in, ice cream being numero uno. Recently a flavor of Haagen Dazs was released that knocked a few of my planets out of orbit. It's called Sticky Toffee

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No, that title is not a typo. I got a random little entry today as I'm feeling a bit sassy and I thought I would take you along for the ride. Someone brought in donuts to work today and I had two, so I may be just in the midst of my sugar high, but let's see where I can steer this entry.I've been thinking about my favorite food seasonings recently. Don't ask me why, it just happens. I don't

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Happy Monday, people! Before I present to you the final engrossing chapter of New Coke, I thought I'd pass along a fun little news article about fried Coke (pictured left). Apparently an enterprising man by the name of Abel Gonzales, Jr. created a recipe that uses Coca-Cola syrup mixed into a funnel cake batter that's deep fried and served with syrup and cherries on top. Wow. Nice. My wife

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Welcome to Part II of The Saga of New Coke. If you missed Part I, then just click here. When you are all caught up, then continue reading for the exciting second part of our story. Like last time, check out the classic soda commercials at the end of today's installment.On April 23, 1985 the Coca-Cola Company announced its intentions to introduce a brand new, reformulated Coca-Cola to the

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I love soda. I mean, I REALLY love soda. It’s almost an unnatural love…..a forbidden love, if you will. Due to this, I’ve been fascinated for years by the cola wars between Coke and Pepsi. My formative years were right in the middle of the ‘80s; the Vietnam of the cola wars. During the 1980s, Coke and Pepsi threw out more gimmicks than a used car salesman trying to hawk his wares during a “

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The apocalypse, the end of the world. You might think this is foretold by simple things like locusts, oceans flowing red like blood and the sky turning black as a death shroud. I have a different, yet all the more deadly and horrific sign: coffee flavored soda. I am aghast at the mere mention of this unholy union, but being the purveyor of pop culture that I am, I have to try it. There are

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I was perusing what the youngsters like to call “the net” the other day and came across this article on one of my favorite movie news sites. According to the article, Hollywood is apparently making a War Games 2. This got me thinking about movie sequels, good and bad, and what I think about them. I’m pretty sure you’re going to be interested in what I have to say, otherwise you’d be doing

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As noted earlier, my wife and I got back from a Caribbean cruise for our 5th anniversay last week. The cruise was phenomenal and one of the ports my wife and I stopped at was Calica, Mexico.While on an excursion, the tour bus stopped at a tiny marketplace where we could go to the bathroom and shop. It was a cool little area with lots of little crafts to look at. What do I get excited about?

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I have been in a very Halloweeny mood lately (haha...I said weeny!). Part of it started by reading X-Entertainment's Halloween Countdown. Each weekday leading up to Halloween night Matt reviews fun Halloween items like scary masks, food items and movies. It's a ton of fun.Like Matt, I also love when stores start preparing for the Halloween buying season and put out all their goulish wares.

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Thank the almighty blessed Lord it is Friday. Friday morning, 8:40am EST, and I'm already dying a slow death of boredom. And this has only been a 4 day week. Ugh. Calgon take me away.Since I don't have Calgon to take me away, I have to settle for a blog article. Continue on for part 2 of my slot machines reviews. If you missed part 1 just click here.I've been to many different casinos in

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Hard to believe, but Friday is officially September. It's usually about this time that television whores like myself start thinking about premiers for the new fall season. The meager (but still good) summer schedule is coming to an end; Psych ended last Friday, Dead Zone ended on Sunday and Closer ends on Monday. The end of the summer season harks the arrival/return of all of our favorite fall

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I've got two quick notes for everyone:According to BTTF.com, Las Vegas has just started receiving the new Back to the Future Video Slots. Interesting that my last two articles involved the demise of Back to the Future The Ride and slot machines. It's like two kids are walking down the street, one carrying the BTTF The Ride article and one carrying the slot machine article. Then, like the old

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The grandfather of the modern slots, the Liberty Bell slot machine, was developed in California in 1887. Since then the basic premise has stayed the same; three reels, multiple prize symbols per reel, one lever to spin the reels. Originally payouts were given as complimentary items by the bars they were in but as electronic parts replaced the mechanical parts, slot machines started paying out

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It makes me very sad that I have to write this article. I've heard rumors for a while, but it was officially announced that Universal Studios Orlando was going to "phase out" the 15 year old ride for something newer, presumably a Simpsons ride.I have a long history with Back to the Future. I saw it at the theater in 1985 when it was released. I remember my dad checking me out of school to go

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It's been a lazy Sunday for us. Actually, it's been a lazy weekend. We celebrated our 5th anniversary on Friday. We grilled steaks and scallops and had many, many cocktails. It was a very fun evening (wink, wink, nudge, nudge...if you know what I'm sayin'....meeeooooww!).Saturday consisted of clothes shopping, then us getting tired and going home to drink cocktails and watch the movie The

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Happy Anniversary!!!I'd like to wish my lovely wife a Happy 5th Anniversary. I look forward to grilling steaks and getting wasted this evening. Love you, bunny.You may continue to today's regularly scheduled article.

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Welcome to part 2 of my energy drink reviews. If you missed part 1, just click here for reviews of Red Bull, RockStar, MDX, SoBe No Fear and TaB Energy. If you read those, then move along to part 2 below where I discuss 6 more energy drinks.Full Throttle - This is Coca-Cola’s first entry into the energy drink market. So far, on taste alone, this is one of my favorite drinks. It’s like a

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Energy drinks have become extremely popular in the last few years. I remember in college, the only energy boost options we had were coffee (which I hate) and Jolt Cola (which tasted like crap but gave you a nice buzz). That’s assuming you didn’t want to delve into the recreational use of pills like No-Doz and Dexatrim. In the last few years, though, energy boosting drinks have become all the

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Today is Wiener Mobile Monday on the blog. Why, you ask? Because...I answer...I saw the mythical beast in my supermarket parking lot Sunday afternoon, July 23, 2006!I know, I know, you don't believe me. I sound like one of those crackpots talking about filming bigfoot or coming face to face with the Loch Ness monster or playing poker with the Yeti (FYI...Yeti can't bluff worth a damn), but I

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Robert Brooks, Chairman of Hooters Restaraunts, was found dead yesterday of unknown causes. He was 69. An autopsy will be performed on Monday to determine cause of death.I wanted to take a moment in remembrance for a good man, nay, a GREAT man. This man was a people pleaser. He knew people wanted a place to eat good wings. DONE. He knew people wanted it to be a casual place the whole family

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Summer is generally considered the “dead time” for new tv show episodes. For the most part you get re-runs of regular prime time shows or retread reality shows that would never last during the “Big Show”, the fall schedule. The last few years, though, have shown a trend in certain networks airing new episodes, or entire seasons of shows, during the summer months. With these shows having their

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        Capt Pax Holley and Capt Jack Sparrow...Separated at birth? You decide. If you ask me, I think Capt Jack wishes he had the looks and chutzpah of Capt Pax. But that's just me.Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest opens today. Steph and I will probably go see it tomorrow afternoon to avoid the lines. I am really looking forward to this sequel because we loved the first one. As a

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Well, I finally made it. Day 5 of Superman Week. I think I may take a small break next week to recover. :)Well, in case you missed a day and want to go back, here are links to the last 4 days of Superman Week:Day 1 - Review of Look, Up In The Sky: The Amazing Story of SupermanDay 2 - Scary Superman MerchandiseDay 3 - Review of Christopher Reeve Superman MoviesDay 4 - Stupid Superman

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Day 4, my friends. Hope you are enjoying the daily updates as it's about to kill me. I'm trying to work in these articles in the middle of working on stuff at the office. It's fun but I don't think I could go daily for any longer a length of time. Yikes. Anywho, today's topic discusses the plethora of super-powers that Superman has been imbued with over the years. It is shocking how much

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We are finally here. Day 3 of Superman Week. Superman Returns releases nationally today. Those of us who aren’t famous or aren’t in the “biz” can now, finally, watch the movie. I, however, won’t be able to see it until tomorrow night. So, in lieu of reviewing the movie, I’ll do quick reviews of the first four movies staring Christopher Reeve. Enjoy.Day 3 - Review of the Christopher Reeve

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Well, it's Day 2 of Superman Week here at the blog. Hope you enjoyed Day 1. I've got some good stuff today celebrating Superman so let's take a look.Day 2 - Crazy Superman MerchandiseSuperman is one of those pop culture icons that has produced A LOT of merchandise. I mean A LOT. And because so much stuff has been produced, inevitably, someone falls asleep at the wheel and certain products are

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It’s Superman Week here on the blog. I’m celebrating the release of Superman Returns on Wednesday, June 28. I won’t get to see it until Thursday night, so my review will cap off Superman Week on Friday, but every day this week I’ll try to have a Superman-related article up for your enjoyment.Day 1 - Review of Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of SupermanThis documentary is exactly what

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I'm long overdue for a technology article. This item affected me more than I thought, so I had to write about it. I know this article looks long, but if you stick with me, I have some fun videos and stuff linked at the end.Last week Bill Gates announced his retirement from day-to-day duties at Microsoft. He’s stepping down as Chief Software Architect, but remaining as the company’s Chairman.

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I discovered a podcast on YouTube last week that has me on the floor it is so damn funny. It's called Ask A Ninja. It's this guy dressed up in a ninja outfit supposedly answering questions from people about ninjas. It is hilarious. You can go to the podcast's website here to download/watch all the videos or just watch them all on YouTube here.The Ninja covers topics such as Love, Excuses, The

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Check out Part 1 of my trip to Houston right hereSo, after the trip to NASA Space Center in Houston, Steve & Jackie took me to a really cool area called Kemah Boardwalk.We put our names in at a cool restaurant called Aquarium (more on that in a second) and Jackie practically sprinted next door to Stingray Reef. “The Reef”, as I like to call it, had a large, shallow tank containing dozens of

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I arrived in Houston, TX on Friday afternoon around 12:50pm. FYI...That was about 30min earlier than our scheduled arrival (thank you Southwest). I ate lunch with Steve and his wife, Jackie, at a really good cajun place called Floyd's. In case you were wondering....or care at all....I got the half crawfish etoufee/half fried crawfish tails plate. Like that old cajun Justin Wilson used to say,

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Well, Friday morning I leave for my trip to Houston, Texas to visit my best friend since 1st grade, Stephen Dupuy. I'm sure I'll have a few stories for you when I get back...maybe even some good pics.If, by the end, I haven't been arrested or thrown out of Houston and asked never to return, then the trip just wasn't worth it. See you on the other side.Peace!!!

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Here's another creation from the Techno-tainment Kool-Aid labs. You may be thinking, "Pax, why the hell did you pick Windex?" Well, it wasn't just a random, out-of-my-ass creation. It has a history. Check it: Kool-Aid's Berry Blue was introduced in the late '80s. There was a huge media blitz and push for the flavor. Pretty soon parents started complaining that the flavor looked too much

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Keep in mind all the men who have died fighting for our freedoms. For it is them who have made it possible for us not to go to work today...oh and do all the things we take for granted everyday. But also the not working thing.:)

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I saw this a few weeks ago, but I'm just now getting around to the review. I wrote reviews of the first two Missions in an earlier article, so I want to continue with the newest installment in the franchise.To recap the earlier reviews, I very much enjoyed the first movie. It was a little confusing, but very suspenseful and had some good action. I did not like the second movie. I don't know

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Everyone has heard of the tv show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, the show is a darkly humorous take on horror movies and teen dramas that has captured a very specific and loyal audience. The mythology of the show is very intricate and the rules very strict. In fact, the tv show Buffy the Vampire Slayer bears little resemblance to the 1992 movie that birthed it.Back

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This article has been over a week in the writing. Work has been slamming me so I've had to write it on and off over many days. Hope you enjoy it. It's longer than usual so just bear with me.I wanted to go somewhere fun for my birthday.  Since I now live in Jacksonville, FL, Walt Disney World is only two and a half hours away.  I hadn't been since 1999, so I decided that is where I wanted to go

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The newest flavor...and most fun. Next to Vanilla Ice, this is my favorite creation. How cool would it be to sit down with a bowl of chips and salsa and down glass or two (or pitcher) of this sweet nectar of the gods? Mucho cool, mi amigo.As far as Mexican beer goes, I prefer Corona Light or Pacifico, but you get the idea. Kool-Aid ain't just for snotty noses any more. Arriba!!Other Creative

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Today is my 32nd Birthday.  Let’s pause to reflect on the enormity of that statement.  I am 32 years old.  Three and one-fifth decades old.  The only milestone left in my life, age-wise, is the Presidency.  In three years I can run for President.  While I do fancy myself the modern day Millard Fillmore, I don’t plan on running for president, much to the dismay of my high school guidance counselor

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I was checking some tech/entertainment news this morning and this article caused me to do a spit take all over myself and my computer. After wiping up Full Throttle energy drink from my pants and in my cubicle, and then apologizing to the people around me, I got back to reading the article.  Apparently, Royal Phillips Company, also known as Phillips and one of the world’s leading electronics

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According to this article, a judge has told the New York City Council that they can't fire someone simply for browsing the internet during the workday. The worker, Toquir Choudhri, had served the Department of Education for 14 years. The City Council tried to fire him when they discovered him looking at travel and news sites online. Nice loyalty, huh?I absolutely agree with the judge's ruling.

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NBC decides to cancel the struggling show after 5 episodes. I wrote a review of Heist's pilot here. While I was initially put off by the 'trying to hard to be clever' dialogue, I gave the show a chance because it showed potential. In the last few episodes I had started warming up to the characters and wanted to see them succeed. You learn why Mickey wants to rob the jewelry stores, James'

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Ever since I was a kid I've loved the game Clue. My friend Steve and I used to play it in his basement. It was so much fun. For Christmas, I even got the Clue VCR Mystery Game. Even though that VCR game was insanely hard, I still loved seeing the characters come alive. So, in 1985, when I heard there was a movie coming out, I had to see it.I have stated before that Clue: The Movie is one of

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The above pic is pre-production art from an upcoming movie called Meg. Click here to read the original story on CHUD's website. Meg, the movie, is based on the novel, Meg by Steve Alten. I ask you, how ridiculously bad-ass is the above pic? I'll answer that it's so bad ass I almost wouldn't care what the name of the movie was, I'd go see it. Not only that, just take a look at the cover for

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FINALLY, after several weeks of a movie theater-less existence, Steph and I went to our local AMC last night. Still not much out that excites me, but Lucky Number Slevin looked pretty good. It looked like a clever, funny crime movie and it had plenty of good actors in it, so we took a chance.First of all, lots of people die in this movie. In the first 15 minutes we were up to like 10

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That's right, my friends. Another creation from the PaxNet labs. Kool-Aid flavored like Ice Cream Cones cereal.Don't ever say that I can't bring it.Other Creative Kool-Aid Flavors:Vanilla Ice Kool-AidCheetos flavored Kool-AidTechnorati Tags - Pop Culture Humor Kool Aid Kool-Aid

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By the mid '80s I was 10 years old and I loved to read. Now, I wasn't reading Tolstoy or Shakespeare, but I was reading nonetheless. Movie novelizations were one thing that really got me interested in reading. I'm not talking about books that "inspired" a movie, or the novel a movie was based on. I'm talking about a novel written AFTER the movie script was written or based on the script of an

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My team at work is moving from the main Winn-Dixie headquarters building to a former store location called "Stalag 13" due to its resemblance to a prison. It's bland white with barbed wire fences around the parking lot. Should be interesting.UpdateGot to my new desk at "Stalag 13" and found like 15 magazines in the desk drawer. The magazine titles included Ebony, Essence, Black Entertainment,

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I haven't had a tech article up for a little bit so I thought I'd write a companion piece to my Mozilla Firefox review. This time, I'll look at the many extensions you can download to complement your browsing experience with Firefox. I'll go through a list of some of my favorite extensions and tell you why I use them. Hope this helps someone.When you download Firefox for the first time, it's

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Last year, my friend, Steve, and I joined a website called RateBeer.com. The idea is simple, rate and review beers you drink for everyone to check out. Now, I freely admit that I am no beer enthusiast. My tastes run to the light American lager that true beer connoisseurs hate, a legacy left to me by my father (he still stocks his fridge with Keystone Light and Southpaw). The site is very cool

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Here's another custom Kool-Aid flavor I created. Based on my favorite snack food. Click the image for a slightly larger pic.Check out the earlier Kool-Aid flavor I posted: Vanilla Ice!Technorati Tags - Pop Culture Humor Kool Aid Kool-Aid

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For the wife's birthday, went to see Inside Man with Clive Owen, Denzel Washington and Jodi Foster. As you can tell from my earlier post about heist movies, I LOVE this sub-genre. Heist movies, for the most part are so much fun. I love seeing new entries. I was underwhelmed recently by the movie Firewall with Harrison Ford. A limp, home/invasion, bank heist movie that really went nowhere for

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First and foremost, it's my wife's birthday. She's an extremely young 29. She said she better enjoy this birthday because every birthday after this one will also be her 29th birthday. Gotta love her. So far today she's received the Grey's Anatomy CD and the 4Gb pink iPod mini.She met me for lunch and we went to Moon River Pizza. Here's the newpaper ad for this place:Greatest. Ad.

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Kool-Aid rocks. I love drinking it. A while back I started thinking about funny flavors they should make. I created 5 or 6. Every once in a while I'll put a new one up. Today's completely made-up flavor is: Vanilla Ice.I love the Kool-Aid man with the Spanish Drug-Lord mustache. So cool. Click the pic for a slightly bigger version.Technorati Tags - Pop Culture Humor Kool Aid Kool-Aid

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Kool-Aid Singles!!! Kool-Aid mix in small pre-sweetened packages that can be mixed in your bottle of water. I can die now.Technorati Tags - Pop Culture Humor Kool Aid Kool-Aid

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Our mission, and we chose to accept it, was to watch the Mission Impossible movie. The wife and I had watched our Blockbuster movies the night before and nothing was on TV, so Steph was tasked with picking a movie. She perused the Holley DVD Vaults, felt like an action movie, and came up with Mission: Impossible starring Tom Cruise. Now, as of late, Tom Cruise has been acting like a first rate

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Happy St. Paddy's Day to everyone. I'm home sick, so I'm not happy. Have a green beer for me.While laying here calmly waiting for death, I watched the Jimmy Stewart classic Harvey. Not very leprechaun-y, but I don't really have any movies dealing with St. Paddy's Day that I can think of. This will have to do.James Stewart plays the always polite, very easy-going everyman, Elwood P Dowd. His

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I am glad the whole Girl Scout cookie 'sales extravaganza' is over. Seriously. They were pimping those things out like crack rock. I'd go to the grocery store, there are two adults and their kids asking me to buy cookies. I walk THREE STORES TO THE RIGHT to go to Blockbuster Video and there are two more adults and kids asking me to buy cookies. How many places am I going to be harrassed to

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For the last year and a half, Research in Motion (RIM) has been in a bitter dispute with patent holding company NTP over software patents used by the popular Blackberry wireless email/PDA service. NTP claimed that RIM was illegally infringing on their software patent with their Blackberry service. The problem occured in software protocols and code within the service itself. The lawsuit came to

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Good night tonight. The wife and I went to eat sushi. Had the Dragon Roll, spicy scallop and Rock & Roll Tempura. Very good. Ate WAY too much. Afterwards, we saw 16 Blocks with Bruce Willis and Mos Def. Great acting, much better than I expected. We only saw this because there's not much out we want to see but it was very good.After getting home from the movie we watched Bing Crosby in

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I just watched The Thomas Crown Affair this morning (Saturday) for the second time. I hadn't seen it since it was in theaters. I forgot how awesome that movie is. Got me thinking about heists, dude. How freakin' cool would it be to be a part of a heist? What part would you play? Would you be the guy who obtains all the gear? No matter how sophisiticated or experimental the equipment needs

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This article concerns me greatly. Apparently a man decides to leave his company. He deletes personal files off his company laptop. He knows, like everyone should (right?), that deleting files in most operating systems does not actually delete the file. It only removes the pointer to that file. So he uses a professional file scrubber to permanently delete the files making them impossible to

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This will be a pop culture entry, not really having anything to do with Technology or Movies.I was visiting one of my favorite websites, X-Entertainment. On this site, Matt, will review pop culture anomalies and fads from years past. He has some fascinating articles about Kool-Aid, old videos, discontinued snack foods, etc. One day I ran across a great article about a Hi-C flavor called Ecto

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Being a fan of technology, I am also a fan of cool little pc desktop apps. Every once in a while I'll highlight a particular favorite of mine. Today I'll be discussing the Mozilla Firefox web browser.Some of you may have heard of this, some of you not. It is an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE). Microsoft, until recently, had stopped development on IE. It just sits there,

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The wife and I have been on a classic movie kick lately. We love old Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart movies. As we watch them, I'll put up short reviews of them in case you might want to check them out. The last one we just watched was North By Northwest.I had watched this movie many years ago before I had a full appreciation for Cary Grant. The wife hadn't seen it so I agreed to rent it and

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Extreme Tech posted a followup to their Why Vista Won't Suck Article. Check it out here.Technorati Tags - Microsoft Windows Vista

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In addition to this blog and my website, The Bird's Nest, I also have a photo blog at Buzznet. Check it out here.Buzznet is very similar to Flickr.com in which you can store and share pictures with a large community of people. Pictures are labeled with keywords to make searching easy. Check it out, it's fun to troll through the online pics of different people.

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I subscribe to several tech magazines. My favorite is PC Magazine. They always have really good articles on upcoming technology. Their website rocks, also. Their sister site, Extreme Tech, has some hardcore techie articles on it, but they recently put up a very good and in-depth article on Windows Vista. Check it out here.I, myself, am eagerly anticipating the arrival of Vista later this

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