Technology & MSG

I remember in the mid-80’s when smoking was banned in shopping malls and when the smoking and non-smoking sections of a restaurant were divided by invisible lines. Just like people took issue with the fact that smoke could still travel from one section to the other (unless separated by a wall or some great distance), [...]

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The oil pressure warning light on my car has been flickering lately. After a day or two it began to bother me. I’ve had lots of tech support moments where people complain about something but then can’t describe the circumstances, so I began to pay attention to when it was happening so that I could [...]

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A recent comment about a snowball brought back a memory. When I was younger and on holiday break I used to watch David Letterman. I didn’t understand a lot of the political humor at that time or get all of the jokes, but it was still entertaining to watch the celebrity interviews and the banter [...]

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We braved snowy roads and headed to Gina’s Cantina in celebration of Repeal Day last night. That’s not entirely true, but it was Wednesday and a few of us were up for being social.
Gina’s is located at the merging of General’s Highway and Veteran’s Highway, just south of Millersville. Most people who live in the [...]

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I love snow. It’s aesthetically pleasing pretty and your footprints follow you wherever you go. I woke up this morning after a late night and wandered downstairs, rather oblivious to the fact that there was indeed weather outside. As I picked up my jacket off the floor where I had tossed it while on a [...]

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I don’t really care if people smoke or not, but it does irritate me to come home after a night out and have to throw my clothes outside or start a load of laundry immediately to prevent the house from smelling like stale cigarette smoke. Not to the point of not going out, but enough [...]

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To Party City’s credit, their management decided to accommodate my request. My web form email was returned in short order, much to my surprise. After swapping a few emails with the District Manager for Maryland/Virginia, I was told that I’ve be able to return the pimp hat. I asked about the reasoning behind their restrictive [...]

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Reading about that lingering bar smoke aroma that emanates from our clothes, it reminded me that I left Bateman’s Friday evening, my clothes reeking of stale cigarette smoke. I was only in there for 30 minutes and I didn’t see a single person actively smoking. It was all residual. This is a sharp contrast to [...]

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We loaded in for the Battle of the Bands on Thursday night but I neglected to bring my camera. I remembered it last night and took a few pictures which I was able to post after fighting with the computer for what seemed like an hour. Many of them are more tech-like, but there are [...]

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