Technology & MSG

I’ve been in the mood to bake the last couple days, but haven’t gotten around to it. So today — federal return completed and furnace filters changed — I decided to make a batch of fudge brownies. Topped with semi-sweet chocolate chips, they made the entire house smell amazing. And they taste pretty good too.
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I knew that a lot of my neighbors have recently subscribed to Verizon FiOS for their data and television needs, but today I realized that it’s more prevalent than I had originally thought. The evidence is clear by the number of ONTs mounted on the back of the houses, frequent sightings of hay left by [...]

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There are a lot of kids in my community that are spoiled rotten these days by their parents.
As I was running out to do some errands the other day I saw no less than nine cars parked on the side of the road, whose occupants were all waiting for their kids to be dropped off [...]

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Six RNR shows were completely sold out this year. An extra was added due to popular demand. No tickets being sold in advance for the extra show, it only took a few hours for 600+ to be sold. Two months worth of stage and set preparations, mostly torn out in a twelve hours over three [...]

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Sometimes you need a weekend away from the world. Away from work. Away from side work. Away from your normal locale. This weekend we headed up to Ocean City to relax. After a good bit of rain and some light hydroplaning on the Garden State Parkway, we arrived unscathed. There’s something about chips, salsa and [...]

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I downloaded Ghosts I this evening and gave it a listen. I also listened to some of the tracks on the site itself (click “Listen”). Completely instrumental, I like the assortment. It doesn’t have the polish of Reznor’s typical studio album that you can only assume was the product of months in the studio mixing [...]

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It seems that the local police department has a Vice Squad and that they’ve recently been active in my community. My HOA just sent out an email stating that the squad started an investigation based on a resident’s tip.
“As a result of this investigation the following female was determined to be managing this sexual enterprise [...]

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I’ve been under the weather the past few days and have come to the following conclusion: electric blankets don’t get enough credit. Schultz wrote that “happiness is a warm blanket” and I don’t think he could be more correct. Often forgotten or dismissed as safety hazards, electric blankets are making a comeback and I think [...]

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As of early last week, all tickets for Rock ‘N Roll Revival XIX — which opens this Friday night — were sold out. That’s six shows seating around 1,000 people at $12/ticket, grossing over $70,000. That doesn’t include merchandise, concessions, flowers, or another of the other things that people will buy. Not too shabby for [...]

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