Technology & MSG

Catholicism forbids pre-marital sex — despite the fact that many practicing Catholics engage in the practice anyways — much to the chagrin of other sects of Christians. That may be cheap shot at Catholics, but it is apparent that our generation is vastly different than previous ones. We aren’t saving ourselves for marriage. We don’t [...]

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It’s done.
At 6:45 last night I called Comcast to discontinue my cable service. After navigating several layers of voice prompts, I finally got connected to Melissa. I cited continual price increases and technical problems as my reasoning for discontinuing service. She inquired if I’d considered switching to a less expensive plan and also mentioned that [...]

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The slogan of Maryland’s Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program (VEIP) is “Let’s Clear the Air!” I’m a tad confused about that. I’m clearly not an environmentally minded person, despite having a minored in environmental sciences. According to my studies, the machine age began back in the 1400’s, beginning a downward spiral of pollution and self-destruction that [...]

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I recently received a promotional letter from Dish Network written entirely in Greek. Most everything on the envelope itself and the letter is typed out using the Greek alphabet, the exceptions being proper names such as “HBO,” “Showtime,” and “Cinemax.” You can’t tell someone’s first language by looking at their last name, so I’m a [...]

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I’m not someone to engage in frivolous litigation, but I wonder if you could sue the makers of Final Fantasy for false advertising. After all, they have created eleven numerical sequels after the original game in 1987. After each sequel is released the previous title becomes a part of the lie. The fantasy clearly isn’t [...]

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A quick bit of site news. I use AdSense, but didn’t want to inflate my page impressions when I’m doing work on the blog. After failing to find a Wordpress plugin to do this, I found a bit of inspiration to do it myself. My code varies slightly from that in the linked entry. In [...]

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I enjoy television commericals, especially the clever ones. Lots of ‘em are better than most television shows these days. The good ones make you laugh in thirty seconds or less. Thumbs up for Captain Morgan Rum, where a guy ducks out on his lady to hang with his boys. She calls him on it and [...]

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