Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by the BBC last night for the "Pods and Blogs" segment of "BBC Five Live." We talked about Jeff Healey and the blues.
The "Pods and Blogs" blog page is here. That page also contains a link to listen to the show.
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
From the Iowa City Press-Citizen:
A judge has denied an Iowa man's claim that he shouldn't have been fired for repeatedly requesting help to procure a prostitute.
Neil Jorgensen, 62, of Kalona, worked at Riverside Casino and Golf Resort in Riverside and was given a gift certificate and free night's stay at ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Man, am I ready for baseball. As a gift for the upcoming birthday, my family is giving me the Fox Sports Midwest package on DirecTV. 130 games of Cardinal baseball. Combine that with the Sunday local broadcasts, national Fox coverage, ESPN games, and I may have at my disposal as ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
Debbie: [chomping gum] Thanks for calling TiVo. This is Debbie. Can I have the primary phone number on your account, please?
Tony: 555-555-5555.
Debbie: Is this Anthony?
Tony: Yes.
Debbie: How can I help you this evening Anthony? [more chomping]
Tony: I need to cancel my service, please.
Debbie: [5 second silence] Alright. [more silence] Will ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
We've been Mediacom customers for years. Then again, if you want cable in Iowa City, they're the monopolist, so it's not like we've had a lot of choice. In the past few years, we've jumped completely into bed with them, using all their services: high-speed Internet, phone and TV. This ...
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
(Via Mini Cooper Photo Pool.)
mackney.com has added a photo to the pool:
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
(Via Mini Cooper Photo Pool.)
kj_ugs has added a photo to the pool:
Another pic of my mini. I need to learn to take better night time photographs. At least I remembered my tripod
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Top headlines from today's Iowa City Press-Citizen:
Sorority rebuilds from scratch
Locals send Miss Iowa to Vegas
Group strums up interest in ukelele
Jan 22 UI lecture will examine the history of hypochondria
Idyllic, indeed.
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
(Via Supercar Reviews.)
MINI is taking the craze for personalisation to extreme lengths with the launch of a six metre long MINI Cooper S limo called the MINI XXL which will make its world premiere in Athens this week.
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
(Via Mini Cooper Photo Pool.)
89AKurt has added a photo to the pool:
There's more to HDR than taking a few exposures, like using Aperature Priority.
Or having friend SpeednutDave do the Photochomping thing. Thanks Dave! :^D
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