Monthly Archives: August 2009

Something Fun – Whisk(e)y Vids

Okay, enough ranting … here’s something fun. After watching that Begbie (Robert Carlyle) Johnnie Walker vid the other day (wait, it looks like it got taken down…), I stumbled across Ralfy’s videos on youtube (under ralfystuff). He’s a whisky anorak … Continue reading

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Newspaper Site Commandments (Proposed)

I’m getting sick (no, gotten sick) of the sfgate.com and mysanantonio.com sites.  Don’t even get me started on cnn or how I get more news now from the BBC’s site, fark.com or specific local blogs. As an information worker, I’m … Continue reading

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Ranting and Arguing

I was daydreaming recently about how when I rant, I rarely make a sensible argument. I start out with a grain of a thought -”something that annoys me” and I usually proceed to spiral out in an increasingly less cogent … Continue reading

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Hey Piper! Shut it!

40(!?) takes to shoot this ad:

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TX Woman Banned from Bingo Hall

A guy named “Commander Kenny” banned a woman from playing bingo in the Conroe VFW. (story) Smith says she was kicked out of the bingo hall after she called the Bingo Commission and filed a complaint. She told them the … Continue reading

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