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Sorry for the lack of updates lately, guys. I’ve been on vacation all week, and have actually not been at the computer for more than 5 minutes at a time since Saturday. Seriously! As it turns out, there is a whole world out there to go do stuff in. Sitting at a desk job all day, sometimes one forgets that. We went hiking on Saturday, and took a bunch of pictures. Anyway, I’ve really been enjoying this time off. I’d better get moving though, don’t want to waste valuable vacation time. :)

For those who don’t recognize the line above, it means “you hate me” in German. I learned this after first hearing the song of the same name by Rammstein on the soundtrack for “The Matrix” some time ago. It then became my theme song at work when someone was giving me grief — I’d just crank up “Du Hast Mich” and let it do the speaking for me. Anyway, moving on to the point of this post…
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Check this out — Optimus Prime is heading to the middle east. Well, kind of, anyway. A member of Ohio’s 5694th National Guard Unit legally changed his name to Optimus Prime.
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OK, I may have to seriously re-evaluate the decision I made to change to the Mac as my primary computing platform back in 2001. Al Gore has been elected to Apple’s board of directors. How depressing. One of the most innovative and creative companies I know has aligned itself with a man who has all the personality of a chia pet. I demand a recount.

British parents: next time young Nigel heads out to his girlfriend’s house to “study”, you might want to ask which subject they’re working on. Britain’s Department of Education has decided that handing out contraceptives to kids isn’t cutting down teen pregnancies enough. The solution? Asking them to consider oral sex instead. That should do the trick.
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I’m no grammar expert. I write whatever sounds correct, and often will write something that is grammatically incorrect simply because the sentence flows better the way I write it. However, there is one grammar mistake I really can’t stand, and I have been seeing it more and more lately, even on commercial billboards and websites supposedly written by professionals. Click “more” for this important public service announcement.
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If you’ll recall, the other day I was remarking about how evil fish can be. Well, a spokesman for the fish community may have been able to speak on the matter — if he were still alive, that is. According to the BBC: “A fish heading for slaughter in a New York market shouted warnings about the end of the world before it was killed, two fish cutters have claimed.”
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Check out this upcoming scary flick. OK, maybe it’s not supposed to be scary, but I’m sure you can see where I’m coming from. As for those who can’t see where I’m coming from because they didn’t click the link, let me sum it up for you…
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I was just reading an article that reminded me of a tidbit of knowledge I absorbed some time ago that stuck with me (for reasons that will be shortly apparent). Those of you who use laptop computers are probably familiar with the laptops that offer a small, textured, rubber-coated nub in the middle of the keyboard that can be used to control the mouse cursor. Many of you have probably wondered what this thing is called. It’s not a mouse, really, and it’s not a touchpad.
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Maybe it’s just because this hits close to home, but this made me laugh hysterically. A particularly interesting insight is contained in a quote from a reader: ”Have you ever wondered,” she writes, “why it takes a bride months and months to plan a wedding, but a good funeral can be pulled together in two days? The elements are all the same — church, minister, music, flowers, guests, food.”