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You didn't really think I wouldn't blog on this date, did you? On this date 150 years ago (and, because I'm such a huge history nerd, at the exact same time as this post went online: 4:30 am EST), the newly formed Confederate States of America fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, signaling the start of the American Civil War.  Over the next four years, the country saw brutal combat that

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Wow, I can't believe I haven't blogged in almost eight months.  This used to be the only place where I could keep everyone up to date with the goings-on in my life.  But now with Facebook and Twitter I can do that much easier than on here.  I'll try to blog a bit more before the end of the year.  But now, a new contest. The premise is simple: I give you five songs by five different bands.  Then

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 As some of you know, I'm a huge New Orleans Saints fan.  So you can imagine that I'm still a little hyped about the Saints winning the Super Bowl last night.  I have been a sports fan my whole life.  When I was three days old my parents watched football with me.  Even though I was very young, I'm sure I enjoyed it!  Football was an early obsession of mine.  I distinctly remember watching

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A bit different take on goals this time around. Instead of giving my goals for the upcoming year, I'm thinking big. These are the things that I want to accomplish in the next ten years. 1. Begin a career. Right now I'm stuck in a crappy fast food job, and I have a Master's degree. I'm not at all happy with this arrangement. So, in the next decade (actually, I would rather have this happen

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As promised, here are my top ten albums of the decade. I say sort of in the title of the post because, in order to have more variety, I chose to only have one album per artist on this list. Two of my artists would have had multiple albums, and I wanted to showcase other bands as well. Two of the albums on this list are on my top albums of 2009, and therefore do not have videos with them. Go

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5. Cobalt - Gin Easily the most unique album on this list, Cobalt is an extremely technically proficient band.  The band only consists of two people, so I don't know how their live shows work, but in the studio they are amazing.  When you're listening to an album for the first time, and you describe it to yourself as "kinda brilliant," you know you're listening to something good. 4.

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10. Epica - Design Your Universe With their fourth studio album, the Dutch symphonic metal band Epica has released their heaviest album to date.  This may have something to do with their new guitarist Isaac Delahaye and his background in death metal.  But whatever the reason, the album is very good.  And Simone Simons still has one of the best voices in symphonic metal (and, in my opinion, the

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As I was compiling my annual list of what I consider to be the ten best albums of the year, I realized just how good a year this was for my music (for example, my top three albums of 2009 are by bands that I have liked for a number of years. Each band released their as-to-date best album this year). There were about twenty albums that could have easily ended up on my top ten list, and many more

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Over the next few days I will be putting together a couple of lists. This is the first one (the other two being top albums of the year, and of the decade). There were a lot of really good movies that came out this decade. Here are my favorites: 10. Rent (2005) 9. Children of Men (2006) 8. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) 7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) 6.

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I know that I set tomorrow as the end date for this, but I'm going out with some friends tonight to get an early celebration of my birthday, and I'm going to be drinking and might gain some of the weight back. Cheating? Maybe. Do I really care? No. Goal weight: 150.0 lbs. Current weight: 148.2 So I made my goal weight by over a pound and a half. Unfortunately, I'm having a terrible week,

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Goal weight: 150.0 lbs. Current weight: 154.0 Change from four weeks ago: -0.8 Pounds to go: 4.0 Hit a bit of a roadblock a few weeks ago when Emily left her job, leaving me little time to work out. Also, the new lack of money meant that eating healthy kind of went out the window, as healthy food is expensive. Despite this, I managed to lose a little bit of weight. I only have three weeks

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Goal weight: 150.0 lbs. Current weight: 154.8 Change from last week: -2.0 lbs. Pounds to go: 4.8 Awesome! I didn't exercise as much this week as I have been. I think my metabolism is finally increasing for the first time in years, which would explain the amount of weight lost. I think. Honestly, I have no explanation for this. But I'll take it!

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Goal weight: 150.0 lbs. Current weight: 156.8 lbs. Change from last week: -1.6 lbs. Pounds to go: 6.8 Another 1.6 pounds lost! At this rate, I'll be at my goal weight by the time Emily and I go to see Mara in California (more on that later). I've gotten better about eating at night. I used to come home from work around eleven at night, eat something not very healthy, then go right to bed.

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Kate Beckinsale has been named The Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire magazine. I am not going to argue with this. At all. Be sure to watch the video!

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Note: This is my 100th post on New [Improved] Worthless Hack. Here's to a hundred more. Goal weight: 150.0 lbs. Current weight: 158.4 lbs. Change from last week: -1.6 lbs. Pounds to go: 8.4 It seems that my new more intense workout regimen is paying off nicely. Earlier this week I was down to around 157 pounds, but put on a bit since then (damn you Qdoba and your big-ass burritos!). I'm very

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Goal weight: 150.0 lbs Current weight: 160.0 lbs Pounds to go: 10 Weeks to go: 10 Very attainable. I only have to lose one pound per week to obtain my ideal weight. I'm actually kind of shocked I'm down to 160. Last week, I was actually under 160 pounds (not by much. I weighed 159.8, but still...). Then we went home last weekend for Emily's uncle's funeral. And, of course, there was food.

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I know that's a shock to all of you, but I just had to say it. You know how I know? I was over at my parents' house this weekend, and I was looking for a plate. They had moved them. I said, out loud, "Where the frak are the gorram plates?" I actually swore in the language of two science fiction TV shows. In the same sentence.What could have made it worse is if I said "Where the frak are the

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I just wanted to say that I am truly grateful for all of you...wait, what the hell?

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I've dedicated a previous (now, unfortunately, lost) post to the events of September 11, 2001, so I'm not going to do another one. Instead, I want to share something with you. For over a week after the attack, the late night comedy shows were off the air. When they came back on, the hosts each had a monologue about their feelings and reactions to the events. I watched them all, but none was

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A time for optimism, where hope springs eternal, and other flowery nonsense that I can't come up with right now. Of course, I'm talking about only one thing...FOOTBALL!!!The NFL season kicked off last night, as the Pittsburgh Steelers (grr) defeated the Tennessee Titans in overtime. I was at work, so I missed the game. But I can't wait until Sunday, when I can watch the 10:00 games, then miss

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So I realized the other day that I haven't posted anything in about three weeks. I didn't even realize it! Anyway, here's what's been happening:- The reunion went well. Mara decided not to go, so our contest ended without a clear winner (or at least that's what I'm letting her think!). It was a small but good turnout. I had a bit too much to drink at the bar, and ended up crashing with a

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Starting weight: 167.2 lbs.Current weight: 162.4 lbs.Change from last week: -1.0 lbs.Overall weight change: -4.8 lbs.Mara, are you going to owe me a drink? :)Very happy with my progress so far. I haven't been this light in a few years. I can actually read the scale without having to suck it in!One week to go!

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This is just ridiculous.Be sure to watch the video.

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Starting weight: 167.2 lbs.Current weight: 163.4 lbs.Change from last week: 1.2 lbs.Overall weight change: -3.8 lbs.Much better than last week, despite not exercising as much. Emily and I have started to add a hill to our walk now, so it will be harder to walk, thereby burning more calories. My weight lifting is going well. I've started to add a little more weight to my workout. Things are

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Starting weight: 167.2 lbs.Current weight: 164.6 lbs.Change from last week: + 0.2 lbs.Overall weight change: -2.6 lbs.A bit of a setback this week, but that's OK. Emily and I are starting to exercise regularly now. We walk 3 miles every other day, and the days we don't walk we are lifting weights (thanks to Phoenix for lending us some dumbbells). Emily says that, even though I may not be

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Starting weight: 167.2 lbs.Current weight: 164.4 lbs.Change from last week: -2.8 lbs.Not too bad! Especially since I haven't been exercising at all. Emily and I are going to start working out before I have to go to work every day. I've been cutting back on how much I eat at work too. The casino provides a free meal to anyone working more than five hours, and it's all-you-can-eat. Before this

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Note: I wanted to get this post in before going to see Lacuna Coil and Cristina Scabbia's fine ass tonight. Hence the shortness of the review.With their latest album, Italian band Lacuna Coil strays even farther from their gothic metal roots. The resulting album is influenced by a wide range of music, including Middle Eastern and techno. The album is quality, yet I was yearning for their old

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So my ten year high school reunion is taking place August 14-15. We are going to take over the Beautiful Downtown Burbank Tavern (which has a sign outside that reads "Only a rooster can get a better piece of chicken around here") on the 14th, then have a potluck BBQ at the local park on the 15th. Should be fun.Previously, I had mentioned that I wanted to get down to around 150 lbs. by the time

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First and foremost, I must tell you that Dream Theater is my all-time favorite band. I've been a fan of theirs for about fifteen years now. They have released ten studio albums, only one of which I did not like (and neither did the band. They recorded it because their label wanted them to make a hit record, and the band almost broke up because of it. But they told the label that from then on

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Futurama is coming back! Comedy Central has ordered 26 new episodes to be shown over two seasons, starting in mid-2010. It will have been seven years since Futurama was on the air.Hooray!

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Click here.*Surprisingly, not a sexual innuendo.

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+=That is all.

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Turkey burgers + Bacon Salt = Awesome.That is all.

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I forgot to include this picture with my previous Bacon Salt post. I took it at Winco, and yes, I bought my Bacon Salt in bulk.Before we went to Winco, Emily, Phoenix and I went to World Market, and saw this amazing product:Unfortunately it costs $8, so neither of us could afford it. One day...

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Popcorn + Bacon Salt = Awesome.That is all.

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Note: The past two years I have made a list of my favorite albums from the previous year (click here for 2008's list). I still plan to do that this year, but in a change I will occasionally review some albums. Here is the first.Queensryche has been one of my favorite bands for about fifteen years now. They have produced two of my favorite albums, Operation: Mindcrime (1988) and Empire (1990).

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Yes, it's true. After a year and a half (has it really been that long? Let me check. Yep, it's been that long) of sitting on my ass contributing nothing to society, I have a job. Two of them, in fact. I am working at two restaurants soon to be open at the Northern Quest Casino: Fat Burger* and Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen. The pay is not that great (minimum wage), but it, along with Emily's

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Andy Hallett, best known for playing Lorne (or, if you're an uber-nerd, Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan) on the TV show Angel, died on Sunday at the age of 33. He had been battling heart disease for a number of years.Emily and I just started watching Angel a few months ago. We both love the show, and I absolutely love the character of Lorne. Andy Hallett was very good in the role of a

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In the musical commentary to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, during the song "Ten Dollar Solo," the actress who played Groupie #2* says, "I want to live forever/Just like in Fame/But not as depressing/I hear the remake is better." We were all a bit confused: when did they remake Fame?Well, they haven't. Yet. The remake comes out in September. So how do they know the remake is better?Because

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The eminent African-American historian John Hope Franklin died this morning at the age of 94. Throughout his long life, Dr. Franklin had a profound impact on the study of African-American history. His most noted contribution was his 1947 book From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans, considered a landmark in the field. He recently published his autobiography, Mirror to America:

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@ Patrick: you're new to this blog, so here's a heads-up: if I say the answer is going to be given on a certain day...chances are I'm lying to you. Ask anyone else here, they'll all tell you the same thing. :)Anyways, congrats to Patrick!Answer: I immediately noticed that the commercial takes place during the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. Yet Lincoln did not grow his beard until after his

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You all know me pretty well, right? You know how my mind works? Sure you do. But let's test that.First, watch this Diet Mountain Dew commercial.Question: What historical inaccuracy did I immediately point out to Emily (note: Emily isn't eligible to answer)?Answer will be posted Sunday.

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The Spokane/Cheney area has had a bit of a cold spell move through here the past few days. We got 2 inches of snow on Monday. The past few weeks hadn't been too bad: we even got up into the high 40s for a while! But now it's back to freezing cold.The apartment complex we live in was built in 1960, so it gets pretty drafty in here. Not good if you're trying to stay warm. It also has baseboard

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I'm having a pretty crappy week, so to cheer me (and all of you) up, here is a video of bloopers from the short-lived but still awesome show Firefly. It contains all the bloopers found on the DVD, plus others. My personal favorite starts about 6:40 in. Enjoy.Video is NSFW. Contains language and nudity. Delicious Nathan Fillion nudity.

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Yesterday Emily wanted to have her famous pasta salad for dinner. It's simple in its process and yet epic in its scope.* It's usually served vegetarian, but sometimes we will add chicken. This time we decided to do that. Since it's a cold dish, it's best to cook the chicken early and put it in the fridge so that it can cool down. So I started cooking the chicken at about 2:15. It takes 40

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Video is safe for work.

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Welcome back, Kid.

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Last week I was indexing marriage certificates from Stevens County. I came across a pretty unusual name. I'm sure her parents were hippies.Misty Sunshine Anderson.Wait, it gets better.For, you see, her husband's last name was Rains. Therefore, her married name is:Misty Sunshine Rains.I also ran across a guy who's middle name was Tron. And he was born in 1983. The movie came out in 1982. I

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Since Phoenix already covered Charles Darwin, I feel I should cover another person born on February 12, 1809: the greatest president the country has ever known, Abraham Lincoln.Talk about the right man for the right job at the right time. Lincoln was elected in 1860, a time when the country was on the verge of civil war. It would ultimately be his election that pushed the South over the edge.

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I came across an interesting site today: This is why you're fat. It's basically a series of pictures of the most unhealthy foods you'll ever come across.* Here are some of my favorites so far:Sloppy Joe on a Krispy Kreme bunBacon Explosion Wellington (click here for the original Bacon Explosion)Deep Fried Peanut Butter-Covered Brownie Wrapped In Cookie DoughCorn Dog PizzaTombstone Pizza Vending

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As you all know, I'm a huge baseball fan. Always have been. And as a fan I find it deplorable when yet another player tests positive for performance-enhancing drugs. On Saturday Sports Illustrated broke the story that Alex Rodriguez, formerly of the Seattle Mariners, tested positive for PEDs in 2003, the year he won his first MVP award. Monday, in an interview with ESPN, Rodriguez admitted to

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By now you've probably heard (or at least heard of) Christian Bale getting furious with the director of photography on the set of Terminator: Salvation (if you haven't, click here). Well, according to recently released footage, we now know that the DP wasn't at fault after all...Note: neither video is safe for work

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So in mid-December I posted my top ten favorite albums from last year. Well, I may have jumped the gun a bit. Since that posting I have listened to a couple more albums from 2008, and realized that they should definitely be included on the list. So, here is my revised list of the best albums of last year. An asterisk by the name indicates that it is a new entry.Honorable Mention: Lordi -

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So as all of you should know, Super Bowl XLIII is being played this Sunday. Normally, as a huge football fan, I look forward to the game. This year, however, I'm more excited about the party we'll be having at Thomas and Morah's house. So, why am I down about this year's game? Because of the teams playing. Let's look at each one of them, and I'll explain why I don't want them to win:

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Except for the whole "He's my boyfriend" part. That would just be weird.

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Did any of you who watched President Obama (wow, does it feel good to finally get to say that!)'s inaugural address catch the historical inaccuracy? In case you missed it, here it is:"Forty-four Americans have now taken the presidential oath."As we know from my previous post, that is not true. Isn't it weird that I would ask that just days before Obama makes the wrong statement? Does that mean

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Congrats Phoenix!Answer: On Tuesday, Barack Obama will become the 43rd person to hold the position of President of the United States.Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms as President of the United States. He was both the 22nd and 24th presidents, but of course he was only one person. Therefore, the actual number of persons to hold the office is one less than the number of distinct

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CNN's Rick Sanchez puts the smackdown on Joe the Plumber, aka Joe the War Correspondent, for comments he made in Israel about media coverage during wartime. Why won't this jagoff just disappear? Why are we still talking about him?

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Question: On Tuesday, Barack Obama will become the ___st/nd/rd/th person to hold the position of President of the United States.Looking for a number.Answer will be posted Saturday.

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Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it) from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo.

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It's not a good day when one of your favorite actors dies. It's an even worse one when two die on back to back days.Yesterday:R.I.P. Patrick McGoohan (1928-2009)Known to sci-fi fans as Number Six in TV's The Prisoner, many modern viewers remember him for his role as Edward I in Braveheart. Still others (actually, probably just me) remember him as the bad guy in Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend.

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The instructions:1) Go to Wikipedia2) In the search box, type your birth month and day but not the year.3) List three events that happened on your birthday4) List two important birthdays5) List one death6) One holiday or observance (if any)My birthday: December 4Events:771 - Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.1954 - The first

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Things I want to accomplish in 2009:1) Find a job.2) Lose weight. I had this same goal last year. I started strong, but quickly faded. My goal was to go from 175 lbs. to 150 lbs. by the end of the year. I currently weigh 169 lbs. So I did manage to lose 6 lbs., which isn't too bad, but not as much as I would have liked. My ten year high school reunion is, if the internet rumors are to be

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A little earlier than I said, but I have things to do this afternoon.Good job to Thomas and Emily for figuring out 10 of the 15 (you each got five). I'm handing out congrats to the first person to correctly guess it. And Emily, you were correct in your answers, with one notable exception:1. "I remember wrenching the steering wheel to the right and slapping my foot against the brake petal. I

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1. Pick 15 of your favorite movies. (No particular order)2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.3. Post them here for everyone to guess.4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search or other search functions.6. Go Ahead, do your own...you know you want to! (Assume this is me tagging everyone who reads this)These

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He he!

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So today I ran across Esquire Magazine's 5 Most Terrifying Local TV Commercials. While I encourage you to check them all out, as they are all truly horrific, this one from Norton Furniture is my favorite. It is the most disturbing, nonsensical, and bizarre commercial I think I've ever seen. Enjoy.Addendum: After watching his ad, go to jonesbigasstruckrentalandstorage.comand order a T-Shirt.

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Like last year, I have decided to give a list of what I consider to be the best albums of the past year. No, I don't expect any of you to like them (except my #2, which I KNOW most of you like), or watch any of the videos, but maybe you will. Stranger things have happened, right?Honorable Mention: In Flames - A Sense of Purpose (song: "The Mirror's Truth")10. Metallica - Death Magnetic (song: "

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Say what you want about how evil and incompetent President Bush is, the man does have good reflexes for his age!

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Either this company has a great sense of humor, or they're so stupid that they didn't realize they were getting away with possibly the greatest double entendre in the history of product names.And yes, it is a real product.

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In an earlier post before the election, I noted a couple of similarities between Abraham Lincoln's run for the presidency in 1860 and Barack Obama's run in 2008. One of the similarities I described was:Both men became their party's candidate for President at the expense of more-heavily favored candidate. Hillary Clinton was the front-runner for a long time before Obama beat her in the primary.

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Today I went next door to the landlord to pay rent. He mentioned that the rent check was his birthday present from us. Turns out that, yes, today is his birthday (three days before mine. Hint, hint). And how old is Ernie?92.You read that right.He's by far the best landlord we've ever had. Granted, that's not saying much, as EWU is the only other landlord we've had, and they were terrible.

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We've all seen them: warning labels that make no sense. The ones that warn against using a product in a certain way that would have been obvious to anyone who isn't a complete moron. You know that those are put on there because some idiot tried to use a product in a stupid way, got themselves hurt or killed, then the company got sued because they did not explicitly say not to do it. My

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Today, I went into the Cheney Bi-Mart to pick up a few things. They are currently celebrating their one-year anniversary. Among the things they are doing is giving out bags o'stuff to their customers, myself included. There were only three things in the bag, so it isn't like they're giving away great prizes or anything. But one of the free things that I got seemed rather odd.But first, here

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I just read this blog post over at Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters. It is written by a homosexual African-American male from South Carolina, and addresses the backlash against the LGBT community's protests of the passage of Prop 8. I must say, he excellently addresses the historical nature of why the LGBT community is beginning to organize massive protests. And, of course, I whole-heartedly

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The 1960s and 1970s were a great time to be a fan of rock music. Bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and countless others were in their prime, and would influence a whole new generation of musicians. While many of these great bands are very well known, and deserving of their iconic status, there is one band that frequently gets overlooked.In 1969, the

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I love Keith Olbermann. I love that he makes coherent arguments with plenty of evidence while still showing a lot of emotion, something that most commentators can only dream of doing.That said, I was laughing my ass off at Ben Affleck's impersonation of him on last weekend's "Saturday Night Live." He nails Olbermann perfectly (that's what she said).

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The more I find out about Sarah Palin the happier I am that her and McCain got their asses handed to them Tuesday night. Take a look at this Huffington Post article, and watch the video even though it's from The O'Reilly Factor.Wow.

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Via Cracked.If McCain's Concession Speech Was As Bitter As His Campaign -- powered by Cracked.com

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Did it really happen? Am I going to wake up and realize that the last 24 hours have all been a crazy wonderful dream? Did I really see history happen before my eyes?Could Barack Obama really have been elected?I'm just going to assume that this is reality. The chance that this is a dream is too horrible to contemplate.America has just elected the first African-American leader in its history.

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The great oral historian Studs Terkel died yesterday. Unlike other historians, Studs wasn't interested in what the major players had to say. He was interested in ordinary Americans caught up in great movements of history. His books include Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression and The Good War: An Oral History of World War Two (which won him the Pulitzer Prize). His last book

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After reading this post on the Daily Show's Indecision 2008 blog, I was literally speechless for about five minutes.Sarah Palin, that great constitutional scholar, stated that criticism of her attacks on Barack Obama is a violation of her first amendment rights:If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations, then I

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I just watched the documentary Free For All! online. The film documents cases of voter irregularities and outright fraud in Ohio during the 2004 presidential election. It is a good film which should piss off anyone who believes in democracy, no matter who they vote for on November 4. I encourage voters in other states outside of Washington (where we went to an all absentee voting system,

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Here are some recently released photos from the new Star Trek prequel. After each photo, I'll tell you what I like and don't like about each picture.If you can't tell who the characters are, don't talk to me again. Ever.Likes:- The new cast has a fairly similar look to the original cast. They at least look like their 1960s counterparts, particularly Dr. McCoy.- Simon Pegg!!!- Uhura. Zoe

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So I have decided to make this a private blog. The reason why will be stated hopefully sooner rather than later. I would like to make it public again soon, but for right now it behooves me (I've always wanted to use that term!) to keep it private.

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Need Fairchild AFB Writer for Collaboration:MARSFantastic.

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Currently I am reading Stephen B. Oates's With Malice Toward None: A Life of Abraham Lincoln. In his section on the Election of 1860, where Lincoln was elected president, I realized that there are some intriguing similarities between that election and the current one:Both Obama and Lincoln are from Illinois, but were not born there (Obama was born in Hawaii, Lincoln in Kentucky).Obama and

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October is National Archives Month. Be sure to hug your local archivist!By local archivist, of course, I mean me. Give me a hug.

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Since my last post (link unavailable on account of web site being taken down) was so popular, at least with Thomas, I decided to find more attractive women in the heavy metal genre for you to oogle. I'm presenting them in alphabetical order and, with only one exception, the link on their name is to a music video (the first woman is in a band with no music video as of yet). If I had to pick my

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Note: I didn't write this. A friend of mine sent it to me.I'm a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight... * If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you're "exotic, different."* Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential American story.* If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.* Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you're a maverick.

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I love you McRibSlathered rib-shaped pork productOn a hoagie roll

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Today at the archives I was processing Adams County criminal case files, and I came across a great name:Dude Glacken. Here is the conversation between my friend Lee and I after I showed him the name.Lee: Call me The Dude. Or The Dudester.Me: Or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.By the way, he was charged with "Permitting livestock to run at-large." Just like the Seattle

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Next week, the movie Righteous Kill, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. The movie is advertising itself as starring the two greatest actors of their generation, together at last. Now, I think the movie looks good, and it is great to see them together in a movie.At last. Which would be good if this is the first movie they've been in together. Which it isn't.They were both in Heat, Michael

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Note: worthless-hack.com has been taken down for the foreseeable future. So here's a new blog for now.It's been a while. And, sadly, nothing has happened in the month or so since I last posted. We got a Wii, but Emily already told you about that. We went camping at Pacific Beach, WA in mid-August with Emily's family. It was fun, but it was cold (as it always is there). Other than that,

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