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Great Quote from Albert Einstein

Monday, August 11th, 2008

“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.” - Albert Einstein
Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
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Legislating Morality

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

It’s the time again where the Christian political machine is revving up for another presidential election. This is a time, as a Christian, I truly dread.
This is the time where human sexuality, abortion, gay marriage, etc., rule the voting consciences of many Christians. It comes down to a simple principle:
The religious right believes you [...]

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Last weekend, I had a most excellent time in San Diego. My girlfriend grew up there, and she has a regular appointment once a month in the area. Since we just hit our one year dating anniversary, I decided to look for hotels in downtown San Diego and see what kind of deals I could [...]

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Firefox 3 Out Today

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

Firefox 3 was released today. Download now and help Firefox get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most downloads on a single day!
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New Universal Symbol for Gasoline

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Friday, April 4th, 2008

It dawned on me (with a friend’s help) that “The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim” when translated completely to English is: The The Angels Angels of Anaheim”
Couldn’t we just call them Los Angeles of Anaheim?
Or better yet, why not.. the Anaheim Angels. Gee, why didn’t they think of that one?
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I’m Getting Married!

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Yep. I took the plunge. Again.
Proposed on a secluded beach outside of Malibu last night.
More details to come… No date set, yet, but it could be as early as the end of summer.
Edited: Sorry, this was an April Fool’s joke. I posted a comment saying “read the date” when my friend Mike fell for [...]

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Barry Zito Not the Same

Monday, March 31st, 2008

I’ve seen Zito pitch twice. Once he threw a complete game shutout against the Angels in Anaheim (and I was in the city of Anaheim’s box… and I invited an A’s fan who happened to be wearing his A’s stuff when I called about an extra ticket…). This time, it was the Giants who got [...]

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I love it!
Update: Embedding has been turned on and off on this short, and it seems now it is back on. If you can’t get the video to play, click the link in the comments.
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I fought the law and… I won!

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

I’ve had that changed version in my head all week. Singing, “I fought the law, and I won!”
Yes, I won. I went to court on principle. I came to a complete stop before turning right on red, and I was not going to pay the ticket unless I was found guilty at trial.
And the cop [...]

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