Monthly Archives: October 2007

Happy Halloween

October 31, 2007 – 10:48 am

It’s All Hallows Eve. The punkins are on the porch. The ceramic candle powered jack-o-lantern is dusted off, and will take its proper place on the porch tonight.
We have bales and bundles of candy. My little bride will make a beeline home from work tonight, to see as many of the little ghosts and [...]

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Happy Blog Birthday!

October 30, 2007 – 9:38 am

Two years ago today, I put fingers to keyboard, and this old blog was born. I guess it’s annual statistics recap time, so from the WP Dashboard:
There are currently 1,167 posts and 604 comments, contained within 27 categories and 91 tags.
Akismet has protected your site from 26,533 spam comments.
I’ll not embarrass myself with [...]

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RIP, Porter Wagoner

October 30, 2007 – 12:37 am

Porter Wagoner, legendary country singer who never donned a rhinestone suit that didn’t become him, has passed away at age 80.
My first recollection of him is watching his TV show, which started in 1960, and ran for 21 years. I watched at my grandparents’ house when we were there visiting, early in the show’s [...]

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October 29, 2007 – 10:15 am

That’s the temperature here this morning. Brr.. I couldn’t tell for sure, but when I let the cat out a little while ago, I thought I saw a thin coating of frost on the car windshields.
I’ve included a blog self-referential capture of the weather.com details from the right sidebar.
It’s time to factor in a [...]

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Paper Bag/Stindeens

October 28, 2007 – 11:34 pm

The Washington Redskins. Or my Fantasy Race Team. Take your pick.
-k-tbbs tags: washingtonredskins, NASCAR

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Filling the Time

October 28, 2007 – 10:55 pm

I flipped over to the Washington Redskins/New England Patriots game after the stock car race. The announcers just commented that this is the first time in history that two coaches, each having 3 or more Super Bowl rings, have faced each other in a game.
With the Pats up 45-0, and showing no signs of [...]

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Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

October 28, 2007 – 3:54 pm

I don’t follow college football with the fervor I once did; it’s a case of oversupply, with an endless stream of games starting on Thursday night, and continuing through Saturday. I guess teevee revenues are fine for the schools, but the glut of games leaves me overwhelmed. Last weekend in Roanoke, we saw [...]

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NASCAR HotPass Lineup

October 28, 2007 – 3:11 pm

With 4 races remaining in the Chase for the Nextel Cup, it comes as no major shock that today’s HotPass drivers are all in the Chase. And the lineup for today’s running of the Pep Boys Auto 500 from superfast Hot-Lanta Motor Speedway looks like this:
795 - Matt Kenseth, #17.
796 - Jeff Burton, #31.
797 [...]

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Uncaged

October 27, 2007 – 11:50 pm

I went to the yuppified mega-gihugeous mall this afternoon, and returned with the Mac OSX Leopard, family pack edition. The Apple Store was packed; there was a guy ahead of me who should give thanks tonight that he didn’t receive a richly deserved cell phone enema; his conversation was evidently more important than the people [...]

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The Leopard Leaps

October 27, 2007 – 3:31 pm

Apple’s latest incarnation of OS X, the Leopard, has been released. I’ll be trying to scare up a copy, much as I dislike heading to shopping venues on Saturday. I’ll try Best Buy first; I don’t like Best Buy1, their store is close. If it’s no-go there, I’ll venture to Micro Center, [...]

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