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Got this from Jender's blog, playing along...   1. Do you like blue cheese? no 2. Have you ever smoked heroin? not as far as I know 3. Do you own a gun? no, but I have a boomstick4. What flavor do you add to your drink at sonic? no sonic 'round these parts5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? yes6. What do you think of hot dogs? I think I would like one right now, Sabrettes with a

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Taken yesterday. Ouch.

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If anyone reading this likes John Mayer, good on you.  The nice thing about opinions is we all have some.    John Mayer is a caracature of a cliche of a copy of something that was cool when it was old black men doing it.  I'll give the guys like Clapton and Richards a break, because when they got into blues they had to really dig to find the records, it was an underground thing.  In 2008,

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This Saturday May 3rd is Free Comic Book Day.  This is an annual event that started back when the first Spider Man movie came out, this year it's being timed with the release of the new Iron Man flick.  The idea is simple, comic book stores are giving out free comics to anyone who comes in, no strings attached.    The comic book business is kind of insular.  Distribution is dominated by one

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"I firmly believe that, you know, if there was a magic wand to wave, I'dbe waving it, of course. To your question on the Saudis, look, I havemade the case that, you know, the high price of oil injures economies. But I think we better understand that there's not a lot of excesscapacity in this world right now."GWB 4/29/08"What I think the president ought to do is get on the phone with theOPEC

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In two days we are going to play our first show in the 'real' world inalmost a year. I hate to use that word, because playing shows in SecondLife is pretty darn real. In any case, it's the kind of performing thatinvolves moving amplifiers around, driving distances, and otherwsieleaving the cozy confines of Superhero Studios. It will be fun to play standing up and prowling a stage again. It

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Played our brains out again this weekend, 6 shows between Friday night and Sunday night, more than 6 hours on the mic, the voice was shot by the end. One more thing I love about playing in Second Life is we can play as much as is physically possible. Our Sunday night shows at Echo Echo are a lot of fun, there's always a great bunch there, but the real treat for us is teaming up every week with

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It's been a hard decision and took a lot of soul searching, but the fact is that original music is just an endless uphill battle. To that end, we're gonna bail the originals and move to a top-40 cover format, Phil Collins and stuff. Erm, what day is it again today? Sorry, I couldn't stop myself.The punchline to the last post is I re-worked the guitar sound a couple more times, and actually got

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Overheard very late last night-Me: You know, I don't know why I keep fighting it, I should just admit that I am a Gibson man and quit struggling with the Fender guitars, I've played humbucker guitars since forever, why do I keep resisting it?The Missus: Oh my god, I can't believe we're having this conversation, yet again.

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Boy did it feel good to get back in Second Life last night. Two weeks to the day since we last played, seemed more like six months. I can't wait to see my cell phone bill, I bet I logged an easy 30 hours talking to support (read- sitting on hold). It was great to see all our friends, and to get back to the Glamshack too, I missed the heck out of the club. Looks like I will need to make a few

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Movies we've watched while offline-Superbad- not as funny as I hoped it would beIdiocracy- uncomfortably spot on in places, more satire than comedyPirates 3- well, it looked good anywayPlanet Terror- awesomely awesomeDeath Proof- see aboveShoot 'Em Up- midway through the missus said "this is so stupid!" yes it is, baby, yes it is. recommended.Talk To Me- very funny and solid for the first 3/4,

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After much hairpulling, chest beating, and gnashing of teeth, I have been promised progress today. I've heard that before, but this time it had the ring of truth. We're certainly due for a spot of luck. Boy I yelled the hell out of Earthlink last night. I personally don't like yelling at people, and I hate being put in a spot of having to yell at people. I looked forward to the 2 hour season

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I spent enough time on hold with Earthlink this week to qualify for benefits. After 5 hours on the phone yesterday I finally got to someone who would talk straight, and he admitted that it was a screwed up deal for sure, and that nothing would happen until at least Monday. So we are SOL for the second weekend in a row. We're furious about it, but cable or satellite isn't an option. We'll

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Still offline, I'm told DSL service should be restored sometime today, fingers crossed. Remind me how we lived without the internet again?

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Catastrophic phone outage at home, been down since Friday and may not be back operational until Wednesday. Brutally frustrating. Updates as I am able...Sent from my iPhone, deep in the heart of Cardiac City...

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You play in bands for some 25 years, you pick up a few good stories. I played with a rockabilly band for awhile. We had a good run by band standards, I think maybe 2 years, and we worked constantly. Nice bars, crummy bars, theaters, cruise ships, fairs, receptions, it was the most I had worked in a band to that point. This was when swing bands were all the rage, back in the late 90's. It's

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Saw Van Halen this week, great fun. My ears are still ringing. They definitely got it done, just so much better with DLR. Plus there was a big brawl in front of us at the end of the show, felt like old times.Comics scribe and intarwub overlord Warren Ellis launches the free webcomic Freak Angels today- http://www.freakangels.com.Go read it, and tell me what you thought.Dolphins release my

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I was thinking about it, and even though the local sports teams are brutal, just bottom of the barrel, the one bright spot is we have a superstar, arguably one of the most recognized figures in all of sports, a worldwide celebrity, right here in our backyard. Whataminute, say what? Traded to Phoenix?!?

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Down here in Cardiac City, our big supermarket chain is Publix. We have others, but Publix is the one we go to. For a couple of years there when grocery shopping online looked like the next big thing, they had Publix Direct, that was awesome. You'd go online, check off a bunch of stuff, and then two days later they'd bring large quantities of meat and beer RIGHT TO THE HOUSE. But I

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What a game. It's hard to describe the investment we have in the Miami Dolphins and the 1972 Perfect Season. I was six for crying out loud, and all I knew about Dolphins back then was re-runs of Flipper.It can be frustrating living down here, because most everyone is from someplace else. What's maddening is this- these are people who left their friends, their family, they left their jobs,

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My favorite restaurant is a place called Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza. I first read about them a couple of years ago, but the original location was a roughly 40 minute drive. They opened a place that was much closer in September 06, and we've been getting there once or twice a month ever since. The menu is small- pizza, chicken wings, salad, a couple of other things that don't matter. Pizza,

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Got word today that a friend of mine isn't doing too good. He's been fighting liver cancer, and the fight is almost over. Young guy, mid 30's, worked for me back in the day when I was director of network operations for a mid-level ISP. Great sense of humor, I sent him out on the road for many a crummy assignment, never complained. I don't know how it is for you guys, I have a day job that I

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I'm driving to work this morning, running a few minutes late so I decided to take 95. Tooling along, typical Monday morning traffic, busy but not quite bumper to bumper. There's a slow down ahead of me, so I toe the brake. The car shuts down. Totally dead, the electrical system flatlined. I am in the middle of the interstate, traffic flying on eather side, and I am dead in the water. I

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Last night, mid set, everyone gets a notice that the sim is restarting in 5 minutes. Third time that's happened at this particular gig, so we said we were going down with the ship, Titanic style. Played a few more songs, 5 minutes dragged out to 10, then it finally says going down in 60 seconds. Two griefers had shown up by this point and were pummelling me and Mackenzie with a baseball bat

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This is the name of every band that I have played with, in chronological order, as best as I can remember right now. I did about 6 months in a chick lead singer cover band between The Abusers and CIA, but all we ever did was rehearse and I can't remember the name of the band. The singer chick was kind of cute. Can't remember her name either. There were a couple of country outfits mixed in

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