Author Archives: Joel

NY Post: Melting Not – Why Young People Like Me Started Dating Within Our Race

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Joel

An article by Raakhee Mirchandani, a features reporter for the New York Post. I came upon a mention of the article (dated March 14 2009) from Anna John’s HERstory blog, and it took me some time to locate the original … Continue reading →

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NY Post: Homeless beggar jars are a sham, NY AG files suit

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Joel

I knew it! Those UHO jugs and hawkers begging for your donations is a scam! If you work or visit NYC, you will often see these people standing on street corners next to a large table with a banner for the … Continue reading →

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Something about teenage girls really annoys me

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Joel

This is going to bite me in the butt later when my daughter Lily hits her teens, and I’m not looking forward to it. I really don’t understand that whole screaming and swooning.  Case in point — Recently some Canadian teen … Continue reading →

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Empire Records (1995)

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Joel

Another example of my attempts to catch up on all the classic movies that I’ve missed and should have watched, I recently watched Empire Records. It’s an old 1995 movie starring a few big 90’s stars like Liv Tyler, Anthony … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 themes are cool and free

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Joel

One of the features that I love about Windows 7 are the many desktop themes that are freely available. If you haven’t found them yet, Microsoft offers a Windows 7 Personalization Gallery that offers many free ones for download. Windows 95 and … Continue reading →

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Hancock (2008)

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Joel

On my dayoff, I watched Hancock, the 2008 anti-superhero movie that came out in summer 2008.  Starring Will Smith, Charlize Theron, and Jason Bateman, it came out to mixed reviews.  It’s about Will Smith playing this drunk anti-hero with superpowers, and … Continue reading →

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CNN Money: Dirty secrets of Black Friday ‘doorbusters’

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Joel

Sounds hot, don’t it?  “Dirty Secrets“?  No, it’s just that while everyone is hot-to-trot about those Black Friday sales, it’s all just a lot of hoopla.  Personally, I’ve never ran to the store in the middle of the night to get … Continue reading →

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I completed my last audit of the year

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Joel

As of yesterday, I completed work on my last audit of the year, so now I’m “free.”  I say “free”, because I’m going to obviously help out whoever I can, but I’m basically unassigned for now.  Time to do research, … Continue reading →

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It’s alive!!! We have fish again

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Joel

That post title should be read with your best Dr. Frankenstein impression.  We have fish again. As you may remember, we had a mass ritual suicide in the aquarium back in the beginning of August. Now that Doug helped me … Continue reading →

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A birthday party for Heidi and Pradeesh

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Joel

On Saturday night, we packed up the kids into the car, and drove to the Marakesh Restaurant in Parsippany to meet up with the gang to celebrate recent birthdays for Heidi and Pradeesh.  Others had been here before, but it … Continue reading →

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