Author Archives: Joel

Carrie Prejean is a real piece of work

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Joel

This has been floating around on the Interweb for a few days, but I only watched it last night.  Can I say that she seems to be tool?  Is that even applicable to the female gender? In any case, she’s … Continue reading →

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Veterans Day 2009

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Joel

First off, I salute all of our surviving U.S. veterans, and commemorate those who have passed on. You have done a wonderful service for all of us. I was off today, which was very nice. The kids were both at … Continue reading →

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Josh is now a Star Wars fan

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Joel

It’s like a dream come true. Joshua is, I think, officially a Star Wars fan. He’s only 4.5 years old, but I think I can get continue my corruption, er, I mean, nurture his budding love for geekiness.  We’ve been watching … Continue reading →

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The Quinn Gray kidnapping hoax

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Joel

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Brothers (2009)

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Joel

I saw where this was going about 5 seconds into it.  Still, you know, this has to be happening all over the world in similar situations.  Life is messy and tough, isn’t it? Brothers stars Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tobey … Continue reading →

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A busy November Saturday

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Joel

Saturday morning, we met up with my sister-in-law and her family at our house.  We drove down to Wall, NJ to visit Atlantic Farms, which has a small petting zoo.  We’d been here before back in October 2008, and I … Continue reading →

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I bought a PureSleep so my wife can sleep

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Joel

Maybe it’s the weight gain, or the onset of old age.  In recent news, I’m snoring. A lot. This isn’t a dainty snore once in a while that women find attractive.  This is heaving snoring every night, and apparently disruptive … Continue reading →

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Halloween 2009

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Joel

One busy Halloween.  I spent most of the previous night up  uploading photos and trying to get my Adobe Premiere Elements software to recognize my camcorder (“Y’all better recognize!”), which hasn’t worked in a long while.  Still not luck today, … Continue reading →

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Heavenly Sword

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Joel

Cue the headline news music. This week, I beat Heavenly Sword, a game for the PS3. Please return to your regularly scheduled programming. The game came out about two years ago, and my brother-in-law Robbie borrowed it from a friend, … Continue reading →

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Halloween Parade & Friday Nite Out

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Joel

I worked from home Friday, as we were expecting multiple critical packages in the mail today, as well as the kids’ annual Halloween Parade. You send the kids’ costumes in the morning to the daycare center, and the kids dress up … Continue reading →

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