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Spinner Hubcaps, Peds with iPods and Cell Phones to be Banned by New York

February 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Sen. Morahan,
I am pleased to say that this is my first time writing to you as long as you have been my state Senator. I wanted to write because lately I have heard about some disturbingly frivolous pieces of legislation proposed by your colleagues. I am mostly concerned with two proposed bills, S1640 […]

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Tags: Government & Politics · My Thoughts · Police, Law, & Justice · Technology · Telephones

Predictions for 2007

December 30th, 2006 · No Comments

What is everyone thinking 2007 is going to be like? 2006 was pretty lame.
My predictions for 2007:

End of the Iraq war, islamofascists welcome us as friends and trade partners.
Kim Jong Il trades a gift basket from Bath & Body works for all his nuclear weapons.
Indian call center industry plummets when consumers collectively rise up […]

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Tags: Government & Politics · My Thoughts

Face Recognition and You: What Celebrities Do You Look Like?

November 19th, 2006 · 2 Comments

The other day I was hanging out, writing songs on an acoustic guitar, and Myspacin’ it, when I noticed one of my friends had a little flash applet in their profile that compared their facial picture to celebrities. I’m not one to deck out my Myspace page with all kinds of flashy things (my […]

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Minimum Purchase on Debit/Credit Card Transactions

October 15th, 2006 · 34 Comments

Last night I ordered out for Chinese food. My stomach and my wallet were calling out for General Tso’s chicken and fried dumplings. But I ended up pretty disappointed because of a misguided store policy at the restaurant.
This particular restaurant, Plum Blossom in Troy, NY, gladly took my order over the phone, but […]

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Tags: Business · Complaint Department · My Thoughts

V for Vendetta: A story of dinner and a movie

March 26th, 2006 · No Comments

To quote the official website, “If you’ve seen V FOR VENDETTA you already know there are some mighty big explosions.” Well, they were right – it sure was a bomb.
I enjoyed V for Vendetta because of the plot, the acting, the cinematography, and the sweet explosions and fight scenes. What I got incredibly […]

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