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I just left negative feedback for an eBay seller for the first time. I’ve had the same account on ebay since 2000 and I really like buying things, so I’m not stranger to eBay. All-in-all, I tend to prefer buy-it-now “auctions” since they’re almost always simpler, faster and you don’t have to deal with other [...]

New England is known for having crazy weather. Being a weatherman up here has to be one of the easiest jobs because nobody really expects you to be right the majority of the time. That all said, in the past couple of months we’ve seen some really huge temperature swings. Today flirted with 70 degrees [...]

My birthday was great. Despite not being able to spend as much time with Corinne as I’d have liked, it was still good. Got plenty of well wishes and talked to a bunch of people that I don’t typically talk to. Been doing some pick-up IT work the past couple of days. It’s good to [...]

My experience with “getting older” has basically been making fewer mistakes over time. I don’t find this to be a bad thing at all! I’m happier than I’ve ever been and I don’t have anything to really complain about that’s not weather or climate related. If that’s all the real bitching I have, then I’d [...]

Today I received an order of Power Functions components from Lego and the order was a bit messed up. I had ordered two of the following: Power Functions XL-Motor Power Functions M-Motor Power Functions IR Receiver Power Functions IR Remote Control Power Functions Extension Wire 20” Instead, I received the following: 0x Power Functions XL-Motor [...]

We ran to Target yesterday to pick up some kitty litter and other random household necessities. While heading to the cash registers, we happened past the rest of the pet stuff can saw a section for “pet costumes”. There were plenty dumb ones, and I had no intention of getting any, but then we saw [...]

Corinne just sent me a link to the World’s Largest Gummy Bear. Holy. Fucking. Shit. The commercial is even kick-ass… Just a note – my birthday is coming up. Surprise me.

I just placed a quick call to a vendor to check up on the status of a repair that’s being done. All-in-all, very mundane and basic. The interesting bit was that when I hung up the phone, I received a message saying that I had 4 new voicemail message. Four. Seriously. And I was only [...]

I spent the weekend at the Boston Tattoo Convention, which I’ve attended every year since it began except for one. While this year definitely felt slower than previous years, it wasn’t without entertainment. Take the following photo for example: How scary is that? Not only does this person roll up and try to screw every [...]

My watch has been running fast for a few days. There’s definitely something wrong with it. I reset it as of 9am this morning. I went to a watch shop after work (around 5) and it was already an hour ahead. Definitely not good. I’ll hear in about a week what the damage is and [...]