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So a guy walks into his parole hearing…

by ben @ Monday, November 10th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot family

Quick recap:
July 2007: Mom gets mugged.
May 2008: The judge gives the mugger 20 years, and to quote Sublime “…and his heart was filled with tears.”
September 2008: Mom calls me, tells me that he’s up for Parole and the hearing is in November. Me: “Really…?” Mom has the option of being at the parole hearing, in [...]

We inched toward 1984 recently, a little

by ben @ Sunday, November 9th, 2008. Filed under dot stuff

No, not like THAT, silly. No, I’m referring more toward the 1984 Presidential election, which was called so early I think the pollsters in Hawaii were still on their lunch breaks. I can’t remember exactly, but I seem to remember hearing them (I think NBC) call the election for Reagan right [...]

I did something that some people won’t like

by ben @ Sunday, November 2nd, 2008. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under dot politics

I’ve saved this post for a while, for fear of pissing off a couple of my readers (about 40% of my normal readership, in fact). I now no longer really care what they’ll say, and my wife already knows this anyway.
I didn’t vote Republican.
There, I said it. I didn’t vote Republican. Now [...]

DRM, succinctly

by ben @ Sunday, October 12th, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot drm, dot entertainment, dot tech, dot wtf

DRM Free:
Amazon for your mainstream stuff
Amie Street for indies and up-and-coming artists

It’s the Ladies’ Candidate

by ben @ Tuesday, October 7th, 2008. Tags: ,
Filed under dot politics

moar funny pictures

Cranky in my old age.

by ben @ Tuesday, October 7th, 2008. Tags: , ,
Filed under dot stuff, dot wtf

Just happened…
[Telephone ringing]
[examine Caller ID]
[It's local, but not someone I recognize. Pick up.]
“Hello?”
“Mr. Yarbrough?”
“Yes?”
“This is Rochelle from (indecipherable), and…”
“Sorry, who?”
“This is Rochelle from Direct Buy Showroom, and…”
“Sorry, I’m watching the debate and you’re bound to be much less interesting.”
[Hang up phone]
[Drink more tea]

Decision 2008

by ben @ Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008. Tags: , , ,
Filed under dot politics

My absentee ballot came in the mail Monday. Disappointingly, 2 of my 4 votes are going to be in uncontested races.
Now to research…

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