Author Archives: Mickey

Diet Blog: Day Eighty-Three

    A setback. A week ago I weighed in at 210½…but that was before our Friday night poker bash. I let myself go, indulging in lots of chips, lots of varieties thereof, and especially lots of sweet tantalizing cheese … Continue reading

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Happy 50th Birthday. Color TV!

    My dear friend and constant companion, color television, turns fifty today! In honor of that, please whistle a “G” while viewing the following image…Doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Today in Food (2004/03/25)

    Scientific breakthrough: the Scots have designed one of the world’s fattest snacks.

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My Plan (Again)

    I tried some experiments with my Maxtor drive and it looks like one of them might have worked. I tried reformatting the drive and this ended up with me recreating the partition too. I got a response from … Continue reading

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Bonanza of Burmese Bush Buys

    Most people spend Poker Night overeating, over-drinking, and maybe over-betting.“Pot it! Pot it! If you don’t pot it you might as well put on a skirt and walk out of here!”But here I am sitting on the couch, … Continue reading

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…Musst Buy New DVD Burner…

    Dual-layer… haaarrgglllhhh

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My Plan Has Failed

    To augment my PowerBook, I got a nice 250GB 7200rpm Maxtor OneTouch external hard drive. And to make the hard drive accessible to my IBM-PC I got a program called MacDrive, which is supposed to let Windows read … Continue reading

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The Truth is Out There

    Now that the attacks have begun, and since the Bush gang has proved itself so cavalier and — dare I say — liberal with their facts and figures, it might prove useful to consult FactCheck.org. In the words … Continue reading

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Upgraded

    I upgraded to 10.3.3 tonight. The upgrade was announced today but of course I couldn’t get started on it till I got home. The 58.8 MB download flew by and it was a snap to get it all … Continue reading

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Today in Food (2004/03/15)

    “Three members of the HoosierGazette.com staff decided to test their physical and mental endurance in Indianapolis Saturday by attempting to become the first to finish the J.R. Hohlier’s Sports Pub’s Five Pound Hamburger Challenge in front of several … Continue reading

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