Archive for May, 2008

Take Flight

Posted by Joe on May 29th, 2008

Be impressed beyond all your Accordion expectations with Alexander Dmitriev playing Flight of the bumble bee by Korsakov!   Tell your friends. Technorati Tags: Accordion, Alexander Dmitriev, Flight of the bumble bee, Korsakov

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Think you can balance the budget?

Posted by Joe on May 28th, 2008

Give it a try with NPR‘s web based game.  Marketplace brings us a generic look at how the budget can turn around, in a cartoony manner.  This way we can forget how it would really effect actual people if the changes would happen.  Plus, the options are few and basic.  Stuff like Flat tax or [...]

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Graves… Take two, they’re small

Posted by Gary on May 16th, 2008

BOGO offers (buy one, get one – usuallly free) have become commonplace in today’s competitive marketplace. But I stumbled across one on my local newspaper website that struck me as odd, funny and just plain interesting. A local establishment, Allouez Catholic Cemetary & Chapel Mausoleum, is advertising a BOGO offer on graves. I guess it [...]

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Here’s $10 – get yourself… something.

Posted by Gary on May 13th, 2008

Visit www.SomethingStore.com, give them $10 and they’ll send you something. Oh, and shipping is free. “It maybe something you need, something you want or something you desire. Yours may be a cool gadget, rare book, table game, handmade necklace, reverse clock, box of gourmet chocolates, set of shiny shower curtains, popular video game, big-box retailer [...]

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Colbert “defending” O’Reilly

Posted by Gary on May 12th, 2008

Clip of Stephen Colbert coming to the defense of his mentor, Bill O’Reilly regarding a 20 year old clip of O’Reilly losing it on set. P.S. Bill O’Reilly is a douchenozzle. Technorati Tags: Stephen Colbert, Bill O’Reilly

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NIN is doing good for the music world, imo

Posted by Joe on May 8th, 2008

I say Trent Reznor is thanking is fans time and time again with his latest releases.  Ghosts, which I did not mention here due to being away, is a great ambient album that is 2 CDs long, sounds great, and was $10.  Or I could have downloaded half of the songs for free.  Outstanding.   I [...]

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Why So Serious?

Posted by Joe on May 4th, 2008

So, if you went to see Iron Man, you might have seen this…   If you haven’t seen Iron Man, you might have seen this on the web…   either way, you should watch the newest Batman, The Dark Knight trailer. Technorati Tags: Batman, The Dark Knight

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Your Life is not yet complete…

Posted by Joe on May 2nd, 2008

Until you have your very own…   R2-D2 Projector!   So, throw down that $2,995 and be the biggest nerd on your block with this guy. Technorati Tags: R2-D2 Projector

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Rise of the Machines!

Posted by Joe on May 1st, 2008

Robots will kill us all…  and this one will get you first! Technorati Tags: Robot

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