Archive for July, 2007
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
Weird Al
Two weeks ago Weird Al made a stop in the DFW area. He was supposed to play in McKinney, but the venue got a little to soggy ( it was outdoors ) and the event was moved to Garland to their “Special Events Center”.
This of course caused some major headaches with seating and such, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in General, Music by Patrick
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
Harry Potter
For the first time in my life, I have read a book straight through without taking a break for silly things like sleeping ( Maggie was up with me, no idea if that’s happened to her before ). Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows is well worth the wait and all the reading leading up to [...]
No Comments » - Posted in General, Reading by Patrick
Friday, July 20th, 2007
Couple of New Blogs
Wanted to post here that I’m starting to post at two new blogs I’ve been invited to:
clusterflock – a blog about everything with no filtering, so expect anything
SnaggleTruth – a blog about the TV Shows Heroes and LOST ( at least so far )
I know what you’re thinking, “But he doesn’t hardly post on [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in General by Patrick
Monday, July 16th, 2007
Live Free or Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard is one of those action films you just need to suspend your brain for a couple of hours and just enjoy the craziness.
It stars Bruce Willis, reprising his role as Detective John McClane from the previous Die Hard movies. This time, he’s bringing in a hacker, played by Justin [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Movies by Patrick
Monday, July 16th, 2007
Idiocracy
For some reason, I think because I was looking at Justin Long’s IMDB list ( you know, “Hey, I’m a Mac” guy ), I found this silly, but funny movie called Idiocracy. It’s a story about how the portion of mankind that’s actually reproducing is those with lower and lower IQs as the smarter people [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Movies by Patrick
Sunday, July 1st, 2007
iPhone: First Impressions
As Maggie pointed out on her blog, I was one of the many who braved the crowds Friday night and got us both an iPhone. My friend Jim has a pretty good account of what we went through to get our phones.
After a fairly quick activation, and after having my corporate discount removed, Maggie [...]