Archive for October, 2009

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Tonight I took my 6yo son shopping for his Halloween costume.  Our first stop was The Halloween Store, which is temporarily occupying the Circuit City that used to be there.  I suspect that on November 1 it will become The Christmas Store.
The Halloween Store is set up in sections and as soon as [...]

I know my kid would love this on his wall.  Hell, I would love it on my wall. It is awesome.

For $45 you can get this from Etsy seller lildecalshoppe.
Product Features
* Made from 7 year high quality vinyl
* Measures 65 x 45 inches
* Available in many other colors. Please email color choice or black will [...]

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Like many of you, I make a run every morning to the local Starbucks for a giant cup of their java goodness.  Around here I have two options for coffee on the go – S-Bucks or the horrible liquid served by the Dunkin Donuts across the street.
A [...]

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Malcolm Gladwell currently has a piece in the New Yorker titled Offensive Play – How Different are Dogfighting and Football? It’s an excellent, yet disturbing article about football and brain injuries. One that has me questioning my future parental decisions.
I’m a football player.  No, I don’t currently play, but I [...]

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I have a horrible memory.  Even when I try to be organized and responsibly record and save information, I forget where I keep it.  But that’s not the case with Evernote.
Evernote is an online application with an interface that can be downloaded.  It’s a note taking system on steroids.  It’s a second brain [...]

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I’m not cool.  I’m uncool.
I went to a pretty rough high school where many of my classmates had cool parents.  I didn’t have cool parents.  None of my close friends had cool parents.
Cool parents let their kids and their friends drink at home.
Cool parents didn’t believe in curfews, or really any rules or [...]

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Several years ago I signed up for something called GrandCentral.com.  I worked at the office, at home, and also traveled a lot.  I needed a solution that would allow me to provide people with a single number and they could reach me wherever I was.  GrandCentral provided this plus a few [...]