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jaytee — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:28:24 GMT

Wow, y'all are still posting here?

Short Mexico Vacation

jaytee — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:35:59 GMT

I'm hoping someone here has some insight on this. Can anyone make recommendations regarding vacationing in Los Cabos vs. Mazatlan vs. Puerto Vallarta? Girlfriend will be interested in shopping and since this is a birthday trip for her, that'll be important. Both of us will be interested typical beach stuff (swimming, day/night cruise, etc.), sight-seeing on land, eating, drinking (mainly me drinking).

I'm keeping an eye on travel.state.gov to make sure the drug violence doesn't spill into the resort areas, so don't worry your pretty little heads about that.

Thanks all in advance for your help.

Skeevy Hilarious Picture I Found

jaytee — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:02:59 GMT

I ran across this ad some time back at the end of an article I was reading. I wasn't looking at porn or anything like that, but the article itself was of the Strange News or similar ilk. Anyway, there at the bottom of the article was this ad, which I had to grab the image of to share later. I SWEAR TO GOD I WAS NOT ACTIVELY SEEKING THIS.

Anyway, isn't it just skeevy as hell? Also, hilarious.

Can't we just accept the fact that we're landlocked?

jaytee — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:08:16 GMT

OK, it's a great place to stop for a drink and maybe for dinner. The pond is part of what makes it pleasant. But, it's not oceanfront, for Christ's sake. Get over yourselves and stop pretending that it is.

Question about Filing Taxes

jaytee — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:32:34 GMT

Yeah, I've only been doing the itemized returns for 11 years. No need to hurry with this question.

I know you're supposed to clip the W-2 stub to your return, and I do that. My question is, do you enclose copies of all your other statements with your taxes, or can you avoid that since the IRS gets a copy too? I'm thinking of statements of interest payments, qualified dividends, capital gains, etc. that are mailed to you each year--do you send copies of those with your tax forms? I've always been conservative--cramming in copies of everything into an envelope and sending it off, but I question whether I need to bother with all that.

Geography Confession

jaytee — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:33:34 GMT

I never heard of Turks and Caicos until the Colbert Report the other day.

Whittle Whittle Whittle

jaytee — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:55:03 GMT

I remember when Motorola was the largest employer in Arizona. This was in the mid-90s. Since then the company has continuously shrunk. Off the top of my head, here's what's happened to it so far:

Closing down of various divisions (I sit in a former Motorola lab, in fact)
Portion(s) purchased by General Dynamics
On Semiconductor spun off
Freescale spun off

And now the latest: Motorola is splitting in two.

Amazing.

Potential Good Use for Myspace: Is Possible?

jaytee — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:48:19 GMT

Pretty much every band, performer, and live music venue that I have any interest in has a Myspace page. Some performers have abandoned the whole website idea and are exclusively on Myspace. I figure a Myspace account would be a great way to bookmark all these different groups and performers as well as track down new performers I'd enjoy.

Here's what I'm wondering: Most (all?) performers have a calendar of upcoming performances. Would it be possible to create a consolidated calendar of all the performers' upcoming gigs on my friend's list, filtered to just show upcoming Phoenix or Arizona shows? Is there an ambitious geek out there who has come up with an application to do this? I lack the mad programming skilz to do it myself. Otherwise, I'd consider it.

ETA: Guess I don't really need Myspace. This looks pretty useful. (Yeah, I can sign up for individual email lists, which I've done, but I want my information consolidated and pertaining to performances in my area only.) Though it would still be nice to see, say, the whole year's worth (or however far out a given band's schedule goes) in an event calendar display.

Tanzanian Libertarians

jaytee — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:49:13 GMT

I like this Makwaiawa Kuhenga guy.

But I would advise the Americans and all others who want to support us to deploy a SELF-RELIANCE benchmark as qualification number one to deserve future grants rather than “democracy and good governance”. This will help jolt us -- all of us Tanzanians -- to our senses if we are to be cured of this crippling donor dependence virus inimical to the very independence and sovereignty of our country.

Best Sportcoat Ever

jaytee — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:00:11 GMT

Dear mother of God.

Only $110? Wow, sign me up.

Hey, why hasn't anyone reviewed this thing?

Everest. It's a Killer.

jaytee — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:34:07 GMT

It may not get you during the climb, but it'll get you eventually.

Betcher wondering how the hell I ended up with this.

jaytee — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:28:26 GMT

61% Chris Dodd
61% Rudy Giuliani
60% Hillary Clinton
59% Bill Richardson
59% Mitt Romney
59% Tom Tancredo
57% Barack Obama
57% John Edwards
54% John McCain
51% Ron Paul
51% Mike Gravel
51% Fred Thompson
49% Mike Huckabee
47% Joe Biden
45% Dennis Kucinich

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

Aluminum Jacket

jaytee — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:51:22 GMT

Check it out. Pretty cool! Perhaps they could machine me a hat next.

What we have here is...failure to communicate

jaytee — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:16:57 GMT

When I read the headline, I thought, damn, they stole an entire half kilometer of a major city? How does one do that?

Covering Hillary's Face

jaytee — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:55:37 GMT

If my counting is correct, this page has generated the owner a whole $2400. Subtract whatever he pays for Google ads, and he's probably only lost a few thousand bucks.

I'm no Hillary fan, but that web site looks like something a kindergartener would dream up. Not that that differentiates it from typical political discourse, or anything.

TV Recording: Bring Me Into the 21st Century

jaytee — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:41:57 GMT

After 14 years of dedicated service, my VCR is acting like a little bitch--not recording shows I've programmed, getting hung up while rewinding, pulling the tape out of the cassette, etc. I'm thinking the time has come to replace it with another video recording device. I'd like to keep up with the times, so I was thinking of getting a DVR or DVD recorder. Don't DVRs require a subscription service though? I don't want to pay for a subscription just to keep up with Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and Jeopardy. A DVR without a subscription service would be just peachy. A DVD recorder sounds like a decent idea, but you can't just keep recording over and over on the same DVD, can you?

You're Broke?! Really?!

jaytee — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:52:00 GMT

I've noticed that most financial advice columns boil down to "Don't be a Goddamn moron and/or pushover."

I'm From the Region...And I Moved Around A Lot

jaytee — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:12:44 GMT

What American accent do you have? (Best version so far)

Neutral

You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you're just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don't really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or maybe you just moved around a lot growing up.

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My Goodness! My Guinness!

jaytee — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:33:20 GMT

I love that Guinness commercial with the guys representing bubbles dressed in beige costumes bouncing off the drums that represent the side of the glass then bouncing of the cymbals representing the head. It's like live-action CFD!

Flamingo Fury

jaytee — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:38:46 GMT

Aw man, it was in a crate? I had much more comedic image in my head before I read that part.

LMAO! Weird Al Jeopardy

jaytee — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 04:39:39 GMT

Pay attention to the clue at 1:38. I didn't catch that when the video first came out, back when I was 13.

Also, I like this.

Early Birthday Present!

jaytee — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:52:40 GMT

My girlfriend got me an AirPort Express for my birthday! I'm not using it to do any wireless networking or printing or any of that crap; I'm using it to stream iTunes through my stereos. Nifty! I'm digging around now to see if there are any tricks or trips that would make it even more useful.

Album Recommendation

jaytee — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:36:15 GMT

Sympathique by Pink Martini. Such a unique sound and ecclectic mix. I've sampled their other albums and, even though they received excellent reviews, they haven't grabbed me like this one has.

I love their rendition of Que Sera, Sera. Haunting.

Newsflash: Mom Loved Her Kids, Family

jaytee — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:32:08 GMT

Wow, so this slain mother actually loved her family? How unusual. My mom absolutely despised us. She would chase us around with an ax and occasionally set our bedrooms on fire. Don't even get me started on the cyanide.

"You Get What (and Who) You Vote For"

jaytee — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:58:35 GMT

I love Charlie Wheelan.