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Depressing

Posted on October 20th, 2011 by eric

“Product of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Vietnam”

New computer-trackpadery love.

Posted on September 9th, 2011 by eric

  I knew it was going to happen sometime. Ever since I started using my MacBook Pro’s trackpad a whole lot more while mobile, every time I went to use my mouse at my desktop the experience was almost annoying. I blame the surface resistance of my desk which was probably not the best to [...]

Might repurpose this blog

Posted on September 1st, 2011 by eric

I have a feeling that what prevents me from posting to this blog as often as I would like is the fact that I have tried to intermingle personal and professional in one place… and it might not be working. So, here’s to ditching the “professional” on this blog and to coming up with another [...]

Doing another 1/2 marathon / A 90s musical scrapbook

Posted on May 2nd, 2011 by eric

For some crazy reason, Everclear happens to be the headlining band for the Seattle Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon &1/2. A band which I never would have been able to see in my high school years suddenly is going to be at the finishing line after I run 13 miles. Almost feel like I should put [...]

Chronograph envy: 1972 Junghauns on eBay

Posted on April 12th, 2011 by eric

Now that this auction has ended and there is no way that I can ever sell enough plasma to acquire it, I’m going to vent the last of my envy in a blog post. God it’s amazing. $510 doesn’t seem that bad either.

Elmo: the icon

Posted on April 4th, 2011 by eric

While listening to AV Talk, one of the few podcasts that I happen to actually subscribe to and listen to when I remember that things called podcasts exist, I caught the 2011 Sundance wrap-up episode and filled a list with movies that piqued my interest. Of everything mentioned, one movie in particular hit a soft [...]

Country Cousin – Centralia, WA

Posted on April 2nd, 2010 by admin

The symbol of our country… delegated to keeping my food from being sloppy Did one of my crazy rounds of driving yesterday and ended up in Centralia, WA. A town somewhere between Portland and Seattle along I-5, it seems to be some sort of touristy, glorified bathroom break… which is weird because I always hit [...]

Talk Radio Gets Me Going

Posted on March 25th, 2010 by admin

So, around these parts, the local talk radio source is KBKW and, on certain mornings I happen to catch Coffee Talk with Doug McDowell. I have grown to respect this show because Mr. McDowell is typically not a personality that makes uninformed claims and the guests are respected even if some fundamental disagreements could be [...]