Phil on September 29th, 2008

 China’s got a huge scandal-slash-crisis going over a bunch of melamine-tainted baby formula.  40,000 children have reportedly been affected, parents are up in arms and a bunch of lawyers have banded together to offer aid and advice.
The government’s response: threaten the lawyers.
Yeah, that’s going to do a lot to aid your international credibility, there, China.

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Phil on September 26th, 2008

Colorado fall.  That glorious time of year where it’s 40 humid degrees on the way to work and 80+ dry degrees on the way home.
Makes it difficult to decide which jacket to wear on the bike.

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Phil on September 25th, 2008

This is me ahead of it.
Today, nine of the top ten laptops sold by Amazon.com are netbooks.  I got mine back in December, so I’m feeling sufficiently ahead of the pack to make me happy.
A random thing to note: Of those ten top-selling laptops, exactly zero of them ship with Windows Vista.  That’s a stat [...]

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Phil on September 24th, 2008

Your pants’ magic weapon
My pants already roll natural 20s, thanks, but wow: a correctly-used apostrophe! 
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Um… I don’t think you guys are doing this right. 
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Take our herbal snooze-button enlarging pills! 

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Phil on September 23rd, 2008

On CNN.com:

WTFBBQ?  Look, Larry: I’m not sure that this particular pundit is entirely focused on “what’s best for the USA”, here.

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Phil on September 23rd, 2008

Walt Disney’s latest film is “Beverly Hills Chihuahua“.  Let’s just go on the record as saying that I’m really not expecting this film to be up in the Oscar count this year.
I am, however, expecting at least three direct-to-video sequels.
I really don’t “get” Disney anymore.  They have apparently given up on “quality” and are focusing [...]

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Phil on September 17th, 2008

“Rock hard with ease”
Buy our amphetamines to totally nail Guitar Hero on “Expert”! 
 
“Purchase today, larger pecker tomorrow”
Yeah, I’ve been really unsatisfied with the quality of yellow-bellied sapsuckers I’ve gotten from my current vendor. 
“Your head should start to get big”
Yeah, that’s what happened to Ken Griffey Jr. on that Simpson’s episode when he started taking sketchy [...]

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Phil on September 16th, 2008

I really hate election years.  I hate the ads, I hate the flyers, I hate the endless stream of meaningless soundbyte promises from every side.
Most of all, I hate pollsters and pundits and politicians who call my cell phone.
By this time in the election season, I get verbally abusive to people who call my cell [...]

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Phil on September 16th, 2008

$29,000?  According to CNN, that’s the average cost of a wedding these days.  That’s… that’s… obscene.

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Phil on September 15th, 2008

I’ve got a running list of things that I want to add to the bike at some point.
Saturday made me re-order my list drastically.
Now at the top: 90-degree valve stems.  I needed to check my tire pressure and add a few pounds and discovered that my front valve stem is completely impossible to reach with [...]

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