The Adventures of Mega GadgetMan

Chanukah/Christmas

2010-01-04T22:29:51Z

11. Junie and I, Chelsea and D/\N, and his parents had brunch together on Friday at Ingrid's Kitchen. Later we visited my brother and my parents at my parents' house. For dinner our morning group of six ate at the Coach House. We also played together with my first present: Beatles Rock Band for the 360. I got the limited edition with the Paul McCartney Höfner bass.

12. We had a big Chanukah dinner on Saturday featuring buffalo brisket and homemade latkes.

13. Everybody except Junie drove at the Pole Position Raceway on Sunday. After that we had lunch at the Golden Palace and walked in a park by the river before dropping D/\N's parents off at the airport.

14. We played some more Beatles Rock Band on Monday and ate at Johnnies Charcoal Broiler and Coits Drive Inn #3.

15. Chelsea bought me the George Harrison Gretsch guitar and an additional microphone for Beatles Rock Band as my present on Tuesday. We had dinner at Chelino's Mexican Restaurant.

16. We visited with Chinaski's wife and kids on Wednesday.

17. Chelsea and D/\N visited some of their friends on Thursday.

18. There was more shopping on Friday.

19. We all went to Wynnewood on Saturday to celebrate Christmas with Junie's mom, dad, brothers, and their families.

20. Chelsea and D/\N took a flight back to Seattle on Sunday.

21. I went back to work on Monday.

22. On Tuesday we relaxed.

23. The IT service desk guy told me on Wednesday that my main work machine would have to be taken offline and have the standard windows desktop reinstalled. I told him I would need some time to get my files backed up. The weather service was predicting snow for Thursday so we decided to take the grandkids presents to them Wednesday night.

24. It started snowing early on Thursday and by noon there were several multi-car accidents reported. I put a chicken in the crockpot to cook.

25. We stayed in on Friday. We were supposed to go to Grandma's for lunch but we told her we wouldn't be able to make it. I made spaghetti for dinner.

26. We stayed in again on Saturday and called in a pizza delivery.

27. On Sunday we went to Grandma's and had leftovers from her Christmas lunch.

28. The guy from the service desk wiped out my main work machine on Monday and re-installed the standard image.

29. On Tuesday I reloaded my files. I installed Quicken (1992), Google Chrome 3.0.195.38, Palm Desktop 4.1.4, Semagic 1.4.7.1U.

30. On Wednesday I installed Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0, Adobe Photoshop CS3.

Undertoad
Just Cause 2 Video: "The Laws of Physics on Drugs"
Havok Independent Developer Program
Video: "A post-MAPS OKC"
Garry's Blog: Windows Live Writer improved my blogging
A Massage

Video
The Santa Clause 3
1. "Monk" S7 D4
- #106 Mr. Monk Makes the Playoffs (1/30/2009)(713)
- #107 Mr. Monk and the Bully (2/6/2009)(714)
- #108 Mr. Monk and the Magician (2/13/2009)(715)
- #109 Mr. Monk Fights City Hall (2/20/2009)(716)
2. "Burn Notice" S1 D1
- #1 Pilot (6/28/2007)
- #2 Identity (7/5/2007)
- #3 Fight or Flight (7/12/2007)
Up
3. Extract (S1)
4. The Ugly Truth (BD) (S2)
5. Four Christmases (S3)

AT&T Minutes
0/0/0/0 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 0.67 MB | 775 January min left
75 Anytime Used 4267 Left | 398 expire 2/1/2010
3 Nights & Weekends | 19 Mobile to Mobile Used

AT&T Minutes
December-total - day - m2m - n&w -  mm - msg - 'net - +Billed
Me      -  218 -  97 - 106 -  15 -   0 - 39  -  88M - ($0.00 200Msg)
Junie   -  190 - 101 -  64 -  25 -   0 -  1  -   6K - ($0.00 + $0.20 + $0.06)
Chelsea -  524 - 226 - 140 - 158 -   0 - 21  -  20K - ($0.00 + $0.20 200Msg)
D/\N    -  251 - 160 -  25 -  66 -   0 -  6  -   4K - ($1.20 + $0.04)
Rollover: Prev 3965 + This Month 266 - Expired 457 = Balance 3774

Gasoline
$2.279/gal, 7-Eleven #33, 921 SE 66th St (B24.0)(14)
$2.339/gal, 7-Eleven #65, Del City (G)(14)
$2.269/gal, Sam's Club #8241, Midwest City (G)(18)
$2.339/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G24.2)(27)
$2.349/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (B22.9)(29)

Mussels in Brussels

2009-12-23T17:01:29Z

1. We did some more shopping on Tuesday. Junie wrapped and packed Chinaski's presents. We got them into two boxes.

2. I sent Chinaski's Christmas presents on Wednesday.

3. Junie did some more shopping on Thursday. My passport arrived and I went to the shipping department to pick it up.

4. On Friday we returned some items and got some different items.

5. We attended Baden's birthday party at Incredible Pizza on Saturday.

6. On Sunday I saw William Shatner in the Oklahoma City Will Rogers airport terminal. His flight to Los Angeles was called and I missed my chance to speak to him. At approximately noon my flight left Oklahoma City. I arrived in the Washington DC Dulles airport at around 4:00 pm. The flight to Brussels, Belgium took off at approximately 6:00 pm.

7. The flight arrived in Belgium on Monday at around 7:30 am. I purchased a train ride with Thursday return and went down to the tracks. When I got the the track I expected to be the correct one I found Shahar. We rode the train together to the Brussels North station. We had a jambon sandwich and espresso before walking to the Sheraton Hotel. The other contractors invited me to attend the software installation but I ended up taking a nap until dinner time. We all went to Restaurant 't Kelderke for dinner. I ordered the Gratin de moules (mussels covered with cheese and baked or broiled). After dinner we walked back to our hotel in a light rain. The Christmas decorations were pretty.

8. On Tuesday we took a train to attend training at the Université catholique de Louvain à Louvain-La-Neuve. At the end of the day we had dinner at a nearby restaurant.

9. There was more training on Wednesday.

10. The flight on Thursday left Brussels around noon. We arrived in Washington, DC at approximately 3:00 pm. The flight home left at 7:00 pm and arrived in Oklahoma City just after 9:00 pm. Chelsea and D/\N's flight was somewhat delayed so I hung around at my office until they arrived around 10:00 pm. Junie had already picked up D/\N's parents when they arrived at the airport.

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Portal tops "Weekend"'s Best of Decade list
John Hodgman: minor celebrity

Movie (on trans-Atlantic flight)
Public Enemies
District 9
500 Days of Summer (I tried watching this one three times but kept falling asleep in the middle)

Thanksgiving paperwork

2009-11-30T16:17:23Z

19. On Thursday my boss saw me in the hallway and asked if I would be interested in a trip to Europe for a project. It would be the week Chelsea comes home, but he said I could return the same day she was coming in. Also, it would be in just two weeks and my official passport expired last year. That night I took my own passport photos and printed them out on our home photo printer.

20. I spent all of Friday filling out (electronic) paperwork for my trip. This included getting authorizations, turning in my official passport renewal forms, and making airline and hotel reservations. I finally got everything turned in and approved by my manager at 6:20 pm.

22. While we were attending the movie at Tinseltown on Sunday night, someone apparently pulled the fire alarm. We went out the back exit. When we had walked around to the front, an employee told us it was a false alarm and we went back inside to watch the rest of the movie.

23. My country clearance came through on Tuesday.

25. I installed a Logitech QuickCam Chat on the new Windows 7 PC on Wednesday. When I tried to run the installation disc Windows refused to run it, saying it was incompatible. I tried downloading software from Logitech, but Windows also said it was incompatible and refused to run it. Finally I went into the hardware manager, selected update driver, and chose the x64 drivers from the installation disc. I don't have the extra software, but at least I can use the webcam to make video calls with Skype and Oovoo.

26. On Thanksgiving day Junie and I attended the Skirvin Thanksgiving Champagne Brunch. I had a salad, seared tuna, sushi, mashed potatoes, yams, green bean casserole, some kind of snapper, pork, turkey, and a big slice of sea bass. Junie had mostly more traditional dishes including turkey and ham. Neither of us had the prime rib. But we did both get full. Later we saw Old Dogs at the Harkins Bricktown. That night I played Left 4 Dead 2 for an hour or so. I was getting tired of not finishing Dead Center so I found a game in progress and finished the final two levels of that campaign. Someone commented about my voice communication bubble being on during the game so I decided to try fixing my voice configuration. The setup screen does not tell you how loud you have to be in order to activate communication (and the bubble). It also doesn't tell you what you have to do to adjust that setting. Eventually I discovered that moving the "Sensitivity" setting to the right increases the volume required for activation. I also discovered that changing these settings while in a game doesn't work properly. You should only adjust the sensitivity from the main menu. After adjusting my settings I started a Dark Carnival campaign and eventually ended up with a very helpful and cooperative crew who helped me complete it.

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Company culture study
Daring rescue in L4D2 by bots (YouTube)
Code Monkey travels video
An Oklahoma farm blog
OKC Christmas Present & Past

Book
27. State of Fear, Michael Crichton

Video
A Christmas Carol (1938)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
7. "Flight of the Conchords" S2 D2
- #19 Prime Minister (3/1/2009)
- #20 New Zealand Town (3/8/2009)
- #21 Wingmen (3/15/2009)
- #22 Evicted (3/22/2009)
8. City of God
9. The Stooge
10. Funny People (S3)
11. I Hate Valentine's Day (S4)(BD)

Movie
The Blind Side, Tinseltown
Old Dogs, Harkins Bricktown

AT&T Minutes
39/15/1/6 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 82.39 MB | 301 November min left
549 Anytime Used 4266 Left | 457 expire 12/1/2009
175 Nights & Weekends | 325 Mobile to Mobile Used

AT&T Minutes
November-total - day - m2m - n&w -  mm - msg - 'net - +Billed
Me      -  240 -  82 -  56 - 102 -   0 - 28  -  67M - ($0.00 200Msg)
Junie   -  216 -  94 -  46 -  76 -   0 -  2  -   0K - ($0.00 + $0.40 + $0.00)
Chelsea -  618 - 332 -  92 - 194 -   1 - 28  -  41K - ($0.00 + $0.41 200Msg)
D/\N    -  398 - 280 -  20 -  98 -   0 -  3  -   1K - ($0.60 + $0.01)
Rollover: Prev 4115 + This Month 62 - Expired 212 = Balance 3965

Gasoline
$2.349/gal, Sam's Club #8289, 5510 SW 5th St (B24.5)(17)
$2.359/gal, Sam's Club #8289, 5510 SW 5th St (G22.1)(28)
$2.339/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (B24.5)(30)

A Man Who Stares at a Computer

2009-11-17T20:41:50Z

I rode in the sim one morning for the study I'm working on. I collected all the data from one of the sim techs.

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Dead Before Dawn Custom Left 4 Dead Campaign
Unreal Engine 3 Free Development Kit
Unity Free Development Platform
Valve's Kim Swift L4D2 Interview
Valve Writers interview
Greed Corp

Video
1. Whatever Works (S1)
2. The Taking of Pelham 123(S2)
3. The Reader (BD)
4. Our Man in Havana
5. The Accidental Husband
6. My One and Only
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Movie
The Men Who Stare at Goats (Tinseltown)

AT&T Minutes
21/5/0/6 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 49.38 MB | 609 November min left
241 Anytime Used 4574 Left | 457 expire 12/1/2009
82 Nights & Weekends | 146 Mobile to Mobile Used

Eighty

2009-11-04T16:02:11Z

31. On Saturday we celebrated Don's 80th birthday.

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Profile of DigiPen
Redneck Venice

Video
"Flight of the Conchords" S2 D1
- #18 Love is a Weapon of Choice (2/22/2009)
12. Imagine That (S4)
13. Land of the Lost (S1)
14. "Monk" S7 D3
- #102 Mr. Monk and the Miracle (11/28/2008)(709)
- #103 Mr. Monk's Other Brother (1/9/2009)(710)
- #104 Mr. Monk On Wheels (1/16/2009)(711)
- #105 Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door (1/23/2009)(712)

AT&T Minutes
1/1/0/0 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 8.34 MB | 822 November min left
28 Anytime Used 4787 Left | 457 expire 12/1/2009
28 Nights & Weekends | 17 Mobile to Mobile Used

AT&T Minutes
October -total - day - m2m - n&w -  mm - msg - 'net - +Billed
Me      -  363 - 121 -  45 - 197 -   0 - 33  -  91M - ($0.00 200Msg)
Junie   -  118 -  71 -  19 -  28 -   1 -  1  -  80K - ($0.30 + $0.20 + $0.80)
Chelsea -  390 -  82 -  91 - 217 -   0 - 53  -  19K - ($0.00 + $0.19 200Msg)
D/\N    -   76 -  50 -  13 -  13 -   0 -  2  -   2K - ($0.40 + $0.02)
Rollover: Prev 3913 + This Month 526 - Expired 324 = Balance 4115

Dream
I was a spy. I had gotten into some kind of a fight and Raul Torres had patched up my face. I was waking up and felt something pulling at my face. I took off a drinking glass that had ice in it to keep the injury cool I guess. Next I went to a mirror and pulled off some surgical scissors. There were also several needles holding the wound together that I had to pull out. Evidently I needed to pull all the stuff out so I could get on an international flight I needed to travel on.

Gasoline
$2.399/gal, 7-Eleven #10, 2845 NW 10th St (B24.7)(3)

Happy Birthday

2009-10-29T15:02:35Z

28. On Wednesday night after class I dropped by Gramma's house to eat dinner and wish Don a happy birthday.

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Oklahoma City traffic cameras
L4D2 Trailer: Zombie Survival Guide
DRM commentary

Book
26. The Door to December, Dean Koontz

Video
Life of Brian
Just Like Heaven
9. The Proposal (C3)
"Psych" S3 D2
- #37 There Might Be Blood (8/22/2008)
- #38 Talk Derby to Me (9/5/2008)
- #39 Gus Walks Into a Bank (9/12/2008)
10. "Flight of the Conchords" S2 D1
- #13 A Good Opportunity (1/18/2009)
- #14 The New Cup (1/25/2009)
- #15 The Tough Brets (2/1/2009)
- #16 Murray Takes it to the Next Level (2/8/2009)
- #17 Unnatural Love (2/15/2009)
11. Serenity (BD)

Movie
All About Steve

AT&T Minutes
25/28/2/3 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 58.15 MB | 213 October min left
637 Anytime Used 4328 Left | 212 expire 11/1/2009
378 Nights & Weekends | 170 Mobile to Mobile Used

Gasoline
$2.379/gal, 7-Eleven #70, 2017 S MacArthur Blvd (B25.5)(19)
$2.399/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(19)

Pumpkin pancakes

2009-10-19T19:11:37Z

7. The boss came to my desk on Wednesday and told me he wanted me to be in charge of a new study we're doing and there would be a meeting at 2:00 pm. It's not a big study and does not involve international travel etc, but it's something anyway.

17. Junie was craving pumpkin pancakes on Saturday so we had lunch at Mimi's Cafe. After lunch we went to visit my parents. My sister and her husband were also there. We saw some pictures of the renovations they had done to the cabin following the tree falling on it. Next we picked up the three- and two-year-old and took them to Gramma's for dinner. There were fried chicken legs which were a pretty big hit with the boys. They spent the night at our house.

Undertoad
Mail: 953 (Advertising: 228 (Junk: 179))
A razor worth considering
The story of Scribblenauts

Book
25. Alexander's Bridge, Willa Cather (140)

Video
"Star Trek" S3 D1
- #58 The Paradise Syndrome (10/4/1968)(60043-058)(Stardate 4842.6)
- #59 And the Children Shall Lead (10/11/1968)(60043-060)(Stardate 5029.5)
4. Year One (S2)
5. My Life In Ruins (S3)
6. Spider-Man 3 (C1)
7. Monsters vs. Aliens (C2)
8. "Psych" S3 D2
- #36 Disco Didn't Die. It Was Murdered! (8/15/2008)

AT&T Minutes
11/21/0/1 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 42.68 MB | 508 October min left
342 Anytime Used 4457 Left | 212 expire 11/1/2009
244 Nights & Weekends | 81 Mobile to Mobile Used

Gasoline
$2.169/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(10)

Adventures in Consumerism

2009-10-07T15:09:56Z

1. When I got home on Thursday the TiVo HD XL was having a problem. The screen was blank and it did not respond to the remote or the format button on the front panel. I pulled the plug to reboot it. It broke three more times with increasing frequency before we gave up on it. I've only had this unit since May 22. That's only four months. What the heck?

2. Junie and I kept the two- and three-year-old Friday night. It appears that Wal-Mart has stopped selling Dry Idea antiperspirant. I ordered some using Amazon and it left Tacoma, Washington on Friday. I also order several DVDs that left New Castle, Delaware on Friday.

3. On Saturday we took the boys to Sukkot Shabbat. Later we had lunch at Gramma's house before taking them home.

4. We got the boys again on Sunday to take them on the Thomas train ride. The eBay items all sold for a total of around $100.

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Book
24. Spook Country, William Gibson

Video
1. "Monk" S7 D2
- #98 Mr. Monk is Underwater (8/15/2008)(705)
- #99 Mr. Monk Falls in Love (8/22/2008)(706)
- #100 Mr. Monk's 100th Case (9/5/2008)(707)
- #101 Mr. Monk Gets Hypnotized (9/12/2008)(708)
2. "Star Trek" S3 D1
- #56 Spock's Brain (9/20/1968)(60043-061)(Stardate 5431.4)
- #57 The Enterprise Incident (9/27/1968)(60043-059)(Stardate 5027.3)
3. Management (S1)

AT&T Minutes
0/7/0/0 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 4.81 MB | 755 October min left
95 Anytime Used 4970 Left | 212 expire 11/1/2009
58 Nights & Weekends | 18 Mobile to Mobile Used

Gasoline
$2.179/gal, 7-Eleven #86, 3245 NW Expressway (G)(1)

BrainHex results
Your BrainHex Class is Mastermind.

Your BrainHex Sub-Class is Mastermind-Conqueror.

You like solving puzzles and devising strategies as well as defeating impossibly difficult foes, struggling until you eventually achieve victory, and beating other players.

According to your results, there are few play experiences that you strongly dislike.

Learn more about your classes and exceptions atBrainHex.com.

Your scores for each of the classes in this test were as follows:

Mastermind: 16
Conqueror: 14
Achiever: 13
Socialiser: 11
Seeker: 9
Daredevil: 4
Survivor: 3

Blockbuster Online fail

2009-10-01T19:00:23Z

24. For some reason I woke up on Thursday morning with the song "Seattle" on my mind. "The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle ..." This was the theme song for the 1968-1970 TV series "Here Come the Brides" but I'm not sure what triggered my memory of it.

25. I returned my previously rented movie before I left for DC expecting to have the next disc of "Monk" season 7 waiting for me when I returned. On Friday, almost two weeks later Blockbuster Total Access had failed to send me any disc and the At Home section of my queue only had two discs instead of three.

27. On Sunday I listed some purses, shoes, and whatnot on eBay for Junie.

30. Blockbuster had still not sent my next disc as of Wednesday, 15 days after returning the previous disc.

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Video
5. "Freaks and Geeks" D4
- #10 The Diary (108)(1/31/2000)
- #11 Looks and Books (109)(2/7/2000)
- #12 The Garage Door (111)(3/13/2000)
6. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (coupon)(BD)

AT&T Minutes
33/51/1/3 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 89.05 MB | 490 September min left
310 Anytime Used 4403 Left | 324 expire 10/1/2009
453 Nights & Weekends | 163 Mobile to Mobile Used

AT&T Minutes
Septembr-total - day - m2m - n&w -  mm - msg - 'net - +Billed
Me      -  199 -  68 -  66 -  65 -   0 - 15  -  67M - ($0.00 200Msg)
Junie   -   54 -  30 -  13 -  11 -   0 -  2  -  83K - ($0.00 + $0.40 + $0.83)
Chelsea -  459 - 141 - 114 - 204 -   0 -182  -  40K - ($0.00 + $0.40 200Msg)
D/\N    -  196 -  91 -  10 -  95 -   0 -  3  -   0K - ($0.60)
Rollover: Prev 3777 + This Month 520 - Expired 384 = Balance 3913

Dream
We've decided to let you go. Permanently. From the entire world. And then hiding, finding a few others, and having a flamethrower for some reason.

Gasoline
$2.069/gal, Sam's Club #8289, 5510 SW 5th St (B24.4)(30)

DC Trip

2009-09-22T17:13:59Z

10. The lamp went out on the Sony 55" rear projection TV on Thursday. I ordered a replacement lamp through Amazon Thursday night.

11. Junie's stepmother had surgery on Friday. She followed her father and stepmother to Wynnewood to make sure they would be okay. When she started back home, her car started overheating. The local car repair shop was closed. Junie called me and I drove to Wynnewood to meet her. I put some antifreeze in the overflow tank but there were no leaks apparent. When Junie's brother got home, he looked at the car and hooked it up to his OBD scanner to read out the error codes but he did not have the European module and only found a temperature warning. We tried to drive home but only got about 25 miles closer to home before a hose burst and we had to pull over. I called Arrow Wrecker Service and, although it would cost $265, had the tow the car to Cable Motors in the city.

12. Cable Motors told me on Saturday that the burst hose had to be ordered and would not arrive until Wednesday.

14. Junie and I went to the airport on Monday but no rental cars were available for less than $80 a day. I called Cable Motors and they were able to arrange for a loaner.

15. I flew to Washington, DC on Tuesday for a workshop. I stayed at the Key Bridge Marriott. A small group of coworkers had crabcakes at Legal Sea Food in Crystal City.

16. After the opening speeches on Wednesday I called Richard. He was in a cab on the way to the wrong Sheraton Hotel. He arrived a few minutes later after correcting his destination. We decided to see a few sights since it was my first visit to DC. We went on a tour of the capital. We visited the front of the White House where a group was picketing asking for temporary protected status for Haitians.

We had a Stella at a small cafe in front of the Willard hotel. We walked along the mall. We saw the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, and the war veteran memorials for Vietnam, Korea, and World War II. Before heading back to our respective hotels, we had burgers and fries at the Five Guys in chinatown. Cable Motors called and said that after replacing the hose on Junie's car they discovered that the water pump was not pumping and would have to be replaced.

17. I ate lunch on Thursday with a group of coworkers at the Marine Corps club at Henderson Hall. It was a nice buffet with brisket, fried and grilled chicken, green beans, new potatoes, salad, chili, and gumbo. After lunch I bought a creme soda and a few other items at the Marine Corps Exchange. The workshop wound down later in the afternoon.

18. On Friday I flew back home. The lamp for the TV came while I was gone, I installed it Friday night.

19. We picked up the four older grandsons on Saturday to spend the night while their mother drove her sister's family to Kentucky. I played some video games with the older two boys. We played Little Big Planet, Left 4 Dead (Versus), WarioWare: Smooth Moves, and Boom Blox.

20. We all went to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs on Sunday.

Undertoad
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Book
23. Relentless, Dean Koontz

Video
3. "Psych" S3 D1
- #32 Ghosts (7/18/2008)
- #33 Murder?…Anyone?…Anyone?…Bueller? (7/25/2008)
- #34 Daredevils! (8/1/2008)
- #35 The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable (8/8/2008)
4. Revolutionary Road (BD)(S1)

Movie
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

AT&T Minutes
25/49/2/2 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 73.62 MB | 629 September min left
221 Anytime Used 4542 Left | 324 expire 10/1/2009
363 Nights & Weekends | 143 Mobile to Mobile Used

Gasoline
$2.209/gal, 7-Eleven #87, 8001 NW 23rd St (G)(8)
$2.219/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (B23.7)(10)
$2.179/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(15)
$2.189/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (B26.7)(18)
$2.189/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(20)

Dream
I had been invited by some group of men to play golf. (I don't play golf and have no golf clubs.) I borrowed a set of golf clubs from my brother. (My brother does not play golf and, as far as I know, has no golf clubs.) Junie wanted to drive me to the golf game. I called one of the men on my mobile phone. He said the game was taking place in some town near Dallas (Texas). At 7 pm. At night.

Nothing doing

2009-09-10T18:17:14Z

4. On Friday I requested a check for another $10 of survey points.

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Book
22. Magic Street, Orson Scott Card

Video
Hotel For Dogs (TiVo/Blockbuster DL)
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (KAUT)(2002)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
1. "Dead Like Me" S1 D1
- #1 Pilot (100) (6/1/2003)
2. Adventureland (S0)
"The Office" S4 D1
- #53 Fun Run (9/27/2007)
- #54 Dunder Mifflin Infinity (10/4/2007)
- #55 Launch Party (10/11/2007)
The Commitments (KAUT)(1991)

AT&T Minutes
9/33/1/2 Txt of 200/200/0/0 | 31.51 MB | 817 September min left
33 Anytime Used 4730 Left | 324 expire 10/1/2009
87 Nights & Weekends | 43 Mobile to Mobile Used

Dream
I was in a religious meeting place in a large crowd with my wife and my mother. We left in the middle of whatever was going on and went out to the car. I couldn't keep up with my wife and my mother. When I got to my car, my brothers and my sister were in the car with their spouses. For some reason I had another car there that I didn't want to leave behind so I asked my brother to drive it. I realized when they got out that there had been six people in the back seat of the car.

I was travelling in Air Force One. We went to visit some of my relatives in Tennesee. There was some kind of problem with my tuxedo but the home cooking was excellent.

I was on the top floor of a hotel. I got into an elevator with three other people. Once we were on I saw that the elevator was unfinished or torn up. There were no floor buttons to push and there were no interior wall coverings. The door closed before I could get back out and the elevator started descending. There was some machinery in the back that was leaking and spewing water. The elevator stopped at the ground floor and I got out. I went looking for another elevator because I needed to be on a higher floor. As I was walking around outside I passed a room with an open door. Two older women who were related to me somehow were napping in the room but they woke up as I was passing by and came out of the room to go with me. One of the women led us to some vending machines where she put in coins to vend a bunch of almond M&Ms into a large scoop. She then attempted to pour the candy out of the scoop into my hands. I wasn't prepared and dropped several. These fell into a mound of fine white ashes. I transferred the M&Ms back to the woman. She started back to the room but I stayed behind to pick a number of M&Ms out of the ashes.

Sleepover

2009-09-02T13:33:37Z

29. Barak and Broderick came over Saturday night.

30. On Sunday we took the boys shopping for shoes and toys. Later we had dinner at Gramma's house.

31. I had to take the boys home on Monday since Junie was ill.

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Video
9. "Monk" S7 D1
- #94 Mr. Monk Buys A House (701)(7/18/2008)
- #95 Mr. Monk and the Genius (702) (7/25/2008)
- #96 Mr. Monk Gets Lotto Fever (703) (8/1/2008)
- #97 Mr. Monk Takes a Punch (704) (8/8/2008)
Murphy's Romance (1985)(L)
10. Yes Man (BD)(S6?)

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Junie   -  122 -  83 -  24 -  15 -   1 -  3  -  74K - ($0.30 + $0.60 + $0.74)
Chelsea -  553 - 310 - 107 - 136 -   0 -234  -  27K - ($3.40 + $0.27 200Msg)
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Dream
For some reason a band invited us to join them back stage before the concert. I was trying to get my video equipment set up. Junie asked me to go get her something from the convenience store. I checked to make sure I had my back stage pass on me so I could get back.

Gasoline
$2.279/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(26)
$2.279/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (B22.8)(27)

Out and about

2009-08-20T20:22:42Z

16. On Sunday Junie and I went to a picnic for family of Chinaski's Army Reserve company. We helped watch our grandsons while they played. Junie started feeling sick so we left to get out of the sun. Later she felt better and we went to Tinseltown to see Julie & Julia.

17. I posted an update to the OK Game Co blog on Monday.

18. There was a faculty meeting Tuesday night.

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Game development classes for SourceU developers

Book
21. Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Jeff Lindsay (304)

Video
6. Made of Honor (BD)(S4)
7. "Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection" V3 D2A
- Get Out and Get Under (1920)
- For Heaven's Sake (1926)
- Movie Crazy (1932)
Annie Hall (1977) (OETA)
8. Camille (2007)(S5)
"Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection" V3 D2B
- Number, Please? (1920)
- A Sailor-Made Man (1921)

Movie
Julie & Julia

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Gasoline
$2.329/gal, 7-Eleven #70, 2017 S. MacArthur Blvd (B22.8)(12)
$2.329/gal, 7-Eleven #92, 10501 W Hwy 66 (G)(16)

Least Interesting Man in the World

2009-08-10T19:08:59Z

8. Blah blah blah about how I killed the tank after everyone else was dead, then went and rescued them all just before I had to quit. Is xkcd talking about me?

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High Voltage Software

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20. Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal: War Stories From the Local Food Front, Joel Salatin

Video
Intolerable Cruelty
3. Ten Inch Hero (S3)
4. "SCTV" V1 Network 90 D5
- #9 The Great White North / Repeats (7/31/1981)
- 1999 Reunion Panel at US Comedy Arts Festival
5. "Firefly" D4
- #15 The Message (Not Aired) (1AGE13)
- #13 Heart of Gold (Not Aired) (1AGE10)
- #11 Objects in Space (12/13/2002) (1AGE11)
- Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'
Gone With the Wind

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Pizza

2009-08-04T17:05:40Z

2. Junie and I went to see the grandchildren on Sunday.

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Project Boomerang: Come back to Oklahoma
Diversity: Have you ever worked with tools? Why?
Food "Safety Enhancement" Act - HR 2749 up for vote
NBC cancelled "Life" but efforts are ongoing to bring it to USA Network

Book
18. A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
19. Men At Arms (Discworld #15), Terry Pratchett

Video
1. Baby on Board (S2) - don't bother
2. "Flight of the Conchords" S1 D2
- #7 Drive By (7/29/2007)
- #8 Girlfriends (8/5/2007)
- #9 What Goes on Tour (8/12/2007)
- #10 New Fans (8/19/2007)
- #11 The Actor (8/26/2007)
- #12 The Third Conchord (9/3/2007)

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Junie   -   44 -  29 -  10 -   5 -   0 -  0  -   4K - ($0.04)
Chelsea -  472 - 147 - 222 - 103 -   0 - 98  -  15K - ($0.15 200Msg)
D/\N    -  148 - 115 -   7 -  26 -   0 -  5  -   0K - ($1.00)
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Gasoline
$2.399/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (B25.1)(3)

I like to watch

2009-07-28T18:10:36Z

25. I played some more Left 4 Dead on Saturday.

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Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland
Censorware vs. Web Literacy
What Google Knows About You
Google Voice: Reasons for and against using it
Autostitch: New iPhone app ($1.99)
Bill Gates' Facebook page (artist's rendering)

Video
11. "The Sarah Silverman Program" S2 V1 D2 - Extras (2007 Comic Con)
12. "Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection" V3 D1
- Speedy (1928)(25)
- Never Weaken (1921)
- Haunted Spooks (1920)
- Hot Water (1924)(26)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)(L)
The Little Foxes (1941)(L)
13. My Faraway Bride (S1) (My Bollywood Bride)(2006) (27)
14. Knowing (S2) (BD)

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Gasoline
$2.239/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(25)

XBox 360 is fixed

2009-07-22T18:23:22Z

18. On Saturday we went to Buster's birthday party at Incredible Pizza. We spent several hours at the Incredible Pizza place while they did the various party things. Junie and I accompanied Broderick and Barak to the game room.

19. We rested on Sunday. I checked the status of my 360. XBox.com said repairs were complete and my 360 was being shipped back to me.

20. As of Monday UPS reported receiving billing information for my 360 shipment, but had not reported picking up the box. I also received my Google Voice phone number, so now I can screen all my calls, record the ones I accept, and generally avoid people much more effectively.

21. On Tuesday the UPS said my 360 was out for delivery. Later Junie told me a box had arrived. When I got home I unpacked the (new) 360, plugged in the power, hard drive, ethernet, etc, and played Left 4 Dead for a few minutes. It works. Yay.

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Computers are built to hook up
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Cutting Edge Gamer
TV Tropes
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Scott Adams' spasmodic disphonia

Video
6. "Firefly" D3
- #5 Out of Gas (1AGE07) (10/25/2002)
- #8 Ariel (1AGE08) (11/15/2002)
- #9 War Stories (1AGE09) (12/6/2002)
- #14 Trash (1AGE12) (Not Aired)
Married Life ($5)(2007)
7. "Star Trek" S2 D7
- #54 Bread and Circuses (60343)(3/15/1968)(4040.7)
- #55 Assignment Earth (60355)(3/29/1968)
8. Happy-Go-Lucky
9. Inkheart (S5)
10. Coraline (S6)(BD)

TiVo
"Better Off Ted" - #11 Father, Can You Hair Me? (1APX11)

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XBox 360 dies

2009-07-17T20:58:53Z

11. After experiencing increasing lockups while playing Left 4 Dead, my 360 finally started powering on with three red lights in the ring. I previously had turned it on its side which seemed to help for that one session. I turned it off and left it to rest.

14. On Tuesday I tried powering on my 360 but it immediately had a three red problem. I attempted to submit a repair request using the website, but it said my serial number had already been reported. I called customer service and evidently they did some kind of override. I was able to print out a UPS shipping label and the website reported I would owe $0.00 for this repair.

15. I boxed up my 360 in an old APC Battery Backup box and dropped it off at the local UPS Store on Wednesday morning.

17. On Friday the xbox.com repair center reported that my 360 had been received and repairs were in progress.

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Book
17. Ringworld's Children, Larry Niven (288)

Video
5. Coco Chanel (S4)
Persuasion (L)(11)
Persepolis (L)(12)
Pygmalion (L)(13)

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Gasoline
$2.129/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(16)

Promotional

2009-07-09T16:45:28Z

4. We were watching A Day Without a Mexican Saturday night when the thunderstorms came through and knocked out the power. The UPS kept the TV going for about 45 more minutes but unfortunately the power outage lasted a little longer than that.

7. On Tuesday night Junie and I took Buster to Walmart to pick out a birthday present. We hung around for a few birthday festivities before going home.

9. At a work meeting on Thursday several of us made presentations to be included in an overall promotional piece for our division.

Instead of 100 degree temperatures, perhaps we should think about something else.

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Fired! (2007) (L)
"Flight of the Conchords"
- #4 Yoko (7/8/2007)
- #5 Sally Returns (7/15/2007)
- #6 Bowie (7/22/2007)
1. A Day Without a Mexican (Coupon)
2. Gran Torino (BD)(S2)
3. "The Sarah Silverman Program" S2 V1 D1
- #7 Bored of the Rings (10/3/2007) (201)
- #8 Joan of Arf (10/10/2007) (204)
- #9 Face Wars (10/17/2007) (203)
- #10 Doody (10/24/2007) (202)
- #11 Ah, Men (10/31/2007) (206)
- #12 Maid to Border (AKA: Brian's Song) (11/7/2007) (205)
4. Smother (S3)

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Gasoline
$2.169/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (B23.0)(6)
$2.169/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(6)

Time for bed

2009-07-01T15:47:44Z

28. Junie and I went out to see Away We Go and then to dinner on Sunday.

30. On Tuesday, Junie and I took the older two boys to see the new Transformers movie. We wanted to take Barak because he is really into the Transformers but he didn't want to go with Junie when she came to pick them up. After the movie she went back to get him. He finally decided to come with her after Broderick wanted to come instead so we ended up with four boys spending the night. I played some Left 4 Dead with Buster, then Baden wanted to play Wii Fit, and then it was time for bed.

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Video
11. "Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" D3
- #7 Autopsy Room Four (8/2/2006)
- #8 You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (8/2/2006)
11. "SCTV" V1 Network 90 D4
- #7 Pledge Week (7/17/1981)
- #8 Bouncin' Back to You with The Tubes (7/24/1981)
12. Confessions of a Shopaholic (S1)(24)
Too Busy to Work (1932)(L)(25)
13. "Flight of the Conchords" S1 D1
- #1 Sally (6/17/2007)
- #2 Bret Gives Up the Dream (6/24/2007)
- #3 Mugged (7/1/2007)

Movie
Away We Go - an interesting exploration of impending parenthood
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - two hours and forty-five minutes of what appear to be junk metal sculptures crashing into each other and exploding

Book
15. The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch (224)
16. The Lincoln Lawyer, Michael Connelly (416)

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June    -total - day - m2m - n&w -  mm - msg - 'net - +Billed
Me      -  391 -  90 -  93 - 208 -   0 - 33  -  83M - ($0.00 200Msg)
Junie   -   59 -  17 -  30 -  12 -   1 -  0  -   5K - ($0.30 + $0.05)
Chelsea -  977 - 576 - 199 - 202 -   4 -114  -  27K - ($0.27 200Msg)
D/\N    -  381 - 149 -  55 - 177 -   0 -  0  -   1K - ($0.01)
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Gasoline
$2.349/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G24.1)(27)

Chinaski back to Iraq

2009-06-24T21:34:36Z

19. Junie and I took Buster and Barak on Friday so Chinaski and Rebecca could go out to dinner.

20. On Saturday we took the kids to the airport to say goodbye to Chinaski on his way back to Iraq.

21. We took Junie's dad out for lunch in Wynnewood on Father's day. Her brother was there too. Later Rebecca's mother called and told us Rebecca was sick. We picked up Barak and Broderick and kept them for the night.

22. Junie went to stay with the kids Monday night so Rebecca could get some sleep.

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9. He's Just Not That Into You (BD)($2)
10. "Freaks & Geeks" D3
- #6 Carded and Discarded (110) (1/10/2000)
- #7 Girlfriends and Boyfriends (106) (1/17/2000)
- #8 We've Got Spirit (107) (1/24/2000)

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Gasoline
$2.419/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(16)
$2.439/gal, 7-Eleven #17, 2323 N Pennsylvania (B24.1)(20)
$2.419/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(21)

60th

2009-06-16T20:23:49Z

10. On Wednesday I went to church for Mom & Dad's 60th wedding anniversary. There was cake at a reception following the service. Dad sent me pictures of the damage to the cabin caused by the tree falling on it.

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5. "The Tudors" S2 D3-4 (Ep 7-10) (S4)
6. Anything Goes (1956)
7. I Love You, Don't Touch Me! (1997)
Frost/Nixon the Watergate Interview (L)
8. Defiance (S5)(15)

Book
14. The Draco Tavern, Larry Niven

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Gasoline
$2.399/gal, 7-Eleven #17, 2323 N Pennsylvania Ave (B25.1)(9)

Dinner

2009-06-10T21:07:38Z

5. Junie and I went to Chinaski's house for dinner on Friday.

6. On Saturday Junie hosted Havdalah at our house while I went to my sister's house for a dinner celebrating my parents' 60th wedding anniversary.

7. We had dinner at our house on Sunday. Chinaski and his family and Junie's parents were there. I cooked hamburgers, steaks, bratwurst, a brisket, summer sausage, mushrooms, etc on the grill. Barak and Broderick spent the night.

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Pride and Prejudice (1940)(L)(7)
4. "The Tudors" S2 D2 Ep4-6 (S3)(8)

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Gasoline
$2.299/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (G)(4)

Leave

2009-06-05T15:47:53Z

4. Chinaski arrived at around 1 pm on Thursday. His family, Gramma, Junie, and I were there to greet him.

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1. New in Town (S1)(BD)
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Book
13. Lullaby, Chuck Palahniuk (274) (2003)

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Whatever

2009-06-02T14:19:27Z

30. Junie and I stayed with the grandchildren on Saturday.

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Video
7. Wallace & Gromit Three Adventures
- A Grand Day Out
- A Close Shave
- The Wrong Trousers
- "Cracking Contraptions"
8. "Star Trek" S2 D6
- #50 Patterns of Force (60352) (2/16/1968)
- #51 By Any Other Name (60350) (2/23/1968) (4657.5)
- #52 The Omega Glory (60354) (3/1/1968)
- #53 The Ultimate Computer (60353) (3/8/1968) (4729.4)

Gasoline
$2.279/gal, 7-Eleven #90, 1101 NW 10th St (B25.4)(26)