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Kirkpatrick's Twisted Slant - "This blog goes to 11"
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These are all the Blogs posted in January, 2006.
Tuesday, 31
Comcast - The Insanity Never Ends
When George Carlin did his infamous “Seven Dirty Words”, Comcast had not yet become a nationwide monopoly, otherwise he would have added their name to his list and we be talking about the “Eight Dirty
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Posted By James at 8:46 AM
Monday, 30
8:59 to 10:03
While the digital video recorder has changed most TV viewers’ habits, the networks continue to try petty little things that only wind up agitating the public. Something that’s been going on now for a
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Posted By James at 10:05 AM
Friday, 27
Hooter-iffic
“I read Playboy for the articles”
“I surf porn for research” “I went to see Brokeback Mountain on its opening night, but only because everything else was sold out” “I have a girl Read more | 3 comments
Posted By James at 10:09 AM
Thursday, 26
Where do I put my lunch?
Since I normally bring my lunch 3-4 times a week to work, I am well acquainted with every refrigerator at all the places I’ve worked. One thing I’ve confirmed is that regardless as to the ratio of em
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Posted By James at 8:18 AM
Wednesday, 25
Comcast travails, cont.
More updates from the cable saga that hopefully has been resolved now. Even though they had promised to call me back last week when they scheduled a new appointment, no one ever did. Yesterday aroun
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Posted By James at 12:10 PM
Tuesday, 24
Fun burger and sandwich toppings
Maybe I just didn’t notice at the time and it’s been around forever but in the past decade there have been 2 kinds of toppings added to a lot of menus that really kick tail. The first is onion rings
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Posted By James at 10:42 AM
Monday, 23
Expired lungs, expired stamps and expired milk
As I’m driving in the pouring rain this morning, I see a Ford Mustang with the window cracked open about 3 inches allowing the smoker to breathe. I can’t speak for others, but if my addiction require
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Posted By James at 12:18 PM
Friday, 20
Oh, you actually WANTED the channels you paid for?
I’ve decided to continue writing about my Comcast travails until they fix my issue with not being able to get the NHL Center Ice channels. Refer to January 11th’s post regarding how this all began.
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Posted By James at 10:01 AM
Thursday, 19
Blog - what an ugly word
I don’t like the word “blog”. Even before this medium was “hip” and the AOL Drones hadn’t heard of it yet, I never was enamored with the word. It’s too close to “glop” or “glob” or any other gooey,
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Posted By James at 7:45 AM
Wednesday, 18
Movies
Am I an idiot savant or do other people remember which theatres they saw a particular movie in? If I saw it in the theatre in Chicago or Atlanta, I can tell you where I saw it probably more than 90%
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Posted By James at 12:53 PM
Tuesday, 17
Mitsubishi
On Friday, I passed the 100,000 mile mark on my 1999 Mitsubishi Mirage’s odometer. I was actually disappointed when I looked down and saw 100001, since I really wanted to see the numbers “flip over”.
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Posted By James at 12:49 PM
Monday, 16
Sergeant Slaughter and Me
(To the tune of the military chant “I don’t know what you’ve been told”)
Sergeant Slaughter’s turning green Someone pissed in his canteen That was a chant we would sing in gr Read more | 6 comments
Posted By James at 12:47 PM
Friday, 13
Sales - Can't live with 'em, can't hide their hair gel
Oh joy - different company, same results. I have yet to work at a company where the Sales department didn’t get what they want. In this case, it was the QA group’s cubicles, forcing QA to move to an
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Posted By James at 12:30 PM
Thursday, 12
Yawn
I am definitely not a morning person. Never have been, never will be. I’m not a true night owl, as I get pooped out by 2 AM but it is rare when I ever stay up that late anymore, even on the weekends
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Posted By j at 8:10 AM
Wednesday, 11
Fuck Comcast
I almost lost my mind last evening. I have never been as mad at a company I am a customer of as I was last night at Comcast. The policy they have which drove me to almost swear on the phone last nig
Read more | 7 comments
Posted By James at 10:18 AM
Tuesday, 10
Illegitimate musical artists
While I never got the chance to attend Music Midtown, it truly was a showcase event for the city and the 3-day festival attracted national crowds because of the lineup. It was a pretty reasonable pri
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Posted By James at 9:42 AM
Monday, 9
College email
Megan is in grad school now getting her Masters degree to become a nurse practitioner and she is in her second semester. Her first class was last week and their instructor asked if anyone had read th
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Posted By James at 11:43 AM
Friday, 6
Movie reviews
Here’s a smattering of movies I’ve seen over the holiday weekends.
The 40 Year Old Virgin was our favorite rental from the past month. I sometimes dread when a funny person from TV (i Read more | 2 comments
Posted By James at 11:24 AM
Thursday, 5
Traffic cam woes
I’ve talked about georgianavigator.com and while they’ve improved their website in some aspects, every once in a while something pops up where you shake your head. One nice feature in addition to whe
Read more | 2 comments
Posted By James at 6:49 AM
Why Hockey Night In Canada is better than Monday Night Football
I’m positive I was a Canadian in a former life, as I embrace cold weather, lots of snow, beer, and, most importantly, hockey. One of my bigger pleasures in life (especially now that I am a 33 year ol
Read more | 2 comments
Posted By James at 6:31 AM
Wednesday, 4
Does anyone here speak Jive?
Just when I was talking about cryptic license plates last week, the Mother Of All WTF License Pl
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Posted By James at 9:06 AM
Tuesday, 3
The impressive Georgia Aquarium
The wait is over and it was worth it. The Georgia Aquarium opened up last month and we finally got to see it over the weekend. At 8 million gallons, it’s the largest aquarium in the world. While I
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Posted By James at 10:25 AM
Monday, 2
Dick Clark
This will be a short post today, as there are nasty thunderstorms today and the power could go out at any minute.
Dick Clark returned back to hosting his Rocking New Year's Eve party but I wa Read more | 1 comments
Posted By James at 1:04 PM
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