Archive for November 25th, 2005

The Big Christmas List

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Listen up friends, relatives, and in-laws. I’m never one to make up a very good Christmas list. The requests for the list are already starting to pile up. So I’ve created this ultimate Christmas list. It’s organized by price and centralized in one location. Here you will find what I want for Christmas. From here on out, you’re on your own.

Name Price Online Retailer Reference
Cursive - The Ugly Organ CD $12 Amazon.com
The Smiths - Singles CD $13 Amazon.com
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness CD $14 Amazon.com
Dntel - Life Is Full of Possibilities CD $14 Amazon.com
The Soviettes - LP III CD $14 Amazon.com
Fender Speed-E Electric Guitar Tuner Key chain $20 ($9.99 - $14.99 on sale) Musiciansfriend.com
LCD Soundsystem - Self-Titled CD $21 Amazon.com
Any USB 2.0 hub $20-$30 Newegg.com
DYMO Labeler $22 Amazon.com
Agile Software Development with SCRUM book $24 Amazon.com
Kensington Wifi Finder Plus $27 Amazon.com
Bytecc internal media card reader $27 Newegg.com
Aeon Flux - The Complete Animated Collection DVD $28 Amazon.com
LED Belt Buckle $30 ThinkGeek.com
LED Badge $30 ThinkGeek.com
Korg CA-30 Chromatic Tuner $35 ($20 on sale) Musiciansfriend.com
Braun 7505 Syncro UltraSpeed Shaver $80 Amazon.com
Shure E2c Sound Isolating Earphones $100 Amazon.com
IOGear 4-port USB KVM $100 Newegg.com
Crumpler 7 million dollar home camera bag $130 CrumplerBags.com
Chrome Soma Laptop bag w/Cell phone holster $136 Chromebags.com
Canon 550EX Speedlite TTL Shoe Mount Flash for Canon Digital Rebel $299 BHPhotoVideo.com

If you’ve made it this far and nothing really floats your boat, you can never go wrong with gift certificates to Caribou Coffee, Best Buy, or Express.

How Forgetful

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The governor of New Mexico claimed to have been drafted by the MLB A’s in 1966. After a newspaper discovered that there was no record of him ever being drafted by a major league team, the govenor made this statement:

“After being notified of the situation and after researching the matter … I came to the conclusion that I was not drafted by the A’s”

At least his lie didn’t take us to war, I guess.

Black Friday

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One of the features of starting a new job at the beginning of November is having zero vacation time. So on the day that I am typically kicking down the doors of retailers, I’m working this year. I would love to believe that some store out there has something I cannot live another day without, the truth is Court and I usually come home empty handed and bitter about humanity. Today may be one of the least stressful Black Fridays ever; I am secluded from the malay of the malls. Man, it’s quiet in the office.