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Well, it was great while it lasted. Okay, maybe that's not true, but I stood by it longer than most that took the same stance as I did. You see, back in 2004 or 2005, Madden NFL football was losing out to the NFL 2K series of football games in sales numbers, review scores, and game quality. So rather...
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While writing my last post , I got to thinking about the times and places where I hate to go for sporting events. There are just some places that I absolutely despise going to, and others that I never even want to attempt going to due to second and third hand reports - and here's the list: Miller...
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With the baseball season in full swing, it's time to start thinking about going to sporting events again (at least for me). Being both a huge baseball fan in general, and Brewers fan specifically, I've been asked by several people why I wasn't going to the home opener this past Friday. My...
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I'm not normally one to complain too much about the weather. Here in Wisconsin, the moto is "if you don't like the weather, wait a week, it'll be completely different." However, I am officially sick of winter. I can't remember this ever happening before, but it has now. We've...
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Driving home from work on Friday, I was almost hit by a driver switching lanes without even looking to see if there was a car there already. This got me to thinking, once again, about how stupid most people are, especially on the road. There are a ton of things I see fairly regularly that really irritate...
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I've bought tickets for several events in the last month or so. I cringe every time I do this because of all of the fees that they charge on top of the ticket prices. Here's a few examples: Tickets to Video Games Live concert: Historic Preservation Fee - $3 per ticket Credit Card Fee - 2.6% of...
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We saw The Lion King at the Milwaukee Theater this weekend. I had been waiting to go see it since I first saw that it was coming to Milwaukee, since The Lion King is one of my favorite Disney animated movies. Overall, the show was excellent. It remained faithful to the movie while including enough new...
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I was talking to a friend earlier this week, and the subject of police came up. There was a situation with her roommates from a while back (while she was still living with them) and the local police were called regarding the dispute. It was a case of two against one, so she really didn't have much...
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So, while back in college, my wife signed up for the BMG music service. You know, the one where you get 12 CDs for a dollar, or something like that, and then you have to buy a certain number of overpriced CDs before you can cancel. Well, she cancelled this account several years ago. In fact, they still...
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If there's one thing that I hate about November/December, it's how busy everything gets. We've got different things going on at our house every weekend after this coming weekend until the new year. That means that we've got to get the house cleaned (and I still need to finish replacing...
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To go along with all of my new comic books, I've undertaken the task of re-bagging all of my old comics, this time with backer boards (like they should have been years ago). This means buying lots of bags and boards. I pretty much buy out whatever comic book store I'm at when I go to get more...
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If there's one thing about the internet that I absolutely hate, it's netspeak. "r u there" instead of "Are you there?" or stupid acronyms like ROFL or LOL. Like anyone in the real world would ever actually say "rolling on the floor laughing" or "laughing out...
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When I was driving to work yesterday, I saw something pretty disturbing. On the freeway, there was a 25-foot RV driving along, pulling another vehicle behind it. Fairly common occurrence, right? Yes, it is, until you consider the vehicle that they were pulling along - a Hummer H2. An RV that size already...
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We've been in our house for over five years now, and every time I turn around, there are more things that previous owners did that amaze me. We bought a new wall-mounted sink for one of our bathrooms (so my wife can have this Pooh Faucet ), and when I went to take out the old one, I found the following...
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I was watching the Packers-Vikings game today and, as usual, I was amazed by the lack of knowledge on the part of the people calling the game. This is what they do for a living, and most of them don't even have a basic grasp on any of the intricacies of the game. Every week, every game that I watch...