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13Dec/080

Big Winner

We had some of my coworkers over for our semi-regular poker game, and guess who was the big winner:

It was a great last hand - the other guy (Vincent) had a full house and I had four-of-a-kind with an ace high. Very exciting when we both went all in!

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4Dec/082

Another BSOD

For the second time in 4 weeks my Windows laptop treated me to a beautiful Blue Screen of Death:

This brand new laptop crashed so hard that I couldn't even access, let alone repair, it's hard disk (mostly due to the very shitty Sanctuary device control software). A deadly one-two punch by an incompetent operating system and an overly protective device manager.

Want icing on this cake? Tech support says the whole problem is due to a Windows update that they distributed themselves. Argh!

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19Nov/080

Gluttonfest Preview

Vincent and I had our third Gluttonfest eating competition last Friday (you can see 1 and 2, in case you missed them). This time our eating competition tried something a little bit different: Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough ice cream.

I do not want to repeat this Gluttonfest. The first bite was quite enjoyable, oh sure... but then the cold headache kicks in and your teeth begin to ache, not to mention your stomach swirling around with dairy and cookie dough for the rest of the day.

There is video of the event, so I won't give away who won this competition. For now feast your eyes upon the quiet before the storm:

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2Jul/080

Gluttonfest II: Revenge of the Sticks

I decided to again take on a co-worker in a head-to-head eating contest (here's the first, if you missed it). The playing field this time was breadsticks, and, well, just watch the video:

I got taken to school. Next time it's slow-and-steady... maybe that'll help.

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27May/082

Horsing Around

Shannon and I had fun goofing around the Colt's practice football field the other night:
Shannon goofs around on the Colts golf cart
You can see a picture of both of us here.