November 2005 - Posts

Live blogging from Treanna's birthday party

What do you get when you mix four third-grade girls, a green felt puzzle mat, a large dining room table, various blocks of scrap wood and posterboard, small dowels, and some of the components from Microtactix Dirt Cheep Dungeons ? That's right -- a "Design Read More...
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2005 11 26

Devin

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Small annoyances redux

Holidays are a time of love, peace, family unity, good smells coming from the kitchen, world peace, and a fluffy bunny for every child. They are also times of high stress, especially for those who are hosting the inevitable gatherings. Lots of chores, Read More...
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2005 11 24

Devin

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Support us...or else

If you haven't yet heard about the brewing conflict between the IRS and the congregation of All Saints Church in Pasadena, California, go now to this article by Robert Freedland and read. Since Bush has been such a staunch supporter of Christian churches, Read More...
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2005 11 12

Devin

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The perfect time travel movie

I need to start up a list of my top 10 (or 15, or 25) movies of all time. If I did, Frequency (New Line Platinum Series) would definitely earn a place on the list. I consider it to be the perfect time travel movie. What makes it so compelling for me is Read More...
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2005 11 12

Devin

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Small things, big annoyances

I recently posted a round-up of the recent music and videos we've been enjoying here in the Ganger household. One of the songs I took pains to point out is Lion from Rebecca St. James. However, there's a small problem with this song that grates on my Read More...
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2005 11 10

Devin

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I'm lazy

If you've ever met me in person (or seen a full-body photograph of me), then you know that I'm more than a touch convex. The life of a sysadmin doesn't really include enough of the right type of exercise to keep a body trim and slim, and the life of a Read More...
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2005 11 10

Devin

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To the Religious Right: WTF, over?

You get pissed off about sex in video games because of the children. You get pissed off about homosexuality because of the children. You get pissed off about all sorts of things because of the children. And yet you support a war, and the leadership which Read More...
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2005 11 10

Devin

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Nineteen

I still remember a time in politics, back when I was a lad, when the conservatives were the people who thought that you created the fewest number of laws you could get away with and the liberals were the ones who thought that if something was a good idea Read More...
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2005 11 9

Devin

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Music and Video update

It's been a bit since I've talked about music and video, so here we go. Mickie's belated birthday presents showed up (thanks, Mickie!) so I now have Explosive: The Best of Bond to listen to (and watch, since the flip side of the CD is a DVD with several Read More...
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2005 11 6

Devin

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San Diego

This last week (Monday through Thursday), I was in San Diego for the Windows/Exchange Connections conference. It was my first Connections conference as well as my first trip to San Diego. San Diego was a nice town; it reminded me somewhat of Honolulu Read More...
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2005 11 6

Devin

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