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Not sure which is nerdier…

Posted on February 11, 2013 by baudattitude

a) Having a regular Saturday night pencil & paper RPG group, or b) buying this shirt from shirt.woot specifically to troll the members of my regular Saturday night pencil & paper RPG group:   Of course, there’s always option c), … Continue reading →

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Is “Proofread Fail” hyphenated?

Posted on February 6, 2013 by baudattitude

Got a Dell catalog in the mail today, and I couldn’t resist poking maybe a little bit of fun when I noticed this:   And yes, nameless Dell catalog blurb writer person, I think it is supposed to be capitalized. … Continue reading →

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At least it comes with free shipping.

Posted on December 7, 2012 by baudattitude

Saw this bargain on Amazon today while I was looking up power strips. On the plus side, if the charge went through, I’d have enough airline miles to flee the country before Visa came looking for me.

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Going Postal

Posted on November 13, 2012 by baudattitude

I’ve been selling an awful lot of stuff on eBay lately in order to get some space back in our closets and bookshelves. It’s actually been an overwhelmingly positive experience – out of about a hundred transactions so far, I’ve … Continue reading →

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How to know you are spoiled as all get out

Posted on October 8, 2012 by baudattitude

Before I left home for work this morning, I started an 80 GB file copy from the encoding PC to a holding volume on the Mac Mini that serves as our file server. It churned away for a couple of … Continue reading →

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Tracking The Captain

Posted on October 3, 2012 by baudattitude

I was sitting at work, with about an hour left in the day, when my mobile phone rang with a Seattle number I didn’t recognize. It’s an election year, so I’ve been getting a lot of survey calls, and my … Continue reading →

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Tony Stark made me buy it.

Posted on August 11, 2012 by baudattitude

A couple of weeks back, I had occasion to go down and wander around my university’s campus.  It’s only been a year or so since I graduated, so there honestly haven’t been a lot of changes, but I did notice … Continue reading →

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Thanks for 200K Hits

Posted on July 27, 2012 by baudattitude

I just noticed that the site passed the 200K visit marker earlier this week.  That’s a lot of people who have taken a couple of minutes out of their lives to read something I’ve written, and that’s kind of neat. … Continue reading →

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Best 20 bucks I’ve spent in a long time

Posted on April 10, 2012 by baudattitude

A few days ago, my wife and I were coming home from a friend’s house when I noticed that there was an unfamiliar indicator lit up on the dashboard. A brief perusal of the service manual revealed that this was … Continue reading →

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Great Moments in Marketing

Posted on March 21, 2012 by baudattitude

A few weeks ago, my wife and I decided to take a drive through southern Oregon, stopping in small towns along the way to sightsee. We went out of our way to, for instance, see a covered bridge.  It wasn’t … Continue reading →

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