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Re: BigRigg Challenge : Week 2 weigh-in

Jason — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:44:24 -0000

When I started this latest weight-loss attempt back in August, my short-term goal was to lose 22lbs. This morning I hit that milestone, weighing less than 220 lbs for the first time in my adult life. Next stop, weighing less than 200.

Re: Caption Please

Jason — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:01:07 -0000

Ze goggles, zey do nothing!

(That's not a caption, it's my own utterance.)

Re: Caption Please :: I’m-creepy edition

Jason — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:56:30 -0000

I love it. You should send this out as a Christmas card.

Re: An easy, low cost way to get rid of dandruff

Jason — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:46:27 -0000

That aspirin trick sounds pretty cool though. I always mean to do these neat "make it yourself things", but I'm so lazy. I once made my own wrinkle-releaser from a spray bottle and some diluted fabric softener, and it worked just as well as the Downy Wrinkle Release. But now I'm too lazy to make a new bottle, and my wife won't let me buy the pre-made stuff because I COULD make a bottle. Ahhh!

Re: An easy, low cost way to get rid of dandruff

Jason — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:38:42 -0000

Head & Shoulders Intensive Care. It's not THAT expensive and it works great. I use the stuff daily and I haven't had dandruff in over a decade (expect for the month I tried a generic version).

Re: The BigRigg Challenge – Let’s Lose Some Weight!

Jason — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:05:40 -0000

Wow, yeah, that's amazing. Way to go!

Re: Movember = Mustaches for a good cause

Jason — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:45:04 -0000

Oh man. I can't do it. I've been a vocal member of the "mustaches look good on NO ONE" club for too long. Maybe... no, not even for a good cause.

Re: The BigRigg Challenge – Let’s Lose Some Weight!

Jason — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:05:38 -0000

Kraftfoods.com has some easy, tasty recipes at (and under) that calorie range. For example, these Bruschetta 'n Cheese-Stuffed Chicken Breasts are pretty easy to make (buy dried basil and save the effort of chopping fresh basil) and they're only 280 calories a serving: http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/bruschetta...

Re: The BigRigg Challenge – Let’s Lose Some Weight!

Jason — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:54:14 -0000

One nice reward for me was buying new pants last week. I'm wearing a 36 waist for the first time since Freshman year of college, AND I bought "straight leg" instead of the usual "loose fit". Awwwwww yeah.

Re: The BigRigg Challenge – Let’s Lose Some Weight!

Jason — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:36:42 -0000

Sounds like we're at about the same current weight and weight goal (although you're probably taller than me and therefore less overweight).

One big change I've made has been in breakfast. I always start out with a bowl of high fiber cereal (the "Fiber One" with 56% of my daily fiber works well and is only 100 calories for a bowl WITH MILK), as this is good for me and takes the edge off of my morning hunger. I follow that up with a second breakfast about 3 hours later (usually a whole wheat English muffin with reduced sugar Raspberry preserves on it). This leaves me well over a thousand calories for lunch, dinner and snacks to stay on my safe 2-lbs-a-week goal. Lean Cuisine for lunch and dinner isn't easy on the wallet, but then I know exactly how many calories I'm eating and it's something tasty to look forward to.

Re: The BigRigg Challenge – Let’s Lose Some Weight!

Jason — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:37:35 -0000

While I'm too lazy for videos and the like, I wanted to thank you for posting your weight-loss progress since you started last year. We both started weight-loss efforts around the same time, but didn't stick with it. But seeing you keep going got me back on the wagon. Using The Daily Plate (http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/) I've lost an additional 20 pounds over the past 3 months. My goal is to get my BMI under 30 (moving me from OBESE to plain old OVERWEIGHT). 32 pounds to go!

Re: The silly faces project

Jason — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:48:12 -0000

I love it! What a great idea,

Re: A Couple of Questions

Jason — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:10:15 -0000

Accent question is kind of tough. I'll say Scottish.

The money? Pay off college loans, improve college funds for kids, buy a new (used) house and new (used) family car, then HD TV, Blu-ray player, MP3 player, and a new PC. That would leave well over half left to give away.

Re: M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening” teaser trailer

Jason — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0000

I like your opinions of Shyamalan's movies, although I'd have to switch around Signs and Lady In The Water (yeah, I'm crazy). I'm really looking forward to "The Happening".

Re: Friday Five - The 5 Foods I would eat more of if they weren’t horrible for you

Jason — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:28:34 -0000

My list would be almost the same. Aside from a different order, I'd drop the Fudruckers specification for hamburgers (I've been there a number of times by someone else's request, and I never found a burger there that wasn't bested by a non-chain restaurant elsewhere), and I'd change deep-dish pizza to Chicago style deep-dish. If I was ever given a week or even few months to live, these things would become STAPLES of my diet. :-)

Re: Thank you, Mr. Bathroom man

Jason — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:32:51 -0000

GREAT POST! I write up a post or two about weird experiences or complaints about the public bathroom at my work every month, but never post them out of fear of appearing weird. Maybe I should now!

Re: Can You Love Your Enemies?

Jason — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:35:16 -0000

My first reaction was "Well, DUH!" But then I thought about it, and realized what a tall order such universal love is. A "hard pill to swallow" indeed. Christians are called to it, but so many (I'd wager the vast majority) refuse or ignore it.

Re: I’m One of the 55. Are You?

Jason — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:38:17 -0000

I'm shocked that the percentage that can't read it is so hight!

I have to admit, a few words slowed me for half a second because they looked slightly like a different, real word. "Cluod aulaclty" looked like "cloud audacity" to me at first glance. I found that the faster I read, the easier this was. Fun!

Re: Knight Rider, a.k.a. the “2-hour Ford commercial”, sucked (mostly).

Jason — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:30:59 -0000

Knight Rider without the Hoff....well, that's risky. But Knight Rider without a Pontiac Firebird? Heresy. Are you familiar with the 1997 spinoff "Team Knight Rider"? Those were all Fords too.

Anyway, glad to see it had some redeeming qualities and could make a decent series. I might have to watch the movie now. Maybe.

Re: This looks like it will be good

Jason — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:31:15 -0000

I saw that on Cinematical today too....does sound promising,

Re: One thing that would make me want to slap you

Jason — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:02:09 -0000

Haha, that looks ridiculous.

Re: What I do all day

Jason — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:22:54 -0000

Two days ago I was going through my Add/Remove programs list on my work PC, looking for things I had installed (an removing them if I didn't use them anymore). Anyway, I came across WebEX and wasn't sure if the company had installed it or it was some other crazy thing like spyware (the name is rather bland and vague sounding). So I googled it and saw that it was not spyware, and was likely from the company. They would have just automatically pushed it back to me if I had removed it, but it's funny that you use it every day; at least funny to me.

Re: R.I.P. Toshiba 50-inch HDTV (February 2003 - March 2008)

Jason — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:19:15 -0000

You had an HDTV in 2003? Nice. I'm sorry for your loss.

Re: iPhone + MS Exchange = Crazy Delicious

Jason — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:40:34 -0000

I prefer red vines and Mr. Pibb. Still, nice to see Blackberry getting some real competition.

Re: Amazon or iTunes - I prefer Amazon

Jason — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:15:51 -0000

I really wish I didn't recognize the Chris Rock reference. Just to make sure I have the correct one though, it's from 'Bring the Pain", right?

Anyway, I LOVE the Amazon MP3 store. It's not just because I never cared for iTunes (hate DRM, don't have an iPod, etc.), but I really like the Amazon MP3 store on its own merits.

I had just typed up a comment about how I haven't received any album art with any of the full albums I've downloaded from Amazon...but then it hit me that they might be stored directly in the MP3 file. (I've been using Foobar2000 to play my music at work lately, and I don't currently have it configured to display album art). So I opened it in Winamp, and sure enough, there's the album art embedded in each MP3 file. Thanks for bringing that to my attention!

Re: Amazon or iTunes - I prefer Amazon

Jason — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:15:13 -0000

So does iTunes still have a lot of songs with DRM? If so, is that all stuff that's not available on Amazon, or are there some songs on both that are only DRM free from Amazon?

Re: Are You a Pirate?

Jason — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:08:28 -0000

I used to sail the high seas. No depth was too deep for me to go for free treasure. Arrrrrg! Anyway, I've essentially hung up my pirate hat.

I do download the occasional TV show though. We try to program the VCR (we only have like 12 real channels of basic cable, so paying for a DVR seems like overkill for us) in advance when we know we're going to miss something, but that doesn't always work. Wouldn't the corporate owners of a TV show prefer that I download a single episode to keep up as opposed to just saying "I'm out of the loop, forget about that show this season"?

It was probably bad of me to download 'Tin Man' since I don't pay for the SciFi channel. But I deleted it after we watched it, so as long as I rent the DVD's sometime, I should be in the clear ethically, right? ;)

Re: Kansas Woman Sat on Boyfriend’s Toilet for 2 years

Jason — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:03:34 -0000

If I had a toilet as cool as the one pictured in your post, I'd consider sitting on it for 2 straight years myself. That's cooler than Zubaz(TM)!

Re: Are You a Pirate?

Jason — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:23:02 -0000

@Adam: Since this is on "teh publick interwebs", let me quote my "friend" Mason. "My two biggest moments in downloading TV shows have been with House, MD and Mystery Science Theater 3000. We found out about House with only 2 episodes left in the season. So in the week before the season finale aired, I grabbed the entire season up to those last two episodes. It was hard finding people sharing the older episodes (had to try some different P2P mediums) but I eventually got 'em all and we had quite a marathon that week. I did buy the season 1 DVD set when it came out (just to be a good boy). As for MST3K....well, I have every episode sitting on an extra 160GB hard drive in my PC. Haven't watched any of them in a long time, but I simply can't throw it all away after all that work and with all that awesomeness." Oh that crazy Mason.

@ jofusthaniel: I liked it a lot (although I have a married-man crush on Zoey Deschanel, so take my words with a grain of salt). I agree that it was too drawn out in parts and needed to be condensed. Even with stories I love, like Dune, I'd agree that the Sci-Fi channel needs work in that department.

Re: Twitter

Jason — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:35:34 -0000

I love Twitter, and I love the "In Plain English" commoncraft series. I've used his videos to explain feeds and del.icio.us to friends and family.

Re: Apple TV Take 2: a mini-review

Jason — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:49:56 -0000

I wonder which formats it can handle for streaming videos from a computer. I have a lot of poorly encoded old Xvid/Divx files (probably not meeting official Divx spec even) that I'd love to more easily watch in the livingroom.

@ifoundme: I'd rather have a Kindle (or Sony Reader) myself. :-)

Re: Question of the Day - Day Off Edition

Jason — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:20:53 -0000

I think the line between pajamas and casual wear has blurred significantly by now. I doubt you'd see many (if any) people in public dressed like the guy in the supermarket picture above. But my winter "PJ's" regularly consist of baggy plaid drawstring pants and a comfy t-shirt. That practically defines my usual "weekend trip to the hardware store" or early morning "shopping trip for something important for the baby that we somehow ran out of without noticing" clothes too. :)

Re: Kansas Woman Sat on Boyfriend’s Toilet for 2 years

Jason — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:31:17 -0000

Now the boyfriend has been charged!

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/boyfriend-charged-...

Re: Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl For President!

Jason — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:43:56 -0000

The new "BBQ Party". I like it.

Re: Awesome Shirt

Jason — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:41:29 -0000

Do w00t shirts ever come back in stock. I'll admit I'm only familiar with regular w00t, but I though "sold out" was permanent with them.

Re: Best Buy sent me a $50 Gift Card!

Jason — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:24:19 -0000

Yeah, this is a pretty uncharacteristic move for Best Buy. It was crazy (in a good way) enough of them to offer the Gift Cards to people who came in to the store with HDDVD receipts, but mailing them out? Next thing you know, they'll adopt one of those "the customer is always right" policies....yeah right.

Re: Redbox - rent dvd’s for $1/day - BRILLIANT

Jason — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:19:29 -0000

The grocery store half-a-mile from our house has one of these. I looked at it on Saturday to see if they had Juno, but of course they were out. But this reserving on-line business is interesting. I'm going to create an account now and check it out. Thanks for reminding me that there can be more to it than just walking up and looking.

Re: Monster Energy Drink = Bile in a can

Jason — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:27:21 -0000

MDX (Mountain Dew Extreme). Even the sugar free version is delicious.

Jasons last blog post..Mobipocket - My 1st eBook Purchase Experience

Re: Movie night with mom

Jason — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:32:46 -0000

I'm jealous that you've watched Cloverfield and Blair Witch with your mom. My mom won't watch any movie without a Jesus allegory or pioneer era family.

Re: Energy Drink Review: “Amp Energy Overdrive”

Jason — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:09:35 -0000

Wow, I can't believe I messed up so badly. I DID NOT mean to recommend MDX! I know it's awfully convenient that I realize this AFTER you try Amp and like it, but I seriously was thinking of Amp when I mistakenly said MDX. MDX is an acquired taste (even after drinking it many times, I'm not that fond of it), but I liked Amp from my first sip. I've never tried the Energy Overdrive variety (mostly because I've been choosing sugar free when I've bought Amp lately) but now I'll have to give it a try.

I love the happy shots grouped with the sad shot. Seriously, that's funny stuff.

Re: I need some input…

Jason — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:47:09 -0000

Not bad. It makes me think of an early nineties teensploitation movie, but there's nothing wrong with that.

Re: Cannonball

Jason — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:28:38 -0000

Sweet playing and singing, man.

Re: Energy Drink Review: Camping out edition - “Crunk!!!”

Jason — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:05:41 -0000

Oh. Wow.

I'm not sure if this is awesome or depressing. Glad it was good though.

I noticed some AMP in there too.

Re: TwitterSnooze! - Snooze Chatty Twitter Friends

Jason — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:43:31 -0000

This is an interesting idea. I'm glad you mentioned the "is now following you" problem, as that would be enough to detract me (not that I even have anybody to use this on anyway). I would love it if Twitter would develop an option for me to consolidate the tweets of certain people I follow and chose how often I get a summary tweet. Some guy who posts 80 things a day, maybe I just want to get a long tweet of them 3 or 4 times a day.

Re: The full-length trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening”

Jason — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:24:41 -0000

I started watching the trailer and stopped before I got 1/3 way through. I am so excited for this movie, I decided I don't want to know anything more. While "Lady In The Water" turned a lot of people off of Shyamalan, it made me like him even more. And Zooey Deschanel rocks my face off.

Jasons last blog post..Google Reader Sharing vs. Tumblr

Re: Video Post: At work…

Jason — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:48:01 -0000

"And by we, I mean me" That was awesome.

Re: Strange Ebay feedback

Jason — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:59:21 -0000

That's 100 times better than the usual "great seller super happy fast A++++!!!"

I'd trust the shower guy's rating much more than the others.

Re: The Elevator and the 2nd floor

Jason — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:34:49 -0000

I hear ya. I don't complain (even in my head) when someone takes the elevator up 1 floor; some people (even some young people) have bad knees or asthma or a number of excuses besides laziness. But when someone effects elevator traffic just to go down a single floor, I get a little annoyed.

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Re: Elevator conversation of the day

Jason — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:15:49 -0000

Maybe she thought you were one of those people that take the elevator down a floor to the basement?

Re: Elevator conversation of the day

Jason — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:11:16 -0000

Well that makes sense (and she did not). Good story!

Re: What the heck happened to Carrot Top?

Jason — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:17:25 -0000

He couldn't handle all the bad reviews for Chairman Of The Board.

Re: Sports enthusiast vs geek - is there really a difference?

Jason — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:27:04 -0000

That's a great point, Adam. Most sports geeks I know would look at you like you're insane if you suggested that their all-consuming obsession made them a "geek".

Jasons last blog post..Firefox Gets A New Image Placeholder

Re: Who Else could have played Indiana Jones?

Jason — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:03:28 -0000

Tom Selleck's da man. He would have been a great Indy, as long as he was the first and only. I hate it when the actor playing a character is replaced.

Re: Video Vednesday - Everlong

Jason — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:35:21 -0000

Wooo! Thanks for giving me something to rock out to on this previously slow and boring hump-day afternoon. "You've got to promise not to stop when I say when." Great song!

Re: Possibly the best WordPress Plugin EVER

Jason — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:36:39 -0000

That looks like something they should build in to Wordpress automatically. I use Wordpress.com for my personal blog, but my blog for family pictures and videos is hosted. However, even if they block FTP at work, my hosting company has a web-based interface that lets me upload files through my browser without FTP. I'm saving this to my del.icio.us in case I need it some day though.

Re: If you love someone, let them know today

Jason — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:31:24 -0000

It makes matters exponentially worse that the driver was their son. His feelings, their feelings towards him...just horrible stuff. Terribly regrettable and unfortunate event.

Re: Who are they trying to kid?

Jason — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:26:09 -0000

I'm sure dial-up is still good enough for basic chat. But the rest is a blatant lie. Even "reliable" would surprise me, as I've found most dial-up to be ridled with random disconnects and the occasional busy signal.

Re: A Ford with a Fridge

Jason — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:23:14 -0000

Tommy Boy, of course. I've been waiting for fridges in cars ever since I became a dad and had to worry about sippy cups of milk spoiling. Hopefully this will get a good response and spread to other manufacturors while getting much cheaper.

Re: TwitterFox - a Twitter plugin for Firefox

Jason — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:24:51 -0000

Gotta love TwitterFox. Word!

Re: Drank: The Anti-Energy Drink

Jason — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:37:21 -0000

David Pescovitz og Boing Boing seems to think that Drank the beverage is not the same as Purple Drank the rec drug. Should be safe, but not necessarily pleasant.

Re: Foo Fighters, songwriting, and the climax of a song

Jason — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:58:20 -0000

I was just thinking about this as I listened to Counting Crows' "Insignificant" this morning. I'm sure you can pick up on what I'm talking about there. Always great when a band does these and does them well.

Re: In $.001…

Jason — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:00:01 -0000

In Iowa, the cheapest gas is usually the mid-octane stuff (89/90). Probably has something to do with ethanol subsidies. Just thought I'd share that!

Re: Trying out a new theme

Jason — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:20:36 -0000

I don't care for the textured background...feels a little 90's. But I like the dark color and borderless style. Definitely a step up!

Re: Trying out a new theme

Jason — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:12:36 -0000

Background isn't a deal breaker. And no, haven't seen The Happening yet, but will someday. Did you see/like "Lady In The Water"? I've known hardcore Shyamalan fans who didn't like Lady, but I loved it.

And yes, that's a very Kaufman logo pic, and very cool.

Re: Trying out a new theme

Jason — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:14:20 -0000

Ouch. If you liked LITW and still disliked The Happening, I am no longer optimistic. :-S

Jasons last blog post..A City Recovering

Re: Are sideburns still cool?

Jason — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:50:01 -0000

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. The day sideburns start being wrong, I don't wanna be right.

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Re: Nothing new to see

Jason — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:44:27 -0000

Between Digg, Boing Boing (and Boing Boing Gadgets), Lifehacker, IO9...well, you get the idea: my Google Reader is rarely empty. When I'm having a REALLY slow day and do empty all the non-podcast feeds, I move on to podcasts (like TWiT or TAL).

As a last resort, I can almost always lose myself in Wikipedia, starting with a person, movie, book, something like that and just keep digging further down through the related links.

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Re: Jim Carey reminds us about how cheap gas used to be

Jason — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:28:05 -0000

I remember high school (late 90's) when gas was under $1 for a while. Still, I remind people that with inflation, gas could be MUCH more expensive than it is now. And decades ago when it was just a few dollars cheaper, car were much less fuel efficient too. We've taken gas for granted for a long time now.

Re: How much does it cost you to drive one mile?

Jason — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:58:54 -0000

I keep tabs on my mpg for every tank, so using my average around-town mpg and the current cost of gas at the corner, I'm looking at 16 cents a mile.

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Re: Thought of the day

Jason — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:03:51 -0000

Vastly superior to putting on socks while the socks are still wet.

Re: Poster from the new Star Trek movie

Jason — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:12:28 -0000

I'm a huge fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I tolerated the original series while enjoying the original movies. I'm looking forward to this, but won't be going to any midnight showings or wearing my Star Fleet uniform.

Re: Why is it So Hard to Wake Up in the Morning?

Jason — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:37:28 -0000

It's because they haven't invented an affordable way for me to drink coffee before I wake up.

Re: Week 1 vs Week 10… I can see a difference

Jason — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:08:04 -0000

That's awesome, man. Way to go!

Re: Try this next time you’re in traffic

Jason — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:46:44 -0000

I have to admit, I dislike it when people leave that kind of room in front of them at a red light. When the person in front of me inches forward, I VOLUNTARILY do it too because I know someone coming from a parking lot, ally, or other intersection might need some room to get in at the end of the line.

I'm all for experimenting in the name of social science though. ;-)

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Re: My top 5 guilty pleasures - music edition

Jason — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:07:53 -0000

Dirty Pop's a good song. Celebrity as a whole was a decent album if I remember correctly.

Not sure I can overlook this Mmmm Bop business though. Tsk, tsk.

Re: Do you think that’s air you’re breathing?

Jason — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:28:20 -0000

I find this one much funnier:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6waXPTSrGiA

Re: Random trip to Underground Atlanta

Jason — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:57:32 -0000

I have to say I love the new theme. Very, very nice.

FYI, the bottom COMMENT link on whatever your newest post by be at the time doesn't seen to work.

Love this theme though, ;)

Jasons last blog post..The Pain And Joy That Came With Star Trek

Re: 10 Shoes You Should Never Be Caught Wearing

Jason — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:08:47 -0000

Ah man, I love my Skate Shoes. ~$20 at Target every 2-3 years.

And for the record, flip flops are EVIL. How can you wear something so noisy?

Re: Attention iPhone/mobile phone readers!

Jason — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:15:57 -0000

Very nice! The server's really slow right now, on my desktop or my phone. But the mobile theme is very snazzy.

Re: Same Side Sitters

Jason — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:23:49 -0000

That's what your couch at home is for! If you have to be that close, get a table and sit on the same corner. These people make me think of the couples in high school (or even college) who had to hold hands as they walked in and out of the classroom, or even as they walked up front to turn in papers.

Re: Same Side Sitters

Jason — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:28:05 -0000

Is it still "redneck" if it's not a truck, but instead an old boat of a car? ;-)

Re: What a difference a year can make!

Jason — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:15:23 -0000

Awesome, awesome, awesome. Way to go! At one point in time we were about the same weight and both in the active process of losing it. I totally fell off that wagon. Yikes. Now I'm back at it, and seriously not going to give up this time. Your story is ridiculously motivational. It's funny that you posted this the 2nd day of me back in hardcore get healthy mode. Again, way to go.

Re: Clunkers

Jason — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:19:05 -0000

Hey Nathan, just out of curiosity, what's wrong with the MPLS bus system? I'm completely ignorant here, except for the fact that my wife used it extensively when she took a class at the U of M for a semester.

Re: As Seen in Atlanta, Part III

Jason — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:32:06 -0000

Dude... Comic-Con is in San Francisco. I'm going to pretend you said Dragon*Con so I don't have to lose respect for you.

Re: As Seen in Atlanta, Part III

Jason — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:38:57 -0000

Hee hee, don't worry about it. In fact, I had to google Dragon-con to make sure it was in Atlanta before I posted anyway. :-)

Re: The silly faces project

Jason — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:48:12 -0000

I love it! What a great idea,

Re: A Couple of Questions

Jason — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:10:15 -0000

Re: M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening” teaser trailer

Jason — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:02:42 -0000

I like your opinions of Shyamalan's movies, although I'd have to switch around Signs and Lady In The Water (yeah, I'm crazy). I'm really looking forward to "The Happening".

Re: Thank you, Mr. Bathroom man

Jason — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:32:51 -0000

GREAT POST! I write up a post or two about weird experiences or complaints about the public bathroom at my work every month, but never post them out of fear of appearing weird. Maybe I should now!

Re: Friday Five - The 5 Foods I would eat more of if they weren’t horrible for you

Jason — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:28:34 -0000

Re: I’m One of the 55. Are You?

Jason — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:38:17 -0000

Re: Can You Love Your Enemies?

Jason — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:35:16 -0000

Re: Question of the Day - Day Off Edition

Jason — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:20:53 -0000

Re: Knight Rider, a.k.a. the “2-hour Ford commercial”, sucked (mostly).

Jason — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:30:59 -0000

Re: This looks like it will be good

Jason — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:31:15 -0000

I saw that on Cinematical today too....does sound promising,

Re: One thing that would make me want to slap you

Jason — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:02:09 -0000

Haha, that looks ridiculous.

Re: What I do all day

Jason — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:22:54 -0000

Re: R.I.P. Toshiba 50-inch HDTV (February 2003 - March 2008)

Jason — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:19:15 -0000

You had an HDTV in 2003? Nice. I'm sorry for your loss.

Re: iPhone + MS Exchange = Crazy Delicious

Jason — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:40:34 -0000

I prefer red vines and Mr. Pibb. Still, nice to see Blackberry getting some real competition.

Re: Amazon or iTunes - I prefer Amazon

Jason — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:15:51 -0000

Re: Amazon or iTunes - I prefer Amazon

Jason — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:15:13 -0000

So does iTunes still have a lot of songs with DRM? If so, is that all stuff that's not available on Amazon, or are there some songs on both that are only DRM free from Amazon?

Re: Are You a Pirate?

Jason — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:08:28 -0000

Re: Are You a Pirate?

Jason — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:23:02 -0000

Re: Kansas Woman Sat on Boyfriend’s Toilet for 2 years

Jason — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:03:34 -0000

If I had a toilet as cool as the one pictured in your post, I'd consider sitting on it for 2 straight years myself. That's cooler than Zubaz(TM)!

Re: Kansas Woman Sat on Boyfriend’s Toilet for 2 years

Jason — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:31:17 -0000

Now the boyfriend has been charged!

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/boyfriend-charged-...

Re: Twitter

Jason — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:35:34 -0000

I love Twitter, and I love the "In Plain English" commoncraft series. I've used his videos to explain feeds and del.icio.us to friends and family.

Re: Apple TV Take 2: a mini-review

Jason — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:49:56 -0000

Re: Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl For President!

Jason — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:43:56 -0000

The new "BBQ Party". I like it.

Re: Awesome Shirt

Jason — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:41:29 -0000

Do w00t shirts ever come back in stock. I'll admit I'm only familiar with regular w00t, but I though "sold out" was permanent with them.

Re: Best Buy sent me a $50 Gift Card!

Jason — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:24:19 -0000

Re: Redbox - rent dvd’s for $1/day - BRILLIANT

Jason — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:19:29 -0000

Re: Movie night with mom

Jason — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:32:46 -0000

I'm jealous that you've watched Cloverfield and Blair Witch with your mom. My mom won't watch any movie without a Jesus allegory or pioneer era family.

Re: Monster Energy Drink = Bile in a can

Jason — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:27:21 -0000

MDX (Mountain Dew Extreme). Even the sugar free version is delicious.

Jasons last blog post..Mobipocket - My 1st eBook Purchase Experience

Re: Energy Drink Review: “Amp Energy Overdrive”

Jason — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:09:35 -0000

Re: I need some input…

Jason — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:47:09 -0000

Not bad. It makes me think of an early nineties teensploitation movie, but there's nothing wrong with that.

Re: Cannonball

Jason — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:28:38 -0000

Sweet playing and singing, man.

Re: Energy Drink Review: Camping out edition - “Crunk!!!”

Jason — Mon, 05 May 2008 11:05:41 -0000

Oh. Wow.

I'm not sure if this is awesome or depressing. Glad it was good though.

I noticed some AMP in there too.

Re: TwitterSnooze! - Snooze Chatty Twitter Friends

Jason — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:43:31 -0000

Re: The full-length trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Happening”

Jason — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:24:41 -0000

Re: Video Post: At work…

Jason — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:48:01 -0000

"And by we, I mean me" That was awesome.

Re: Strange Ebay feedback

Jason — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:59:21 -0000

That's 100 times better than the usual "great seller super happy fast A++++!!!"

I'd trust the shower guy's rating much more than the others.

Re: The Elevator and the 2nd floor

Jason — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:34:49 -0000

Re: Elevator conversation of the day

Jason — Mon, 19 May 2008 09:15:49 -0000

Maybe she thought you were one of those people that take the elevator down a floor to the basement?

Re: Elevator conversation of the day

Jason — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:11:16 -0000

Well that makes sense (and she did not). Good story!

Re: What the heck happened to Carrot Top?

Jason — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:17:25 -0000

He couldn't handle all the bad reviews for Chairman Of The Board.

Re: Sports enthusiast vs geek - is there really a difference?

Jason — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:27:04 -0000

Re: Who Else could have played Indiana Jones?

Jason — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:03:28 -0000

Tom Selleck's da man. He would have been a great Indy, as long as he was the first and only. I hate it when the actor playing a character is replaced.

Re: Video Vednesday - Everlong

Jason — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:35:21 -0000

Wooo! Thanks for giving me something to rock out to on this previously slow and boring hump-day afternoon. "You've got to promise not to stop when I say when." Great song!

Re: Possibly the best WordPress Plugin EVER

Jason — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:36:39 -0000

Re: If you love someone, let them know today

Jason — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:31:24 -0000

It makes matters exponentially worse that the driver was their son. His feelings, their feelings towards him...just horrible stuff. Terribly regrettable and unfortunate event.

Re: Who are they trying to kid?

Jason — Tue, 27 May 2008 15:26:09 -0000

Re: A Ford with a Fridge

Jason — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:23:14 -0000

Re: TwitterFox - a Twitter plugin for Firefox

Jason — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:24:51 -0000

Gotta love TwitterFox. Word!

Re: Drank: The Anti-Energy Drink

Jason — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:37:21 -0000

David Pescovitz og Boing Boing seems to think that Drank the beverage is not the same as Purple Drank the rec drug. Should be safe, but not necessarily pleasant.

Re: Foo Fighters, songwriting, and the climax of a song

Jason — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:58:20 -0000

Re: In $.001…

Jason — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:00:01 -0000

In Iowa, the cheapest gas is usually the mid-octane stuff (89/90). Probably has something to do with ethanol subsidies. Just thought I'd share that!

Re: Trying out a new theme

Jason — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:20:36 -0000

I don't care for the textured background...feels a little 90's. But I like the dark color and borderless style. Definitely a step up!

Re: Trying out a new theme

Jason — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:12:36 -0000

Re: Trying out a new theme

Jason — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:14:20 -0000

Ouch. If you liked LITW and still disliked The Happening, I am no longer optimistic. :-S

Jasons last blog post..A City Recovering

Re: Are sideburns still cool?

Jason — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:50:01 -0000

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. The day sideburns start being wrong, I don't wanna be right.

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Re: Nothing new to see

Jason — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:44:27 -0000

Re: Jim Carey reminds us about how cheap gas used to be

Jason — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:28:05 -0000

Re: Thought of the day

Jason — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:03:51 -0000

Vastly superior to putting on socks while the socks are still wet.

Re: How much does it cost you to drive one mile?

Jason — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:58:54 -0000

I keep tabs on my mpg for every tank, so using my average around-town mpg and the current cost of gas at the corner, I'm looking at 16 cents a mile.

Jasons last blog post..Books…Oh, No…

Re: Poster from the new Star Trek movie

Jason — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:12:28 -0000

Re: Why is it So Hard to Wake Up in the Morning?

Jason — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:37:28 -0000

It's because they haven't invented an affordable way for me to drink coffee before I wake up.

Re: Week 1 vs Week 10… I can see a difference

Jason — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:08:04 -0000

That's awesome, man. Way to go!

Re: Try this next time you’re in traffic

Jason — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:46:44 -0000

Re: Do you think that’s air you’re breathing?

Jason — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:28:20 -0000

I find this one much funnier:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6waXPTSrGiA

Re: My top 5 guilty pleasures - music edition

Jason — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:07:53 -0000

Dirty Pop's a good song. Celebrity as a whole was a decent album if I remember correctly.

Not sure I can overlook this Mmmm Bop business though. Tsk, tsk.

Re: Random trip to Underground Atlanta

Jason — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:57:32 -0000

Re: 10 Shoes You Should Never Be Caught Wearing

Jason — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:08:47 -0000

Ah man, I love my Skate Shoes. ~$20 at Target every 2-3 years.

And for the record, flip flops are EVIL. How can you wear something so noisy?

Re: Attention iPhone/mobile phone readers!

Jason — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:15:57 -0000

Very nice! The server's really slow right now, on my desktop or my phone. But the mobile theme is very snazzy.

Re: Same Side Sitters

Jason — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:23:49 -0000

Re: Same Side Sitters

Jason — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:28:05 -0000

Is it still "redneck" if it's not a truck, but instead an old boat of a car? ;-)

Re: What a difference a year can make!

Jason — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:15:23 -0000

Re: What's been going on

Jason — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:02:09 -0000

Love! That explains everything.

Also, just yesterday I was making fun of churches, malls, and suburbs with boring names like Northview, Northpoint, etc., so thanks for giving me a chuckle today (even though it wasn't your intent).

Re: The US Postal Service is very resourceful. Or not.

Jason — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:04:13 -0000

Maybe it's a regional thing. People are always hating on the post office, but here in Iowa it's pretty good (and to the best of my recollection, it was decent in Minnesota too). I use the post office often, and they've yet to let me down.

And I'm so sorry, but I have to do this (don't hate me, it's because I think you deserve better):
http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/

Re: The US Postal Service is very resourceful. Or not.

Jason — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:09:54 -0000

Yeah, I guess my comment was more in response to your other commenters! Your map/tracking is great proof that something is very wrong with the system. :)

Re: Minimum Purchase Required

Jason — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:37:55 -0000

I pay for everything with my Credit Card because then I can track my purchases and even my budget using sites like Mint.com. Plus, I get great rewards point on it, and that's undeniable extra cash in my hand every month or so. As long as you set up alerts on the card site to help you know exactly what your balance is (and be sure you don't charge money you don't have the cash to pay for), it's smart.