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Entries from June 2008

Lunch Bits - Edition 18

June 27th, 2008 · 8 Comments

We went to Panera Bread.  It was an overcast day when we talked about:

Co-worker looks like Rick Yune.
Kobe Bryant is the 2008 MVP for Lakers.  But is he to blame for Laker’s loss to the Celtics?  Our opinions were split evenly.
Co-worker still haven’t seen Casino Royale with Daniel Craig.  Darker, much less campy James Bond […]

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Posted in Driving · Lunch Bits · Motion Picture

Follow Up on Twitter Stuff

June 26th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Twitter’s popularity is on an all time high.  I can tell they’re being used more often now by the amount of Twitter tools available out there.  Here’s a round up on what I’ve recently used regularly, in addition to what I’ve listed before.

Summize
It’s becoming de facto search engine for Twitter.  Fast and reliable.  Hat […]

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Birthday Girl

June 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments

My daughter, Kaitlyn, just had her birthday celebration last Sunday at The Little Gym. We invited her friends for some games and snacks. Activities include singing, running, jumping, giant rainbow parachute games, bouncy inflatable runway, and photo sessions.
Then we served them melons, strawberries, grapes, dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets, turkey wraps, chips, birthday chocolate cake, with […]

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Lunch Bits - Edition 17

June 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

We went to Curry House this week.  It was a very warm day when we talked about:

A co-worker likes sprint car racing.  Pretty expensive hobby, but it looks like a lot of fun.
The laugh out loud movies: Dumb and Dumber, Borat, Harold and Kumar, and Eddie Murphy movies up to Beverly Hills Cop.
The heat wave […]

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Posted in Driving · Golf · Lunch Bits · Motion Picture · Nature · Parenting

Hypermile

June 19th, 2008 · 10 Comments

A few people around me are talking about doing a “hypermile” with their cars.  In a nutshell, hypermiling is a fuel economy maximizing behavior, or a set of tricks to gain more miles per gallon.  For the most part, the recommendations are good advice. For me, I can’t do all the tricks because it […]

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