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Entries from August 2004

I like winners

August 29th, 2004 · 3 Comments

Today, on a track far from Athens, my parents’ race horse , Dashing By By had glory of her very own. She won the Certified North Dakota Bred Quarter Horse Derby.

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Tags: Horses/Racing

Craptastic

August 29th, 2004 · 4 Comments

I added more memory to my laptop as well as did a fresh install of WinXP Pro.
It did not go well.
UPDATE: All systems are a go. Everything’s working fantastically, except for some wifi interference from a nearby network and a little font glitch.

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Tags: Geek

To Whom It May Concern: Vol II

August 28th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Dear Whiny Olympic Diving Commentator,
You’re annoying. Shut up.
You make me want to not watch the men’s platform diving semifinals. At least Bart Connors won a gold in the event he commentates for.
Sincerely yours,
Nicole Swan

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Tags: Sports · Television

because I need to play Commander Keen 2

August 20th, 2004 · No Comments

This is the coolest thing ever. I’m totally installing Commander Keen now. Oh wait, I don’t have a 5.25 inch floppy drive. (I kid. Of course, I’m just going to download it.)
But then I’m going to fire it up with Soundblaster and some quality VGA graphics and revel in DOS heaven.
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Afterthought: […]

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Tags: Geek

To Whom It May Concern

August 18th, 2004 · 2 Comments

Dear Olympic Men’s Gymnastics Commentators,
You’re annoying. Shut up.
Sincerely yours,
Nicole Swan

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Tags: Sports

my kind of night

August 12th, 2004 · 1 Comment

So after working 11.5 hours, baking, doing laundry, and making myself some dinner, I finally had dinner on my plate. I took barely one step before (in slow motion as is customary) my plate shifted and took its slow tumble to the kitchen floor. Plate ruined. Enchilada ruined. And a mess […]

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Tags: Life

the post in which I whore myself out for a free iPod

August 10th, 2004 · 5 Comments

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Lordy, lordy. I am so close on this. I just need one more person to complete an offer. Any takers? For the trouble you’ll get, um, my undying gratitude?
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If you want to help me out, follow the referrer link below. Word is, everything works better in IE.
Follow this to help […]

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Tags: Geek