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In honor of the holiday, a few things I am thankful for of late:

1) the Walking Dead and Dexter: two prime examples of how good television can be. If you dig beneath the dung pile of reality TV, you can still find some diamonds!

2) Steig Larsson: I am 2/3 of the way through the final book in his Millenium trilogy, and am becoming...
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I figured since we are weeks away from Halloween I would start watching some horror movies to get in the holiday spirit. So far, I'm off to a bit of a slow start. I just watched the Nightmare on Elm Street remake the other day, which I thought was pretty poor. I know I have a real fondness for the original from my teenage...
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Went to Cooperstown to see the Baseball Hall of Fame last weekend. The museum was very impressive and a real mecca for baseball fans. Unfortunately, once you leave the museum there isn't much to do, as it seems the entire town shuts down by 6pm.
I also found this at a store in a cider mill- maybe I should start offering at my office and...
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Had a great birthday last week. Went to a fondue restaurant for dinner and had the full four course treatment, after which I could barely walk I was so stuffed.
Labor Day weekend was kinda fun too. Saw Machete on Sunday ( over the top and lots of fun!). Went to the beach for a short time Monday ( way too windy) and had a...
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Well, as of a few minutes ago, I have officially left my 30's behind. I can't decide what to do first- buy a ridiculously expensive sports car to compensate for my receding hairline, or start dating a girl half my age.
Decisions, decisions...

Just got back from my annual visit to California to visit my brother. Every year I come back from the trip, it's harder for me to figure out why I'm not living there year-round ( well, other than the soul-crushing traffic).
Oh well, back to cold, hard reality ( otherwise known as New Jersey).

I haven't been very active on the site for the last few months, and have basically regressed to mostly lurker status in chat. I almost use chat like a background distraction while I'm doing other stuff- kinda like the TV on in the background.
I've been seeing a girl for the last 3 months, which is nice ( especially since it means my 18 months...
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Happy Anna Howard Shaw Day, everyone!!

"Geez, I put on these extra holiday pounds and I just can't seem to get rid of them", he says, as he washes down the broccoli cheddar poppers and buffalo wings he called dinner with a piece of chocolate cake. ARRGH!! I can't get out of pig-out mode that started during the holidays. Even getting back to the gym 5 days a week can't balance...
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It's amazing what little time vampires video games can be. I just bought Dragon Age: Origins for the X-Box last week, but was holding off on playing- I knew once I started I could kiss all my free time goodbye.
And sure enough...the other night I was going to try to put a dent in watching all the shows I had DVR'd but decided to...
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