Why Sam Ash Sucks

You may remember that I recently got my first electric guitar back from Bob yesterday. Last night, I posted an ad on Freecycle to get a little practice guitar amp (I used to have a little fender and marshall practice amp, but I don't know what happened to either one of them).  But I figured …

Deeeeeeeeamn Boyeeeeee!

OK...for a long time now (years maybe?), I have wanted a reel to reel 4 track recorder. It just seemed so old school. So....right, ya know?And thanks to Bob's moving into a new house, I have one.An Akai, no less.Behold (this is a stock photo of it, but you get the idea, as this is …

Dude. That’s Sick!

A trip into the community fridge at work can prove quite frightening. Oh sure...it looks innocent enough.But think back. When was the last time anyone at work ordered Donato's?Well...lessee....we had the pizzas in class last week. So...could be that. No, wait a minute. Those were just pizzas. this is clearly a sub. Maybe someone brought …

With Apologies to Leonard

Man...I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for Fuddruckers to go redneck. And they finally have. Noting says "Kiss yer cousin, Bubba" quite like Buckets of Beer. Although to be truly authentic, they should have said Buckets O'Beer.No buckets were ordered, but the burger was tasty.Came home and finished cleaning out my side …

Nick of Time and Then Some

Portions cross-posted in TZP ProjectsDudes and dudettes, What a wild night!!Last week, you may remember, I ordered this lovely (and tad bit sexy) piece of hardware:OK. you may not remember. I don't know if I mentioned that I sold one of the turntables and the DJ mixer to get this (but I did).It's the Alesis …

Funny Money and a Saturday Night Smash-Up

The rodeo's in town. Or so it would seem by the dozens of people walking past 2 Nationwide Plaza as the Mrs and I finish up our yearly dinner at Morton's (courtesy of the gift card from my generous employer). We like to look at it as pretend money. Since it's on my boss, we …

Bye Bye Miss American Pie

There is a subtle sadness in the air. Media Play-the goliath that once challenged other retail outlets for entertainment media supremacy- is on life support. And they're about to pull the plug.In three days.Basically everything is gone. There's one shelf of PC Games, a few are even from the last year or so. A shelf …

Reese’s Pieces and the Fall of an Empire

Alright sportsfans, I've kept you in suspense enough.In my recent post, I laid the challenge for the following picture:250 points if you can spot it* . Extra points if you can tell me exactly WHY it was such a disappointment.*It, of course being the biggest turd in the entire Atari2600 catalog.Darrin didn't chime in, so …

Matter/anti-Matter*

2006 is already fast becoming the year of change. MediaPlay is closing in....4 days. Thanks BestBuy for buying them and closing their doors. Of the two overpriced media outlets, BestBuy certainly wins in its mega-ness, but it's the little quirks about MediaPlay that I grew to love. And now they're about gone. But I am …

The Eternal Debate

It's pretty safe to say that the LiveJournal vs. Blogger debate has a pretty clear answer in my mind. There are only a couple of people's journals I read. Some are friends that live near me that I don't talk to nearly enough so it's the only way I know what's going on in their …