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19 Feb

Toshiba Waves the White Flag in the War Against Blu-ray

I did a post last week about how Netflix decided to stop renting HD-DVD format movies. Well the death march for HD-DVD just keeps on continuing.
Friday it was Wal-Mart continuing the spiralling end to HD-DVD as they announced that they are discontinuing the sale of HD-DVD and will be selling Blu-ray discs as their [...]

12 Feb

That Sound You Hear is Taps Being Played for HD-DVD

Today I felt the third or fourth stab into my wallet in the last 2 months. The reason?
Online DVD rental service Netflix announced today that they will only be buying Blu-ray discs from now on and will phase out their HD-DVD collection by the end of the year. This follows Warner Bros. announcement [...]

10 Feb

The People we Elevate to Pedestals; What are we Thinking?

I was watching the Grammy Awards tonight and I was totally amazed that a person who is self destructive and abuses drugs and alcohol can be so celebrated. Of course I am talking about Amy Winehouse.
She was initially denied a U.S. visa to perform live at the Grammy’s due to the “use and abuse [...]

10 Feb

My Movie Reviews: The Great Raid

Today while reading and generally doing nothing, I came across a movie that piqued my interest on the History Channel. The name of the movie was The Great Raid. I generally don’t do reviews on movies but this is a fairly new one that I think many missed and should watch.
The movie is based [...]

05 May

Are You Dumber Than Dirt?

So how many of you have watched the Fox show “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader”? If you haven’t, you should.
I find it amazing that the producers can find people who are willing to prove how dumb they are in front of millions of people. I have watched the show several times and [...]

17 Mar

NO! Hips Don’t Lie

I just watched this video with Beyonce and Shakira called Beautiful Liar. Pretty hot video. I have never been a bit fan of Beyonce but Shakira is a different matter. This video could go down as a “Hip Shake” competition. Ummm…I cant remember if they were actually singing in the video. Oh well, I guess [...]

05 Mar

Slacker #1

Cisko in the Suitcase

Originally uploaded by EclecticBlogs.

Yesterday we were watching a show on Animal Planet called Beastly Countdown: Slackers. It was a show about the 10 laziest animals in the world. It had animals like the hippopotamus, grey tree frog, crocodilians, remoras, porcupines, koala bears and snails. The top 3 laziest animals were: #3 Tortoise, [...]

18 Feb

7 Day Retrospect: 02.18.07

Here are my thoughts and recollections for the past week:

Budget presentation day was last Thursday. I think it went well and I think the committee understood my vision for the next 3 years.
Patti worked with a few more clients and spent most of the week working on crafts for the SLPs to use.
The Edmonton Oilers [...]

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