tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-150503572011-04-21T16:33:45.509-05:00Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-36220938561618980532007-06-08T10:32:00.000-05:002007-06-08T10:56:46.103-05:00

So on Monday, I'm heading up to Montreal for a work meeting. My passport expired recently, and this meeting was just schedule a couple of days ago, so I'd called up the passport's hotline to set up an appointment at the local passport office. (Luckily, Boston is one of the major offices). Well, the first few calls don't go so well since the system is apparently so overload that I can't even get

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1163790417551644882006-11-17T14:00:00.000-05:002006-11-17T14:06:57.566-05:00

A Boston police sergeant uses a bullhorn this morning to tell a young man hiding behind a newspaper paper that it was time leave a lobby adjoining the Copley Place Mall after video game buffs overwhelmed security. Some gamers said that they had been waiting in line for three days for the debut sale of Sony's PlayStation3. [caption and picture from boston.com]Seriously?! All this drama for a PS3?

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1159765135462340082006-10-01T23:50:00.000-05:002006-10-01T23:59:58.163-05:00

Click here to see how the monkey became evil.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1158872626756996982006-09-21T15:15:00.001-05:002006-09-21T16:30:46.026-05:00

Here's a very interesting take on the Pope's recent, controversial speech:http://www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=275704 (This google link avoids registration. Alternatively, you could try BugMeNot.)The article presents the pope as a very astute political player, whose words were chosen not only to shore up support from the Catholic base in Europe and the US, but also draw

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1158776875933807072006-09-20T13:25:00.000-05:002006-09-20T13:27:55.953-05:00

I totally forgot about the 3-fights rule:This was back when the NHL had one of my favorite rules – three fights and you are ejected.Not one – totally acceptable. Not two – probably stretching it, but circumstance could merit that in two unrelated incidents a player might need to try to beat the hell out of someone during the course of a game.But three? Well, now, you miscreant, now you've crossed

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1156712979471651442006-08-27T15:55:00.000-05:002006-08-27T16:14:24.090-05:00

Just got back from tryouts for Red Bull's Crashed Ice. I'd never heard of it before, but the competition's been going on for years. What's not to like about skating as fast as you can down an obstacle course in full hockey gear with 3 other guys jostling for position?The tryouts were pretty cool, but I think it could have been done in much less time. On the rink, they had barrels staged around

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1142888091890364682006-03-20T15:54:00.000-05:002006-03-20T15:54:51.913-05:00

what's going on here? This was on boston.com

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1142887074233399362006-03-20T15:34:00.000-05:002006-03-20T15:37:54.246-05:00

I'm not sure what my.google is trying to tell me (or even if the content is personalized), but these were two of my information links of the day:How to Win a SwordfightHow to Become a NinjaNow if only they'd partnered with monster or craigslist for the above, maybe I'd have a new career path.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1141762201838709752006-03-07T15:05:00.000-05:002006-03-07T15:10:01.850-05:00

"Just when I think you couldn't be any dumber, you go and do something like this... and totaly redeem yourself!"

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1141691047521357392006-03-06T19:19:00.000-05:002006-03-07T12:16:00.876-05:00

So I was expecting this to be delivered today. Instead I only got this. The laptop was shipped out on Friday, and estimated delivery date is Wednesday!? That's slighty ridiculous considering the total distance shipped is less than 20 miles and even fedex ground's transit time would only be 1 day. I had called the store scant hours after fedex had done their pickup, otherwise I'd basking in my

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1141690336054925522006-02-13T01:00:00.000-05:002006-03-06T19:18:19.460-05:00

Oct, 1916 - Feb, 2006Funnily enough, we all thought grandma was 2 years younger until a few months ago when she revealed she was actually older than my grandfather. Apparently her friend wrote down the wrong year (or maybe it was illegible) on the immigration form.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1132701747603468482005-11-22T18:07:00.000-05:002005-11-22T18:26:00.190-05:00

So the Xbox 360 launched today. My hometown gets mentioned in "news" funnily enough. At least it wasn't a robbery...(The picture's from smashmyxbox.com. Folks donated money so this dude could go wait in line and sledgehammer a 360.)

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1130724758726137322005-10-30T21:03:00.000-05:002006-03-06T19:26:20.510-05:00

Running over your 78-year old legend of a coach because you were looking the other way probably isn't the best way to get promoted to the starting squad. For the record, the lineman on the left is 6'4 and 260lbs.  Joe Pa is one spry dude (and he's got Penn State at 8-1!). Story here.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1129240354511977492005-10-13T16:52:00.000-05:002006-03-07T15:12:59.963-05:00

To someone at UNICEF, dropping bombs on the little blue folk makes for good fundraising ads. Their Belgain spokesperson (the ad is only being shown in Belgium) had the following to say: "Seventy per cent [of reactions] are positive, but with some people we are having a hard time explaining why we are using this."The 20-second video is here. Next up - the Care Bears and the warlords that love

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1128696427650069142005-10-07T09:39:00.000-05:002005-10-07T09:48:21.483-05:00

Who do you think would win in a battle between a python and an alligator? In this case, both lost. (In the picture, the alligator's tail section is the whitish part on the right protruding from the now L-shaped python.)

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1123385323656553562005-08-06T22:23:00.000-05:002005-08-06T22:35:58.936-05:00

Next up, Paris in September 2003:After a week in the city, as we were leaving for the airport, we saw a room price list in our hotel's entrance:Apparently our room should have cost 800 euros a night. We paid maybe a tenth of that (thank you, Expedia). I can't imagine anyone ever pays full price, though; the rooms were nice, but not that nice.

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1123382914422407052005-08-06T21:48:00.000-05:002005-08-06T22:18:16.626-05:00

Finally started uploading my photos to the web. First up is our trip to San Diego last summer:

Erichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897523868479075394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15050357.post-1123012477326309722005-08-02T14:54:00.000-05:002005-08-02T14:57:57.043-05:00

Just dipping my toes into the blogging waters.

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