Ok, so I bought the Orange Box, which includes a free copy of HL2, and HL2 episode 1.  And since Valve is awesome, and I had already bought those games, they let me gift them to someone else...

So...  anyone want a free copy of HL2 and HL2: Ep1?

Hey, if anyone else had a lot of trouble understanding the details of the whole Sub-Prime Mortgage / Credit Crisis, I highly recommend listening to this week's This American Life ( Read more... )

Someone brought in some old halloween candy to the office.  I had one of those fun size skittles packets.  It had exactly 3 skittles in it.  It was awesome.

Also, I had a Dark Chocolate Mint 3 Musketeers...  totally awesome.  It's like a peppermint patty that's less obnoxiously minty.  And the dark chocolate is actually pretty good.

I know, after 6 ( Read more... )

Ok, it's not that bad....  but I've become addicted to Lord of the Rings online...  it's like WoW, but it's set in the LotR universe, the graphics are better, and it's not quite so grind-obsessed.  There are many other differences / improvements, and I'd be happy to talk about them with anyone who wants to know more...  Anyway, I've been playing it ( Read more... )

So, the last 10 days have been a really good for the foodie in me. (also, dov and my frisbee team has been on a roll in the playoffs.. 3-1 so far). So, here's the restaurants I've been to this week:

Szechuan Tasty House (902 Arch St)
We were going to go to The Lakeside Deli for (IMO) the best dim sum in the city, but we got there, and sadly they ( Read more... )

AWESOME!!!



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I had an awesome weekend last weekend. Actually, it was a weekend of birthday parties. I had Ali's birthday friday night (Flickr Facebook) which was awesome. Saturday we shopped for my Birtday BBQ on sunday (Flickr Facebook), and did a bunch of gardening to get the backyard to a state where people could hang out back there. Got insanely dirty ( ( Read more... )

Remember kids, freshly fried underwear can scald you! Always cool your underwear after frying them.

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Went out drinking last night with Avi, Lesley, and Whitey. We had a good old fun time, and with a little prodding, I decided to go see the Rosebuds down in Northern Liberties / Fishtown at a bar called Johnny Brenda's ( Read more... )