I won a pair of tickets for the Family Values show a few weeks back, and the show was yesterday at Post-Gazette Pavilion (Star Lake, to us old geezers who can remember when it first opened). Good lineup, as I'd never seen any of the main stage bands live before. Headliners were Korn and Evanescence. Support acts were Atreyu, Hellyeah, Flyleaf, ( Read more... )

Today is (by the time you probably read this... was) the first day in well over a month that I didn't have to work, be somewhere, meet someone, do something, or have any other sorts of time commitments. I celebrated by doing absolutely *nothing* - not a goddamned thing other than watching some TV, doing laundry, and putzing around on the computer ( Read more... )

I attended my third wedding (well at least the reception :) ) of the month on Saturday. There is an outside chance that I might have another one to go to next weekend, which would make it 4 straight. I think at this point I need to have T-shirts made or something ( Read more... )

I've worked or consulted at several different places since beginning my professional career 10+ years ago - everything from multinational corporations with 40,000+ people to startups that employed fewer than 10 people. One thing I noticed is that "biz-speak" is much more prevalent in the larger shops, but I still got a healthy dose of it in most ( Read more... )

It is fun, and a well designed game, however I've found that knowing how to play the guitar is actually a handicap to being able to play the game. When I picked up the guitar-shaped controller, I immediately began thinking like a guitar player. When the song started playing I tried to play the song like it was a real guitar, which didn't work out ( Read more... )

I was out at Pianos n Stuff on Friday paying homage to the mighty gods of capitalism as I do from time to time... On my way out I decided to look through the 'wanted' flyers, i.e. bands looking for people to fill empty spots and figured it couldn't hurt to answer one of the ads. I might be auditioning with a band called Decay O.D. later this week ( Read more... )

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...even if my blog has been in suspended animation for a really long time ( Read more... )

Ever notice how after a large snowstorm, the large piles of what was once snow that are left on the side of the road and at the end of parking lots seems to undergo major changes ( Read more... )

This doesn't apply only to Best Buy, but many other retailers ( Read more... )