Archive for May, 2003

We have a date set!
Sunday, September 5th, 2004, at 6:30 PM. (Labor Day weekend)
The reception and ceremony are going to be held at Fantasia in North Haven.

Mark your calendars!

(Historical note: This is the same date that Audrey Hepburn married Mel Ferrer way back in 1954) (oops, wrong date)

Up until last night, I thought it was ALL about Carrie-Anne Moss (Memento,Chocolat), but now that I’ve been introduced to Monica Bellucci (Le Pacte Des Loups), I just can’t decide.. which is better?

Both have been in really good movies (if you haven’t seen Le Pacte Des Loups and Memento, go see them RIGHT NOW), and both are excellent actresses. Dammit, which one do I pick!?!?

Click the lamb. Go on.. click it. But watch out for those pesky athiest heathens!
(courtesy of memepool)

Now that I’m getting into the whole model rocket thing, the big question I’m asking myself is “What kind of crap can I send up in a rocket?”. I’ve already sent up star wars figures, very small rocks, and some small animals (just kidding PETA). But what else could I do?

This guy’s site is really cool, he explains in a reasonable amount of detail how he put together a b/w video camera with an RF transmitter, and was able to take some pretty impressive movies from the rocket’s nose cone, in flight.
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While I’m not smart enough (or licensed enough) to build something from scratch, I’ve found some wireless cameras on the internet that are
REALLY small, which may do the job (not sure about the range though, in order to be any good it would have to be able to transmit at least 500 feet, with no obstructions). Anyone know about the range of these little cameras? Or are they a gigantic ripoff?

No word yet on the cause of death of the lovely miss elizabeth, but I was able to get a list of the “goodies” that the cops found when he got busted. He was officially charged with 13 felony counts of possessing a controlled substance.
Here’s the breakdown:

- 380 tabs carisoprodol (somas) - 2 bottles (526 tabs) hydrocodone bitrate (Vicodin) - 210 tabs dianabol (anabolic steroid) - 495 tabs oxyflux/clenbuterol (anabolic steroid) - 98 Xanax pills (anti-anxiety medication) - 2 bottles testosterone - 7 bottles nandrolone (androgenic, anabolic steroid) - 16 bottles boldenone, (a steroid designed to build muscle in horses) - 18 bottles “anabolic steroids” (not named in original police report) - 19 bottles sustanon (androgenic steroid) - 34 bottles primobolan (anabolic steroid) - And a partridge in a pear tree?

You probably wake up every morning and ask yourself, “What would it be like if papa smurf was on the $100,000 Pyramid?“

They can take his show, they can take his freedom, they can take his pride, but he’ll be damned if they can take his jizz.

As if peeing wasn’t fun enough, the folks at MIT have revolutionized the art of urination.
Click here to watch the video. Where do I pick up one of these things? (from memepool)

I’m also a member of the Sagent Technologies Class Action Lawsuit. A few years ago I followed a REALLY bad stock tip, and invested in these clowns (somewhere in the low thousands, I don’t exactly remember how much). My net investment 2 years later, after brokerage fees? -15 bucks. Ouch. So, as you can imagine, I get yet ANOTHER class action lawsuit letter in the mail (I think this time it wasn’t from Sagent it was actually from opposing counsel) stating that officers of Sagent had engaged in “violations of federal securities laws”. Seems to be a lot of that going around these days. Anyway, after court fees, I think I am getting back like 50 cents a share, or about 50 bucks or so (I think). If I had to guess, I’ll probably not see a penny of that money, and they’ll probably send me some coupons to dunkin donuts or something.
I don’t know how I get into these things.. I get class action lawsuit mail like every day, and I always get like checks for 15 bucks in the mail, or useless rebate coupons or whatnot.

A few years ago I bought an HP1100 LaserJet printer (back when I was a company). After about a year I noticed that the feeding mechanism started to fail; when you fed it a stack of paper it would literally try to suck the entire stack of paper in at once, making the printer shoot out flames and smoke..
Anyway a few months after that I get a letter from HP saying that they had just settled a GIGANTIC class action lawsuit involving people who bought this brand of printer who experienced the exact same problem I had. The resulting settlement (when it all boiled down) was that I was supposed to get a $20 rebate off of a new HP printer. Fucking Fantastic. I submitted the brick of paperwork, and 5 months later I got the pre-rebate requirements (which were conspicuously missing from the original paperwork). Basically it says that in order to get the rebate I need to order from HP directly. This is the stupidist thing ever.
Here’s a price comparison of the printer I want.. the closest store to me that sells the printer VS HP-Online:
Sams Club Price – > $264.87
HP Store Price – > $299.99 – $20 rebate = $279.99
Why does anyone ever bother to fight big companies? What exactly is the point? Always screwing, never helping.