Category Archives: Cool Stuff

Game of Thrones on HBO

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Pete

Squee! This can’t come soon enough! (Video moderately NSFW.)

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First Triathlon – Done

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Pete

Results: I was 557 of 1014 participants. Total time: 1:48:48. Swim time: 13:28 (*cough*, 400 meters) Bike time: 57:50 (20 kilometers) Run time: 31:02 (5 kilometers) Mile pace on run: 10:01 The swim totally whipped my ass. I got cramps … Continue reading →

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Drowning in Great Fiction!

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Pete

Anyone who reads this site with regularity (difficult sometimes, since the past six months I haven’t posted with regularity) knows that I am a certified bibliophile. Here’s what I have in my hot little hands right now: Sam Sykes’ Tome … Continue reading →

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Wisdom Tooth Update

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Pete

I’m alive.

Sort of.

It turns out that only two of my four teeth could be removed. The bottom tooth was so heavily impacted that it took them a while to “break” it out since I have “incredibly dense bone”. Continue reading →

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Wisdom Tooth Extraction Tomorrow

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Pete

I have two impacted wisdom teeth. The other two are not impacted, but they are pushing on my lower molars, so they have to come out, too. I’m told that I won’t be aware of the procedure, but my insurance company, God bless them, does not pay for full anesthesia. Continue reading →

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First Report of a Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Pete

                                Not really. But these guys look they have LOADS of fun with this event. Link provided by GK.

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Kate VS. Osama

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Kate

While down in Texas, Pete took me to a range.  For someone who’s gone shoosting maybe five times in her life, I don’t think I’m that bad a shot. Click the option to watch in high quality. You can see … Continue reading →

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Podcasting for the JDRF #4

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Kate

**Originally posted on Kate’s site** This excerpt is taken from book two of Lee Stephen’s EPIC Series entitled “Outlaw Trigger”. We follow a stressful battle in progress through various perspectives, against the Ceratopians on the streets of Khatanga.   All … Continue reading →

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Podcasting for a Cause #3 with Lee Stephen

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Kate

**Originally posted on Kate’s site** We visit Scott Remington once more in this excerpt from Chapter 13 in Dawn of Destiny, written by Lee Stephen. All throughout the month of November, in an effort to raise Diabetes awareness, Lee Stephen … Continue reading →

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Freedom: A Citizen Soldier's Perspective

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Pete

I had the rare pleasure of sitting next to a soldier in uniform on a plane trip from DFW to San Antonio on Friday night.  My usual modus operandi for a plane trip is to read until the plane reaches … Continue reading →

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