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Monday Mornings... who needs 'em!

Well, it was quite a busy weekend, but a good one.
Saturday, we went out in search of a birthday present for my God-Daughter who turns 10 this Wednesday, August 18 (yes, same birthdate as me.. Carrie mentioned it in Friday's comments). She's very much into art projects, so we got her a bunch of great art things to enjoy. Saturday afternoon we went to our local liquor store for a wine tasting (and one beer tasting), and had a nice chat with the new owner.
The evening was my God-Daughter's birthday party and the food, as always was outstanding, the people very pleasant and an all around nice evening.
Yesterday began with my son Mike and I joining my brother and going to a local computer show to buy a new PC for my brother. We met Aaron for breakfast and all went together. Got him a nice new PC for a VERY inexpensive price, got myself a couple of things, and headed from there to my mom and dad's house.
Now, Dad's birthday is 2 days after mine, and he's an EXTREME war-movie buff, so my brother and I bought "Band of Brothers" for him for his birthday and gave it to him. I honestly think when he sees this movie, he'll fall in love with it, and maybe even shed a few tears over it. If you've never heard of it, it was a 10 part mini-series made by HBO about World War II, and a specific company, "Easy Company", the first Airborne company. I own a copy, and it's by far the best movie ever about war. It's 10 hours long, and in between episodes are interviews with the actual living members from Easy Company. I can't recommend it enough.

After going home from there, I started working on my brother's PC, as the hard disk was empty. I installed for him all the software he'll need, did all the patches for the operating system and MS Office, set up his Anti-Virus, a firewall.. etc. He's going to be really happy at the speed of this PC!

This week.... well, lets hope that this week's not a repeat of last week!
Depending on the weather, I may take Wednesday off for my birthday. Not sure yet.

And now, the news not fit to print:

For Debra, Tech companies want more female geeks. Dateless trekkies rejoice

Sounds like a good time to boycott Greyhound Bus Lines as a Uniformed marine is not allowed to board Greyhound bus! (warning to Vadergrrrl, this may raise your blood pressure)

Can the Catholic Church be any more STUPID?

Dickey V rates UCONN ahead of Duke for the upcoming basketball season. Duke still sucks!

Yo, Bubba... Jenny now has her 867-5309 in Chicago!

Demi Moore wants a saggy part of her body fixed! Go figure.

Ok, while sad, is THIS a frivolous lawsuit???

Ok, what's with this? Christian youths meeting at Hooters. "It's something Jesus would've done"

I can't believe this. A former child-care worker is facing a child neglect charge after she helped her 5-year-old son smoke crack cocaine in her home!

The top 100 Sci-Fi books you must read!

And that's, the rest of the story!

Have a great day!

posted by Dave at Monday, August 16, 2004