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In 1887, a spirited group of groundhog hunters from Punxsutawney dubbed themselves “The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.” One member of the club was an editor of Punxsutawney’s newspaper. Using his editorial clout, he proclaimed Punxsutawney Phil, the local groundhog, to be the one and only official weather prognosticating groundhog. He issued this proclamation on, appropriately enough, Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil’s fame began to spread, and newspapers from around the globe began to report Punxsutawney Phil’s Groundhog Day predictions. Today, 20,000 fans come to Punxsutawney on Groundhog Day to experience this unique—and fun—tradition. For more information about the evolution of Groundhog Day and the story of Punxsutawney Phil, visit Punxsutawney’s official Groundhog site. http://www.groundhog.org/
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We’re getting dumped on as I write this.

We had a good snowfall about 2 weeks ago, give or take, but it was nothing like this and we still have a lot more snow coming.  This could be called the first official snow storm of the winter, except it isn’t winter yet. 

This is fall weather. 

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I haven’t been blogging here in a while.  It’s a long, boring story that basically boils down to a lack of time for quite a while.

Anywho…

I got me a big ass remote today and I just had to post it.  This thing is so large it made me laugh just to look at it and I decided then and there that I was taking it home with me.  The thing only cost me $15 and it will provide me with years of entertainment in the form of a good laugh every now and then.  It was probably the best $15 I ever spent. 

It’s a universal remote, so I can control more than one piece of equipment with it.  Big remote for big jobs, I suppose.

It’s a good thing I don’t have to feed it. 

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Looking for some dinner ideas?

http://www.chefs.com/recipes/default.aspx

We’re always looking for new things to eat at my house.  Every night, it’s the same thing…

“What’s for dinner?”

“I don’t know.”

“What do we have?”

“Chicken, Beef, Fish.”

“So, what’s for dinner?”

“I don’t know.”

Thankfully, there are places like this out there.  Lots of ideas to make that chicken special and that beef sing.    And, there’s lots of recipies for freaks who like vegetables too. 

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Things sure are better than when I was a kid.  TV shows for kids are better.  Video games are better.  Movies are better, by leaps and bounds.  Even bowling balls are better.    Some of those bowling balls are pretty cool, actually.  Bowling shoes haven’t changed much, though, since I was a kid. 

I was thinking about this, even more, recently, because the lease was up on my old minivan.  Yes.  It was getting close to that dreaded time again… time to renegotiate a new lease for a new vehicle.  I despise the entire process.  The dealership applies pressure through their sales tactics.  I counter with pressure to keep the price as low as possible.  But, we finally agreed on a price, putting me (and my family) into a new minivan.  The thing has satellite radio for me and a DVD player for my kids.  The DVD player has 30 video games built into it!  It’s great! 

I remember long trips when I was a kid.  All we had was “I spy…”. 

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I have heard of all kinds of remedies for hiccups (hiccoughs).  I have been told to hold my breath.  I’ve been advised to breathe into a paper bag.  Drink a glass of water, I’m told.  Or, stand on your head.  Then, there is always the person who tries to scare the shit out of you.  The scaring thing sometimes works, but not nearly always.

A hiccup, as defined by Google: “A hiccup is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm; typically this repeats several times a minute until some home remedy is applied. The sudden rush of air into the lungs causes the glottis to close, creating the ‘hic’ noise.”

The one remedy that I have found the most success with is to take long, slow, deep breaths for a few minutes.  It can sometimes take up to five minutes, but it usually works within 2 or 3 minutes for me.  This usually does the trick.  This is the method I always use to cure the hiccups when I get them.  This makes perfect sense to me because your diaphragm is in spasm and the slow, deep breaths are calming the diaphragm down and resetting it to a more natural rhythm.

The problem with telling people this, is that most people try it for 30 seconds and proclaim it a failure because they didn’t have the patience to stick with it.  So, next time you get the hiccups, give it a try and give it time.  You’ll probably get rid of them within a few minutes.

If you’ve tried this method and it works (or even if it doesn’t), please leave a comment here and let myself and others know about it.

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Do you hate winter driving?  Are you a victim of road rage and just wish you could get around that VW Bug in front of you that’s doing 20 in the fast lane on the highway?  Well, now there’s an answer to your prayers.

Used Military Vehicles

Yes.  That’s right.  You can buy used military vehicles and maybe even get yourself a deal.    So, next time, don’t try to get around that slow VW Bug.  Go over him in your tank! 

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Do you think it would be too much if I tricked out my Dodge Caravan with one of those cold air intake systems?  Or, maybe I should get a nice spoiler for the back.  I could always get a turbocharger for those times when I want to race another Caravan for pink slips.  How do you think a Caravan would look with some nice chrome rims? 

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I’ve been tagged by NeO.

The idea is for me to reveal 5 things about myself that you probably didn’t know and then tag 5 other bloggers who then do likewise.  Sorry, David, about taking my sweet ass time with this.    Been busy as all hell.

Let’s see…  5 Things That You Probably Didn’t Know About Me…

1.  I don’t do the “webmaster thing” full time.  The job that actually pays my bills is in I.T.  I’m a self employed computer network engineer.  I like what I do, but I have been trying to learn the ways of the Webi (Webmaster Jedi).  One day, I hope to make as much online as I do offline.

2.  The longest job I ever held was as a supervisor for the national warehouse of the largest (at the time) music retailer in Canada.  I loved that job when I started, hated it by the time I left.  I met a lot of musicians and attended a lot of parties in the 8 years I worked there.  The nicest musician I met was Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde.  She was so down to earth and friendly, it was amazing.

3.  I am a fussy eater.  Supremely fussy!  I like the foods that I like and I’ll try new things once in a while.  But, if I’ve decided that I don’t like a particular food, I can’t eat it, not ever, for any reason.  Some people will insist that I “try” something that I’ve tried a few times and hated it.  Why try it again?  I don’t get it.  Oh, and I absolutely HATE onions, in anything or alone, cooked or not.

4.  I tend to make friends for life.  I have known most of my offline friends for 20+ years.  (Yeah, I’m THAT old.) 

5.  I’ve been to Moscow 7 times.  As a matter of fact, I accumulated enough points from the first 6 times that the last flight was free.    I love that city and it calls to me when I’ve been away too long.  The last time I went was in 2004.    It’s a great city with great people.  If you ever get a chance to visit, just do it!

So, now that the reveal part is out of the way, on to the tagging.  I have to tag 5 others to carry on the tradition.  So, I am going to tag Louis, Dustin, Waffles, DarrenC and redQueen. 

redQueen ROCKS! 

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John Scott has issued the $10,000 blog challenge.  The basic idea is for all bloggers to link to other blogs that are not on the Technorati Top 100 list.  Visit John’s blog and read the details of the challenge.  Start linking to lesser known blogs and be more open minded to linking to blogs in general. 

I link to you.  You link to me.  We both link to other people.  That kind of thing.  It’s good for you.  It’s good for me.  And, it’s good for the greater blogging community.  Maybe you will have the opportunity to read some blogs that you would never have seen otherwise.  You will expose yourself to a larger universe and allow more people to visit your universe through your own blog.

While you’re at it, join his forum too!  Tell him that Zap sent you.

Everyone goes home happy!

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