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Podcast - July 26, 2008 - Where Has All the Sci-Fi Gone?

mike — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:32:49 +0000

In this edition, Mike talks about where all of the good science fiction has gone, and then goes into DVD releases, and finally his new band.

Mike In Progress - July 26, 2008 - Where Has All The Sci-Fi Gone

Podcast - July 26, 2008

mike — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:24:09 +0000

New Podcast!

This episode, Mike talks about his first few days in Boston, his introduction to Red Sox fans, and he reviews both the new Weezer album, and the Get Smart Side Story.

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Mike In Progress - July 26, 2008 - I Can’t Believe I Paid $15 For That

E3 News

mike — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:12:48 +0000

Now, the biggest news that everyone’s talking about, I think is how FF13 is coming to the XBox 360 in the US. But I was thinking more about the announcement for the Sims 3. Now the game looks like just an evolutionary step in terms of the franchise, but I do have to say that the one thing I’ve always loved about the franchise is the amazing music. Some would call it bland and rather unexciting, but I’ve always enjoyed it greatly. Especially the music from this new trailer.

Yeah, I’ll be buying it when it comes out. And probably for the Mac too. :-p

True Story

mike — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:11:03 +0000

My friend was going to hook me up with Jodie Sweetin, but she wasn’t ready for a relationship as she was recovering from her meth addiction.

Oh Blog

mike — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:07:10 +0000

Dear blog,

How I have neglected you so.
Love,

Mike

It’s Been A While

mike — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:28:38 +0000

No, everyone, I am not dead. I’ve just been terribly busy at work. For those of you that didn’t know, I transferred to a new location that is being built here in Boston. Same job, same company, although with a few more responsibilities. Mainly because team I am on will consist of mainly new, external hires, about 90 percent or so. But I digress. Here’s a quick recap of what’s been going on.

The first week back to work for me had me in Chestnut Hill training some of the external hires. That was all well and good except Chestnut Hill was an incredibly dead location. I wanted to kill myself out of boredom. The week after that I spent training some more people in Cambridge. This was much more enjoyable because I was hanging out with some pretty cool people.

Since then, I’ve been doing more training. And to be honest, it’s getting kind of old. Thikning about it, it’s been an entire month, since I’ve done what I was originally hired to do. Once the new location opens, that will change, but the fact still remains that I have a while to go still.

Anyhow, I find it quite remarkable still that I am where I am. If we go back to College Mike, I don’t think that he would have ever imagiend himself having a job here, much less a career. Sometimes Present Mike is also amazed by the fact. I have a career with a company that I love with people that I love working with. It’s pretty flipping sweet.

The Things You See

mike — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 01:46:43 +0000

I was on the T the other day, and I saw a cute girl sitting there on the Green Line. And then she pulled out a pink Nintendo DS and started to play it. I fell in love.

New Shoes

mike — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:31:47 +0000

Now, I am a person that is rather resistant to change. Especially when it comes to footwear. I’ve had the same pair of sneakers since freshman year of college. They’re completely broken in, they fit my feet perfectly, and for the most part they are in one piece. Now, I have a pair of brown shoes that I wear EVERYWHERE. To work, out and about, you name, I wear em. So as I was wandering Boston the other day when it was wet out, I noticed that the bottoms of my feet were getting wet. This was quite the surprise as these shoes are leather. And I hadn’t stepped in any puddles so they couldn’t have entered through a seam between the sole of the shoe and the leather upper. So, I flip the shoes over, and discovered that I have work the shoes right through the sole. Right at about the balls of your feet, in both my shoes, there are holes. That is kind of a testament to how much I’ve worn these shoes that I’ve worn a hole right through them.

It’s also interesting to see the pattern of wear on the shoes. The right shoe is worn down a lot more than the left, and there is major wear on the heels of each shoe, on the outside, again, more on the right shoe than the left. (I am right handed).

The problem now, is that I cannot find the same shoe. I want the same shoe. This shoe has seerved me well for four years, and sadly, I cannot find it. I got this shoe from American Eagle, and they don’t even sell shoes anymore. They sell sneakers and socks, but no shoes, so I can’t even find an updated model, like with sneakers. Sneaker purchasing is somewhat easy because every year, the sneaker companies come out with a model that’s quite comparable to last years, only with some style changes.

It has come to the point where i need to buy a new pair of sneakers and a new pair of shoes, and I dread it ever so. They’ve served me well, and it seems like such an act of disloyalty to simply toss them away…

A Bacon Education

mike — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:19:56 +0000

I was shopping in Whole Foods today, and much to your surprise, I’m sure, was looking for some bacon. But all of the bacon there was of the uncured variety. So this got me thinking, what the heck is uncured bacon? Well evidently, all bacon, by its very nature is cured. Its what makes bacon, bacon. The difference here is that uncured bacon uses salt instead of cured bacon which uses sodium nitrites. In the late seventies, there was a whole thing about how sodium nitrites were bad for you. So in uncured bacon, they just use celery and lemon juice and salt and some other stuff in order to get the same sort of effect that sodium nitrites got you.