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Written by Eric Courtney
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Saturday, 10 March 2007 02:00 |
The Iditarod is well underway, and we should have a winner by Wednesday. At the point of
this post, it looks as if last year's winner, Jeff King, has a sizable lead. I
haven't followed the race this year as much I have in years past. It is probably because I am not as
involved with the Online coverage at the Daily News this year. All I know, is that once the
Iditarod is over... warm weather is soon to follow (insert visual of Eric holding up a 75 pound King
salmon here).
Those of you Apple fanatics out there will cringe when you read this. My G5
iMac has had a mind of its own lately. I'd be surfing around, and all the sudden my system would just
shut down for no reason. When my machine would sleep, it would power off... So I did a little
investigating and I found out what was happening. Apparently 1st generation G5 iMacs were built
with low quality capacitors that bulge over time. It has taken roughly two years for these
things to start failing (as was the case with mine), but the nice thing is... Apple will fix it for free.
So I dropped my machine off at the Alaska Mac Store on Tuesday, and hopefully I get it back on
this Tuesday. This is the first time I have ever had any trouble with it, but after looking at the 24"
models on display... I think I'm ready to sell mine and upgrade. =)
So I am beginning to loath my job more and more every day... What's new, we all
hate our jobs right? I am doing something about it. I have now launched Operation ADN Freedom.
Through a series of detailed testing phases and a little creative planning, my intentions are to be
completely self reliant by July 1, 2007. My ultimate plan is to reside in California during the winters
and live in Alaska during the summer. When I succeed, I will be happy to sell you my plan (insert
visual of Eric holding up his national best seller, How I Grabbed "The Man" by the Nards and
Squeezed)
I bought a few books recently. One of them being a podcasting book. Beware of
what you may find on this website in the near future. It could get unbelievably cheesy. HA!
Speaking of books, my girlfriend came up with a great idea for a book. We were sitting at Denny's and
she just blurted out this masterpiece as I was eating eggs on ham (cheat night). The people at the
tables next to us had to think we were completely out of our minds, which is not far from reality, but we
really dove into the potential of this idea. Not only would it make a great book, but it would make
an even better film. So what was the idea, you ask? Yeah... That's gonna happen. |
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Written by Eric Courtney
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Monday, 05 March 2007 01:46 |
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So by now, I'm sure just about everyone has heard about this little astronaut lust incident. It is quite a story, and it has everyone talking.
Working for a media company, this may sound strange coming from me... But if you want my opinion, I think there is a deeper, darker story behind it all.
I think Lisa Nowak experienced something strange while in Orbit last July. Something strange and unexplained. I think she witnessed a phenomena like nothing any of us could possibly imagine, and her recent behavior is only proving my theory... Lisa Nowak is a Cylon now (insert visual of Centurion red LED panning back and forth here). You heard me correctly. A Cylon. I can't tell you exactly how it happened, but that's what happened. And when Colleen Shipman threatened to expose her secret, Lisa put on her diaper, grabbed her mallet, and started her long journey to fix the leak.
I think that's what really happened. This ridiculous story you've read about, or seen on televison, is just a cover-up by top secret officials in our government to keep us ignorant to what really happened up there.
I mean really... Do you honestly believe that this whole thing happened over the attention of a pilot? Don't be a sheep. Open your eyes. We are not alone. A special note to the person who has Season Two of BattleStar Galactica rented out at Block Buster... Please return the damn discs, so I can continue my little infatuation without delay! Thank you.
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Written by Eric Courtney
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Sunday, 04 March 2007 01:57 |
I'm finally getting over a nasty cold, flu, something... Whatever it was, it kept me home from work on Tuesday and Wednesday, and should've kept me home on Thursday.
I went to the Aces game tonight (That's the Alaska Aces hockey team for those of you who are reading this from outside). This is the 4th game I have been to this season, and tonight I went by myself. I had great seats, and when my girlfriend became ill this morning... I made a few calls but came up short on interest.
It was Military Appreciation Night at the Sullivan Arena, so the players payed tribute by wearing camouflage jerseys. It turned out to be a great contest. The Aces won 5-4 over Bakersfield in a shootout.
Maybe I don't notice the obvious as much when I am with friends at a game, but tonight there was an interesting bunch of characters sitting around me.
The guys in the row behind me were barely paying attention to the action, yet at the first puck-drop they seemed over-excited about the fact they were at a hockey game. They talked about every other sport besides hockey, and carried on through all three periods, sudden death, and they finally shut up during the shootout. Or maybe it was the crowd noise that just blocked it out. I don't know...
There was also this guy a few rows down who was decked out in Nascar threads. He was an obvious Casey Kahn fan because he was wearing an authentic Dodge crew jacket along with bright red pajama-bottoms that had number 9 plastered all over them. This guy stood out like a finger in a bowl of Wendy's finest chilli! The whole game I kept thinking to myself, "oh my gawd... This poor sap has no idea that he looks like a complete chode!" That is till I heard the guys behind me say, "hey that's a cool jacket." I couldn't help but chuckle. The dude had the serious Joe Dirt chops working as well, so I can only guess that he left the parking lot in vehicle fully equipped with a Hemi. So I'm stereotyping...
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Written by Eric Courtney
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Saturday, 24 February 2007 01:54 |
I woke up this morning at the crack of dawn to go participate in the Frostbite Footrace (Anchorage Fur Rendezvous). It's a 2.5K run/walk and a 5k run/walk sponsored by the Anchorage Daily News and other Alaska businesses.
My girlfriend and I strolled out the door at a little before 8AM to a nice chilly temperature of 10 below. This year the race would truly live up to it's name. My truck had been warming up for about 20 minutes, but it was still fricking freezing in the cab (insert visual of Dr. Evil and Mr. Biggelsworth inside the Bob's Big Boy Rocket here -- Actually... I just put one in here for you below).
After stopping for a quick cup of java, we headed downtown. We didn't get very far. My truck decided to overheat. I'm guessing I didn't have enough antifreeze in my system.
I turned around urgently, and headed back home. We decided that we would just switch vehicles. When we got home, she hopped out of the truck to fire up her car. As luck would have it, she didn't plug in her car the night before (which isn't unusual for a day where we would normally sleep in)... thus trying to get it started in that temperature was futile.
At that point, despite briefly entertaining other ideas, I decided that the Frostbite Footrace could wait until next year. Besides... Organizers gave me the wrong size shirt this year; two sizes too small. Not that anyone would've seen it under the all the warm clothing I was wearing, but still... =D
I just love getting up early on the weekends to do absolutely nothing. If it were a bit warmer, I would've taken Boomer for a walk. Instead he and I took a nice long nap.
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Written by Eric Courtney
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Wednesday, 21 February 2007 01:53 |
Have you ever been so stressed that the back of your head is so full of pressure that you see stars (insert aerial view of a mushroom cloud spreading a wave of destruction over miles of land in a perfect doom-filled radius here)? That is what's happening inside my bleeding skull right now.
The agony.
Glad I could share. I just wanted to login and take a small break. Maybe rant a little about how much I love my job. So there you have it!
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