Archive for April, 2005

Checking In On The Peeps

29Apr05

A friend I went to High School with, Michael Thompson (who apparently goes by Mike now) was drafted out of HS in the 6th round of the Major League Baseball draft in 1999, and I like to see what he’s up to every now and then using the power of the intarweb. It looks […]

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The Unclaimed Secret Service Agent: Are You Un-American?

27Apr05

A very interesting story has been circulating through the Denver press about three people being ejected from a Bush road show meeting here about Social Security because of a bumper sticker on their car.

The Secret Service says it is investigating the claims of three people who claim they were removed from President Bush’s town hall […]

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Colorado Pols

26Apr05

I just stumbled across a local political blog by three anonymous authors titled Colorado Pols. Looks to be very interesting, and apparently is starting to get quite a bit of buzz.

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IKEA Looking To Create Denver Location

25Apr05

I was reading the archives of the Denver Business Journal and came across an article about IKEA looking the in Denver area for a location to build a new store. Yessssss!

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New Nine Inch Nails Video: The Hand That Feeds

24Apr05

You can download the new video for the Hand That Feeds by NIN here. I believe you can also use iTunes to convert it to an Mp3 being that it’s a Quicktime Video file.

From this song and a couple of others I’ve heard off of the upcoming album, it sounds like Trent is going […]

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

22Apr05

A joke from a fellow co-worker…
Q: How many Bush Administration officials does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: There is nothing wrong with the light bulb; its conditions are improving every day. Any reports of its lack of incandescence are a elusional spin from the liberal media. That light bulb has […]

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Alpine Rose: Get Your Smack On

14Apr05

Apparently a hotel by the name of Alpine Rose was serving as a major drug and prostitution haven which is about 20 blocks from mi casa.

An accused drug kingpin lived in Room 34, cooking powder cocaine into crack and ordering his henchmen to beat up people who crossed him.
A prostitute, sometimes offered as a free […]

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Snow, and Other News from the ‘Hood

11Apr05

Admittedly I’m not a big fan of the snow unless it’s an all out snow storm. We finally had another one here in Denver with around 12″ of snow or so.
Here are a couple of photos I took last night (I wasn’t willing to really get out of the house other than taking the […]

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