July 2007 - Posts

I'm sick
Published 07-21-2007 10:29 PM | Mark
I've got a wicked cold, and apropos of my previous post, I discovered that you have to show your driver's license and sign something in order to get Sudafed at the pharmacy. Apparently people mix it with heroin these days to make something the kids call...
They've killed morphine, Oxycontin is next
Published 07-20-2007 9:31 PM | Mark
What a shocker to find that a hardcore painkiller causes a feeling of being high and can become addictive. Certainly its true that Oxycontin is less addictive than a painkiller like morphine, with a far less euphoric high. In fact, when I used it for...
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Fuddruckers
Published 07-20-2007 9:15 PM | Mark
The strain of two Tool shows in a row was great, but my friend Wai Houng insisted that Mike and I accompany him and his girlfriend to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix at IMAX in Mass the following afternoon. Miserable, sore, and wretched...
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AMD Processors
Published 07-18-2007 9:12 AM | Mark
Brought to you by the German taxpayer. Go Intel!
Tool double header epic post
Published 07-16-2007 8:33 PM | Mark
I am in the midst of recovering from the madness of the last few days. Tool, for me and for many fans, is more than just a concert. They are called Tool because they consider themselves a Tool through which their audience may achieve a manner of religious...
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Tool returns
Published 07-10-2007 2:32 PM | Mark
It's a big week for the editorial staff here at Greatajax.com, as Tool is coming, first to Mansfield Mass, then to Portland Maine. You better believe that we will have our crack reporters at the scene covering these events as they unfold. But first, take...
The wisdom of Al Gore
Published 07-09-2007 8:35 AM | Mark
He responds to my previous post (or, I suppose he could be responding to all the other criticism of the hypocrisy of Live Earth): "We are in a transition time in history when the only way we can get to where we need to be is by starting from where we...
Live Earth
Published 07-08-2007 10:53 AM | Mark
I just couldn't escape the Live Earth coverage yesterday. In Mike's car, the Sirius DJs covered it relentlessly, recycling the various bromides and catch phrases that the "environmentalist" movement imprints on the minds of those too weak to think for...
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Rock Band
Published 07-04-2007 4:31 PM | Mark
Words can't say it the way this YouTube can: Amazing!
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Stock update
Published 07-02-2007 7:49 PM | Mark
My stocks are up: Intel 11% and Corning 9%. The market as a whole is up so this is not necessarily due to my expertise. I also lost 200 dollars on some Intel options that expired worthless, as I was gambling on a quick and sharp uptick which never materialized...
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Pictoral addendum to the previous post
Published 07-01-2007 10:09 PM | Mark
I look completely retarded in this picture, but it's still the best one mike took. I need a better photographer! The gun, at least, is sexy: And *chuckle*, for your viewing enjoyment, here is the best shot I could get of the mangled bird foot protruding...
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New gun, and painful meandering anecdote
Published 07-01-2007 6:48 PM | Mark
I bought a Remington 870 Express Magnum shotgun today, from a friend and co-worker of mine who is trying to get rid of some of his enormous gun collection to persuade his wife to allow him to buy a Harley. This completes phase 2 of my gun collection ...
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