Monthly Archives: June 2008

Obamanation – Dividing Our Country Under the Guise of Unity

That’s right all you change mongers, unificators, and yes-we-canadians.  Barack Obama will divide our country even further.  He will do it right under your liberal noses. How? His campaign claims he will erase hatred and bigotry yet most of his supporters call John McCain “Politics as Usual” simply because he is a wealthy, elderly, white male.  Well to me that [...]
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Reality Bites

Socially introspective look at the roots on modern reality television in games shows and the seemingly innate American desire for 15 minutes of fame.
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Excel Tutorial: Vlookup Tips and Tricks

Tutorial for the vlookup function in Microsoft Excel 2003. Explains the basics of a vlookup and how to embed additional functions for advanced lookup functions.
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Pitching Preview: Yankees versus Mets

Looking at the starting pitchers going into this weekend’s Subway Series; it is pretty woeful for the New York Yankees. Take a gander at this unsightly match up: Game 1 Friday: Giese vs. Pelfrey …edge Mets Game 2 Friday: Ponson vs. Martinez …edge Mets Saturday: Pettitte vs. Santana …best matchup by far, this one is a push. Sunday: Rasner vs. [...]
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Finally, I Can Say That I Have Seen Army of Darkness

As the third installment of the Evil Dead Series, Army of Darkness, starring Bruce Campbell as Ash, is the perfect example of a good, bad movie.
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Kidd Chris’ Hot Steamy Blog

The radio departed Kidd Chris has sunk to a new level and descended into the realm of the bloggers with his Hot Steamy Blog.  Earlier this morning I saw a bulletin come through from Kidd Chris’ MySpace page announcing his new venture in blogging.  As a big time fan of his, this was uplifting news [...]
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New York Yankees Must Consider Jason Giambi for 2009

What?  He can’t be serious? Jason Giambi, the $22 million albatross, is in the final year of his monstrous contract that he signed prior to the 2002 season.  This binding agreement inauspiciously marked the beginning of a trend of obnoxious spending by the New York Yankees, who insisted on paying aging superstars for their past performance [...]
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Reaganomics, Trickle-Down Theory, Supply-Side Economics, or by any other name, is still a Fallacy

Trickle down economics, also called Supply Side Theory, or Reaganomics due to its support and proliferation under Ronald Reagan, is exposed to be inaccurate.
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Breaking Down Taxes on Oil and Gasoline

Explaining a variety of different taxes related to oil and gasoline including income tax on oil companies and per gallon tax charged by the government.
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Photoshop Tutorial: How To Create a Smoke Effect

In this tutorial we are going to examine one technique for creating smoke effects with Photoshop.  For this exercise I am using CS3, however earlier versions of Photoshop will be able to perform the steps necessary for creating an excellent smoke effect.  This Photoshop tutorial will cover the usage of various Filters and Tools.  A [...]
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