Nerd Up!

We celebrated Brandon’s birthday yesterday the geekiest way possible. That’s right. We went to see the special screening of TRON on big screen in Santa Ana last night. I know that I’m a self admitted geek and all, and DAMN! I’m highly stealthy for the crowd standing around outside the theater last night. Holy crap. I mean, even with the people I spent 27 hours with the Hollywood Boulevard in line for Episode I, I don’t feel such a geeky vibe. I guess when it comes to Tron, it’s as geeky as geeky gets. Therefore I have completed another part...
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Ow…quit it

From the Nation, Bangkok’s English language newspaper: Fire drill goes awry Lance Corporal Bunlert Polphra, a police commando from the elite Arintharat unit lowering himself from a helicopter and hitting the ground during a fire-rescue exercise at the Police Aviation Division yesterday. Upside: He was only 10 meters away from the ground out of the 35-meter drop when he repelled down Aussie style. So yeah, he lives....
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Search Word Gallery

Now that I am crawling up the rank of a respectable blogger of over 10 viewers a day (Rude Cactus is laughing at my celebration I can tell), I think I’d start a new thing with the weekly report of the odd search words that lead people to the OakMonster’s Den. We have a few in the past already, but now we’re going to take a peek at the BlogPatrol report every weekend and see what kind of things people are looking for out there. crispy anakin (Google) Nah. I’d prefer original recipe. where in huntington beach does norm chow...
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In Therapy

Peroneus Longus Tendon. It goes from your foot, around the bottom part of your ankle, all the way up your calf. That’s what I stretched when that blonde-zilla ran in to me a few years ago. That’s the tendon that never quite got back to normal, and has been causing me pain and suffering. I’ve been prescribed one session with a physical therapist who’d teach me how to work that muscle back to its original glory. And rub Aspercreme on it a few times a day. If in a few months, it still bugs me, then I may need a...
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Even AP needs a spell checker!

Let everyone be my witness. At 2:56 p.m. today, this is posted on Yahoo! and I “Blog This” the page without altering anything. Jones’ Illness Closes ‘On Golden Pold’ – Yahoo! News If the site’s spelling is corrected by the time you get there, fear not. I have a screencap I will post later....
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