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Follow this Tech-Saavy Gay Guy as he describes his life living behind The Orange Curtain (The OC). A geek, foodie and wanna-be weather forecaster.

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• SMS Texting Overages

  Posted on Tuesday September 9th, 2008 at 21:28 in additional charges, at&t, iphone, overages, Rant, sms, texting

  Ok…so when I switched to AT&T I decided I wasn’t going to do SMS texting anymore. Well that didn’t work so I bought a 200 SMS package. I figure most people I talk to will email m...

• I Need to Get More Informed

  Posted on Friday September 5th, 2008 at 03:28 in 2008, California, election, gay marriage, GLBT, personal log, presidential, proposition 8, Rant

  Well I watched the tail end of Senator McCain’s speech tonight. At the same time I was watching it I was reading the “tweets” coming across my screen from Twitter. With most of the p...

• So…About that Little Girl

  Posted on Tuesday August 12th, 2008 at 22:24 in 2008, lip-synch, olympics, opening, personal log, Rant, singers

  So today news comes out that China deemed the REAL singer of “Ode to the Motherland” wasn’t cute enough to be on National/Global Television, so they brought in Lin Miaoke in to lip-s...

• Bless Her Heart

  Posted on Friday August 1st, 2008 at 22:35 in bugs, Rant, TV, weather, yuck, yuck factor

  I luv my friends. I especially luv Mike over at Flip4Bearz.blogspot.com. I was reading his blog when I came across this little video he had on his site. I won’t say anything else except to say t...

• AT&T sucks!!

  Posted on Friday July 11th, 2008 at 13:07 in at&t, iphone 3g, irvine spectrum, line, personal log, Rant, shopping, stores, yuck factor

  So I got up at 6:20 and got over to the AT&T line on El Toro. There were about 100 people in line. A little anxious, I decided to go to the next AT&T store which is new and hopefully no one re...

• There’s Something in my Mayonnaise

  Posted on Friday June 27th, 2008 at 00:23 in Advertising, controversial, heinz, mayonnaise, Rant, two men kissing, UK

  There is a commercial that has been running in the UK for a short time. The ad was pulled this week by its maker, Heinz. Basically the ad is for Heinz Deli Mayonnaise. It shows a kitchen with kids get...

• No Parking in the Sycamore

  Posted on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 at 17:31 in asphalt, mission viejo, parking nightmare, personal log, Rant, sycamore lane apartments

  So about two weeks ago, the property manager of our apartment complex (Sycamore Lane Apartments) sent out a flyer saying that they are doing significant repairs to the parking lot and that no one woul...

• A Closing Thought for the Night

  Posted on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 at 02:20 in 22, maturity, not!, Rant

  No matter how mature a 22 year old says they are, they’re not - no matter how much they insist! Stop falling for the “age doesn’t matter routine.” It does....

• Thanks Web.com, NOT!

  Posted on Saturday June 7th, 2008 at 14:43 in customer service, it tech support, Rant, web.com

  So my site was down for 2 days. Turns out my ISP changed the IP address of the database servers and didn’t tell its customers. On Thursday, I thought it was just a temporary glitch, something to...

• Need Sleep…

  Posted on Friday April 25th, 2008 at 01:44 in health status, personal log, Rant, sleep deprivation

  So since Monday, the 21st, I have gotten a total of about 12 hours of sleep. Thats 4 days with only half a day’s rest.  I made it back to DC around 12:30am. The Amtrak was late about 45 minutes...

• Boundaries

  Posted on Thursday April 17th, 2008 at 13:08 in Rant

  It’s interesting. I’ve been in the middle of a long string of emails with a co-worker of mine.  Tim was telling me about how he had a nice home-cooked meal with someone he recently met. ...

• WTF? The Cops Love My Neighbor

  Posted on Monday March 31st, 2008 at 00:19 in Rant

  So why is my neighbor still my neighbor. We have a neighbor that has had the police called on him several times and has been the center of noise complaints.  I, myself, have been to the rental office...

• Can You Premier a Finale?

  Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 19:33 in Rant

  I was watching Bravo this afternoon and a commercial came on and it said “…the premiere of the finale of Make Me a Supermodel”. Can you have a Premiere of a Finale? Weird...

• No Idol Recap tonite…Top 11

  Posted on Tuesday March 18th, 2008 at 22:48 in american idol, Rant

  I am so sorry everyone.  I will not have a Top 11 recap of the night for circumstances beyond my control I don’t have access to tonite’s show. I’m hoping all of you will fill me in ...

• 10,000 B.C.

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 01:20 in 10000 b.c., Rant

  So I have seen the commercials for that  movie. But tonight, it was a new trailer and the actors were speaking English! I was wondering how a movie set in 10,000 BC would work out. Shouldn’t it...

• Star Trek: The Tour - A Letdown

  Posted on Sunday February 10th, 2008 at 23:49 in Rant, trek, yuck factor

  Well today I went up to Long Beach to join my friends Aaron and Davey to see the Star Trek Tour. It’s a large interactive tour with exhibits and props from the Star Trek series and movies. The...

• My iTunes Rental Experience

  Posted on Tuesday January 29th, 2008 at 00:14 in itunes rental, mac stuff, Rant, simpson's movie

  So on Saturday I decided I was going to try the iTunes Rental program. I purchased Simpson’s The Movie $3.99 and it started its download. From my MacBook Pro, the picture was excellent, but I h...

• New TSA Regs at SFO

  Posted on Friday January 18th, 2008 at 19:11 in airport, macworld conference, Rant, sfo, tsa

  Goodbye SFO and goodbye Macworld 2008. So I get to the airport in plenty of time.  Traffic wasn’t so bad on the freeway as it was just trying to get out of the city on local streets! So I get o...

• AA has lost my luggage

  Posted on Tuesday January 15th, 2008 at 00:55 in macworld conference, Rant

  Ugh… I’m jinxed. American Airlines lost my luggage. How does this happen. I had two pieces of luggage and only ONE of the two pieces actually landed with me at SFO. The airline assured ...