http://pumpfirst.com a place for my stuff Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:04:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is currently Rory's favorite book.  Personally, I don't get it.  Read an in-depth review at retroCRUSH. Love You Forever As read by the author: http://pumpfirst.com/2008/love-you-forever Once again I'm taken with an overwhelming urge to listen to this song over and over and over again. Fountains of Wayne, best known for their hit Stacy's Mom have been one of my favorite bands for quite a while. Specifically, since the first time I heard their first album ... http://pumpfirst.com/2008/hey-julie With accounts at sites like Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, Digg, etc, etc, etc, a lot of us post information all over the place. FriendFeed collects your feeds from all these places and posts them on one page. So, I'll give it a go. I've been trying to get ... http://pumpfirst.com/2008/so-this-is-the-internet-today Once again, time has passed and I have not updated.  Let's play catch up. In the past week, I've acquired two splendid new items:  Rock Band and Quigley. Rock Band is awesome -- even the stripped down PS2 version.  Drums are harder than I expected, vocals are easier.  Both are tons of ... http://pumpfirst.com/2008/its-almost-july-already Last week, we closed on our house.  The closing wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting, it was more awkward than anything else.  So we closed, got the keys, and went over. The next day, we started painting and dealing with the minor problems.  We got three rooms painted (ours, ... http://pumpfirst.com/2008/oh-crap-i-bought-a-house I was pushing Rory through Best Buy in the stroller. I looked down and her arms were out and shaking.  At first I said "What are you doing, goofball?"  But they kept going.  I went to the front of the stroller and her whole body was shaking and her ... http://pumpfirst.com/2008/worst-day-ever Bear with me here. You've no doubt seen ads all over the internet that claim you can get a free iPod or Xbox or Wii or whatever. Some are scams, some are not. I'm trying to work my way to a free Xbox and I need your help. Click this ... http://pumpfirst.com/2008/free-xbox-360-elites A friend recently persuaded me to give City of Heroes a try.  I installed and got a trial subscription.  For me, the only real appeal it held over other MMO games I've played was the customization available.  I ended up with a Freddie Mercury-looking character in black leather.  Aside from that, ... http://pumpfirst.com/2008/anarchy-online This morning I stumbled upon a site called TalkSpot.com that is a project by Ken Williams.  Most of you probably don't know the name, but Ken is the fellow who, along with his wife, helped define PC gaming in the 80s and 90s with his company Sierra On-Line.  At any rate, ... http://pumpfirst.com/2008/get-a-website My neice, being the political 5-year-old she is, attended the South Portland caucus last weekend.  While she was there, a photographer from The Forecaster was able to get a great photo of her.  It appears to be one of her calmer moments when she wasn't loudly criticizing the Clinton supporters. (Credit ... http://pumpfirst.com/2008/zobama