Sunday, August 28, 2011 // Woot
Surprise Attack From The Highest Point What’s the best part about going to the library? Reading up on all of history’s greatest ambushes. Like, let’s say you were interested in Ancient Rome. Well, you could study Hannibal, and the Battle of the Trebia River. Hannibal’s forces moved in on a larger Roman force and, through […]
Thursday, August 18, 2011 // Woot
Dear Jacob, This is a letter from your Daddy. That’s me! You can’t read this yet, since you’re still just my beautiful baby boy, but I wanted to write to you and tell you how excited I am for the life ahead of you! It’s going to be a wonderful journey for you, my […]
Friday, July 8, 2011 // Woot
Smile To the beach, boys and girls! But some of us just weren’t made for these summertimes. Boys, come on! Come on! It’s summer! You should be out, I don’t know, surfing or tanning or maybe racing cars or something. Well, okay, Carl, I guess you ARE racing cars, but I didn’t mean some game […]
Thursday, June 30, 2011 // Woot
As Long As It Can Still Play “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” When laptops are this cheap, why deal with the expense, effort, and bitter infighting of a real live marching band? As we all know, the Marching Saxons have played at every homecoming game since Westglade High was founded in 1924, except for a three-year stint during World […]
Thursday, June 16, 2011 // Woot
Tickets, Please I’ve been playing skee-ball here for over fifty years, kid. I think I deserve a little more than a big stuffed animal. You see that old photo on the wall there behind you, kid? That little boy shaking that old man’s hand is me. That’s right. I was first in line when Ralph, […]
Saturday, May 28, 2011 // Woot
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg Well, Snuffles, it’s been fun, but I’m afraid your run as “Best Friend” is at an end. Now come on. Don’t give me the sad eyes, you hound. Refurbished or not, this HP Pavilion Dual-Core Entertainment Notebook with 17.3″ BrightView LED Display & Blu-ray pretty much outclasses you in nearly […]
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 // Woot
A Cautionary Tale Well I guess you laptop computers have finally got us old typewriters on the ropes. I hope you’re happy. Go ahead. Enjoy your little victory. It must feel really good to make us old workhorses darn near extinct. After all, no one needs ink ribbons, touch control, or even paper anymore. Heck, […]
Friday, April 29, 2011 // Woot
May Not Fit All Primate Laps The perfect notebook PC for any travellin’ man – and his chimpanzee sidekick… eh eh eh AH-AAAH I know it’s a great laptop. A 17.3” high-def LED, a 320GB hard drive, 3GB of DDR2 memory. But what business does an ape like you have with a computer, anyway? Ain’t […]
Friday, January 7, 2011 // Woot
It’s a Christmas Miracle! It feels miraculous in here. Maybe a little too miraculous… Look there, under the Christmas tree, is that the HP Envy Dual-Core i5 Laptop with that I asked for? The one that you, mama, and you, papa, said you couldn’t afford? Why, it’s a Christmas miracle! And look there, on the […]
