Archive for April, 2009

A handy guide to pronouncing Texas city names

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2 years ago
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Everything’s bigger in Texas, it’s true.  But, did you know that sometimes things are a bit more confusing, too?  For instance, there are quite a few places in this great state that might give pause to ‘foreigners’ when it comes to pronouncing their names.  But don’t fret, ‘pardner’!  Just follow this handy pronounciation guide, and you’ll be talkin’ like a Texan in no time!

Dallas – DAL-us (okay, that one was easy!)

Sachse – SAX-ey

Montague – mon-TAYGH

Lewisville – LEWIS-ville (no French allowed)

Bowie – BOO-eee (like Jim & knife, not David)

Fort Worth – COW-town

Coppell – COP-pell

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Better off Ted is the best show you’re not watching

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2 years ago
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Were it not for a fortuitous trip to the gym a few weeks ago, I may never have watched Better Off Ted, a brilliant and hilarious show that somehow managed to wind up on ABC Wednesday nights. Ted is a workplace sitcom in the vein of 30 Rock and The Office, but with the cartoonish, crazy elements of those two turned up a few notches.  Underneath the zany, sweet sitcom antics, however, lies a subversive and dark satire of work politics and the kind of mega-corporations that make everything from food to office chairs.

The action centers around Ted, the head of research at a giant conglomerate More >

Did you know the site icon is called the "Mean little ball of rage?" Did you know this site HAD an icon?

A year of various rage

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2 years ago
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Today marks the one year anniversary of this website, and I thought I’d mark the occasion by sharing a few things I’ve learned, and to recap some popular posts, and personal favorites.

Did you know the site icon is called the "Mean little ball of rage?" Did you know this site HAD an icon?

Things I’ve learned over the last year of blogging:

  • WordPress is easy to manage, but not so easy to set up.
  • Never, ever use Yahoo! webhosting.  Ever.
  • The people that care about Tekken 6 are not necessarily the people that will care about anything else on this website.
  • The need for new content on a regular More >
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