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January 1, 2009

MMIX

Filed under: PontificationsJeremy @ 12:01:15 AM
From the "2009, the-year-that-wiped-2008-off-the-calendar" Department

The Editors of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com welcome you to the year 2009.

2008 was great, but that was SO last year.
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Snippets of 2008

Filed under: Administrivia,Mindless Banter,PontificationsJeremy @ 4:19:56 PM
From the "Abstracts-in-Abstract-Form" Department

I saw this over at EveryPath who saw it at Bathtub Junkie, a Blog Meme which attempts to capture the year of 2008 with only the first sentence of each month:

Here’s something fun for today. Look back at all of your blog entries throughout 2008 and post the first sentence of your first entry for each month.

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January 11, 2009

The Burning Question

Filed under: Football,LocalJeremy @ 2:33:28 PM
From the "Peace-Up! P-Town!" Department

The sixth seed Philadelphia Eagles have re-defeated the Defending Champion New [Jersey] Giants, and are going to their 5th NFC Championship under Head Coach Andy Reid.

The Arizona Cardinals, the dark horse 4th seed, is hosting the NFC Championship and, through a strange turn of football events, have caused the NFC Road to the Superbowl to go through Phoenix Arizona.
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January 12, 2009

Jeremy-Gilby-dot-info

Filed under: Administrivia,Geek-FuJeremy @ 1:44:32 AM
From the "Welcome-to-Jeremy-Gilby-dot-net; It's-dot-com!" Department

Have you ever mistyped the top-level-domain name of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com?
Like say:

Well, now they all go to the same place.
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January 16, 2009

Global Warming Watch :: January 2009

Filed under: IFJ,ScienceJeremy @ 2:29:13 PM Tags:
From the "(C x 9) / 5 + 32 = F" Department

In the continuing effort to illustrate the dangers and perils of this catastrophic era of Climate Change, The Editors of Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com are distressed to see the effects of Freezing Heat in the Upper portions of North America as temperatures have achieved NEW RECORD lows.

Americans freeze in record cold as temperatures plunge below – 40C
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January 19, 2009

A Thank you to President George W. Bush

Filed under: PontificationsJeremy @ 12:35:17 PM

I would like to take this opportunity, to thank the outgoing President of the United States,

Looking back over the past 8 years, I think you got the short end of the stick. It is becoming even more apparent to me as Barack Obama becomes your successor; as the media (such as Chris Matthews) are vowing to help President Obama to make his administration a successful one. When I heard that, I wondered, what he was doing these past 8 years. I think it was the opposite.
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January 20, 2009

Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com :: 7 Years

Filed under: AdministriviaJeremy @ 5:48:00 AM

Can you believe it? The Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com blog has been around for seven years, as on January 20, 2002 the website said “Hello” to the world.

2089 Articles, 7334 Comments, and seven years later, here we are. In that time, the New York Yankees have not won a World Series; and as of today, Jeremy-Gilby-dot-com will see its second Presidential Administration.
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January 30, 2009

New Geek Gear

Filed under: Geek-FuJeremy @ 9:41:48 AM
From the "If-you-want-to-draw-pretty-pictures: get-a-mac; if-you-want-to-play-video-games: get-a-windows-PC; if-you-want-to-take-over-the-world..." Department

I was mildly informed yesterday that Wal-Mart was having a sale on a new notebook computer, for a very unbelievable price. So I went to pick one up and brought it home, and after booting it up, was very disappointed in the fact that it came OEM with Windows Vista Home Basic.

So I said to myself, “Self, this is unacceptable.”
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