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Astrology Profile: David Speakman

Published on August 25, 2007 by in Blog

OK – I had an astrological star chart done on myself as a lark in 1999. Here is what the results said about me:

Approach to life, appearance to others

You are very strong-willed and proud, but intensely private and not easy to know well. Behind you quiet exterior lies a great deal of emotional depth, sensitivity, complexity, and also fierce determination. When you want something, you go after it rather quietly

 
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Dick Cheney was right

Published on August 13, 2007 by in Blog

Listen for yourself. The man is more psychic than any of Dionne Warwick’s friends.

 
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New Levi’s Commercial – One ending for gays; one for straights

Published on August 7, 2007 by in Blog, LGBT

How cool is this? 20 years ago when I was in college as Ball State, we only joked about this kind of thing – where a major trendy company alters a sexy ad with a guy-girl straight couple is turned into a gay couple.

Lo and behold: that time has come.

 
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I am a semi-pro fanboy and willing to talk about it

Published on August 7, 2007 by in Geek

Well, the schedule for DragonCon panelists for Science Fiction TV is out and I am on quite a few panels. I’ll be one of the lot sitting in the front of the room talking about various TV topics.

I specialize in the behind-the-scenes business related parts of Hollywood.  But with some of the shows, I’m just a big ol’ fan who knows a bunch of nerdy “get a life” details.

Here are

 
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More. damn. sun.

Published on August 6, 2007 by in Blog

Don’t be fooled by the clouds shown on the Monday forecast below. There weren’t any this morning – just a little marine layer that burned off before 9 a.m. More blue skies. Ack.

 
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Review: The Full Monty (CLTC production)

On Saturday, August 4, I attended that evening’s performance of The Full Monty by the City Lights Theatre Company of San Jose.

 
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No, I’m not unbalanced, thank you very much

Published on August 5, 2007 by in Blog

So, I took the Brain Works quiz and much to the chagrin of those who know me, I appear to be mentally stable. It quizzes you then figures out whether your right or left brain is dominant or whether you are more visual or auditory in nature. Here is how I ranked: 50% Left / 50% right; 50% visual learner / 50%auditory learner.
David, you are one of those rare

 
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Target loves my house; my house loves target

Published on August 5, 2007 by in Blog

OK, we’ve completed the replacement of the early 1990s red maple and hunter green kitchen nook table. We got the new table and chair set at Target of all places.

We chose the Carlyle counter-height table and two sets of high-backed chair/stools for it. It is solid ash (a hardwood) and stained a deep dark brown color. It really goes well with the oak floors and cabinets, black and stainless

 
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Check out Commonplacebook.com

OK – I have to plug a web site, a blog of a woman I went to college with who is now a big-time web designer in Indianapolis. And she’s so good, I steal many, many ideas from her all the time.

The strange thing is in college, I was the computer geek and she was a magazine major. So, of course, after we graduated, I was the one who wrote

 
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Two guys and a cell phone

Published on August 1, 2007 by in Humor

For some reason, I firmly believe if TV commercials were normally made this funny, people would not fast forward over them with their TiVos.

 
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