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The Joys of Late-Night Commercials

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 26, 2009 in TV

Every time I stay up late, between the hours of 2 am and 6 am this commercial shows up:

This commercial reminds me of one of those gimmicky pitches that you see at the kiosks at the mall or a county fair.  The guy who is pushing this product is very good at it, but he [...]

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Average Joe Show episode 21 is up!

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 25, 2009 in Average Joe Show, podcast

That’s right.  This week’s episode of The Average Joe Show is available right here!
This week Ward and I talk about the Obama reoath, Vatican on YouTube, urine filled batteries, sea kittens and so much more.  So drop by the site and check out this episode and catch up on any of the previous shows you [...]

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My obsession with an Italian plumber

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 23, 2009 in Games

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My son got a Nintendo DS for Christmas and it came with the New Super Mario Bros Game in it.  And I realised something.  That is one of the few games that has great replayability.  A few weeks ago Bwana McCall mentioned on his radio show about the greatest video games of all time and [...]

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Tech Gang Show episode 5 is up!

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 22, 2009 in Tech Gang Show, podcast

Episode 5 of our little tech podcast is up for your listening pleasure.  Sorry, that it took an extra day to get it out to you, but if we didn’t change the schedule then there might not have been an episode this week.  Please go to www.techgangshow.com and download the latest episode and please leave [...]

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Is Hitler home?

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 22, 2009 in Average Joe Show, Names

On last week’s Average Joe Show podcast, Ward and I discussed how Adolf Hitler Campbell and his ‘Nazi-esque’ named sisters were taken out of their NJ home because their names are a form of child abuse.  (This was the third week we had a Nazi related story.  Hopefully, the last.)  On the podcast, I mentioned that [...]

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What was the point of the movie?

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 21, 2009 in DVDs, Scouting

So, Friday night we had a little “Dinner and a Movie” thing going on for the cub scouts.  In March we do our annual pinewood derby.  This is the big event of the year where the the kids get a piece of wood with four plastic wheels and nails and they create a car that [...]

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WTF can’t we spell things out?

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 20, 2009 in Drinks, food

I went to Wal-mart Saturday with my son to get a birthday gift for a party he was going to.  Since he was good in the store I promised him a drink.  He wanted a Mountain Dew.  When he went into the cooler near the registers he saw two different green bottles (one with a [...]

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25 Things You Might Not Know About Me

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 19, 2009 in Life

Inspired by Bwana McCall’s posting, I’ve been inspired to make my own:

I am a die-hard Doctor Who fan, and have been since 1984.
Even though I am a fan of Rock, I have Air Supply on my Zune.
Not a big fan of sports, only watch the Super Bowl and the World Series.
I hate roller coasters and [...]

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Joose isn’t for kids anymore

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 19, 2009 in Drinks

So, I went to the local Shop Rite supermarket on Saturday and wanted to get myself some chilled alcoholic beverages for personal consumption, and I came across this:

 
This energy drink looks like any typical drink you can buy at your local gas station, but upon closer inspection this one contains ALCOHOL! 9.0% alcohol to be [...]

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The Ten Twittermandments

Posted by Corey Charette on Jan 13, 2009 in Twitter

LeVar Burton posted this tweet on Twitter a little while ago stating that there should be Twittermandments. (Please follow him here and me too!)
So, I decided to sit down and write a few of them up.  If you have any suggestions on how to update this one, please leave a comment on the bottom.
So here [...]

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