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So, the intial excitement of the movie has worn off and I can now take a deeper look into the movie. Be advised if you haven’t seen the movie then you’ll want to stop reading now.
Okay, so if you read my previous entry about the movie then you’ll notice that I only really [...]

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Yes. Oh yes. 2007 XKR.

4.2L 420 bhp engine. [ed note: Better to have it and not need it then too need it and not have it]
0–60 4.9 secs.
Recalibrated suspension.
Various body modifications.

85k for the coupe, that’s a 2 door in british-ese, and 92k for the convertable (good thing I think convertables are the ugliest thing todo to a car). [...]

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Wow. Just wow. Words can not describe how great this movie was. Couple it with IMAX presentation and you have the perfect movie experience.
Singer can do no wrong in my eyes, unless of course the next Superman flick is going to feature stuff out of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olson comics. Then again, some of that [...]

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So my God-Mother is staying with us while she gets her stuff in order for moving back to the area. The great thing about her staying with us is that I get to hear more about my family history.
She’s like a walking Geneology Tree for my Mom’s side of the family. I knew that [...]

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So I’ve been on the Nicoderm patch for 2 weeks tomorrow and still trying to not have a smoke after each time I eat or after nookie.

Anyway, I needed to get my second box of patches (1 more box for step one) while we were running some errands today and I actually got carded to [...]

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So I’m planning my grilling escapade for this evening and came across a few recipes that I like and a somewhat interesting take on how what you put on your burger says about you.

We have a friend named Paul “Q-Man” Watson who believes you can tell a lot about people by what they put on [...]

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So couple quick hits from the weekend that was.

Friday night Jessi and I ventured down the Herndon Feastival to meet up with her mom who was volunteering down at the Herndon Women’s club Pretzel booth. It wasn’t as busy on Friday since all the vendors didn’t show up until Saturday. This years highlight band of [...]

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I go for my regular eye checkups on a yearly basis over at Hour Eyes (really great doctors, best so far in all my years of wearing corrective lens). This year, like the last, my eyes checked out fine with no change in my perscriptions. I’m a good candidate for laser eye surgery but I [...]

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