{"id":110,"date":"2005-02-12T12:05:43","date_gmt":"2005-02-12T12:05:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-02-12T12:05:43","modified_gmt":"2005-02-12T12:05:43","slug":"weekend-stuffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2005\/02\/12\/weekend-stuffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Stuffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a long week on the work front, so pretty much nothing in the way of blogging activities.  A few random nuggets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prince (yes, the purple wonder can still get his groove on) pulled in an astounding $56.5 million dollars in 2004, which was enough to earn him top honors on the musicians making money front.  As a long time Prince fan, I am pretty impressed at this remarkable commercial comeback.  [source: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/4251227.stm\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/4251227.stm', 'BBC News');\" target=\"new\">BBC News<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>I finally got my iPod 40GB 4G back from the Best Buy service center.  The lack of service from Best Buy\u2019s customer support really ticked me off.  The service center at the local store pretty much sucks, the employees are unfriendly and in general they not at all helpful.  The damage?  They replaced the HDD, which has to be the most expensive part of the iPod.  I am surprised that they did not just send me a new one.<\/li>\n<li>What is the big deal with \u201csaving\u201d Social Security?  As a 34-year old, I have no plans to count on getting a government check in my future.  Instead, I put away a decent amount of coin each month into my 401(k).  I am not sure why everyone does not save.  Just let the damn program go insolvent, and stop taxing us for an antiquated system that is no longer relevant in the 21st Century.<\/li>\n<li>I am inching every closer to finishing Champions of Norrath.  I just do not seem to find the time it takes to finish this puppy, but it has certainly been worth the money.  I have promised myself I will not get Return to Arms (the sequel) until I actually complete Norrath.  For those wondering, I have completed the Arena, and about to enter the Hate Portal thing.  That should be a pretty spoiler free description.  I figure I will finally finish the game in 2-3 weekends if nothing unexpected comes up.  Of course Gran Turismo 4 is almost here.<\/li>\n<li>Is Google stock really worth $187.40 per share?  It is amazing to watch the history of this stock, which currently has an amazing P\/E of 129.96.  For those wondering, I am not a big stock market player ? I pretty much always go the mutual funds route, so I probably have some Google stock somewhere.  So what do I know?  Maybe Google is actually undervalued.  They are going to eventually own the data world on the internet, but I cannot stomach such a high P\/E.  [source:  <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=goog&d=t\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=goog&amp;d=t', 'Yahoo! Finance');\" target=\"new\">Yahoo! Finance<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>My online OOTP6 team, the Columbus Kudzu of the IOSBL, lost in the first round of the playoffs last night 3 games to 2.  This was my first appearance in the playoffs in 4 seasons, so I was disappointed to see it end so soon, but I never really had any real hope to advance very far.  Over the last few years I have lost my zeal for baseball (damn labor disputes), but I love playing OOTP, especially in this online league.  If you are interesting in joining a great league, take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.invitationonlysports.com\/IOSBL\/index.php\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.invitationonlysports.com\/IOSBL\/index.php', 'IOSBL');\" target=\"new\">IOSBL<\/a>, and put yourself on the waiting list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All for now.  Don\u2019t forget to buy your significant other something special for Valentines Day!<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a long week on the work front, so pretty much nothing in the way of blogging activities. 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