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My TV went on the fritz on Saturday, and a representative from HHGregg came out this afternoon to identify and fix the problem. He did some sort of Vulcan death grip on the front panel buttons, and in the process of fixing the problem, he brought up a display that indicated that the set has 627 hours of viewing on it. According to my receipts, I got it on December 20, 2003. So in 326 days, I’ve watched 627 hours of TV. That’s roughly 1.9 hours of television per day.

That seems like a good number and might indicate that I have a well-rounded non-couch potato lifestyle, but considering the fact that I’m in front of a computer about 16 hours a day (including the 1.9 that I’m watching TV)–it doesn’t seem so healthy.

I don’t know if you can make it out, but the mail truck two cars ahead has a “W The President” sticker on the upper right back corner. Tennessee is a red state, you know.

UPDATE: I just missed Ohio. Of course, that was the margin of victory.

I graduated high school with Lawton Grinter, he’s traveled pretty far since then.

This is one of the coolest webtoys I’ve seen in quite a long time.

It’s like a little online socialization project. You can see folks collaborating to both create things and destroy things. It’s just magical to watch.

This week I found out I have passed all nine sections of the Architectural Registration Exam. I’m just a bit of paperwork and a $140 check from being professionally responsible. I’m through with architecture as an academic endeavour, something that began when I started UT in 1994. It only took me ten years and two months.

I think this is really an admisson that regular Cheetos are wholly unnatural.

You’ve probably seen the commercial all weekend if you were tuned into any football related programming, Under Armour is running a series of ads where the “Under Armour” team must protect their home field. My question, who are they playing? A bit of web searching revealed their 2004 schedule:

9/26 – Hanes (Home)

10/5 – Fruit of the Loom (Home)

10/12 – BVD (Home)

10/19 – Underoos (Home)