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Entries from December 2007

Top Song Parodies of 2007

December 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Well we’re in the final few days of 2007 and what is the end of the year without a slew of craptastic lists. Here a brief list of some of the best song parodies from the past year.
4. Ding Fries Are Done Family Guy / Trans Siberian Orchestra Remix
Some dude going by the name […]

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Tags: Random Oddities

An iPhone, Yahoo Mail and the Case of the Disappearing Email

December 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

It’s been about a month since acquiring an iPhone. For the most part it’s been a splendid little device. It’s allowed the opening of a new a trail blazing section here at the House called Thoughts From the Throne.
There are the usual annoyances, AT&T’s Edge Network is rather slow, and the ‘keyboard’ is […]

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Tags: Apple

Last Second Value Gifts for the Apple Fan

December 24th, 2007 · No Comments

You know it’s almost too late to get any shopping done before Christmas.  Maybe there is a Walmart or gas station still open for the ultimate procrastinator.
But you’ve got kids and they love music and they sure would love an iPod this Christmas.  But the problem is they don’t come cheap and your budget is […]

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Tags: Apple · Random Oddities

The Movie Kids Review Cars

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Cars (2006)
Jenna: I wasn’t very excited about seeing this movie since it was about talking cars. Ethan has a lot of Hot Wheels cars and I sometimes hide his cars in his shoes. But it was a Disney Pixar movie and I like their stuff a lot.
The computer animation is very […]

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Great Search String: ‘Avoid Work Forever’

December 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Today after perusing through the web logs I came across an interesting thing. Well not a thing really more of a noteworthy nugget. Among the many search strings people use to find this place one stuck out. It was simply ‘avoid work forever‘. Wow, this is powerful. […]

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Thoughts From the Throne: Question to Germ Phobes

December 14th, 2007 · No Comments

Today’s thought is in the form of a question. It goes out to all the germ phobes out there.
You know who you are, in public restrooms you use a paper towel to turn on and off the water facet. Some off you even grab one more paper towel to open the door with, then hold […]

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Survivor China Contestant MySpace Pages

December 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Survivor China is almost over, but what better way to acquaint yourself with this season’s cast then by checking out their MySpace page. I’m sure they would love to be your ‘friend’.
Amanda Kimmel
Todd Herzog
Courtney Yates plus check out Courtney’s modeling page
Peih-Gee Law
Jean-Robert Bellande
Mike ‘Frosty’ Zernow
Erik Huffman […]

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Tags: Television

Led Zeppelin Video Clips From December 10 Performance

December 13th, 2007 · No Comments

In case you weren’t one of the few lucky enough to catch the December 10th Led Zeppelin concert in London there are some videos appearing on YouTube.
Here are are few:
Stairway To Heaven

Kashmir

Good Times, Bad Times

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Tags: Music

Thoughts From the Throne: iPhone Tip of the Day

December 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Today’s thought is more of a past experience that will be shared as a tip for all those iPhone and iPod Touch users out there.
It is not a good idea to handle butter before using you iPhone.
It seems that when your fingers are coated with a greasy substance such as butter the touch screen is […]

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New Feature: Thoughts From the Throne

December 10th, 2007 · No Comments

A new feature will be starting soon here at the House of Odd. It shall be called ‘Thoughts From the Throne’.
With the additional of a wi-fi mobile device and the ability to send email what better way to make use of the copious time spent in the men’s room then sharing my thoughts […]

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