Entries from May 2008 ↓

If you’re looking for tickets to any big sold-out show, you might be wise to consider checking out SeatExchange.com. SeatExchange.com facilitates the transfer of theatre tickets, concert tickets, and sporting event tickets in person-to-person transfers.

Normally, dealing with person to person ticket sales directly can be a scary experience, especially if you can’t make the transfer face to face. The buyer never knows if the check is going to bounce, and the buyer never knows if they will even receive the tickets (let alone if they’re actually legitimate) until they actually get into the venue. Needless to say, this can be a stressful experience for both buyers and sellers. Fortunately, SeatExchange.com makes this transaction smooth, painless, and stress free.

Personally, I’m looking for some good seats for Wicked. It’s hard to find tickets most places in the place you want on the day you want them. And at some places, it’s hard to check multiple dates. Essentially, it’s usually pretty difficult to find acceptable tickets that really suit your needs.

I started poking around SeatExchange.com though, and found it very easy to use. I can search for tickets within a date range that works for me, and they actually have a good selection of tickets. Plus, now that I have created an account, now I can also sell tickets if I end up with some that I can’t use or end up with a scheduling conflict.

If you’re looking for tickets, you should check it out too.

Wednesday night, while my wonderful wife was unfortunately stuck at Open House night at her school, I went on a little adventure. I hit one of my old haunts, Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, for an evening with Reverend Strychnine Twitch and friends (more commonly known as the Foxboro Hot Tubs - also known as “the guys from Green Day plus their touring bandmates in a not-so-super-secret side project”). I’m convinced that this was the best rock show I have ever attended.

The night started out with Girls With Guns, a super punky chick band that embraced the punk ethos of old. They were loud, fast, brash and rude, and just went on stage to have a good drunken time. I have read some complaints about them, but they are very good at what they do - rocking balls off and not giving a fuck. They rocked the place, and had a great time doing it.

The second opening act was the Mystic Knights of the Cobra, another band that rocked the house and had a great time doing it. I immediately loved the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo reference, and the band was pretty darn good. With killingly catchy songs like “El Camino” (featuring the lyrics “The front is like a car, the back is like a truck, the front is where we kiss, the back is where we…”) and others (not to mention the two attractive female lead singers), MKOTC are a sight to behold. They obviously enjoyed their opening spot for Foxboro, and had a blast warming up the crowd.

After MKOTC, I was hanging out at the bar with my new friend Dave, when all of a sudden we both catch something from the corner of our eyes. Turns out that five feet away from us right behind the bar, Tr&eacure; Cool is mixing himself a drink. We both admitted to being pathetically star struck. Yes, it’s embarrassing, but sometimes 32 year olds have to succumb to their inner little girl.

Once the band went on stage, things got straight loco. Billy J… ahemThe Reverend Strychnine Twich, rather… entered the venue over the crowd on top of a surf board carried by some burly security guys. It was pretty amazing. Actually the really amazing part is that The Rev managed not to knock his head on the low ceiling. But it was a killer entrance.

The Hot Tubs rocked the crowd for almost an hour and a half. I think it’s safe to say that everyone there - the band, the crowd, and even the bartenders and security guards - had the time of their lives. At least three times (and I think more) throughout the night, the Reverend invited the crowd up on stage to dance and party with the band. Amazingly, even with thirty people on that tiny stage with them, they still kept the music going and sounded great.

I don’t think the band even knows what their future plans are, but if you ever get the opportunity to see the Foxboro Hot Tubs, I would highly recommend it.

I personally can’t think of a rock show that I have been to that could top this one. It was an opportunity that comes along once in a lifetime, and I feel very lucky to have been a part of it. Thanks for a great show, FBHT!

You know what I’m talking about. You know when your car gets to be a few years old, and the headlights get crusty and foggy from years of neglect and exposure to damaging sunlight and the elements? It’s unattractive at best.

But fear not, friends! Lane’s Professional Care Products, located online at LanesCarProducts.com, has a product that’s like laser corrective surgery for your headlights. Lane’s Klear Lites headlight lens cleaner and restoration polish can get rid of your car’s cataracts quickly and easily, to bring that nice clear shine back to your headlights.

And because Lane’s automotive car care products are so easy to use, even the novice car care enthusiast can end up with professional looking results. So check them out today, and get rid of your car’s cataracts for good!

Dunkin’ Donuts has apparently pulled an advertisement featuring Rachel Ray due to right-wing bloggers’ assertions that her wardrobe promotes terrorism. Now I don’t know about you, but I know a hell of a lot of women who wear similar looking scarves and have no ties to Muslim extremism.

More than anything, I am disappointed in Dunkin’ Donuts’ refusal to stand up to the BS. For the last seven years, any mention of “terrorism” or “unAmericanism” strikes the fear of the general public’s wrath in the hearts of corporations.

But who do these people represent? They represent a very small (but unfortunately powerful) subset of the American public. Most Americans don’t believe this crap, but the few that do have some serious pull. And it scares the hell out of me.

Shopping.com is a UK based website that will help you find the best online deal on everything from computers, garden products, furniture, lingerie through jewelry and clothing. Basically, you can search for and compare any product you can imagine. Shopping.com even can help you find high ticket items like furniture and other bigger products.

Personally, I’m in the market for a Wii Fit for my wife. I have looked high and low, and hope to find one soon. Unfortunately, Shopping.com couldn’t find one in stock anywhere either, but did point me in some new directions that I will definitely explore for other technology purchases in the future. They also did come up with some great prices on other Wii accessories that I have been thinking about purchasing but haven’t yet. Maybe that recharge dock for my Wiimotes isn’t that far off.

No matter what you’re shopping for, Shopping.com can help you find what you need, when you need it, and at the best price. Give them a try today.

A Friday afternoon right before a big holiday weekend is a great time to give the public bad news. People are more worried about how to get their boss to let them off early than paying attention to what’s going on in the world at large.

Not only did John McCain release his health records for a brief period (what a joke), but more importantly the Pentagon reported that they can’t account for 15 billion dollars worth of goods and services purchased from contractors involved in the Iraq occupation.

Many of us have heard stories of trucks driving around Iraq with pallets of cash in them, but I don’t know if anyone realized that it was this bad. Just to put it in perspective, California’s budget deficit this year is somewhere around that amount. So as Schwarzenegger is scrambling to cut the a deficit, the Pentagon is basically pissing away money.

It’s a sad state of affairs, but our government is terrible at keeping track of its money. Not that anyone remembers, but just prior to 9/11/2001, Dick Cheney reported that the Pentagon could not account for somewhere between two and three trillion dollars. I might also add that that news was also revealed on a Friday prior to a holiday weekend.

It’s amazing what a difference new curtains can do for a home. And it’s really amazing how old nasty curtains can ruin a home.

Normally, curtains are a huge investment. Fortunately, today our friend the Internet offers some great choices for online curtain shopping. Not only can you shop from the convenience of your own home, but you can also save a lot of money. Appropriately, a great site for online curtain shopping is TheCurtainShop.com.

Oh, and while you’re replacing your curtains, why not pick up a rocking chair cushion set to go along with them, and spice up your home that much more?

Sorry for not posting this week, friends. I was at a class all week learning how to integrate Max OS X workstations into a Windows Active Directory. It was a GREAT class, and will be infinitely beneficial for me in my job. Cool stuff.

Anyway, I’m back, just in time for a three day weekend. Looks like I have a lot of interesting news to catch up on…

Confusion runs rampant. Despite an Israeli media report that Bush intends to attack Iran before the end of his term (like we didn’t already know that), the Washington media bullshitters have already launched a counter attack denying the claim.

No matter what they say, does anyone really believe that Bush doesn’t intend to attack Iran? Seriously, what does he have to lose? A few American lives? Has that stopped him ever before? It didn’t stop him from playing a vital role in the murder of 3,000 American citizens, then following it up with the murder of 4,000 plus American soldiers.

No matter what they’re saying, I would not at all be surprised to see an attack. That’s not to say that I wouldn’t be angered and disappointed, but I wouldn’t be surprised.

Anyway, here’s the article on the Iran attack.

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