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Best Super Bowl Commercial?

Posted on February 02, 2009
So that was a pretty decent game last night. Mostly thanks to what I think was a really poor officiating job, but since I didn’t really care all that much who won, I was happy it was a good game. More interestingly, though, it’s a shame more of the country didn’t get to see the best [...

Sea What?

Posted on January 30, 2009
I’ve you’ve been a PeteHoliday.com reader for any appreciable amount of time, it should come as no surprise to you that I am not a member of PeTA. In fact, while I love animals1, I do not labor under the assumption that they are people nor that they deserve the same rights as people...

More On The Job Situation [Private]

Posted on January 29, 2009
I don’t often blog about work, primarily because that really squicks out HR folks (you should’ve seen the absurd blogging policy the old company had) and old folks haven’t really figured it all out yet so they’re afraid of the unknown...

I Didn?t Like Working Anyway

Posted on January 29, 2009
So, for those of you who stalk me are friends with me on Facebook, you might have already come to hear about the biggest news in the World of Pete this week. Specifically: I was fired on Monday. No, it wasn’t economy related (I don’t think), and I really had no idea it was coming...

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Some Things Shouldn?t Change

Posted on January 21, 2009
I’m already sick of hearing about “change”. I did get a big kick out of the juxtaposition between the “Yay! We’re not racist any more!” and the slobbering over having a black president. This is the large-scale equivalent to “I’m not homophobic, I have a gay friend!” Folks, we’re just as obsessed with color as [...

AJC Making Fewer Monies Than They?re Spending

Posted on January 16, 2009
So it seems that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is losing $1 million a week. Somehow, I suspect that (taken alone) their web presence is probably in the black, it’s the pesky, printed newspapers that are running up the costs. That said, I hardly feel bad for a newspaper that runs a headline like this one: “Less” trains? Really? [...

Items of Interest

Posted on January 15, 2009
4 face charges for holding exotic dancers captive - This blows my mind. Keeping people in cages? To whom, exactly, does this sound like a good idea and why? Atlanta Fire Deaths Plunge - The good news is that you’re less likely to die in a fire in Atlanta...

BBQ Edumacashun

Posted on January 11, 2009
Ladies and gentlemen, there is something that you all need to know about barbeque. Especially you yankees. I’ll let this fine group tell you more: Especially pay attention to the last verse. It is really important.

iPod Says?

Posted on January 09, 2009
Dragging a little this morning. Heck of a game last night. I may or may not have chanted “S-E-C” in the bar. I can’t recall. Anyway, apropos of nothing, here’s what the old iPod wants me to listen to this morning: Wedding Dress - Matt Nathanson Friend of the Devil - Counting Crows (covering the Dead) Someday - [...

Comcast Implements Bandwidth Throttling

Posted on January 07, 2009
So Comcast got in trouble with the FCC not too long ago because they were singling out certain kinds of traffic and screwing around with it. So they changed the way they’re doing it to this: For the last few months, Comcast has been transitioning how it monitors and throttles broadband traffic...

Merry Christmas and WP Sentry Update

Posted on December 25, 2008
First of all, for those celebrating: Merry Christmas. If you’re not celebrating . . . just drink some egg nog and shut up already. Nobody cares. Today I pushed a number of changes to WP Sentry to the repository, so if you’re up with the times, you should be getting a notice in your dashboard to [...

Tips and Delivery Fees

Posted on December 24, 2008
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend, and I don’t know how to make it stop. It seems that a disproportionate number of restaurants are starting to charge rather large fees for delivery. I ordered a pizza last night and there was a $2.00 delivery fee on $10...

The ?Michael Maurer? School of Law

Posted on December 23, 2008
Earlier this month, my alma mater, Indiana University School of Law1 announced that it was changing it’s name to the “Michael Maurer School of Law”. It turns out that this guy donated a large sum of money ($35 million) to the school and it was during a capital campaign so the university at large matched [...

That?s a Lot of Water

Posted on December 22, 2008
Pretend, for a moment, that you’re spending $6,500 a semester to go to Morris Brown College and live on campus. Now pretend that you wake up one morning to find that your school had neglected to pay its $400,000 water bill, so you can’t take a shower...

Almost 2009

Posted on December 19, 2008
So, I’m sure I’m not the only one who says this, literally, every single year, but I just can’t believe we’re half-way through December already. I’ve been pretty boring lately, not doing a whole lot aside from working and trying to keep Scout entertained enough to keep him from chewing on things like cabinets and windows...

Finished at FanHouse

Posted on December 12, 2008
Over the past three football seasons I have been writing for AOL’s sports blog, FanHouse. I compiled over 100,000 words on college football, and was a part of the initial group at kick-off. Last night, I got an email from Randy Kim, FanHouse’s Executive Producer, informing me that I was no longer on the team...

WP Sentry 0.6 Released

Posted on December 10, 2008
One of my pet projects, a private posting plugin for WordPress, has been accumulating minor fixes and major features for the last few months, and with the release of WordPress 2.7 imminent, I decided to go ahead and tie up the loose ends for a new release...

Drive Faster AND Slower

Posted on December 10, 2008
I hate slow-pokes in the left-hand lane on the interstate. Seriously, one of my huge pet peeves. That said, I’m not sure I trust the police and traffic courts to strike a good balance between speed limits and left-lane camping legislation. The basic gist of the article, people hate slow drivers and some states are starting [...

So . . . I Guess I?m 28

Posted on December 09, 2008
Thanksgiving came and went, bringing with it my 28th birthday. It should be stated, and cannot be emphasized enough, that I don’t think birthdays are a big deal. In this regard, Dave Barry and I see eye to eye. I typically prefer not to have things bought for me and, truth be told, the 40 [...

Roll MFin? Tide

Posted on November 29, 2008
Silly Barners. Since the 2000 Iron Bowl, Auburn is 7-2… but they’re behind by 13 points in the point differential. Roll Tide

Walking for the Homeless

Posted on November 17, 2008
There is a blurb in the AJC today about an 11-year-old boy who walked from Tallahassee to Atlanta… for the homeless. The first thought that went through my mind when I read the blurb (and I use that term in the most disparaging possible sense) is… who lets their child walk hundreds of miles for ANYTHING? [...

A Word On Waffle Irons and The Economy

Posted on November 05, 2008
In a post earlier today, I wrote that my waffle iron has as much “Presidential experience” as Obama does. KMike has called me out on my lazy language: To be fair, Pete, which of the candidates had presidential experience? Was Jimmy Carter on a third party ticket somewhere? And how many terms did [...

No, You Haven?t

Posted on November 05, 2008
It wasn’t any easier to wake up this morning. My breakfast didn’t taste any better. MARTA didn’t move any faster. I’m not going to make any more money today than I did yesterday. Today is, essentially, yesterday with a new name...

I Changed My Mind: Vote Obama

Posted on November 04, 2008
I finally found a platform point of Obama’s I could get behind: Down with the BCS! (Just for clarity’s sake: this post is satire. I do not actually want you to vote for Obama.)

On the Eve of the Election

Posted on November 03, 2008
one of the major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people must want to rule people are, ipso facto, [...

I?m Bad At Watching Movies

Posted on November 01, 2008
I’m bad at watching movies. Not “bad” in the way that Auburn is bad at football, of course, any moron can sit down in front of a TV and look at it, but rather I just don’t watch very many movies. This has become painfully apparent in my move to Atlanta...

PSA: You?re Not Clever

Posted on October 30, 2008
I don’t mean it as a general proposition, even though it may be true). I’m talking about Halloween here. I realize this helpful announcement is coming a bit late, but there’s still time to salvage what’s left of your dignity. What follows is a brief (and non-exhaustive) list of costumes which are not clever: Sarah Palin: Unless you [...

How We Know Auburn Sucks

Posted on October 29, 2008
Oh, sure. Auburn has done a lot this year to re-emphasize just how much they suck. Played to a 3-2 win over Mississippi State1. They lost to Vandy and even Arkansas. They fired their offensive coordinator in the middle of the season after not allowing him to run his offense...

Scout vs. Laser Pointer

Posted on October 25, 2008
I’m thinking this is almost more fun than watching a cat play with a laser pointer. I’m not sure he’s really figured out that I’m in charge of the pointer yet. If he has, he really doesn’t care.

NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 23, 2008
No, the title to this entry is not my Inuit name, or something bizarre like that. You see, November (in addition to being the birth-month of one of the coolest guys any of you know) is National Novel Writing Month. The point behind it is this, as best I can tell: the main thing standing [...

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