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Written by Ted Hawkes   
Saturday, 03 July 2010 09:04

I raced in from the mailbox with my latest Netflix delivery in hand, and eagerly tore it open like a greedy child on Christmas day. I was slightly let down to find The Sum of All Fears in the tantalizing red envelope, though I'm sure I have only myself to blame for its getting there. The plot is actually pretty good. From the back of the label: "Why are three missing Russian nuclear scientists holed up in the Ukraine, communicating with neo-Nazis? CIA agent Jack Ryan (Affleck) digs up more information than the U.S. government is willing to accept. As bombs kill thousands in Chechnya and the U.S., Ryan races against time to prevent all-out nuclear war.

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Got Plagiarism?
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Written by Ted Hawkes   
Tuesday, 04 May 2010 20:18

This afternoon I passed a billboard in a very prominent (i.e. expensive) location on the I-10 just outside the loop, headed toward town. It was advertising a Corpus Christi tourism association (I'm not sure whether it was a travel agency, not-for-profit organization, chamber of commerce or what have you, because my eyes were blurred by uncontrollable guffawing.) which simply said "Got Beach?"

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Cavemen Don't Wear Black Suits to the Office
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Written by Ted Hawkes   
Friday, 20 November 2009 00:00

This morning I awoke at 1:30 to coddle my infant son, and like I do with all my free time, I made high-pitched noises and got caught up on the Melaroo blog. In case you aren't a regular, I strongly suggest you subscribe to our RSS feed, at the right.

So between chirps and giggles, I specifically noted that Ike had referred to a debate I'd been having with Nate over black suits. Lest you get the impression that we waste time at work, let me expound. We weren't arguing over the existence of black suits, although it would have been a pretty compelling discussion because I recently heard this bit on NPR about how nanotechnology people (I don't know if they were scientists, researchers, technicians, or whether the terms are interchangeable) had developed some carbon thing that was the blackest thing to ever exist on our planet, meaning it absorbed the most and reflected the least light, which would have called in to question the relative blackness of any suit. And I'd like to interject that I had made the Spinal Tap connection several minutes before Michelle Block did.

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