Eric’s Blog

When Z was in Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, I headed there to see her, and figured it’d be a great time to get a GPS so we can use it for our road trips. The one I eventually picked was the Magellan eXplorist XL- it was a monster, but it had a big screen on it, and the reviews seemed favorable. I felt clever in that I used my change jar, and took it to the change-machine you find at many grocery stores. If you buy something from Amazon, they waive the transaction fee. Perfect! Things didn’t stay on the up-and-up for long with this thing…

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So, I had a old 32″ TV that finally had to be put to sleep - craigslist style. In exchange my buddy Isac gave me his 35″ tv that works great. Several months ago (at least 6 now I think), Z canceled our TV service (DirecTV), and we just have Netflix now. I think this sums up why we neither have satelite, nor a Hi-Def TV. This is my kind of humor!

So I have yet to write up how the movie Idiocracy creeped me out, but it’s a dark comedy that is really dumb for most people, and super scary if you look at what it’s really saying. Z and I both loved it. Anyway, here’s a video clip of Brawndo- one of the drinks in the movie that you can now buy. I went to buy a case, but saw the shipping was $20. What a bummer. So, without further ado, here’s the commercial: