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Due to a combination of laziness and busyness, I haven't posted anything substantial in a little while now. I was going to post something tonight, but I ended up spending the small amount of free time I had playing the entire Doolittle album by the Pixies on Rock Band, which was just released today as downloadable content. They wanted a ridiculous amount of money for it, but I love the Pixies and I had been looking forward to this release since they announced it a few months back. I'm digging it so far.

I've also been spending a large chunk of my free time lately learning Python, a web scripting language. I'm very impressed with it so far. It seems to be pretty efficient, logical, and easy to use.

I'm also still addicted to Team Fortress 2, which remains one of the most well-designed, balanced, fun, and addictive games I've played in many years. Valve just released a new patch last week that added a bunch of new content for free, which they totally didn't have to do, but they did anyway. Why? Because they're a kickass company who understands that treating your customers well and keeping them happy will build loyalty and lead to them continuing to purchase your company's products in the future. Yay Valve! There are many other companies who could learn a few lessons from them about how to treat your customers.

Finally, I'm a day late but for anyone who hasn't heard, George Carlin died yesterday. If you don't know who he is, I'm not going to sit here and try to explain how awesome he was. But he was one of the great ones and it sucks that he died. Well, it sucks for us anyway...he doesn't really know or care one way or another, since he's dead and all. His death wasn't exactly a shock since he was 71, but he just never seemed THAT old because he was still touring and doing all kinds of stuff, and he didn't look like an old geezer. He will be missed. So yeah, that's my touching eulogy. Thank you and good night.

Hey, look! I was just going to make a quick post but I ended up writing an actual blog entry. I feel so productive. Oh, and if you don't know who the Pixies are, well, they're probably not your type of music or you would have found them by now. But give them a listen anyway.