Category: Media

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Headphones

I’ve been an $10-$20 earbud guy forever, with a couple of pairs of wired over-the-ear headphones attached to my desktop and laptop at home.

I started looking into noise-cancelling headphones, mainly for the level of noise at times at work.  At the recommendation of my co-worker, I picked this up.

Bose Quietcomfort 35 wireless noise-cancelling headphones

I tried them at Best Buy, along with a couple of Beats by Dre models, and this one blocked out ambient noise better than the others did, just as my co-worker said they did.

This is definitely the priciest audio accessory that I’ve ever bought, next to my iPod.

I’ve been wearing them right now for about 30 minutes, and I really like them.  They’re good for audio books, too.

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The 50s

March 9th, 1967: premiere date of Star Trek episode ‘The Devil in the Dark’.

Dispatched to the mining colony on Janus VI, the Enterprise is tasked to investigate rumors of a strange, subterranean creature responsible for destruction of equipment and the deaths of fifty miners. Kirk and Spock discover a silicon-based life form, a Horta, which lives in the surrounding rock. After Kirk and his Vulcan first officer find the strange creature, Spock performs a mind meld, discovering the reason behind the Horta’s attacks.

This episode holds a special place in my memories because it was the first Star Trek fotonovel that I bought, which means it was one of the first books that I ever bought on my own, with my allowance.  I think I got it from Gemco.

It was a great episode, with a really cool monster, the Horta.

I still have an unopened Spock action figure that I picked up last year after that Star Trek concert.  Perhaps I should open it.

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LOGAN

It was okay.

FOX still can’t create anything that compares to even the Netflix Marvel stuff.  Seriously.

It had some cool moments, but as a whole it was just kinda ‘meh’.

That’s really all I can say.

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Sunday

Daytona 500: I watched.  I wasn’t too impressed with the new 3-stage format.  I’m  somewhat suspicious that the winning car is sponsored by the new series sponsor, Monster Energy.  It was Chase Elliott’s race until he seemed to run out of fuel.

Up next is the Oscars.

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Birthday Week Highlights

Saturday, February  18th: PARTY!

Sunday, February 19th: NBA All-Star Game (boring)

Monday, February 20th: Holiday, saw The LEGO Batman Movie, picked up Mansions of Madness

Tuesday, February 21st: breakfast with Dad at Gunther’s, dinner at Dave and Busters with Dad and Rob and Annie and Jen and Rubin (and families)

Wednesday, February 22nd: started to feel congested in the evening, played day two of the 1917 MLB season (6 games)

Thursday, February 23rd: BIRTHDAY! spent the morning and afternoon downing generic Mucinex, while watching Raiders of the Lost Ark and Superman: The Movie, dinner with Nels and Glenn at Izzy’s (San Carlos)

Friday, February 24th: still a bit cough-y and congested. Ran errands. Played Mansions of Madness.

Also watched the usual TV shows over the week, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is still my favorite this year.

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No Cons

After giving it much thought, I have decided to not go to any comic-cons this year.

Silicon Valley CC was the only one that I was planning to attend, but that was nixed when Carrie Fisher passed away, who I had planned to get a photo op with this year.

If anything, I may go to the smaller cons around here, like South City CC.

I think I’m over the whole waiting in lines to attend panels for information that will be on the internet moments after it’s revealed.

The only celeb that I currently want to meet is Lee Majors, but he never travels out this way.