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Wow, Google offers that many services?

It’s that time of the year when The Oprah gives away loads of goodies to her studio audience. This show titled “Oprah’s Favorite Things” is like the hottest ticket around. Here’s the bounty for 2005.

• Philip Stein Teslar Diamond Watch
• Burberry Coat
• Burberry Purse
• UGG® Australia’s Uptown Boot
• Garrett Popcorn Shops’ CaramelCrisp® and CheeseCorn™ Tin
• The new Apple iPod
• “The Oprah Sweater” by Ralph Lauren
• Pure Color Cords
• Lovely by Sarah Jessica Parker
• BlackBerry 7105T™ from T-Mobile
• Brownies from Moveable Feast Geneva
• Nike Free 5.0 iD®
• Kashwére® Shawl Collar Robe
• Croissants from Williams-Sonoma
• Hope in a Jar from Philosophy
• “Grace” Basket from Philosophy
• Oatmeal Cookie Dough from Fox & Obel Market
• The Oprah Winfrey Show 20th Anniversary Collection DVD
• Sony VAIO® FJ Notebook (What?! No iBook or Powerbook?)

I would scream her name and cry like a sissy if I got to be on this show. Thousands of dollars of free stuff? Let the hysteria begin!

Braved the crowds to go to the Macy’s Night of Stars sale on Sunday night. I severely underestimated the interest in this special sale where everything in Macy’s was on sale. The store closed at 5pm then reopened at 6pm with people waiting to get in at every entrance.

There were free giveaways and special events like meeting Clifford the Big Red Dog and Hello Kitty. Crowds of people packed the store and lines at the registers were crazy! Even newscaster Darren Pai did some shopping. So many people were there, the store got hot and humid, and I thought I’d cramp up like a Michigan St. Spartan!

Four shopping bags, two free turkeys, and one tired baby later, we were done for the night.

See more pictures from the sale.

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A future home for Pulpconnection.net??

The free web site analysis service, Google Analytics, has temporarily stopped accepting new customers. The excellent service used to cost $199 a month, but Google made it freely available whereupon an avalanche of new users signed up.

Maybe I can sell my Analytics account on eBay?

Robert Cringely’s weekly column talks about Google’s plan for buying so much unused “dark” fiber. It’s not to become an Internet Service Provider (ISP) but rather to stick containerized Google Data Centers around the world “turning the entire Internet into a giant processing and storage grid.”

This guy has some interesting ideas. I better add him to my RSS feed list.

Read about the Rainbows victory over #4 ranked Michigan State.

• The recap
• The story with pictures

Replaced Merynn’s infant carrier car seat with a convertible seat. Went with the Britax Marathon seats purchased from Baby Emporium whose prices are good and service is great. Got the playful Ashley Floral and traditional denim Electric Blue.

Wow, just heard that Google stock is at $400 per share!

The company keeps cranking out neato service after service. Google Analytics as a free service is unreal.

I’m starting to get a little concerned about the Tabasco Man and his recent bout with hives. With his new prescription of medication that includes some steroids, he’s getting a little better. His physique is getting pretty buffed up from the ‘roid action, but I think some side effects of all the medication are starting to show.

I just took this snapshot of the Tabasco Man working out and something just doesn’t seem right. I can’t quite figure out what though. Hmm…

Patrick Dempsey, currently on the excellent Grey’s Anatomy television show, is on People’s 2005 Sexiest Man Alive list. I must say he’s come a long, long way from his days of Can’t Buy Me Love.

Just finished talking about passing your work on to others, now I’m getting slammed for doing someone else’s work that was assigned to me. Where’s the sense in that?

I wasn’t the first, second, or third choice for this responsibility. Heck, I don’t even have a background in this subject area and even after explaining that fact, I was given the duty. Trying to get the parties involved that is supposed to be doing this duty is crazy since no one wants it.

Good thing I’m too tired to be upset at these stupid mothers and fathers.