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Entries for December, 2009

ixwebhosting fail

With one of the best pricing plans, and seemingly unlimited capability, ixwebhosting.com fails to live up to any claim of service dependability. Uptime? In the past 30 days, the server hosting my websites [not associated with thedealis.com] has been down 4 times. This downtime typically lasts 3-6 hours. Typical response from ixwebhosting tech support: Sorry! [...]

Charlie Sheen’s Christmas Ruined By Nagging Shrew!

Dang It! With his wife, Brooke, highly intoxicated, verbally & physically attacking him, he ends up on the wrong side of a jail cell on this, the supposed happiest day of the year. Such bad luck! Women! …and booze. These are Charlie’s problems. Sheen said he was simply trying to defend himself from his wife, [...]

Exit – Stage Right

George Michael,  sports television anchor for decades, who reached a national audience with ”The George Michael Sports Machine” highlights show, has died. He was 70 years old. Michael started his career at WFIL Philadelphia at the height of that stations’ rock & roll heyday, Michael was an on-air DJ and Music Director. George Michael died [...]

Life Ends at 32 for Brittany Murphy

In the following MTV video, the actress shows off her closet of shoes, favorite tennis shoes, “rich people sheets” and speaks of her “sanctuary”, which is the bathtub. Murphy was discovered in full cardiac arrest this morning, in the shower. Attempts to revive her failed. She arrived DOA at the hospital. [Disclaimer: I was searching [...]

Feel The Tension

If I had known Late Night Poker TV was this action-packed, I would have started watching it sooner. This guy Phil Helmuth is fun to watch. He does this slow burn into a full-on rant, making everybody at the table uncomfortable. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedealis.com%2F2009%2F12%2F19%2Ffeel-the-tension%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Feel+The+Tension’; addthis_pub = ”;

You and Me by Lifehouse with my Westie-Ranger

Here’s a little video of our dog Ranger.  He’s a Westie, we got him about a year ago.  addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedealis.com%2F2009%2F12%2F19%2Fyou-and-me-by-lifehouse-with-my-westie-ranger%2F’; addthis_title = ‘You+and+Me+by+Lifehouse+with+my+Westie-Ranger’; addthis_pub = ”;