For 20 straight Sundays I had the NFL.  This being the 21st Sunday, I had to have some Cinna Time which turned into a small hike.  We took Mr. Muggins to La Selva Beach, which is about 17 miles south of Santa Cruz.  It was a gorgeous morning for a hike.  Enjoy the pictures, 20 [...]

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Cinna and Mr. Muggins jumping creek water at La Selva Beach this morning.  (more picture coming)

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Cinna and I just got back from taking Mr. Muggins down to La Selva and Manresa State Beaches for a quick hike.  When we got back three hours later, there was K2, still on the bed.

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K2 wins the bed for the day

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USS Bananaverse
Just a quick recap of my experience with day 2 of Star Trek Online.
Tried to get in before 2 pm with no luck as the server was down.  I guess that is expected to happen with a new game that still has not officially launched.  When I did get in, I started working through [...]

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One of my favorite Santa Cruz author is going to be publishing a book about Sarah Palin.  Geoffrey Dunn’s new book which promises to reveal much about the former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is now listed on Amazon.  It is “based on more than 100 in-depth interviews and thousands of pages of revelatory [...]

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I jumped into the early start of Star Trek Online yesterday at 10:03 am PST.   I found that my avatar from the beta was no longer alive (aaaaaahhhhhhh), so I recreated BanaMay Cayuga (human tactical officer) and jumped back into the world and began leveling.  Now since I had just done these story lines, I [...]

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For lunch on Friday, I had two peanut butter sandwiches.  I only use Jiff Creamy Peanut Butter.

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Ongoing battle between Cinna and K2 for control of the couch.

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I love Tapatio.  I put it on everything and I do mean EVERYTHING.  I have even put it in my beer on a few occasions.

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While reading about J.D. Salinger who passed away today at the age of 91, I learned this about his novel Catcher in the Rye:

237 appearances of the word “goddam” in the novel
58 of “bastard”
21 of “Chrissake”
6 of “fuck”

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For those not following Tim “Jesus Freak” Tebow’s decision to star in commercial for anti-choice that will be shown during the Super Bowl, here are a couple of Banana-thoughts.  While this decision might make him feel good but will cost him in the long run.
Already there were lots of questions in regards to his football [...]

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Monte Cristo Games has announced that it will be closing the online component of its Cities XL, reports VGChartz.  The company stated:
“Three months after the launch we have to admit that the subscription rate is lower than what we expected and therefore the Planet Offer is not sustainable. Not enough players [...]

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Over a week of rain has left Seabright Beach full of drift wood coming down the mighty San Lorenzo River.  Here are some pictures from today at around 10 am.  Regular readers will recognize this beach from early photos.  (Click photo for larger version)

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Back when Meta Magic Studio had two sims, the use of prims was rarely a subject.  While I am a firm believer in less is better especially when it comes to prims, having access to thousands of prims allowed me to build and build.
So when we gave up the sims back in November, we purchased [...]

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