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Other stuff that went on this weekend:

• We went to an estate sale on Sunday and bought some junk (literally). I got a nice vintage wood-cabinet Panasonic AM/FM radio (see above for a picture), circa late 1960s-early 1970s, for $3.00 and it still works well. The audio on this thing was what really surprised me the most though. It sounds great, especially for a one-speaker radio. It also has an external speaker output (a mod) that I can use to connect it with my old Cambridge Soundworks speakers. This will serve nicely as our kitchen radio for the new house.
• For any NBA fan, this past weekend’s games were like a dream come true. First off was the Celtics amazing come-from-the-dead win over the Nets, 94-90. Then the next day was the Lakers last-second win (courtesy of Robert Horry aka Will Smith) over the Kings, 100-99.
• Aileen and I took the adulthood responsibility plunge and got life insurance policies from the Knight of Columbus. Life insurance is such a morbid business… it’s basically the insurance company betting that you won’t hit the farm until they make some money off of you. And you also only get to use it when you die. Maybe I should just use the $100 a month and put it on the lotto…. at least if I win, I get to use it on myself.
• Aileen cooked a s**tload of delicious pancit bihon yesterday for her co-workers at the hospital, but I only got to eat a small plate of it. What’s up with that?
• Got to watch Training Day (Denzel Washington was excellent in this one, but it was a mediocre movie), From Hell (so-so movie with an interesting subject… as is usually the case, the book is much better), and some episodes of Sex & The City (hilariously funny as usual… can’t wait to watch the rest of it) .