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Spent my birthday yesterday at the Timeline Arcade in York, PA. Very nice place. Most games were up and running. Pinballs were all in great shape. The kids and I had a great time. Check it out if you're in the area!

"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" was released in the US fifty years ago today, on June 30, 1971 (after premiering on 6/28).

picked up a cheap ps3 slim today, sold as non-working, probably because the disk drive was crammed full of like 5 or 6 disks, oddly enough non of them were for the ps3, but several were for the xbox 360

Our AC got fixed yesterday. We were lucky they had an opening so we didn't have to wait until today. Two other companies we called wouldn't have been able to get here until Thursday or Friday.

In the mood for food? How about recipes from Garfield's cookbook on what the flabby tabby enjoys. 8^)

If a turtle doesn't have a shell is it homeless or naked??

Vacationed in Myrtle Beach recently-there is an Arcade/Game store there(side by side), the Player's Choice. For anyone in and around the area, or for anyone considering vacation there, it's REALLY worth a visit, if not an entire day. It had every bit of the feel of a mid 80's mall arcade(Lol, with the exception of a modern Tron Pinball!), games all set to a quarter, no fee to "go there", you just walk in, like the old days. The Owner, Manager, Techs were all super nice, helpful, they were gonna let me set up and tape(stinky, middling scores), but I didn't make it back for a second day with equipment. Not quite "If you can think of it, they have it", but-there's a GOOD chance they do, they weren't lacking too many important classic games. I didn't get enough pics, and haven't transferred most from my phone anyway, but this one seemed appropriate for this site(actually, the catalyst for me thinking to post this). Myrtle itself- Well, I get to say pretty good things there too, surprisingly(to me). I grew up in Florida, with a Beach Family pretty much-not a beach town, but close enough for easy day-travel, and I spent a LOT of time at the beach. When I moved up here to the mountains as a teen, one of the main vacation destinations for people was Myrtle, and I'm thinking...South Carolina...Beach...uhhh...No, Thanks, lol. So I managed not to go for over 20 years, but my Son has been going there, so me and Wife decided to give it a go, and like I said-it really wasn't bad at all. Sand was a little darker than Florida sand, the water was a little murkier, but it was a solid beach, and there were tons of other things to do. OK, that's it.

Finally got into my AA account after not having my PC for two weeks. I Really REALLY hate having memory issues at age 28. Though Yesterday was my birthday so there is that

Just got sucked back into 1972, but seem to have returned ok.

Should hold me over for the rest of the summer.

No air conditioning today. Glad it's only going up to 94. It could be worse.

Watched Smokey and the Bandit for the first time in over 30 years. I didn't remember anything about it, so it was basically new. 1) it was a pretty fun car chase movie and held up well, although that's not a genre I usually like and 2) Norm Macdonald's Burt Reynolds impression on SNL Celebrity Jeopardy is spot-on.

One of the most amazing endings I ever seen is in Raiders of the Lost Ark when you just feel the mysterious vibe of the Ark being rolled away in a government warehouse filled with other "Top Secret" crates.