Of things to do around the house. You know projects like "clean out the garage" and "organize the pantry" and then we realized that nothing really brings home the reality of being an adult like a list of projects to do around the house that is so long your weekends [...]
I just posted this to our neighborhood Yahoo! group. We hear Halloween is a big deal in the new neighborhood, but I have questions.
Hey neighbors, this will be our first Halloween in the neighborhood. I'm expecting a run on Reese's cups, but what else can we expect?
Will trick-or-treating be' [...]
Man am I furious. I just read the headline "Will new executive pay rules cause a brain drain?" and I could barely contain myself. So what? Clearly the brains at the tops of these firms and banks that have received federal money were full of either a.) crooks or [...]
Nearly 400,000 Texans lost their health insurance this year. Why are people still opposing reform? We clearly need something!
My favorite commercial right now. Cracking me UP!
I'm going to try and get some voice over work after seeing this...I could totally do that commercial.
' [...]It's cold and rainy in Austin. After the hottest summer I've been through here, I was considering moving away but the cold and rain is greening things up and making me love Austin all over again. Now if I could only find my sweaters!
' [...]There is nothing wrong with the fact that I could spend an entire day watching these episodes over and over and over.
What an amazing show. Amazing writing, acting, singing, the whole thing. Wow...Fox. Who knew?
[...]Ask me a for a long list of things to check on. I may has well have been the general contractor on this project. It has consumed our lives since we began and the overruns, the change orders, the mistakes and the just plain not showing up to fix stuff [...]
For summer to be over. Today was our 60th day with temps 100 degrees or more. It's officially the hottest summer on record and the 24 consecutive month of above average temps. We are under water restrictions and can't water the lawn but one day a week, can only wash' [...]
Even the Russian Red Army Chori and Finnish rock band the the Leningrad Cowboys. Seriously.
Austin catches prolific graffiti "tagger" KUDOS and he's in jail facing felony charges. (AAS)
Ultra-conservative Ben Stein loses NY Times column. (A360)
More companies are signing on to IE6 no more! (IE6 No More)
[...]The diarist of my formative years, John Hughes has died. John Hughes taught me what being a teenager was about. I'm genuinely sad to hear of his passing.
Hughes defined teenage angst for a generation...my generation. Summed up for me here:
Dear Mr. Hughes, we accept the fact that we had to' [...]
I was going to write about how our TV gathers dust. We only watch what's in our hulu.com queue and the quality is great and it's nice not being tied to TV.
Then, Jon Stewart summed it up for me.
We are getting close to our move in date. What started out as "Let's redo the master bath" turned into let's completely renovate the house. It's a little overwhelming, but it's going to be worth it.
Before we started this process I would have never known how many different types [...]
The woods where the annual Tampa Bay Renaissance Festival is held, of course. Peter Pan of the Internet got married.
After more than a year of considering possibilities from grand halls to a simple back yard affair, we finally decided to have our blessed day in a magical [...]
In one day in the span of two hours, these two characters crossed my path.
This first guy was turning heads as he waddled down the street. He created a great deal of confusion as to WTF is he wearing? Is he an extra in a movie?
[...]
Usually I can "break the code" of optical illusions pretty quickly. Not this one! I had to read the entire explanation.
[...]They skyline of Austin is changing so quickly it's hard to remember what it looked like even just a few years ago. Here are some photos from the Austin skyscraper forums. Click to enlarge.
In these photos you can see the new Four Seasons Residences, the Austonian (It's up to 51 [...]
In an article at statesman.com about the possible break in this heat wave one lone commenter reminded me of the amazing stupidity that runs rampant and unchecked in this world. It makes me tired.
By Beth BarnesJuly 16, 2009 4:58 PM | Link to this
"For it comes from the HEAVENS and" [...]
The crime is on the rise here in Austin. I remember when you could count on the crime to be East of I-35 and South of the Colorado River, but now it's creeping West. The red line I drew on the map is kind of the new boundary of crime. [...]
Here's a quick video tour of the house as we continue our remodel. We're ready for it to be done so we can move in. The contractor tells us that we are about 30 days out, which I'm not sure I believe.
I had no idea how many refrigerators there were to choose from. Frankly, it was exhausting. We finally settled on this beauty. The French Doors and "quick chill" feature sold me. Now it's on to even more exciting decisions like kitchen sinks!
Drunken Stepfather is a site that focuses on showing boobs. Needless to say, the site is NSFW. I followed a link over there today and stumbled upon this post text:
I am all for disabilities, if anything being a gay amputee would be an asset in the gay [...]
And it might as well be me. Thom Browne, your tiny little suits are not fashion forward, they are not stylish and they are not attractive. They are what I would fire my dry cleaners for and then file suit against them for ruining a piece of clothing.
If [...]
So, the password issue is resolved. I'm back and I've got a lot to catch up. Thanks to JS for fixing me up (again) and let's see if I can't get a few of y'all back. Kisses
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Storm approaching
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Still can't log in to post anything other than through flickr or the iPhone so that's why the blog has been dormant. Here is a video I made this weekend when' [...]
I would blog some, but I cannot remember the password to save my life.[Posted with [...]
WH Correspondents Dinner
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I had a weekend of a lifetime thanks to the generosity of my host, JM. We saw everyone and it was truly overwhelming.
Here's a clip [...]
Swine Flu. Never heard of it, until today. The CDC and the World Health Organization are considering whether or not to call it a pandemic today. Apparently 1,000 people in Mexico and 7 in the U.S. have it. Sixty-eight in Mexico have died from swine flu in the past [...]
You guys know I love Freakgirl, right? Well, her latest Ask Freakgirl cracked me up on the whole "unfriending" business.
However, I will unfriend a person for several reasons — persecuting me with your religion, offending me with your right-wing fuckery, or disgusting me with your racist and sexist jokes. Unfriending [...]Two men with too much time on their hands decided they would try to create a record number of text messages sent in one month. They sent 217,000 text messages in one month. One of the dudes got a bill from T-Mobile for $26,000 in a box that cost [...]
This is why your fat is a website that is so gross, but I know I'd eat a mess of about half the stuff on the site.
In other fat news, some airlines are going to charge passengers that do not fit into one seat and cannot buckle' [...]
Did you guys see the video of Susan Doyle on Britain's Got Talent? OMG. I bawled. I don't watch a lot of TV so they get me with things like this. Susan is a 47 year old unemployed self-proclaimed cat lady and never been kissed. Her lifelong dream is' [...]
The economy in Austin is not as bad as it is everywhere else in the country. But, housing prices are still going down and there is a lot of inventory on the market. I know because I've started looking at houses.
I also know that when I'm searching the MLS, [...]
Ok, so in an effort to start doing something similar to exercise I have decided to start with 30 minutes of cardio a day. I am running 2.5 miles a day to get me started and I'll build up from there. It's not hard, but what is hard is those' [...]
B and I just got back from a fantastic weekend in LA. The flights were packed, but the nonstop flight was dare I say, cheap. Our hotel wasn't too bad and there were lots of sales. I went online and started to check out hotels in other cities and there' [...]
In the most recent attack, two men were killed Thursday in Sadr City area of Baghdad after they were [...]
Dream stories are boring so I won't tell you the details, but the idea of the sweetest, most nostalgic dreams I've ever had last night. I dreamt that I went back and connected with people in my life that I have not seen or talked to in years. I visited [...]
Netflix photo essay of behind the scenes. Fascinated. I went through it twice. NERD ALERT.
[...]I do. So does Lily Allen, apparently.
The Hotelicopter looks like instant death to me. But, I'm no engineer. A hotel inside of a helicopter?
When I saw this online a very vivid scenario based on an Irwin Allen production combining the Hindenberg, the Titanic and Airport '75 starring Miss [...]
Paisley discovers the joy of playing with toilet paper
