Small Hands…Smell Like Cabbage

I have, rather unexpectedly, finally got an evening to myself!  We were on our way to pick up Richard’s brother from the airport, but received a phone call* that turned us right back around, so now I’m back home with a bit of spare time for a change.  Richard’s brother was flying in from Australia [...]

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What’s With Today Today?

I’m having a very Empire Records sort of day, which is probably driving the temp insane.  Good.
Sometimes I get in these moods where all I want to listen to is music from my high school days.  As far as I’m concerned, this short era in music was the critical boundary between the last of commercially-viable yet [...]

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World’s #1 Dad

From the brilliant mind of my friend Pancho, this story cracked me up today:
Snubbed
Mazzy is a teenager. Actually, her first birthday was in July so I’m not quite sure where she stands in dog years, but she’s already acting the moody, aloof part of a teenage girl. When it’s just the two of us everything is cool, [...]

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Wedding Favors

I don’t write much about our wedding planning here, mostly because this blog is intended as a place where I can indulge my creative and random sides.  Blogging about the wedding planning I’ve been doing for the last year would read more like a To Do list, and I don’t suppose that’s terribly interesting to anyone [...]

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Rishteebiskits – Updated!

It’s a slow day around the fort, so I’m just going to post two videos that crack me up every time I see them.  Enjoy.
Charlie and Dennis’ Day Man 

Dip It In’t Cup 

Updated because…how could I forget this one?  I love you, Steve Coogan.  Even if you did supposedly lure [...]

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A Sad Day

R.I.P. Lucky Dube

South African reggae star shot dead
The South African reggae musician, Lucky Dube, has been shot dead in front of his children in Johannesburg during an attempted car hijacking.
He had been dropping his teenage son and daughter off in the suburb of Rosettenville on Thursday evening.
Police say they were already out of the car [...]

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I Am Such An Asshole

I was just thinking to myself the other day, “Wow.  It’s been a long time since I’ve publicly embarassed myself at work.  Go me!“  Alas, I thought too soon.
Today, in the break room as we were all huddled around the leftover chips and queso from the executive lunch buffet down the hall, I decided to make small talk with Ted.  [...]

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And While I’m On The Subject Of Phone Calls…

I think that most of us have been through the trials and tribulations of trying to sell something on Craigslist.  Also, if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably scanned the M4M section of the personal ads and sent the most disgusting postings (gross penis pictures included, of course) to all of your straight male friends’ [...]

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The Temp Gets All The Good Calls These Days

I just overheard the temp on the phone with a retired employee who was asking how to spell “HR.”  No, not “Human Resources.”  Just “HR.”
Actually, it’s probably better that I don’t get those calls, since I was cracking up at my desk the entire time and laughing mercilessly at 92-year-olds isn’t exactly considered a “best practice” [...]

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I’d Vote For Him

Colbert Announces Presidential Pursuit
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for president on ”The Colbert Report,” tossing his satirical hat into the ring of an already crowded race.
”I shall seek the office of the president of the United States,” Colbert said Tuesday on his Comedy Central show as red, white and blue [...]

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Manny Howard, I Salute You

If you’ve got time, listen to this great little segment from All Things Considered about a man who decided to create his own farm in his tiny Brooklyn backyard, complete with chickens, ducks and rabbits.
Man Lives Off the Fat of His Brooklyn Land
I can’t wait for the book to come out!

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You Vote For Some Ugly People From Finland That Don’t Even Have A Real Makeup Artist!

As part of my ongoing obsessive love for Silvia Night and all things Eurovision, I give you Silvia Night inflicting herself upon random Japanese people in Tokyo:

My favorite, completely-Silvia moments of the video include:

Silvia asking an older woman if she’d like to send out any greetings to anyone.  When the older woman says, [...]

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Random Sunday Afternoon Post

From the delicious shrimp curry I made for dinner last night:
 
I served the curry over some brown rice with a little dollop of the mango marinade on top (didn’t have any chutney, so this worked quite well in a pinch).  If you’re going to make this recipe, which I highly recommend as an easy, delicious and very healthy [...]

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Geography 101

Houston Chronicle staffers, get out your Big Chief tablets and number two pencils.  It’s time for a quick geography lesson.
3 bodies found in Ft. Worth home
FORT WORTH — Three bodies have been found in a Fort Worth home.
Police won’t say how or when they died or release any information on their gender or ages.
But police [...]

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Bridal Portraits

My long-awaited bridal portraits have finally come in!  They were shot by my good friend, Ben, during some rather stifling weather we had back in September.  I’m so pleased that they came out well, despite the hot weather and the dressing room drama of not being able to zip the dress due to the added [...]

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Mad Google Skills

In an ongoing meme, I present the latest Google search terms that have led cyber-wanderers to this page.
The Questions

how much is the david yurman employee discount?
how to vomit discreetly on a plane?
trashy maternity shirts?
pepto bismol okay when pregnant?
free silicone boobs?

 The Superlatives

very very very very sexy boobs
FUCK YOU!!!!!!!!!

The Castigations

quit staring at these boobs!
im a dumbass american
i [...]

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The God Who Loves You

I was listening to The Writer’s Almanac this morning, as I do every morning at 8:30.  Garrison Keillor’s voice always gives me hope for the rest of the day.  On a side note, even though I’m fully aware of what Garrison Keillor looks like, for some reason, every time I listen to him I picture [...]

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To-may-to, To-mah-to

We have another classic quote to add to Richard’s Hall of Fame, courtesy of grocery shopping last night:
At the grocery store, as I’m putting a jar of honey into the basket:
Richard:  We don’t need any honey; we already have some at home.
Me:  No, we don’t.  I used it all.
Richard:  Whatever you say…
Later on at home, [...]

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Cool… Refreshing… Canola Oil!

While guzzling a can of cheap, Randall’s-brand Slim-Fast Optima this morning, it suddenly occurred to me that I’d never once glanced at the ingredients label, even though I’ve been drinking the foul but useful things on and off since college.  Sure, I always give the nutrition lable a once-over, with self-satisfied thoughts of, “Hey! I’m getting [...]

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Bread and Circuses

This embodies everything I hate about modern Christian churches:
Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Popular Video Game at Church
According to the article by the New York Times,  churches across the United States have started having Halo 3 tournaments to draw more young men into their youth groups and Sunday services.  While I’m not going [...]

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