My Last Real Trip
Filed in Just Whatever, March 21, 2008, 6:04 pmThe last time I really took a trip anywhere was to attend my brothers wedding in New Jersey, I had thought it would be fun to take a week off and take our time driving there, so we could see some sights. This started out as an okay idea until we hit Pittsburgh, and [...]
Oh Joy We Won!
Filed in Bits, , 5:48 amMy son says that between the movie Fargo and the people on game shows from here, that the population of Minnesota comes off looking like a bunch of idiots. Well heres just another prime example of what he is saying, we had a winner at the You Tube 2nd Annual Video Awards. I watched this [...]
Welcome Spring
Filed in Pieces, March 20, 2008, 6:05 amMarch 20th being the first day of Spring I wanted to welcome it in for everyone with this lovely poem I found and some photo’s I took today of the beautiful season of Spring we have here in Minnesota.
Spring by Robert McCracken
Today is the day when bold kites fly,
When cumulus clouds roar across the sky.
When [...]
New Category
Filed in Weekly Taste Buds, March 19, 2008, 7:42 amI have decided to start a weekly feature on food. Each week I will post a recipe or group of recipes for an entire meal, but these won’t just be any recipes they will be part of a monthly theme. For instance July being a summer month would have a theme like “Cook Outs” so [...]
No Worries Of Recession Here
Filed in Pieces, March 18, 2008, 5:38 amConversation at the dinner table last night:
Katrein: Mom guess what? I got a job.
Me: Oh, doing what?
Katrein: Cleaning the boards in class. I get paid three tickets a day.
Markus: Whats a ticket for?
Katrein: We save them and can buy prizes at an auction.
Me: How long is your job for?
Katrein: One week, but there are other [...]
No Green Beer For Me
Filed in Pieces, March 17, 2008, 7:51 amHappy St. Patricks Day! Why is it this holiday always lands on a work day? Theres the big parade downtown and hundreds of my fellow Irishman partying and drinking gallons of green beer, not me though, like the majority I have to work. Not really very Irish anyway, no leprechauns in my heritage, I don’t [...]
Act Swiftly Awesome Pachyderm
Filed in Pieces, March 15, 2008, 6:08 pmASAP was never so cute as it was today when I went to see “Horton Hears A Who!” I had promised Katrein we would see it this weekend because we haven’t been to see one of “her movies” in a while. It turned out to be a really great movie, fun for the whole family [...]
And Now For Something Completely Different
Filed in Just Whatever, March 14, 2008, 6:55 pmEverything is so expensive, I swear every time I open my bills they have gone up, a few dollars here a couple there. It’s getting insane, especially insurance costs. I have a lot of different types of insurance coverage I have to carry, Business Insurance, car, Renters Insurance, and health insurance, and to get [...]
MacBook Air “Making Every Possible Mistake?”
Filed in Computers, , 9:13 amJust a thought but maybe song “New Soul” used to promote MacBook Air was deeper insight into the true nature of the beast, as the first verse of Yael Naims song suggests:
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Games, Gotta Have ‘Em
Filed in Gaming, Just Whatever, , 8:39 amI don’t know if I have mentioned the fact that I am really into games, I got tired of upgrading my computers all the time for the new games so I bought a 360, my problem is it’s not portable and I haven’t fessed up to my addiction enough to buy a PSP. When I [...]
