Archive for August, 2008

black and female

Friday, August 29th, 2008

I never thought I'd see this in my lifetime... one major political party ticket has a black man and the other has a woman. Completely and totally awesome.

vgt's omnivore's hundred — my version

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Alright, I found this via the Very Good Taste blog and it's really entertaining. He put together a list of 100 food items every omnivore should try, and it's a little scary how many creepy things I've tried—61/100 on this list. Instructions 2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten. 3) Cross out any ...

life lesson #1243

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

When blogging about your parents, be sure to add a note in there telling your sister (if a sibling reads your blog) to NOT CALL YOUR MOTHER LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY. And in particular, to not tell said mother—when she asks where you heard about it—that you READ IT. Seriously, my mother is so ...

tropic thunder

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Tropic Thunder: So patently offensive, it'll make you laugh out loud and choke on your Icee. Seriously, so bad, yet so good.

ah mom, where's the love?

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Update: And now she's hung up on me. She called to see how I was doing, I said better, blah blah, and then I said, see, I told you I didn't have an STD. Yeah, it went downhill from there, with her saying she didn't imply anything about either of ...

crappy life lesson #1242

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Don't do contract work for a friend without getting money upfront. It's not only disappointing when they don't pay, it's very disheartening.

phelps wins 8, damn skippy

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

I look forward to one day telling my kids that yes, I watched Michael Phelps win 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. And yes, I was probably working during every race and your dad was playing PSP, but we both PAUSED to watch Phelps. Every. damn. time. And it was ...

on olympics and family vacations

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Chop gave me grief today for not blogging for awhile, and the truth is, it's been a long couple of weeks. My best friend from high school and her husband stayed with us for a couple of days, then the morning they left, his parents flew in and stayed with us ...