Thursday, March 29, 2012

Things That Are Impossible

#54 - Looking tough playing the flute#78 - Understanding the lyrics to Come Together by the Beatles#12 - Having any good reason for skipping#32 - Re-reading a mystery novel with any enthusiasm #33 - Reading Moby Dick with any enthusiasm#6 - Believing someone who has to use the phrase, "Trust me"#15 - Playing Super Mario Bros. without humming or whistling the theme song.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

The Book Parade

My wife loves is when the local library has their book sale. She spends hours perusing and then comes home with a load of grocery bags full of books we never read.The Outdated Western Farms Garden- How to maintain your garden in bell bottoms and leisure suits.The Router Handbook- 100 completely unsafe things to do with your 1/2 hp fixed base router in a series of poorly drawn diagrams.The Jello

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Fantastically Lacking Post Collage

In looking over the suggestions remaining in the Will Work For Posts post I decided to combine them into a fantastically lacking post collage. Why a collage? It sounds better than hodgepodge....Suggestion by Homestyle Mama (with a side of autism):"I really liked your coffee post. The one where the cup never emptied :)"I don't think this was so much a suggestion as just a reader being polite. Sort

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

How People See Me: PC Gamer

A little mindless humor...Let me know what you think, or do one for yourself! Here's a blank template for you. It's pretty fun.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Slamming Headache

Suggestion by HMC4ever12 : "What are your thoughts on slam poetry? have you ever been in/seen a performance?"I have a headache. Not one of those little nagging ones. I mean a real mother-lode type headache. The type where you can feel the blood pulsing through your skull "thump-thump. thump-thump" It's rhythm is haunting, its beat is entrancing and the pain of it is just at the edge of bearable.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Network Engineer: How People See Me

There is a new meme going around. How people see me, here's the one I just did. Let me know what you think, or do one for yourself! Here's a blank template for you. It's pretty fun.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

FauxCation

In the middle of February Patricia and I went on a FauxCation. We knew we couldn't get away for any period of time, but thought we might enjoy some time off while the younglins were in school. Add to that a brilliant showing by my inlaws offering to take two sick girls all day and night Friday and we even managed to stay in a hotel one night.It was quite relaxing. During our Friday and Saturday