Happy Easter! And this year, I see both the Orthodox and Western Easters happen on the same day. So my wish to all of you is for happy egg hunting and mazeltov. This morning, I was listening to Dean Richards on WGN, and he was talking about this cute little rapping Easter Bunny Flash animation. …
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I took the kids to see Ella Enchanted this evening. They really liked it, so mission accomplished. It was a cute fairy tale, although they recognized bits of Shrek, The Princess Bride, and Cinderella in it. Good to see Eric Idle again, playing the narrator. And Carey Elwes plays sort of the opposite type of …
Public-access wireless internet is cool, but FREE public-access wireless internet rocks. Sitting at Panera Bread on a beautiful Friday afternoon, amid the steady stream of customers and kids who are off school today for Good Friday. Good Friday– I may have to run through “Jesus Christ Superstar” one more time to get into the spirit …
The other day, I told Glenn and Cindy about my speeding ticket. Then Cindy told us about the one she got a couple weeks ago. Glenn decided to show his sympathy by explaining how a cop buddy of his told him how to talk your way out of a ticket: get out of the car …
First thing this morning, I was in a steering committee meeting. I wondered who came up with that term. I wonder what kind of image they had in their head. A committee that steers? That makes no sense. Does a truck have a committee to steer it? A train? A plane (well, okay, copilots)? Are …
Votes are now coming in in favor of the darker color. Thanks for all the comments. I’ll let you guys know what it’s gonna be. I had lunch with JDR today– good ol’ Silk Road, home of Spicy Pigeon (er… Chicken). He’s pretty psyched about his upcoming nuptials (July 4) and all that’s involved. I …
(Today I’m leaning towards the top color, in case anyone is interested.) I’ve got the iPod connected to my work PC, so I’m sitting here streaming tunes through the aforementioned Anapod Explorer. Playing now– the first Dream Academy album, which has the distinction of being the very first CD I ever heard, back in 198— …
Here are the paint samples. Okay, I am sure the flash threw it off, and each monitor is different, but at least you’ll have an idea of what I’m dealing with.
A full Saturday. First off, we had the cousins here after a sugared-up breakfast at Eros. While that was going on, Team One from Sears showed up with the new fridge and range. (Proving that nothing really goes as planned, I need to have the gas line moved so I can slide the range back …
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Our bestest buddy RB took us to Lou Mitchell’s for a late breakfast today. One cheddar cheese omelet the size of a Toyota later, and I’m ready for a nap. No Milk Duds for the ladies today, though– they had Tootsie Rolls instead. I got this cool software for my iPod called Anapod Explorer. It …