December 2011
“Ya crazy bitch!”
– The Wife.
This is apparently her new catch-phrase. She has used it 37 times already.
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Marriage is all about communication
Her: guess what? I'm breathing better on my medication [that she stupidly went off of because she wanted to see if she needed medication that helps her breathe which I told her I was NOT happy about]
Me: (muttering) I just don't even
Her: Did you just call me a stupid bitch?
Me: what?!
November 2011
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wordishness asked: What's the best place you've ever visited? And why?
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Answers and Questions →
http://5by5.tv/bw2/42 was a great episode of Back To Work that touched on a lot of things I’ve been thinking about for awhile.
I wrote up the first of my responses over at my “Big Boy Blog” at http://luo.ma aka RhymesWithDiploma.com.
(Yes, I bought a domain name just to redirect it to my real domain name. No you have a problem.)
It touches on both religion and politics. I...
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Yes, Erin… yes, it does…
raiselm replied to your quote: Do you want to come smell my crotch and make sure… Favorite part?
HA! Um, no… no, it wasn’t my favorite part… maybe if I had been the one trying to “sniff out the turkey” … wow, that it the...
Amazon's Kindle Daily Deal for Cyber Monday
Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal for Cyber Monday has “more than 900 books” for sale.
It’s only good for another 4.5 hours (midnight, Pacific time, USA).
I looked through the list and picked out some that I thought looked interesting.
(Previously there was a list for knitters too.)
A Kiss Before Dying (Pegasus Crime) Ira Levin, Otto Penzler ($2.99)
Between the Thames...
“Do you want to come smell my crotch and make sure there’s no turkey in it...”
– The Wife
(to the dogs… after she had been eating turkey… from a plastic bag… which she had been “hiding” between her legs… not like that… to keep the dogs from getting it. She then put it in the fridge but the dogs were not convinced it was really gone and not just still hidden, so...
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Knitters, please
Cyber Monday Deals Week in Kindle has a bunch of knitting books for $4-$5. Because I know some of my Tumblr friends are knitters, I thought I’d share these.
More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts ($5)
Last-Minute Knitted Gifts ($5)
Weekend Knitting: 50 Unique Projects and Ideas ($4)
One More Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit ($4)
Knitalong: Celebrating the Tradition of Knitting Together ($5)
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Duck Cooter (I swear this is the last post about...
We seem to have a consensus on the dead bird on my windshield:
eequalsmckenna replied to your post: It’s not a duck. I don’t think it’s a duck. looks like a mudhen also known as (ya’ll are going to love this) an American coot.
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It's not a duck. I don't think it's a duck.
do-over replied to your photo: This was on my windshield today. Hard to interpret… TJ. Is that a dead duck? Really?
I’m no bird expert, but it didn’t look like a duck to me… it looked like… well… a bird… I would have thought “pigeon” except for the coloring…
I was parked under a tree, and next to a building. As near as I can figure,...
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On Urban Meyer and _The_ Ohio State University
From Joe Blundo in the Columbus Dispatch:
And, behold, the dark days were upon Columbus, for the Buckeyes were 6-5 and civic self-esteem had fallen to levels not seen since the 1987 loss to Indiana.
Then an angel of the Lord (or maybe it was ESPN) did appear, reporting rumors that a messiah would come.
And his name would be Urban Meyer. For, lo, hadnt he already bought a house in Upper...
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I think it's time for my annual Christmas PSA to...
cocktailstraw:
- No woman over the age of 10 wants a stuffed animal as a gift.
- I mean it.
- If you’ve been told “no gifts this year,” it may very well be a test. If you can look past that, buy a modest, thoughtful gift that will make her eyebrows go up. When she produces a gift for you, open it and let a few minutes pass before giving her your gift. Trust me.
- Even if she doesn’t give you...
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Grateful
I’m glad to be around those who love me even when I don’t.
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It's all fun and games until someone* tickles The...
* Not mentioning any names.
** Be glad this isn’t a photo post.
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I have a very long list of things to be thankful...
Including some of the friends I’ve met through the Internet.
I hope you all had a good day, even if you were “subjected” to family you might not prefer to see.
For some of you, this is the first holiday without a particular loved one. I hope that despite the pain of their absence, you had some good memories to comfort you.
We spent the afternoon with some friends who have a...
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“I won’t wake you up tomorrow unless there is a serious emergency. Or...”
– The Boy, who knows what his dad likes: Sleeping, and chocolate.
FCC finds AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile not in the...
Shockingly, AT&T finds this decision appalling. They are completely lacking in pall:
AT&T said it was disappointed with the FCC’s decision. “It is yet another example of a government agency acting to prevent billions in new investment and the creation of many thousands of new jobs at a time when the U.S. economy desperately needs both,” Larry Solomon, AT&T’s senior vice president...
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“That Golden Retriever book I borrowed from the library must have been faulty. It...”
– The Boy
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Dear Lucky: I love you, but you are a terrible bed...
If it’s not the claws it’s the bony butt wedged up against my leg. You realize there is plenty of room on this bed for both of us, right?
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Present-ation
In case you’re just joining us… my mother asks me to order stuff for her via Amazon Prime, or as she calls it “MAGIC”… obviously this time of year is especially busy for her… and by her, I mean me… She asked me to order two books for my brother, whose birthday is 11/25, and have them sent to her house, because he’s going to be there for Thanksgiving.
The following...
“Is the United States sliding toward theocracy? That’s what Republican...”
– Slate
Hit the link for the full story. Even as a Christian, I find this disturbing.
Slate missed something even in the opening paragraph, however. They said “they’d like to impose it—as long as it’s Christian.”
I’d rephrase that.
“they’d like to impose it—as...
A note on forms of State violence that leave no...
indefensible:
I have long argued that giving pepper spray and tasers to police officers is a terrible idea.
I believe that by giving the State the ability to inflict astounding pain on people, but for that pain to leave no physical mark, we made it easier for human beings to inflict that punishment on the State’s behalf. Just as shooting someone from 200m away is easier to do than to stab them...
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Favorite Part - 20 Nov 2011
mattdoucette:
We have a crayola clipboard that hold crayons & paper for Indy when we’re in the car. Letter size paper is just too big to fit comfortably, so we cut some sheets in half horizontally to make 8.5”x5.5” sheets.
Anyway, on the way down to my mom’s house for breakfast, Indy makes my mom a card.
Inside, it says “I love you the best.”
The outside (the back if you imagine a...
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