Monthly Archives: September 2013

The ultimate Metal band!

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Our interim set of wheels

Tuesday was the day Somara took off from work to start sorting out getting our car repaired. The body shop said the Honda was “undrive-able” based upon the damage their guys saw. How soon will the work be completed? So … Continue reading

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More fun with Legos

A favorite little activity I love to do at the Lego Store is go through the build-your-own-figures bin and try to create three funny people with the random pieces found there. It’s a great treat kids for a mere $10 … Continue reading

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Ahoy! Happy Talk Like Pirate Day 2013!

Me favorite holiday in September mateys! Course you can’t use such manner of speakin’ with the customers at me job. Sadly, I don’t own any pirate garb. I had to settle fer objects that were a real stretch: Clash Chucks (there’s … Continue reading

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A belated birthday to Elvira with her shoes!

Yesterday was Elvira’s birthday, it’s not nice to reveal a lady’s age, even when she is a Horror icon. To celebrate, I finally broke out the special Chucks Somara bought me for my birthday a couple months ago. These are … Continue reading

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Austin is number six, but number one in Texas

Sure the Right-Wing Noise Machine and their flunkies will claim the source is biased, the ACEE, and the publisher relaying this, good ol’ Mother Jones, but there is much evidence of Austin being more energy efficient than Houston or Big D. … Continue reading

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This one has at least two meanings

For those who don’t live around Austin and/or don’t listen to the NPR affiliate(s), John Aielli is the morning guy. He’s the opposite end of most blowhard shows like Howard Stern, Steve Dahl and Austin’s own yawners, Dudley & Bob. … Continue reading

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Joe Bob Briggs II for The Love God?

I have this horrible, horrible backlog of cool stories I want to share with you all that date back to some point last year. I’m finally digging out, one at a time. I may even get a few completed while … Continue reading

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September ’13 for this week…1993!

Moving up another five years, I brought back the animation/comedy darlings of then, ol’ Beavis & Butt-head. What do they have to do with back-to-school stuff? They were high school students or upper-end junior high students, depends upon the type … Continue reading

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Riddick: Acquired Taste

Riddick is the true successor to the surprise hit Pitch Black that propelled Vin Diesel into being an action hero. Chronicles is the Highlander 2 Electric Boogalo in the Riddick franchise. Thankfully the people behind making this decided to return to what many call hard … Continue reading

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Miette’s new hangout

The in-laws brought over a cat perch their kitten and elder cat weren’t interested in anymore. At our house, the dominant cats looked/sniffed it over, went “meh,” walked away. Miette decided the top is her new sleep/hangout. My guess is … Continue reading

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Happy 20th Anniversary to the Silders

Good gravy! Twenty years? Has it been so long? Yes and I’m glad they continue to defend their position of being in second place for couples I know. (First remains with the Baedkes.) The plan? No idea. It’s a school … Continue reading

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Key sticker for Ben’s memorial lab

Dexter was one of Ben’s favorite characters so when I found a site that sold stickers, I had to get this. Originally I was looking for the Batman symbol to go on my new work portable. These guys had both! … Continue reading

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Rear-ended, yet again

What was going to be a routine evening of Arby’s (mmm, jamocha shake!), The Simpsons Season Six on DVD and a carb coma ended with this. Yeesh! Our poor Honda can’t get any relief since this is its fourth accident; all of … Continue reading

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Nailed my average for 2013

Most doctors will tell you that 30 minutes/day of cardio-based exercise is the goal to stay in decent shape. The time objective I’m working toward is 150 minutes/week which is a ways off. However, I did achieve an average distance … Continue reading

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