Monthly Archives: June 2013

Made it to (virtual) Chicago!

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Steve

Today’s three-mile run got me to my brother’s house. Not bad, what is usually a four-hour flight followed by an hour of driving (Brian lives near O’Hare) took me two years and five months. Last week’s health screening re-affirmed my … Continue reading →

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Holy sh**snacks! Who’s a T-shirt babe? This gal!

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Steve

Everyone’s favorite HR director/gossip, fight-club champ, street-car racer and probably a half-dozen R-rated other odd jobs received her due as a Sailor Jerry-esque pin-up! Given the third-season developments between Pam and Archer, maybe it’s appropriate. No wait, nothing is ever appropriate … Continue reading →

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In my house at R’lyeh, sleeping Cat-thulhu waits dreaming

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Steve

An odd and cute gift someone gave my veterinarian for his new location, now open and we’re anxiously awaiting to get a tour. White Rock can now board cats so Princess can get her operation without worry.

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An interesting essay on rock concert encores

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Steve

If you’ve been to any Pop/Rock/Country show in the last 30 years, you know the artist/act will always come back out for an encore. Most save their biggest hit for this part. I already knew these things were scripted in … Continue reading →

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PBS proves it is still worth saving with this campaign

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Steve

Two years ago, Slate‘s Mark Oppenheimer said PBS wasn’t worth saving because its audience is mostly aging Baby Boomers and cable has taken its place for programming. I wouldn’t know about the former yet the recent ad campaign with the New York … Continue reading →

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しらせ = Good News

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Steve

I have several pieces of good things to share starting off with the translation above. The Japanese word in the title is “shirase” which I learned from a Shugo Tokumaru song. A co-worker explained its meaning and context: “good personal … Continue reading →

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Finally, someone takes on Warner Music over “Happy Birthday”

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Steve

The song “Happy Birthday” is only the tip of the iceberg on how broken and archaic America’s copyright/trademark law is. There’s a really good piece on its history from On The Media here. How much Warner Music demands must be pretty cost … Continue reading →

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A Kinky Friedman doll

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Steve

Guaranteed to choke in a debate against GOP Barbie and Ken only to support them along with their Gilded Age policies four years later.

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Probable Wiz World Convention Shirt

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Steve

I accrued this mash-up shirt weeks ago but haven’t worn it nor posted, totally forgot with the latter. I’m not a fan of Kevin Smith’s films (after Clerks his material is worse than M Night Shama-lama-ding-dong) yet I couldn’t pass up … Continue reading →

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Austin humor strikes again!

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Steve

This was on display at our local Austin’s Pizza, as you can see it was drawn on the back of a box lid. O. Henry would be proud.

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Playmobil diorama # 2

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Steve

This was a little gift to the local branch of our favorite standard pizza place, Austin’s Pizza. We also love Pizza Bistro (the successor to Mangia), but deep dish is event pizza. I mainly bought it to give to the … Continue reading →

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Demonstrations of Austin humor #2

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Steve

 …and I have always hoped to avoid Nick Gilder’s only hit at any opportunity

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Happy Seventh Anniversary to Kelly & Ethan

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Steve

For the life of me, I always think their wedding was a week later. I guess I have a thing against single digit days because everybody else’s were, including ours…7/27/03, 9/12/93, 5/20/95 and 10/20/07. See the pattern? Let’s see what the … Continue reading →

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Woo hoo, refinancing number two is done!

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Steve

What a relief to finish this somewhat arduous process of getting a new mortgage while the rates are low. But you’re thinking, hold on, you’ve been in your house for almost 12 years and didn’t you re-finance it five years … Continue reading →

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Check out my prize for my cartoon prowess!

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Steve

One little perk (to some, an annoyance) at Apple are the contests run by our employee relations department. Most times I’m too busy to participate and/or the trivia covers subjects I have no clue about. When they did a cartoon … Continue reading →

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