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You Wanna Kiss Me Before You Give Me That Invoice? 2008-05-08 11:47:13 The NukeVan is back in the shop. No Air Conditioning could definitely lead to a meltdown. We found out about this back in September, but decided not to spend the $1,200 to get it fixed right then. Call me frugal, but it didn’t make sense. It’s like trying to teach a pig to sing: it [...] Read more:Invoice
Big Word Wednesday-Week 5 2008-05-07 02:11:46 Wow! We had a little skirmish on the BWW page the other day. A satirical comment was taken as serious by another commenter, and the response was a vicious smack down. Or, was it a serious comment that was taken as satire by another commenter, and the response was a jesting put down? I don’t know, [...] Read more:Wednesday
HR Called: They Want Their Orientation Manual Back 2008-05-04 00:09:33 NukeMom works for a very large multi-national company that has over 1,200 employees in her office, and close to 8,000 worldwide. You can imagine her surprise then, when she received an email yesterday with the title “Hillbilly Vibrator” in the subject line. The email came from someone she had never heard of; and, I’m sure, [...]
What This Office Needs Is A Good Inside Linebacker 2008-05-02 09:16:41 As a big fan of The Office, I’ve thought “How could they improve upon the characters they already have?”. The answer, of course, is not easily. Everybody has their favorites, and at times, their not so favorites. Nukegirl giggled the other day while watching with me and said; “Daddy, what’s a beet?” Thankfully, beets have [...] Read more:Linebacker
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Columbo Works For Select Comfort 2008-04-30 13:19:02 They may have found me through a search engine, maybe somebody sent them the link or maybe they hired Lt. Columbo, but whatever way they did it, Select
Comfort has responded. You may recall that I posted earlier about my Sleep Number bed. A gentleman by the name of Ian has responded in the comments of that post; [...] Read more:Works
Big Word Wednesday-Week 4 2008-04-30 07:06:19 Momo Fali commented last week that some assistance with pronunciation would be nice, so I wanted to point something out. When you click on the word link, it will take you to the dictionary dot com page for the word(s) of the week. Sitting next to the word should be a symbol that looks like a speaker [...] Read more:Wednesday
Jack Bauer Sells Me Oxi-Clean 2008-04-28 23:45:36 I escaped from TiVo hell. It wasn’t easy, but I did it. What was at first a cool, easy way to save shows for my later viewing pleasure soon turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. At one time, these were the shows that were set up in the Season Pass Manager: House, Desperate Housewives, [...] Read more:Bauer
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Does This Hat Make My Brain Look Big? 2008-04-27 00:31:01 I finally saw my first episode of “30 Rock” the other day. It won’t be my last. I was especially taken by the character of Frank and his cornucopia of head-wear. I used to be like Frank. I had hundreds of hats. Since this was while I was in High School, the majority of them were [...] Read more:Brain
Don’t Pull A Muscle 2008-04-23 23:30:23 Have you ever wanted to commit murder? I mean, we all know it’s a sin and all, but if you could be reasonably sure that you could get away with it; would you? No? OK, how about this scenario then: the local sheriff deputizes you and puts you in charge of ridding the town of all [...]
Keith Moon Couldn’t Have Played A Better Drum Solo 2008-05-10 22:35:00 I feel like I just fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down. NukeMom played me like a drum. It all started with our little friend you see there in the cup. It’s a tick. I state that for those of you that aren’t entomologists and/or don’t own dogs. [...] Read more:Keith
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Big Word Wednesday-Week 6 2008-05-14 11:49:59 Some days, the hamsters just rebel. Today is one of those days. I must have forgotten to feed them yesterday because every time I try to load a page, the little wheel keeps spinning, and spinning, and spinning…. I’ll teach them, though. I’ll upgrade to gerbils and set the hamsters loose in the backyard; let [...] Read more:Wednesday
Is That A Jolly Rancher I Smell? 2008-05-13 15:56:36 It all started with one of my “next times”. Next time I take a shower, I’ll have to get the new bottle of shampoo, since I’m almost out. The next time I took a shower, I repeated the exercise: Next time I take a shower, I’ll have to remember to get the new bottle, since [...] Read more:Jolly
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Another Invoice, And A Peck On The Cheek 2008-05-13 09:46:28 The mystery is solved, and the NukeVan is cool (well, on the inside, anyway). Without spending 3 paragraphs describing what happened, suffice it to say that in addition to a new evaporator, the NukeVan required a new AC Compressor also. Not the cheapest of parts, but through hard fought negotiations and a little gentle ranting [...] Read more:Invoice
It Came From Planet Spudtron 2008-05-15 00:01:24 This is unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like it. God willing, I’ll never see anything like it again. THAT’S A POTATO PEOPLE! All 2lb’s, 12oz’s of it. You’ll excuse me if I take some liberties here, but I’m calling it a 3 pound potato. It’s 8 1/2 inches long! If Arby’s made a curly fry [...]
My 15 Minutes Should Last All Weekend 2008-05-17 08:37:43 Jeremy over at Discovering Dad asked me last week if I’d like to be a part of the “Spotlight On Dads” series that he runs each week. Being such a newbie to the blogosphere, I was a little surprised and very humbled that he we would ask me. I of course said yes, and you can find the [...] Read more:Weekend
Lester Holt Saves The World 2008-05-20 01:24:30 Like most people, I’m waiting with bated breath for the Indiana Jones sequel. Can’t wait to see Harrison Ford beat down some Nazi’s with his walker and bedpan. Is it just me, or does he look older in the previews for Part 4 than Sean Connery looked in Part 3? Look for the Metamucil and [...] Read more:Lester
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Rick Astley’s Fan Club Called; They Want Their Idol Back 2008-05-22 09:03:16 I’ve stirred up a hornet’s nest with my Rick Astley comment yesterday. Again; no link, just scroll. Apparently there are quite a few Rick Astley fans left, and they both called me yesterday. My intent was not to rile up the “Astleynation”, I was just making a point. It seems that I am not alone [...] Read more:Fan Club
Big Word Wednesday-Week 7 2008-05-21 06:59:34 I’m calling myself out. Actually, someone else called me out, but they did so in a private forum rather than a public one. I thank them for that, and if I’d just keep my mouth shut, then some of you would never know the difference; but then, that would defeat the purpose of our little [...] Read more:Wednesday
Have You Seen This Mad Scientist? 2008-05-23 07:28:13 As I’m sure you have noticed, Dr. Isaid No has been noticeably absent the last few weeks. I was trying to avoid writing this post, but I feel that you, dear readers, have a right to know. The Doc is missing. Honest. I have no idea where he is. His face is too big for a [...]
The Lawnmower Hunter And Cujo The Squirrel 2008-05-24 15:30:31 It has been quite the week in our neighborhood. Our male Beagle puppy; Buddy, thinks that our lawnmower is prey that needs to be hunted and killed, and our neighbor; the Assistant Principal was attacked by a squirrel. I kid you not. Attacked is maybe too strong a term; almost maimed is probably more appropriate. [...] Read more:Hunter
, Squirrel
The Ultimate Sacrifice 2008-05-25 13:05:14 I’d like you to meet a friend of mine. His name is Andy. We worked together at The State Line Restaurant in El Paso, Texas when we were growing up. Our group worked hard together and we played hard together. Once, after a fishing trip, I put the head of a catfish on Andy’s pillow [...] Read more:Ultimate
Yeah, But Does He Know When To Double Down? 2008-05-27 01:46:17 My friend Kyle the hat stealer, you remember him, just emailed me pictures of his son’s first trip to the horse track. He told me that the little guy hit the daily double for $158 and won $323 on a quinella. I suggested getting the tyke a golf pencil and teaching him lotto. We’ll see. [...]
Big Word Wednesday-Week 8 2008-05-28 00:58:11 In honor of Memorial Day I thought we would choose a couple of words with confrontation in mind. You can use these when you get into a war of words with someone who needs a good jab to their verbal solar plexus. The leader of the play group is too easy a target, and I’ve used [...] Read more:Wednesday
Didn’t He Sing At George Washington’s Inauguration? 2008-05-29 16:46:12 I found a really cool link. You’ve all seen the “Motivational” posters of people conquering mountains with words like “Perseverance” or “Determination” underneath them? They then go on to describe what “Perseverance” or “Determination” is and what it should mean to you. They’re actually really kind of cool. Therein lie Read more:George
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If I Catch Mono And It Gets Worse, Will I Have Stereo? 2008-05-30 23:07:30 The test results came back, and AP is in the clear. Cujo the squirrel didn’t have rabies. We already knew that, of course, it’s just nice to have validation. Cujo did have an affliction, though; he had a scorching case of “The Stupids”. This virus can manifest itself in many different forms and is easily transferable [...] Read more:Catch
, Stereo
Big Word Wednesday-Week 9 2008-06-03 23:39:12 I felt it fitting this week to choose some words that could be easily “misheard” or “misunderstood” to go along with the Obsessed With An Alien post. Check it out to see how many songs you’ve been singing wrong all of these years. So, with clarity as our goal, let’s get started. Our first word [...] Read more:Wednesday
Obsessed With An Alien? 2008-06-02 22:43:57 At dinner last night Nukeboy2 was showing off his big brain. “Ask me some words to spell Dad!” Obviously grammar is riding in the back seat at this point. We made it through “Kat” and “Shuld” before I remembered that in the 2nd grade, it’s all about fawnicks. I mean; phonics. I don’t feel that [...] Read more:Alien
Forgettable Moments In Food History 2008-06-05 09:50:23 Today is Nukeboy1’s day to have Dad bring him lunch at school. He went with the healthy option this week and decided on Subway. Finally! After suggesting it all year, he finally decided that this; the last lunch of the year, would be the healthy one. That’s fine, except that today I am in full [...] Read more:History
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Hey Buddy, Wanna Buy A Ribeye, Cheap? 2008-06-06 12:37:55 The meat wagon pulled into my driveway the other day. I’m not talking about the county coroners’ Hearse, or a burrito buggy that frequents construction sites; I’m talking a 1998 Dodge Ram 1500 with dents a plenty, peeling paint and in desperate need of a tune up. I mention the tune up only because the children who [...] Read more:Buddy
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