Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
I am easily amused
QR Codes are popping up everywhere. I just created one for my blog. It works! You don't even need to print it out, you can just 'scan' it right from the monitor. Bwa ha! Hee hee!
I downloaded the 'QR App' for iPhone, it works well though there are likely better apps - this one is free.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Reminds Me of Home
My parents in Cleveland use this wheel-spinny doohicky to tell the gas meter reading person what they should be charged, since their meter is in the basement. You check your meter, set the appropriate levels for each gauge, and hang this card on your door via a little suction cup or magnet.
It always struck me as odd that the meters weren't designed and built to be in the front yard near the sidewalk, at easy eye level where the meter reader could walk down the block and take readings, avoiding angry dogs, locked gates, landmines and etc - I mean, putting the meter in the basement? That's not efficient at all.
It won't be long until all of our meters will be tweeting their readings directly back to the utility, and the wheel-spinny doohickies will be no more.
It always struck me as odd that the meters weren't designed and built to be in the front yard near the sidewalk, at easy eye level where the meter reader could walk down the block and take readings, avoiding angry dogs, locked gates, landmines and etc - I mean, putting the meter in the basement? That's not efficient at all.
It won't be long until all of our meters will be tweeting their readings directly back to the utility, and the wheel-spinny doohickies will be no more.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
50 'Good Husband' Points!
I was chatting with a coworker yesterday, talking about my good lady wife.
"Yeah, I was talking with my life about that -" Blink. "Talking with my WIFE about that."
As Freudian slips go, this one is a zinger. Wait, is 50 points enough?
"Yeah, I was talking with my life about that -" Blink. "Talking with my WIFE about that."
As Freudian slips go, this one is a zinger. Wait, is 50 points enough?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Fun at Mom & Dad's House
Cindy: Oh God! What IS that?
Mike: What's what?
Cindy: Is that a vacuum cleaner cozy?
Mike: (Averting gaze) I don't know what you mean.
Cindy: I mean THAT!
Mike: Oh, that's Sarah. She-
Cindy: It's creepy, that's what it is.
Mike: (Waving hands in warning, whispering) No!
Cindy: What?
Mike: (Voice even, speaking very deliberately, as if a warning) Sarah isn't a cozy. She's a member of the family.
Cindy: Don't give me that...
Mike: (Eyes wide, as if their lives depend on the next few moments, still whispering) Don't... Look her in the eye. She hates that. It's a challenge.
Cindy's eyes twitch involuntarily toward Sarah.
Mike: Just move... Careful now... BOO! (He grabs Cindy by the shoulders.)
Cindy: You ass!
Monday, May 17, 2010
Tsunami Party. Please RSVP!
Friday, May 14, 2010
You Are Here
NASA brings us a picture of the Earth as seen from Mars. Brings an interesting perspective to our world and everything we think is so important. Even from our nearest neighbor, we are a teeny dot!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
No No NO!
EEEK!
There's foreign matter in my cherry cobbler!
Oh God!
It's stiff but springy
it's long and slender,
GAG!
It's a rat's tail,
itsaratstailOMFG!
Wait, no.
It's a cherry stem.
Whew.
There's foreign matter in my cherry cobbler!
Oh God!
It's stiff but springy
it's long and slender,
GAG!
It's a rat's tail,
itsaratstailOMFG!
Wait, no.
It's a cherry stem.
Whew.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Friday, May 07, 2010
Weekend Trippin!
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Bat-house?
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
I Must Be Adopted
This is my sister. She received 100% of our family's 'Hotness Genes', leaving none for me. I'm only slightly bitter about it.
Doesn't she look like she should be a pinup for what the boys were fighting for in WW2?
I'd like to turn this into a vintage-style poster for her sometime, if I had the skills.
Sis, I apologize for posting this without permission, but it was too fun a pic not to! She lives in Cleveland, but I'm sorry Kato, she's married.
Doesn't she look like she should be a pinup for what the boys were fighting for in WW2?
I'd like to turn this into a vintage-style poster for her sometime, if I had the skills.
Sis, I apologize for posting this without permission, but it was too fun a pic not to! She lives in Cleveland, but I'm sorry Kato, she's married.
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Another 'Who Knew' Incident
On Sunday Cindy woke up with some shoulder pain, which by Monday had turned into difficulty breathing, which by Monday night had turned into shooting pains in her side/chest.
Since she was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure back in February, we rushed her to the nearest emergency room.
Turns out, she has pneumonia. We had been sure it was something to do with her heart. Pneumonia didn't occur to us, since everyone knows the symptoms for that are coughing up phlegm, fever, chills, and so on.
But it also causes difficulty breathing and chest pain, which were her only symptoms (so far). They hooked her up with some IV antibiotics and sent us home with a prescription for more. I'm really glad we went to the doctor when we did.
Since she was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure back in February, we rushed her to the nearest emergency room.
Turns out, she has pneumonia. We had been sure it was something to do with her heart. Pneumonia didn't occur to us, since everyone knows the symptoms for that are coughing up phlegm, fever, chills, and so on.
But it also causes difficulty breathing and chest pain, which were her only symptoms (so far). They hooked her up with some IV antibiotics and sent us home with a prescription for more. I'm really glad we went to the doctor when we did.
Monday, May 03, 2010
I didn't. But I could.
If eating a tub of cucumber sauce with a spoon is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
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