Misty got a letter the other day from the AARP asking her to join. That's fantastic for them, as if she joins, Mike gets to join for free, and they get to enjoy all manner of savings, benefits, and other niceties reserved for card-carrying senior citizens.
The only catch is that, at 26 and 27, they're hardly senior citizens, and as such don't actually qualify to be members of AARP.
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Tonight I head down to Grinnell to join Little P and Misty for supper at my folks', and then catching up with Andy and Brian and heading on to Iowa City for a little mc chris. Should be pretty sweet.
Tangentially related, I'm just getting over bronchitis, and among the various prescriptions my doctor gave me, the best was Histussin HC, which as best I understand it is ...]]>
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As you can see, Darrell Bluett is a standup comedian. To say he's not a good comedian is ...]]>
I don't know all the info just yet, but tonight my brother and his wife had a little baby girl.
[Edit:]Madeline Marie weighs 7 lbs, 10 oz (.54 stones for you Britishers) and measures 20.25 inches (a shade longer than a cubit). She has crazy long fingers and quite a bit of hair.
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I had a lovely evening of gaming at Ben and Sarah's and came home to find an IM from Emmett letting me know that his ex-wife Star passed away this morning.
She'll probably be best known for her work with Phillyist and Shiny Shiny, or for her award-winning Slouching Towards Bedlam, but I will probably remember her for her copious personal journaling, her terrific insight, and her ...]]>
First off, I read this morning in Table of Malcontents that Trogdor's theme song is going to be one of the unlockables in Guitar Hero II. Squee. Very much squee.
I absolutely love perceived-color optical illusions, so I set up an I Eat Paint page about them.Right now the only two up there are a big and small version of a picture of me, which is ...]]>
A set of IM messages from my friend Laura to my friend Ryan:Laura (10:18:31 PM):ahhh booze on my mac keyboardLaura (10:20:51 PM):apparently i just did a google search for "qrdft2y34u5i6o7p89[0 .0op0o"
Laura (10:21:09 PM):NOO reutturn ash as has failed bme
Laura (10:21:15 PM):so has backspace
Laura (10:21:26 PM):*return has failed meLaura (10:28:29 PM):.the whole area Byu thE RetuRN Button AND DELEte is BRoKEN AND WtF NOw i"M ...]]>
I don't normally include videos and stuff, but this is too just really too odd for words. But first, a little explanation.
There's this odd phenomenon that occurs yearly in the UK wherein people take package holidays and, while on holiday, discover some bizarre novelty song. When they return home and go back to work, they miss that holiday and as a way of recapturing that nostalgia, they request whatever ...]]>
I'm a man of relatively simple tastes. Sure, when I go to the store to get milk, I buy a particular variety of a particular brand, but I don't really care. It doesn't have to be Anderson Erickson. It doesn't even have to be name-brand at all. Skim would be nice, but I'll settle for one- or two-percent. I'm not too picky. Milk is milk, and the difference between ...]]>
I'm a bit of a geek, and thus it makes me feel warm and fuzzy when things have labels. I'm sure there's a term for that, but I don't know what it is, and that makes me feel sad. Maybe taxonofile.
I also notice things that some people don't (although the obverse is that I regularly fail to notice things most people do), and I like having a name for ...]]>
So, I paid a little bit of money and got my bike fixed up. The front derailleur
Ahoy, me hearties. It be Talk Like a Pirate Day, and in the interest of helping ye scurvy dogs do just that, here is a handy dictionary of pirate phrases.
| Pirate | English |
| Ahoy! | Hello |
| Me hearties | My friends |
| Scurvy | Vitamin C deficiency. |
| Grog | Really weak rum, with vitamin C to prevent scurvy |
| Ye Scurvy Dogs | You guys who might be afflicted with scurvy |
| Swab the poop deck | Clean the bathroom |
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