Tuesday, December 22, 2009

I Thought Why Did Someone Photograph This Poor Guy Rather Than Moving The Ladder?

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The following is the text below the photo on Failblog. Wouldn't this image be fun on a Christmas card?

Good news is that I truly out did myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after two days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down.

First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by.

Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the 75 pound ladder almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn’t realize that it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). By the way, she was one of the many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn’t take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard.

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Another 4.0 Freak-Out Averted

Another semester has ended and I still have a 4.0. I'm taking college more seriously than I did the first time; I actually show up for class.

This coming semester I'm taking 5 classes again (4 is considered full time) so the work load should be pretty significant but the courses look interesting.

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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Sunrise Christmas Cookies













My family of night people has been cursed with a morning person. I not only wake up before dawn, I wake up productive and cheerful.

These cookies are a serious production. The dough is chilled the night before since the cookies are rolled until the dough becomes translucent (approximately 1/16" thick).

I used to make many different shapes using antique cookie cutters but I'm over that thanks to my family chugging cookies faster than I can make them.

It takes about 1.5 hours for me to make a batch, 3 hours with help. I now have a convection oven and can make them at lightening speed if I have someone to rotate the multitude of baking sheets. Nissa was conscripted and she appeared looking a bit like Bill the Cat before he had his daily phamaceutical enhancement and she cursed being the only person who answered my call.

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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Banana Bunker










I heard about this banana holder this morning on the radio and had to see it. I got the photo from the MOMA store web site.

I must admit I don't usually bring bananas as a snack since they become smashed in my bag but...

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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Six to eight black men - part 1 of 3

This is probably my favorite Christmas story.

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Six to eight black men - part 2 of 3

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Six to eight black men - part 3 of 3

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Jesus Shaves (David Sedaris)

I have fond memories of college French so this strikes a very funny chord for me. My French is not very good but the teacher did teach me to swear in French like a native.

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Surprised Kitty

A friend sent me this today and I had to share.

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