And now...guest starring...
I needed my nerdboy mikey fix this week! Seems the hosers at his ISP pulled the plug for the month due to bandwidth usage. So when I wrote him to check and see where he'd gone, he wrote back with a "this is an entry I would post if I could" to feed my addiction. So now...with permission...I bring you Mike!

Ok, so I'm driving in to work today, and I hear a commercial on the radio for a career fair. Now, this is no ordinary career fair, as I was to soon find out. This is a Secret Service career fair. That's right, *the* Secret Service. Yanno, guard the President and shit. Does anyone else think that that's funny? I mean, when I hear "career fair", I think McDonald's, or AccounTemps, or something like that...not the Secret Service. C'mon, these guys are the some of the most dedicated men and women in the world... and they're looking for them at a damned career fair? I dunno, that just doesn't seem right...

In other news, I noticed that they're selling Cadbury Creme Eggs again. You know what that means... Cadbury Creme Egg commercials! I love those things....

"Bok meeeoooowwww... bok meeoooooowwww"
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Ihhh've nevah been so hahhpy in my who' life-uh
(Quote credit: Long Duck Dong) We just got up after a long winter's nap to flip on The Screen Savers and watch a demo of the new Photoshop 7 for OS X. It was amazing -- we both kept screaming "GET OUT!" at the TV screen. I'm starting a countdown clock for that puppy. Thank goodness my husband has an "in" with the Adobe vendor at work! If you get Tech TV and missed the show tonight, you MUST catch it on rerun. I am sooooo happy I chose an iBook now!
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So how was your day dear?
Today completed phase one (of two) of the hell that is my life.

I'm actually too sick and tired to bother typing up a recap all over again, so instead I will just paste in the one I sent to my mom... Is that ok with you? Good. But if boring medical reviews bring you down, here's your chance to run away! I don't do these often...but... Go. Now. You've been warned!

Today was my SSDI four-year review medical exam. This is where I have to prove my life is still the same chapter, different verse. You'll be happy to know your taxpayer dollars funded approximately $150 for the following visit -- when the last time my specialist's report completely overturned the state-appointed doctors' findings because those reports didn't give enough weight to my diagnoses and medical history. Yeah, color me happy to be doing this all over again. And I still have their stupid psych review to go next week...

That place was SO scary. It was a public "non-insurance" clinic -- cash only. We could not for the life of us figure out why Social Security picked THEM to do the review. Todd and I were literally thanking God I have strep so I'm already on anti-biotics. We were afraid to sit in the chairs it was that gross. I don't think the place has ever seen a cleaning solution. The ceiling tiles were half-hanging from their supports, with water damage all over them. One of the walls ran out of sheetrock -- so no joke -- they took 2-4" pieces of wood and nailed them up like tiled shingles and then painted white over them as a make-shift. This was NOT, I repeat, NOT for decorative purposes. I turned to Todd in the waiting room and whispered, "This is why I refuse to like NASCAR," with a wink. (Just kidding Christi!) I thought he was going to fall off his seat he was laughing so hard. We showed up for a 12 o'clock appointment at a "first-come-first-serve, go sit in a chair and wait 75 minutes, at not even remotely close to a doctor's" office...

The waiting room was full of people that obviously just did NOT care or even want to know the meaning of self-pride. The freaky Marlboro man from hell next to me had on so much cheap Wal Mart cologne I could barely breathe. We decided he was there for OG'ing. ("I'm Gonna Get You Sucka" reference.) He got up to fill out forms and I punched Todd and made him move down a chair so I could scoot further away, too, and try to catch some real breaths. There were two looked-like-teen moms with tiny babies that had bursting-dirty diapers (you could see it), and they were tag-team chain-smoking outside and didn't seem to care about the kids inside with baby food smeared on their faces. We didn't want to feel like snobs (and these were obviously blanket-quick-observations and not true judgment calls), but even at our poorest -- when we were literally selling CDs to eat and were living in roach-infested apartments -- we weren't like that. As Todd pointed out, you can at least get decent clothes at Goodwill if you try. And you can wash them for a quarter. They were all just dirty, smelly and gross. People that could help it, but didn't want to. And every single one of them was coughing, wheezing and sniffling god-knows-what into the air that I had to breathe. I was so relieved they didn't try to use any oral Q-tip swabs in my throat during the exam because I wouldn't have wanted anything in my mouth that had touched the counters or containers located there.

I feel like hell today...so the visit went well from your mom perspective in that regard. They got to see "the real me". I'm running a fever (although they didn't check it), my throat is obviously red and swollen since I have strep (started anti-biotics yesterday), I feel like crap, look like crap and only slept 3 hours last night. Add to that...the fact the low was 31 here last night...which has left me pretty much crippled up and barely able to walk faster than a shuffle. He did all sorts of mobility tests like how high can you raise your legs/arms, how hard can you push back with force -- and I kid you not -- how long can you hop on one foot. The doctor literally had to support me during the standing and hopping tests -- and when he didn't, I was bracing on the table so I didn't tumble over. Todd said you could visibly watch my energy-tank hit empty. Then the doctor wanted me to go down the hall for an eye test, and he was down there a good 30-45 seconds before I made it down to join him. So if he finds me healthy, he can kiss my *bleep!*... Now, I need a nap. Like until May. Am I having fun yet?
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Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll
E! Online made a countdown of the Music's Top 10 Sexiest Moments. Hey look, Nikki -- George Michael's butt is at number 10! "Look at me bum...it's beau-teee-ful..." And apparently if you type in "Donna Summer" and "orgasm" into a reputable Internet search engine, you'll get up to 499 results. This line says it best about Madonna though: "A little song, a little dance, a little bowl of Cheetos resting on our pants."
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Well hell...
Robbie is on the phone with Todd right now and he can't get a flight from Denver to Tampa tomorrow to come out for the weekend. (He's a pilot so he has to fly stand-by.) It's good because I have strep and don't exactly feel like being a party princess over the weekend, but it's bad because we haven't seen him in almost two years now. He's promising a March visit instead, and I'm holding him to it -- spring break at da' beach! The Florida forecast for tonight? A hard-freeze warning for our county overnight with temps in the low 30s. Ick. Keep that crap up north will ya' please?!
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I guess we're naming our first child Chris
I have finally beat Wil Wheaton in something! Thanks Chris!
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I'd like my sauce...on the side...
So I'm sure this has happened to just about everyone in their wild days of youth...big night out on the town...one few too many...you wake up not quite remembering where you are or where you've been...naked...and covered in an egg-mixture and flour. Ok, maybe not that last part. I've heard of going out and getting fried before, but never quite so literally. (Link thanks to Daypop.)
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*high fives* Kristine!
If you haven't been by The Red Kitchen in the last hour or so, make sure to stop by again! In the "Tech TV" entry, Kristine has added several screen-captures I took of todays segment on Call For Help.

Oh yeah, side note...if you look really closely during the segment as it airs (catch it on repeat if you missed it later tonight and again tomorrow) you can see Zalary's name fly by in the comments for this post...
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A shout-out to all my homies
Wow! So many nods to those I love online lately, I can barely keep up! First Kristine and I somehow managed to pull back-to-back duty making it on Call for Help and The Screen Savers yesterday (here's a new screen capture of my work)...along with Mena and Ben...and a screenshot of AnnElizabeth's blog.

Then today, I wake up to find that BlogOmania, Blah Blah Blog, Meryl's Notes, Cheyenne's World and yours truly have ALL been featured in today's Lockergnome Windows Daily!

And as if that wasn't enough, Kristine just e-mailed me to let me know The Red Kitchen is going to be on tonight's Call for Help! I'd already put her Screen Savers nod on tape in the mail -- but I'm all too excited to make her another one!

Could this week get any better? I've almost forgot that I'm coming down with strep and Robbie may not be able to get a stand-by flilght tomorrow... East siiiide! And a huge ol' welcome to all the Gnomies stopping by!
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Another server move
Just a quick heads-up that we're in the process of moving a couple of our sites to a different webhost right now, so for the next few days please e-mail me at my "Wholly Matrimony!" account: robyn@whollymatrimony.com
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Ahhhh...crap!
As we used to quip in college...better late than pregnant! It's still technically Tuesday in some parts of the U.S., so here is my "This or That".

Dial-up or cable? DSL...but miss cable... Can't get it way up here in the 'burbs yet.
Wal-mart or K-mart? Neither. Tarjhet, baby!
Butterfly or dragonfly? Dragonfly!
Plus or minus? Plus -- life always has more in the end.
Liberal or conservative? Liberal to the core!
Do you believe in God or not? Sure do!
Sun or moon? Moon. I'm a late-night kinda gal.
Do you exercise regularly or not? Used to. Can't now.
Coffee or tea? Neither. Diet Coke, ginger ale, and Code Red.
St. Patrick's Day or Easter? My maiden name was O'Rourke. 'Nuff said!

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Bacon! I smell Bacon!
Jo's new webring idea got us talking about our degrees of Kevin Bacon. I'm proud to say, I can get there in just three degrees. Our friend Melinda from college is Billy Zane's ("The Phantom", "Titanic") cousin. "Billy Zane has a Bacon number of 2. Billy Zane was in Back to the Future Part II (1989) with Elisabeth Shue. Elisabeth Shue was in Hollow Man (2000) with Kevin Bacon." So how close can you get?
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And to tie it all together...
Lookee! Chris made Ben and Mena bobbin'-head dolls!
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Coupla' screen shots
In case you don't get Tech TV, here's a couple of screen shots of the big Movable Type feature tonight (capture 1, capture 2)!
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More Tech TV than you can shake a stick at
In case you might have missed it at Christine's earlier today, Movable Type is about to be featured live on the Screen Savers. Quick! To the Bat Channel!

UPDATED TO SAY: They mentioned The Red Kitchen! Go Kristine!
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I was on Tech TV!
Well yeah, they got the name wrong and said it was Todd's! Plpppp... But Cat just showed the photo from when I made Chris Pirillo an honorary blonde. So let the record show...the artwork is all mine...but nonetheless, it was on Call For Help tonight...

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Snobbery
Heads up to everyone with Blogsnob code on their blogs. They've moved servers, and your Blogsnob code may now be spitting out a few lines telling you to update ASAP. Straight from the site: "I'll be removing Blogsnob completely from the old server in a few weeks, so hurry, people!!" Just a little FYI...
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Weezer photos
Weezer.com has a few photos up from Sunday night's show at the Ice Palace in Tampa. Wish I'd have known Rivers was sick this weekend, too. I would have offered to share my drugs with him, and maybe a little hot tub therapy as well. Tee hee.
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Extended birthday greetings from the States
It's our favorite girl down under's birthday today! Well actually with the time difference, she's already had 'er cake and ate it, too -- but that doesn't mean we can't party on in her honor here in the States! Happy birthday Jo!

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Six Degrees of Blogeration
Jo came up with a pretty nifty new webring idea -- the Six Degrees of Blogeration. The premise is simple, just like Bacon.

"The main rules are...you can only join this ring if you have a blog and if you already know someone in the ring. By 'know someone' you either have to actually know them or be a regular reader of their blog."

I just signed both of our sites up -- so if you know us -- you're in! Get to it!
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Prezzies!
When Todd came in with the mail tonight he was all excited! Seems someone back in Norman loves us... We got a package filled to the top with so much cool stuff -- a ducky Easter basket (with a real rubber ducky next to it so you can see the size), one of the yummiest gel candles I've ever smelled in the scent "Angel", and two cool OU long-sleeved shirts. Thank you SO much Jana and Ben! We love it ALL!
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Your sassy l'il blog design girl
So...hate your current webhost? Don't have one? *gasp* Need a new blog design? Covet your very own domain name? Want to run Movable Type like all the cool kids but have no idea how? Well you're in luck...because Christine has just launched BlogOmania! I'll be helping her out with design and installs along the way, so make sure to check it out. And if you lose this post on down the line, you can always get there via the new button in my sidebar, too!
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Can I get an AMEN!
Todd has been taunting me with this news all day. Adobe is finally about to release Photoshop for OS X -- no longer will I have to run it under clunky "classic mode". Hallelujah! It doesn't hurt that he knows the Adobe vendor where he works, either...
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Just breathe
And to think I've been doing it wrong all this time. I'm so embarassed with my knickers caught 'round my ankles like that...
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Juicin' the Weez.....er

I don't wanna be an old man anymore
It's been a year or two since I was out on the floor
Shakin' booty, makin' sweet love all the night
It's time I got back to the good life

It's time I got back
It's time I got back
And I don't even know how I got off the track
I wanna go back, yeah!

UPDATE: Todd wrote up a review 'cuz I'm way too tired. Enjoy!
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Hurts so good...
This will probably be my last post of the day since we're heading out later this afternoon for Weezer tonight... However, I had to take a minute to rave about a new product find. Last week we got a sample pack of ThermaCare Heat Wraps in the mail. We almost tossed them out because at first-glance it looked like a small pack of adult diapers.

But after having knock-you-to-your-knees cramps last night, I thought "what they hey" and busted open the pack to try one out. They are so cool! The large back ones (the kind included in the sample) hook around your waist with a small cotton velcro-closure belt about 3" wide. The "discs" inside heat up in about 15-20 minutes. Best of all, the one I'm wearing is still warm about 12 hours later! I would equal the "heat" it gives off with the medium setting on my heating pad. But since this one is secured on, it moves with you. You don't have to wake yourself up every time you want to move or roll over. They also make smaller adhesive pads for the shoulder/neck and arm/leg areas -- and another for 'feminine' cramps. These are great b/c they are flush with your body, fit easily under clothing -- and no cords like heating pads! And they last at least 12 hours. I am hooked! They're kinda pricey (about $7 for a box of 2) -- but if you hurt like I do, and need "take it with you" convenience (road trips, etc.) -- the price will be well worth it. If you're interested and want a free sample, you can fill out the survey here and get mailed a pack. I rarely do product reviews in my blog, so the fact I'm raving about these so much will hopefully speak volumes!
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Whew, that was fun...
Well somehow overnight somethin' funky went on with MT, and Christine woke up to find my blog blank this morning. She already had it well on the road to recovery before I even rolled out of bed this morning. Does she ROCK or what? I'm in the process of adding the comments that were lost back in right now -- and links to old posts and the search feature may not work 'til tomorrow. So hang in there. Operators are standing by. Thanks again Christine!
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Metal mouth
Tom Cruise is now wearing braces. And on a somewhat unrelated note, he's not gay. I repeat, he is not gay. Back to your regularly scheduled programming...
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It's not easy being green
Todd wanted a new look last night, so I gave him a spin on the Spiderman theme. You can still find the green version in his archives though.
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Bring it on!
Todd just let me in on the next t-shirt I must figure out how to acquire for my massive sports-related collection:

It will be mine. Oh yes. It will be mine...
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Boomer Sooner
It's 9:22 p.m. EST and texas still sucks! Boomer Sooner -- beat the helloutta texas! (Live on an ESPN station near you...)

UPDATE: OU WINS by a score of 96-78 -- making us 7-0 in our last 7 meetings with the 'whorns, and 22-4 on the season!
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Here's to good friends, tonight is kinda special
Well that's what I get for feeling sorry for myself! I was just on the phone with Christine whining about a SSDI-review-mandated medical exam coming up on the 28th (that they gave me less than a week's notice for). I've been feeling like pink-streaked death the last few weeks anyway, and know the concert tomorrow is pretty much going to level my arse for a few days afterwards. So being nice and cordial to a reviewer that doesn't care a thing about me but holds my fate in their hands wasn't exactly in the recovery plan.

But! My best friend from college just e-mailed and said he wants to fly in the same day as my review. We haven't seen him in a couple of years now. I'm so excited! And since he used to do tag-team ER duty with Todd back in Norman, he knows my limits. Finally -- a week we can look forward to instead of dread. Bring on Weezer!
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Say hello to iMac
These Pixar commercials for the iMac are courtesy of Meryland. The animation is so cute -- I want a new iMac now, tooooo!
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Every breath you take
Poor Todd is out at the grocery store getting dinner and wasn't home to see that Megan Morrone has a blog now. I may never see him again on evenings and weekends!
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Truth or Dare
I just got sent the following as "Wholly Matrimony!" owner. Not sure if it's legit, but the contact info looks on the up-and-up so I thought I'd pass it along. Let me know if you're interested and/or want the phone number. Sounds rather cheezy, but if I lived in southern Cal I might be able to lower myself for $50K.

"I am a Talent Producer working on a new NBC primetime project called 'Truth or Dare'. Looking for COUPLES in the Southern California area that have been dating for more than a year OR married for less than 2 years.

The Truths are basically personal, politically incorrect and confrontational in nature and the Dares are in line with 'Fear Factor'...but only those done in a studio and not as gross or as scary.

We are paying pretty well for the pilot ($500 per couple and $1000 to the winning team, plus extra cash for each Dare) and of course a guarantee to be on the series, which will give away $50,000 to the winning couple."
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Lying on the floor, I've come undone
I just added a new sweater girl skin to the site since the =w=eezer concert is this weekend. Go ahead and knock yourself out!
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So ghetto!
Need to buy a child's toy quick and have no idea where to start? How about buying a Ghetto Kids Doll? Gone are the days of the Cabbage Patch. Biographies on these boxes have included parents who were drug addicts, parents who abandoned their kid and parents that even sold their children. Little girls can choose between dolls such as San Juan Carmen, Confederate Tammy and East L.A. Lupe. "Creators hope information on their website, including a cartoon series, will spur parents to talk to kids about such topics as smoking, guns and teen-age pregnancy," according to MSNBC.com.

"So how was your playdate today Sally? Sit down for a second. Mommy wants to talk to you about teenage crackheads who get knocked up and sell their daughters for guns and cigarettes because they weren't good little girls..." Oooh boy. They really just write themselves sometimes, don't they?
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Fire up that Google indexing
This is a drinking game we used to play all of the time in college -- "what's the best porn title you can spin off an actual move title?" Well if you're just not feeling up to the challenge, now you don't have to put your thinking cap on -- this site has a list of them for you. Personal faves off the 'A' list? "Ass Ventura II - Pet the Detective", "A Rear and Pleasant Danger" and "Ass a Blanca". But c'mon -- you can all do better than that! I have faith in you. (Link snagged from Daypop again.)
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My inner-bride
Did anyone happen to catch the costume worn by Canadian ladies figure skater Jennifer Robinson? I'll post a pic when I find it online, but it reminded me a lot of my wedding gown. Two thumbs up! Too bad she fell on her arse...
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It's Miller time!
Proving once again he's the ski god I believe him to be, Bode Miller came back from seventh place after his first run to capture the silver today in the men's giant slalom. He's the first U.S. male athlete to ever medal in this event. Ahhhh, who in the hell am I kidding? I just want an excuse to put his adorible smiling face up in my blog so I can look at it wistfully and sigh!

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Jell-O Shots
So if you thought all those promises of Blah Blah Blog vs. Ain't too proud to blog in a pit of lime Jell-O were just a bunch of hooey, I suggest you drop on by D's place today! I'm always a woman of my word...
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And in other news...
Microsoft music, movie player collects log of users’ entertainment:

"Microsoft’s new version of its popular Media Player software is logging the songs and movies that customers play. The company said Wednesday it was changing its privacy statement to notify customers about the technology after inquiries from The Associated Press. The system creates a list on each computer that could be a treasure for marketing companies, lawyers or others. Microsoft says it has no plans to sell the data collected by Media Player 8, which comes free with the Windows XP operating system."

“If you’re watching DVDs you don’t want your wife to know about, you might not want to give her your password,” said David Caulton, Microsoft’s lead program manager for Windows Media.

So let that be a lesson to ya'!
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Say it ain't so
Another one bites the dust... "Popular online search engine maker Google Inc. is introducing a new program that allows Web sites to be displayed more prominently by paying more money - an advertising-driven system derided by critics as an invitation to deceptive business practices."

I guess when it comes right down to it, they need to make money just like everyone else, but one of the main reasons I switched to Google over Yahoo! was the absense of "in your face" and "pay by category" advertising. Sigh. (AP Link snagged from Daypop.)
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Pigs in spaaaaace
Well it looks like Boyz 2 Blogs had better hurry up and set up a PayPal account if they want to beat 'NSYNC in the space race! "Teen idol Lance Bass, a singer for pop group 'NSYNC, is in talks with Russian officials for a trip to outer space that would open a new frontier for popular entertainment and send him where no other boy band has gone before...The $25 million deal would include the right to film the 22-year-old teen idol in space for a television special, possibly including Bass singing, and would be partly funded from advertising deals with big brand sponsors based on planet earth." Ain't no lie. Bye bye bye.
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If a tree falls in the woods...
Todd has penned a most amusing tale of his adventures in the wild today. I helped him out with a small photo essay. In the end, we ended up disposing of not one -- but three -- tall pines threatening our house and fence. Oooh boy, we're tired!
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And they call it puppy love
My husband seems to have his very own fanclub now. Thanks for the "laugh so hard it hurts" site, Christine!
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Score
I just figured out a way to get rid of annoying door-to-door sales people that don't pay attention to the "No Solicitors" vibe... Simply point through the sliding glass door out back to the tree laying over the fence and say, "I'm a little busy right now. Wanna help?" To which they bolt like lightning and leave you be. Maybe I'll just have Todd leave it there... Tee hee!

I'm still riding the high of them asking for my mom when I answered the door though. When I pointed out I was "the lady of the house" they were asking for, one went "Whoa!", and the other went "Girl you look all of 15!" It's the little things.
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Well ok then...
So I'm sitting in the computer room uploading files, and hear this big "crash-boom!" sound. I go into the living room to watch an, oh say, 15-20 foot tall dead pine tree fall right over our fence from the conservation area out back. The miracle of it is, it didn't take the fence down -- it's resting right on top of it. And it missed the fish pond and house by inches. I now have another dead tree to deal with in the yard. (Todd just finished bagging up one he'd cut down from our yard over the weekend.) He will be so pleased. And it's way to heavy for me to move, so with him in class, there I guess it stays for now. I'll upload pics here in a few...

Update: here you go...Todd's next big project... (photo 1, photo 2)
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Virtual curling
Hmmmm...does that title fall under the "things that sound dirty but aren't" category? Look what I found from "The Screen Savers" for you hoopty -- Virtual Curling. Now you can curl away in the privacy of your own home!
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Boyz 2 Blogs in trouble?
Here are three posts, in order, to start (or end) your day with a smile -- all depending on if you're late to bed, or early to rise: number one, number two, number three

And if you have no idea what "Boyz 2 Blogs" even is, visit the official press-release parody that started it all!

If Britney thinks I'm goin' down without a fight -- well then she's been inhaling just a wee too much hairspray!

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Boomer Sooner!
It's 9:19 p.m. EST and texas still sucks! Boomer Sooner -- beat the helloutta texas! (Live on an ESPN station near you...)
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Won't you be my neighbor?
Well here ya' go...18 new photos from our walk around the neighborhood today!
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Where the Smurfs live
Todd snuck out of work early this afternoon. It's another glorious day of Florida weather outside, and I was feeling better than I have in days, so we took a small walk with Claire. (More photos to follow soon...) But this series of photos warranted their own blog entry. I'm happy to report, it appears we've found the owners of this car, and they live just down the road from us... Check out this mailbox (photo 1, photo 2, photo 3)! It even has its own swimming pool!
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This or That Tuesday
Since the calendar says Tuesday, it's time for Ashley's "This or That"!

January or July? Definitely July! Outdoor picnics, beach outings, fireworks, summer lovin'...
Email or letters? E-mail for daily communication, but anyone that knows me well knows the answer to this one! I love nice stationary, embossing my envelopes, and pen correspondence. Thank you's just seem to mean so much more if they're handwritten and you can hold them in your hand.
Milk or orange juice? Orange juice. I hate white milk -- always have! On occasion I will crave chocolate milk, but very rarely.
Brunette or blond? Blonde! Although I've always thought it was up for debate as to whether or not we have more fun.
Digital or film camera? Both. Finally!
Camping or hotel? Hotel! My Gma raised me from an early age to believe that "roughing it" involved staying at Motel 6 and only getting 2 of their skimpy towels. She's right, IMHO!
Pencil or pen? Pen -- script looks so much better in ink.
Rollerblading or roller skating? I never have rollerbladed, but when I was a kid I had my own designer white leather skates with hot pink pom-pons!
Fly or drive? I love to drive and miss it terribly! Before we got engaged, I would take off on cross-country trips by myself often. Nothing like feelin' free on the highway at 75 mph! And quite franklly, after 9-11 I'm still too afraid to fly.
White or black? In clothing? Black. It's fun to get down 'n' dirty. White forces you to be all prim and proper.

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Weenie Babies?
Oh...my...goodness... (Both links thanks to /usr/bin/mike)
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Nothing beats a great pair of L’eggs!
This article is almost beyond believable! Apparently men are now discovering the 'benefits' of pantyhose and are buying pairs for themselves. I'm trying hard not to bust out laughing. Medical reasons and circulatory problems I can see -- but to keep warm? Ever heard of thermals? Do these idiots not yet realize what sort of medieval torture device pantyhose really are? Maybe it's not as bad for them since they're not wearing a skirt and don't have to worry about runs at every turn -- but even when I was 'the perfect size six', I still had to do the wiggle and wriggle routine all women know too well in order to stuff my ass inside of a control-topped pair. And hose in the summer? Whole new level o' fun. Yeah, you just can't beat that sweaty crotch feeling -- no siree!

And now "G. Lieberman & Sons has restructured itself into a manufacturer and online purveyor of pantyhose made exclusively for men, called Comfilon." It got wierd, didn't it? I hope as long as they're wearing them they'll stay out of a skirt. Because unless they plan on shaving their legs, too, ick! I'll still be staying inside, thankyouverymuch.
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You've got the cutest little baby face
Erika did such a GREAT job with the "guess the baby face" game! Todd's photo shouldn't be too hard to figure out, but can you pick out which one is me?
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Happy birthday dear Tara, happy birthday to yoooou!
Happy birthday Tara!

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I'm blind! Look away!
Ok, this is seriously the most disturbing (yet at the same time hillarious) thing I've seen on Daypop yet...I give to you...W. Girls!
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A sphincter says what?
Have you ever sat there watching a movie and something didn't look quite right? Or something didn't sound quite right? Or perhaps you wondered how in the heck that scene made it past the editors? Well now you have a site to compare notes with -- Movie Mistakes. We play the home game all the time, so now I guess we have another window to launch side-by-side with imdb.com when we toss a movie in the ol' DVD player. (Link thanks to The Screen Savers.)
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More pimpin' and stealin'
Time for the "Call for Help" link of the day: the EVRSOFT HTML Editor, freeware. "A professional HTML editing software which lets you create great websites fast! The visually appealing program comes bundled with over 450+ Javascripts and supports all the latest web languages."
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A whole new meaning to 'to have and to hold'
Because nothing else quite says "this will last forever" like exchanging your vows in a mass wedding in the nude...
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IT'S TIME TO FREAKIN' PARTY IN TAMPA
Our local CBS Station is reporting that the Tampa Bay Bucs have just hired Chucky -- Jon Gruden -- as our next head coach! It's a 5-year deal and a press conference is expected this Wednesday. Hallelujah -- all those voodoo dolls did the trick. Now the moral dilemna begins...am I more in love with Chucky or John Lynch... Such a tough call!
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Opera Composed for Mac OS X
I have been really unhappy with IE 5.1 on my Mac, so this was much-welcomed news! "The newest OS X-native beta version of the Opera browser launches faster than any other browser currently available for OS X and renders pages more quickly...Opera did not sacrifice functionality for speed."
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In the blink of a young girl's eye
Erika came up with a really cool twist on a meme this past Friday! She's collecting everyone's kindergarten pics, plus recent pics. Then we can play a game trying to match them all up. Stop by and submit one if you haven't already. We just sent ours in!
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All work and no play
Makes Robyn something, something, something... Today was a textbook example of what happens when you prioritize your "play" projects (i.e. blogs) over your "priority" projects (i.e. websites that bring me $$) for weeks on end. I am seriously about to go blind having stared at the monitor for so long, but I've got a lot accomplished in the last 10 hours.

I got Joy's entire blog moved to a new server (as noted below). I got all of our online billing accounts switched over to new payment plans (don't even get either of us started on the AmSouth banking rant). I finally called our credit card company to make addr.com stop billing us, and amazingly enough, addr.com did respond to that e-mail (literally within minutes as opposed to the weeks I have been trying to contact them), and close down the account once and for all. I finished the server-switch of tobynopoly.com, moving the 2001 Dress Contest to its final home. Then I had to update all those new links on whollymatrimony.com (whew, still with me?) -- and after that I updated the submission form for the "Fifteen Minutes of Fame" to match the new logo. I...need...a...drink... Hope everyone else's day was a little more sane. Procrastination = very bad thing!
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