Due to the nearly biblical amount of rain we experienced last month, our backyard, aside from being as verdant as ever, also started to suffer a plague of frogs. Tiny ones were everyone, and some big bubbas would hop around from time to time. I started to wonder how often Bogey (see previous post) had feasted on a frog leg dinner. Apparently, he just likes Frog Stew.
I keep throwing the water out, letting the frog hop away, and he just keeps returning.
Sort of a funny photo. There’s a lot of work that goes into just getting our dogs into the car so we can take them for a walk. The funniest thing (in my opinion) is that Bogey leans his head over the back seat and slobbers all over the upholstery. We wised up to his ways and began placing a towel over the seat before he gets there. And he refuses to jump into the car, so I have to grab all 100+ pounds of him and shove him in. It’s a great workout for your back.
Unfortunately, my mouse usually takes the brunt of my frustrations. The "program" can be purchased (seriously) at www.screensmasher.com.
I bought a computer for my grandmother recently. Before you start thinking that I’m the best grandson ever, she bought it with her own money; I was just the middleman. We bought her a Dell because I received an email with a “Back-to-School” special that was right in her price range, even giving her more computer than she needs.
Since we wanted to install the system this Sunday, when I head up to Waco to see her and the rest of my family, and since the last time I ordered a system from Dell (a refurbed desktop) it came from Round Rock, I told my grandmother I’d have them ship it to me in Georgetown, just a few miles from Round Rock, in hopes that it would arrive via free 3-5 day ground shipping before Sunday.
After checking the tracking number, I was shocked to see that the computer was being shipped from Tennessee! I was saddened by the fact, but chalked it up to the fact that my grandmother’s computer was not a refurb unit, and, ergo, was not being shipped from Round Rock. Oh well.
I just checked the tracking number again tonight (Friday). Where is the computer currently sitting? At a DHL station. In Waco!
I’m scheduled to receive the packages on Monday, one day after I’ve gone to visit her.
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Brought to you by a drug rehab recovery center in Malibu. Really? Really.
Why can’t more advertisers do this kind of thing? Crowne Plaza Hotels, host of the already played Colonial Invitational (PGA) tournament, has posted extra footage from “The Ultimate Golf Meeting,” featuring David Feherty, Dan Jenkins, Lee Trevino, Natalie Gulbis, George Lopez, and Alice Cooper (“We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!”). The spots they’ve shown on TV are there, as well as 10 extra spots. Crowne Plaza now has more esteem in my small world because of this - maybe I’ll use them during my next vacation - multiple cruises with golf interspersed throughout…I wish. Some highlights:
“…that’s how I got the name Alice, not getting the ball there…”
“…I don’t think you should use a golf ball that will betray you…it’ll just betray you again.”
“…the Bible has 10 commandments. Golf has a 600 page book.”
Funny stuff, if you’re a golfer. Go watch it.
“Men amateurs would be better off watching them (LPGA players) for swing tips than the guys on the PGA tour. I said tips, GR, tips.”
On Fred Couples’ rare appearances: “Fred shed his second wife and has moved in with Jim Nantz. Since
apparently Jim is only doing three tournaments this year for CBS, he
and Fred want to spend as much time together as possible. The tabloid
press now refer to them as ‘Jimcup.’”
And, finally, why I can relate: “I was the kid in the back of the church who was always laughing
uncontrollably at the well-timed fart, you know? I can’t help it, it’s
in my DNA.”
More good stuff from the CBS golf commentator as he answers readers’ letters.
Although I could go into a long diatribe about how I sometimes and errantly view Jesus’ influence on my life as “tiny,” when, in fact, it’s much larger than I could ever comprehend, this post is not, in fact, about that. It’s about a Twitter mashup called MyTinyJesus.com. I don’t know if it’s sacrilegious or brilliant or just…what’s the word to use when you don’t know how to describe something? Oh right…postmodern.
From Durex. You have to know what Durex makes in order to get it, but it’s a clean, creative, and funny ad. Seldom do I laugh out loud at ads.
*Nod to Ken Wilson at avclub.us.
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