Archive for May, 2006

The week in review

Saturday, May 6th, 2006

Boo:
- Brown recluse on the living room wall
- Air conditioner broke
- 4 year old brought home lice from school
- Tree fell onto the garage
- Icemaker broke
Yay:
- Accepted into college
- Things progressing on new project

Ouch!

Friday, May 5th, 2006

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Big storm last night. This is what 50 mph winds can do to your trees. Luckily nobody got hurt - it didn’t hit the house. Also, our 500 year old oak tree came though unscathed.

That was quick

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

I got a call at 5:40 this evening congratulating me on my acceptance to St. Edward’s University and inviting me to new student orientation tomorrow evening.

College update

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

After turning in my application to New College at St. Edwards University on April 17, I have been waiting for all of my transcript information to arrive there. Apparently there was some sort of a kerfuffle, given that my transcripts are under my maiden name and I am not. I’ve been a little [...]

Hedge games, in the first degree

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

Since it’s launched and the marketing has begin, I can mention that I was very lucky to be involved with the Hedge Games campaign for Dreamworks and HP, marketing the movie Over the Hedge. I vetted the puzzles being used in the contest (and you might have heard of the guy who wrote the [...]

Good Morning, Tree Co.

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

Back in November I wrote a post about Good Mourning Tree Company who kept leaving flyers on my door. That post has been very popular on this website, garnering several search engine referrals from people looking for more information about the business.
Today we got another flyer. They’ve changed a bunch of information around [...]

The Butterfly Effect

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

We Netflixed the director’s cut of The Butterfly Effect. It was an excellent movie but I daresay even more depressing than Requiem for a Dream. If you’re going to rent it, I suggest you get the theatrical release rather than the director’s cut for from what I’ve read, it’s a bit less “I-want-to-drive-my-car-off-the-overpass-now”-ish.

That time of year part two

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Earlier I wrote that the roaches are back. Well now the brown recluses are back. This is the biggest one we’ve seen in the house - easily the size of a quarter.