They don’t chase squirrels at all
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Tito looks a little alarming when he sleeps sometimes.
Archive for October, 2007
Halloween bacon
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Halloween is here, and in the air is a strong scent of bacon.
WTF? Why does the street smell like bacon? It’s been bacon-smelling since we took the kids trick or treating an hour and a half ago. Now the smell is so strong, it smells like bacon in the house.
Not that I’m [...]
Whatever happened to…
Thursday, October 25th, 2007The pair on the box of Mastermind?
Now you know.
(Okay, maybe not as compelling as the search for the Afghan girl on the cover of National Geographic, but still fun.)
It’s that time of year again
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007The rut is in full swing for the Austin whitetail deer population, and nowhere is it more evident than in West Lake Hills. In the last week I’ve seen an 8 point buck in my front flowerbed, menacing me (and the puppy) through the front door window. Earlier today we saw a blonde [...]
More stampeding by the herd
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007Rumor Scares Some KU Students Away from Campus
A viral marketing campaign incites yet another panic. Sheesh, people. I bet they all forwarded on the email about the headlights-off-gang-initiation, too.
Hooray for rootkits, er, software nazis, er, copy protection
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Obligatory “SecuROM sucks” here.
Greetings,
I purchased Knights of the Old Republic 2 to play on my MacBook Pro
using Parallels virtualization software. When I try to play it, the
disk spins for a long time, then I get a popup window saying
“Original disc could not be found or authenticated.” I have all four
original disks, plus the [...]
Halloween, Hello Skank
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Thought it might be interesting to show some of the Halloween costumes out there for little girls these days. For reference, size S is 4-6, M is 8-10, and L is 12-14. Sizes roughly correspond with age.
AlleyCat
Smells… like a sewer
Saturday, October 20th, 2007We paid a load of money to get off our septic tank and onto West Lake Hills’ sewer service. We were pretty shocked when we started getting our bills every month - right now we’re paying $80/month for sewer ONLY, not counting water. Today our bill had a notice that the city council [...]
People, please.
Saturday, October 20th, 2007“Discrete” means separate.
“Discreet” means quietly.
If you do something discretely, you do it one at a time. Unconnectedly. Apart.
If you do something discreetly, you do it unobtrusively. Circumspectly. Silently.
I don’t think I have seen ANYONE use the proper spelling for “discreet” in the last 4 years. Did they stop teaching vocabulary [...]
Rule #57
Saturday, October 20th, 2007Rules for living with a puppy:
#57: If the rug feels wet, it probably is.
#58: The more expensive the rug, the more likelihood that it’s been peed on.
It wouldn’t be so bad if he didn’t roam around whilst he tinkled, leaving an 8 foot long trail of dribble in his wake.
