Archive for October, 2005

Happy 5th Anniversary

Friday, October 14th, 2005

Today Marilyn and I celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. Since the day I met her, my life has gotten nothing but better. I love her more than words can express, so I won’t even try.
Happy Anniversary, Marilyn.

I Hate Home Depot, Part 1324

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

I have hated the legal entity known as Home Depot, Inc. for many years. A long time ago I vowed never to spend another dime in their cruddy little store. Since that time there have been one or two instances in which I was going to break my vow out of sheer [...]

Randi Rhodes

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

Beautiful quote from Randi Rhodes:
64% of Americans believe aliens have contacted humans; 39% believe in George Bush.

Don’t Forget

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

Don’t forget to vote for who you think the artists in my “Sounds Like…” podcast are reminiscent of. The podcast is here. You vote here. Don Traeger has already put his in, now tell me yours.
There are no wrong answers so don’t be afraid. It turns out that some of these [...]

Funny

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

Having taken two months off of work, I made myself this gigantic To Do list. When I say gigantic, I mean it. It had everything I could possibly want to do on it.
This is the beginning of my 3rd week off and I’ve done 2 of the things. Just 2. Small [...]

Cyst

Friday, October 7th, 2005

I couldn’t talk about this before this morning as I was just way too scared to say anything.
JD has a cyst. They first saw it on a sonogram the Marilyn had gotten in the 3rd trimester of her pregnancy. They noticed it then, decided to keep an eye on it and check it [...]

Burp Cloths

Thursday, October 6th, 2005

burp cloths

Originally uploaded by jaslusher.

I saw these on Ebay. I have to admit to not being quite sure about these.
It seems a bit risque for a baby. Maybe I’m getting prudish in my old age.
But then again, the overall bit of wordplay is [...]

The Braves

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

The Braves are getting spanked. Sigh.
Now is as good a time as any to break into my stash of Columbia Winery Cellarmaster’s Riesling (2003). A fabulous wine, by the way. If you don’t like that nasty buttery aftertase most white wines have, I suggest you try this.

Sounds Like…

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

The 10/5/05 episode of The Chair and Automan is out. Download the MP3 directly here. Or better yet, get a podcatching client and subscribe to this podcast here. Or check out my Odeo channel.
In this episode:
I talk about these songs sounding like artists of yesteryear we all know and love. [...]

Jonny Onesock

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

jonnyonesock

Originally uploaded by jaslusher.

They call him Jonny Onesock.
Nobody knows where he got the name. Nobody dared to ask.