Archive for December, 2005

Big Sigh

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

I don’t blog about work much, other than to say that in general, I don’t like what I do for a living. I have always been a little scared that I would get fired for some of the rants that I might want to go through.
I do want to say one thing though.
I spent [...]

Merry Christmas

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

The 12/25/05 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 play a song from The Wolf, I talk about the meanness towards Christmas nonsense [...]

Our Gift From The Nelsons

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

My holiday wreath

Originally uploaded by jaslusher.

Here is the holiday wreath we received from Ken and Nancy Nelson. It looks quite snazzy on the door and smells great. Thanks guys!

I Want That, Too

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Yesterday the kids that live in the house behind ours came over to drop off some cookies. These kids, Thomas and Colleen, are just great and I always enjoy seeing them.
We made the normal neighborly chit-chat during which I asked Thomas what presents he had asked for. He told me he couldn’t remember. [...]

Excitement

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Our annual Slusher Pageant of Holiday Goodness is only a few hours away. I have to admit to loving hosting this particular party more than any other. Marilyn and I have hosted some sort of party like this every year we have been together and I have many warm and fuzzy memories about [...]

Nowhere To Begin

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

I have trouble writing about politics anymore because I feel like I’ve said it all before. The Bush administration is like a broken car part. I can say it is broken today, tomorrow and everyday henceforth and it will still be just as broken. So after the first time, there really [...]

Modeling Emily

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Emily’s appointment with Atlanta’s Young Faces went quite well. Though we haven’t received official acceptance yet, I would guess that they want to represent her. During the little sit down interview, I learned a couple things.
First, brown people aren’t black, bi-racial, hispanic or anything like that anymore. They are “urban”. [...]

Maybe They Take Checks

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

I was just reading about the possibility of Time Warner putting the Braves up for sale. This article says that Forbes values the Braves at 382 million dollars.
Now I just have to figure out where to get the other 381.999 million dollars from.

The New Future

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

The 12/13/05 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:
We discuss the Adam Curry Wikipedia flap and his defender amongst other Wikipedia [...]

Ham and Cheese

Friday, December 9th, 2005

The divine Miss Em and her daddy

Originally uploaded by jaslusher.

I found this picture as I was scanning through some folders.
First thing I thought, “Look at the ham and cheese”.