And sometimes they’re not even my fault. I’m leaving work yesterday, navigating my way out of the parking garage. I come around a corner and see a Jeep Liberty coming the opposite direction. I stop as far on my side of the “through way” as possible so this girl can go around the corner past me. But no, she keeps driving straight. I’m stopped and I had just enough time to think “Surely she is going to slow down so she can go around me.” Then, bang. Right into me. Smashed my driver side headlight. Dented up my hood. Bent my bumper and swapped paint. Read the rest of this entry »

The title sums it up. If you’re not already one of the 5k or so people subscribed to it, take yourself over to Violent Acres. Glad I stumbled on to that gem this morning.

Finally

After a few months of searching, looking at no less than 30 houses, and submitting 3 contracts; we got a ratified contract on a new house. The DC metro area is very much a buyer’s market, but it was still tough for us to find something we both liked that was in our price range. We did have some contingencies in the contract that the seller is taking care of, so our move in date is still a few weeks off, but we’re thrilled to finally have something lined up. Read the rest of this entry »

OK, I upgraded to Wordpress 2.3 (two-three, you know, MJ.) Everything went off without a hitch, so I hope everyone enjoys the new version!

My favorite morning talk show, The Junkies, lead me to an interesting site this morning. For those of us that don’t closely follow every developing story in American politics, some one created a helpful tool. This candidate calculator gives some insight on which candidate may be most in line with your political views. Find out if you really believe in your party, or if you just vote along party lines so you don’t have to think about it. I’ll give $1 to the first person that guesses the two candidates that are most representative of my views…

Are you a web designer? Fully paid professional, enthused hobbyist, or otherwise, if you are designing and/or publishing web sites that are left aligned PLEASE STOP. If you are working on an existing site that is left aligned, PLEASE STOP and take the time to adjust it. If you could start making your sites wider to accommodate for the standard higher screen resolution, that would be an added bonus. Read the rest of this entry »

Of course not. There are people who are kinda fat, really fat, barely fat. But that’s not the fat I’m talking about here. I mean literally fat. I found this great article while stumbling, it’s about healthy fat. Certainly worth a read.

I had definitely heard this theory before. My favorite two lines of the article are:

1. Monounsaturated fats will remain liquid at room temperature
2. Saturated fats are solid at room temperature

Even a dummy like me can remember that. “Good” fats don’t solidify and look all fatty, if it’s solid and looks fatty, it’s bad fat!