Since I haven't journaled much this past year, I'm making an entry that recaps the most pertinent events from the past year (in chronological order, I think ( Read more... )

I recently went back and looked at all my previous posts in my journal, going all the way back to early 2004. What an interesting journey. So many entries that made me cringe and think, "what was I thinking back then." Other made me smile and chuckle at the good times.

Some of the more interesting times:

obsessing over Aerosmith and the Cubs - (not ( Read more... )

Does anybody use polite phrases anymore? I'm talking about little things like, "Please," "Thank you," "You're welcome," "Bless you," etc ( Read more... )

Now that Angie has had her candle lighting, the cat is out of the bag.

As of last weekend, Angie Marie Clark and I are engaged to be married.

After a little over two years of dating, we have decided to officially start moving toward a permanent relationship. Granted, we kinda knew after only a few months, but we took our time to make sure that we are ( Read more... )

Today we celebrate Avagadro's constant (6.02 x 10^23), or one mole, a base unit in chemistry.


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 I'm probably going to get a lot of flack from this post, but it's been bugging the hell out of me.

Why are people supporting the "Jena 6"?

These are 6 teenagers who stomped on a guy's head. It doesn't matter if he allegedly made some derogatory comment or not. I think if he did, it was a stupid move on his part, but the fact of the matter is, that's ( Read more... )

I just saw a commercial for The Martha Stewart Show which shows an assemblage of clips of her baking while blasting Def Leppard's Pour Some Sugar On Me.

Once again, Martha Stewart scars the American people.

This is the memory I take with me as I begin a 2 day drive out to Connecticut. *shudders*

In one week from now, I will be driving my fully packed Buick LeSabre cross country on my way to Hartford, CT ( Read more... )

I thought the Cat Lady on the Simpsons was just a stereotype of a few cat lovers who just have a few too many. Now we know that she is for real. I invite you to compare:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i6d6sNsqxE
http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=63251

In honor of The Simpsons Movie coming out this weekend, coupled with a desire to change up my journal a bit, I have created a LiveJournal mood theme based on Homer Simpson. The preview can be viewed here. Took me a few days to find the 132 pictures, size them down, and upload them to the net. If you want to use them, go ahead, but I don't know how ( Read more... )