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Well, my Mom leaves tomorrow at the crack of dawn for Florida after spending the better part of 2 months with us. Her visit was a most welcome distraction from my many problems and while it cost me my computer room, my ability to swear, drink and walk around naked (not to mention 5-10 lbs. weight gain from all the mom-cooking), it was a joy to ( Read more... )

Your name of George is a dual influence: at times you can be extremely happy, expressive, full of fun, and good-natured; yet at other times you find congenial association impossible, being controlled by self-pity, moods, and depression. If you could express only the constructive qualities and restrain the negative qualities of your nature, you ( Read more... )

Driving up to my birthplace for the weekend. It's like 10 hours, so it remains to be seen how a 2 year old will handle her first double-digit roadtrip. My wife and mom will be there too and with any luck they'll all sleep and let me drive in peace. BBLO.

Since the nice weather was out, we decided to make today an outside chore fun day (lawn, bushes, cars, etc.). Everyone got into the act, and I just thought I'd share some pics of my daughter washing her car. :)


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Now more aerodynamic after the haircut:

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Water pump is replaced and working (And we drank 20 beers). Who's your daddy? If my daughter reads this, then I guess it's me.

My car runs fine for as long as I can remember, then my mom drives it for a week and now I'm under the hood scratching the hell out of my hands. Thankfully I have a buddy that can both fix anything and will work for beer I can afford. I pissed my brother off, and managed to do so in poetic justice fashion, as he is pissed at me for the same ( Read more... )

Well, I am being considered for that cool Project Manager job at Halliburton mostly based on some work I did at the behest of an old director of mine. The bad news is that she's going out for the gig too, so at least my luck is consistent. I'm hoping that she'll bring me on to run things once the project's done since she's already told me that ( Read more... )

The wife got her first craving and unfortunately it was chicken-fried steak and mashed potatoes, so I've been spending most of the evening doing my impression of a doodlebug trying to roll onto my feet. I decided to go less artsy on the TV stand, in favor of stability. It should look something like this when I get finished:


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