Month: January 2006

29-Jan

pete the pit bull

I was with Heather today traveling to Home Depot when we spotted this emaciated chocolate brown pit bull walking along Front Street. I rarely see stray dogs around here so it was quite shocking to see this poor little pooch. I am definitely affected by all the negative media coverage that pit bulls have received […]

26-Jan

u name it sign makers

U Name It 1 Poydras St New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: 504-525-2040 Mon-Sat 10A-9P, Sun 11A-7P The Riverfront Mall in New Orleans not only boasts its own Cafe Du Monde that’s inside the mall where it’s nice and toasty, but it also has a nifty little shop upstairs called U Name It. They make all […]

25-Jan

google adsense rocks

I actually have a different blog article that’s still in draft that I was working on last night, but in the meantime — I was checking on my Google Adsense statistics today and was quite happy to see that this site has been doing really well. Check out these statistics and earnings compared to the […]

22-Jan

my pinball daze

Check out this guy who linked to my Google Video submission where I’m playing pinball on my three pinball machines. I miss those machines. My Alien Poker machine in the basement is still in need of some diode checking love. Soon. Very soon.

20-Jan

happy birthday chew-chew

Today’s is Chew-Chew’s 7th birthday. That’s 49 years old in dog years. I can’t believe he’s already over the hill. This morning he got three snacks after our morning walk instead of the usual one. I plan to head to Barcelona, Spain in June with my dad. We’re staying at the Barcelo Atenea Mar hotel. […]

19-Jan

how do tattoo artists practice?

I went to Nocturne last night after a lot of mental duress involving what I should wear and whether or not I’d have fun going solo. I had fun. I danced my ass off, actually. It’s still in the club. I did this after I had a tough workout involving deadlifts and lunges. Those two […]

19-Jan

embedding google video is easy

Here’s my slightly revised podcast episode one. It’s now only nine minutes long. I noticed I was repeating myself a lot, there were some parts that were boring, and I needed to punch up the funny in the captions. Also, I made a mistake with the dates here and there. 2006. So confusing! I updated […]

18-Jan

feeling minnesota

No, I’m not referring to the Keanu Reeves flick released in 1996. I’m talking about picking up and moving to work in MN through the end of the year. It’s not really moving. Granted, I have a lot of stuff that I’ve ferried to Philadelphia from Houston, but I’m going to UPS everything to wherever […]

16-Jan

the tax man cometh back

It’s that time of year again. Check out how my Houston taxes have fared since 2005: 346.50 — 2005 Subdivision Maintenance Fee 615.37 — 2005 Windfern Forest Municipal Utility District 855.90 — 2005 Harris County Property Tax 1866.97 — 2005 Cy-Fair Independent School District ——- 3684.74 Total 371.00 — 2006 Subdivision Maintenance Fee 584.08 — […]

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