Posts from January 2010

Timeless.

A couple of weekends ago, when Mr. Scout and I were insulating the basement, I ran across an ancient cardboard box with my father’s handwriting on the side: “BILL’S TRAINS”. Inside was an old friend of mine: a wooden Montgomery Schoolhouse train set my parents bought for me over time as a child—they were probably [...]


Posted
28 January 2010 @ 9am

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baby

Initial Thoughts.

Mama called me early Tuesday afternoon and asked if I could come home early to watch the baby; I knew by the croak of her voice that she was in a bad way. So I came home just in time to get the girl up, fed, and dressed, set a cool glass of water next [...]


And Another Thing.

I just found out that we won two Addy Awards for a particular sign in a particular city, as well as the website.


Posted
27 January 2010 @ 2pm

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geek

Idiot Central is Back On The Air.

$40, an eBay order from England, and 30 minutes of wrenching time later, I have a functioning screen on my MacBook Pro again. The inverter board, a tiny little slice of silicon hidden inside the clutch cover of my expensive laptop, which controls the backlight on my LCD, had decided to die last fall. I’ve [...]


ACORN Pimp Busted.

Conservative Activists busted for attempting to tamper with senator’s phones. While the ACORN representatives were clearly breaking the law in the “undercover” videos, I’m happy to see this wanna-be Liddy douchebag busted for a federal offense. I wonder if the guys in prison will make him wear the pimp outfit when they sell his skinny [...]


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