October 2010
Drive Time
Morning Zoo Trivia Question: In what war was Boise City, OK bombed?
Caller: I’m gonna say the Civil War.
US Civil War, years fought: 1861-1865
First controlled, powered, heavier than air flight: 1905
State of Oklahoma founded: 1907
Boise City, OK founded: 1908
Correct answer: World War II (1943)
Money quote: Caller, after hearing the answer, “I’d never heard that,...
Me: Baked Lays have a "Parmesan and Tuscan Herb" flavor now. It's like I don't even know them anymore.
Amanda: Do you eat those on a bidet?
How often do I text?
Every time someone posts an iPhone screengrab of a humorous text exchange, I have to take a quick peek at the Messages app to remind me which color bubble is the recipient.
“Our buddy, Rod Knowlton (aka @toldorknown) wrote a script that takes our jokey...”
– Albert McMurry - American Drink | Sausage
Hey, that’s me!
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: It's Decorative... →
When my guests come over it’s gonna be like, BLAMMO! Check out my shellacked decorative vegetables, assholes.
An instant seasonal classic, one year old today.
Emerson's Been Called Up From The Minors!
Tomorrow she starts in the Threes & Fours room1.
Our baby’s going to The Show!
She’s a week shy of two and two thirds. ↩
Dear AT&T
I know you’re busy with things like charging people $20 a month to maintain a setting that allows iPhone 4 owners to share the data allotment they’ve already paid for with their laptops, and probably swamped with charging people $20 a month to “rent” a microcell so they can reduce the load on your network.
I get it.
But I’ve got one little request for you.
...
3 tags
In case my fellow Instagram'ers haven't noticed...
Even when you give a cutesy custom location like “My Couch”, Instagram uploads REAL GPS coordinates.
“I didn’t know I had this song.”
– Me, about once an hour when listening to internet radio.
The lessons of Bob the Builder: Dig, Lift, Haul
If you accidentally damage the materials, better to use them anyway than delay the job.
It’s not only okay, but also funny, to lie to the client about the damage you caused to their property.
Anthropomorphized heavy equipment are clumsy, and require supervision, unless you’re overbooked.
Typical contractor.
merlin:
Tumblr Trick for Mobile Video Posting
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And, yeah, please let me know if there’s an easier way. My life is a model of efficacious inelegance.
You can use the “Share on Tumblr” bookmarklet in Mobile Safari, then switch to the Video tab for a proper form.
At The Vet
Amanda: You're doing a great job holding Paddy's leash, Emerson.
Emerson: [absentmindedly places Paddy's leash handle on the floor to more closely examine a Band-Aid she pulled off]
Sleepy Dog Smell - An Informal Survey
I love the way a dog that’s been sleeping smells.
As I’ve shared this fact on occasion over the years, I’ve discovered that there are three types of people1:
Those, like me, that love sleepy dog
smell.
Those that hate it.
Those that have no idea what it is because they can’t smell it.
Which are you?
My pet theory is that the vomeronasal organ is...
SEE, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE QUOTE ABOUT IT BEING...
Awesomely appropriate first "word" to read.
Amanda, looking at daycare bus with Em that Em had read the letters off of the other day: Em, do you know what that spells? It spells KinderKare.
Em: dot com.
“A bald, bearded, horse-tailed satyr balances a winecup on his penis”
– Best Wikipedia image caption ever