Elise and I went out on a date this past Wednesday. We left out apartment around 7 p.m. and waited an hour or so on the Congress bridge to watch the bats fly out. That was something we both hadn’t done in years. If memory serves us both correctly, we could have [...]

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If you have to watch EmptyV this Labor Day weekend, you’ll be forced to watch reruns of the 2003 Video Music Awards. That’s an oxymoron because EmptyV doesn’t play music videos. Anyway - If you have to, watch the first ten minutes and the last ten minutes… The other three hours are pointless. Britney. Madonna. [...]

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I have a confession. I watched the entire first season of The Bachelor with my wife. The reason I’m remembering this now is due mainly to the bizarre microwaves that Mars is currently emitting.
On one particular episode, the bachelor presented one of the potential brides (P.B.) with a certificate stating that one of [...]

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Due to a short stint in a decompression chamber, I have found it hard to contribute to my site as of late. Last week was Shark Week on the Discover Channel and, well, it’s been rough.
The short of it: Last Saturday I picked up our new Canon PowerShot S400. I sold a [...]

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Josh: You know what?Readers: What’s that, Josh?Josh: I have a pretty cool Dad.Readers: Why do you say that?Josh: Not every guy can say that his father shot someone…
You see, about 9 years ago, while yours truly was away at college, my Dad shot a man for trying to steal a lawn chair. A [...]

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Friday was hot until around 4:15 p.m. That’s when a monsoon fell upon southwest Austin. One second the pavement is melting from the heat, the next second, I couldn’t see out of my window because the rain was coming down so hard. It really seemed like a tornado had blown through. [...]

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Riding the trusty Shadow is painful. Honestly. I’ll hit pocketsof air on the highway that, if I had to guess, would be like driving through theexhaust of a fighter jet. The hot air scorches my face and makes my eyesdry out and water. It is hot. [...]

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I miss my wife. If anyone sees her, tell her hello and that I love her.
She works a lot. She went to work at 9 a.m. yesterday and wasn’t done until 11 p.m. I helped her out in the evening. We went to Lucky Lounge to break down a fajita buffet [...]

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If you really hate me and want to do something about it, I have a suggestion: put me in a room with Rosie Perez and a customer service representative from Network Solutions.
“I’ll escalate this to our engineering department”. That’s what I hear every time I call Network Solution’s V.I.P. customer support hotline. We have 200+ [...]

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