Monthly Archives: March 2005

You could have had me for $55!

Posted on March 20, 2005 | 1 comment

Cat in the hat in a classroomSo you could have had the Cat in the Hat come to your house for the meager price of $55!!! I went a little cheap (and that was after I bid against the first low bid that was just sitting there; does that count as insider trading?) but a lot of items seemed to go for a bargain this time around; I’m not sure if there wasn’t enough people, too many items or the money crunch is hitting more and more pockets. I’ll end up reading at a young lady’s birthday party in a few months (I think she’ll be six) and I think her mom will probably making it a Dr. Seuss themed party. I always run into the birthday girl around town, I wonder if she’ll recognize me? The (school fund raising) auction was fun; it’s always great to do the silent bids and then see what you got later… I walked away with four items that I “won”.

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Unconscious Mutterings – Week 111

Posted on March 20, 2005 | Leave a comment

It’s time for this week’s free association meme from Unconscious Mutterings.

  1. Stink:: Skunk
  2. Renewal:: License
  3. I remember…:: when I…
  4. Loneliness:: Boredom
  5. Ooooh::  Ahhhh
  6. For real:: ________ (not a thing pops into my mind)
  7. Titanium:: Powerbook
  8. Get down:: Make Love (Queen song, right?)
  9. Rupture:: Burst
  10. Dramatic:: Prose

From Unconscious Mutterings.

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Not For The Faint-Hearted – TGIF

Posted on March 19, 2005 | Leave a comment
1. Are you afraid to die?
No. It’s going to happen (I’d just prefer it’s later than sooner).
2. If you had your way, would you rather die because of a lingering disease or instantaneously?
Instantly. But it does have the disadvantage of not being able to put your affairs in order.
3. It’s your last day alive and you know it. How will you spend your last 24 hours on earth?
With my friends and family. Maybe buy (charge) them all sorts of gifts since I won’t have to pay off the charge cards…
4. Describe your funeral or wake.
A regular old church service with everyone getting together for some food/drinks/celebration-type stuff. I’d like something different, maybe a drawing for some prizes or something…
5. How would you want your remains to be put to rest? (Ashes scattered at sea, traditional burial, your urn at your family’s mantle, be preserved like a mummy… eww.)
It doesn’t really matter too much. Probably buried in the regular old way, maybe launch my body (or ashes into space?).

From TGIF.

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Jake in Progress

Posted on March 17, 2005 | Leave a comment

“How can you live in New York and not understand sarcasm!!!”

I just love this show… (Thursday nights at 8 PM and 8:30 PM EST)

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Oceans – Sunday Brunch

Posted on March 14, 2005 | Leave a comment
1) Have you ever swam in the ocean? If so, which ones?
Atlantic (from both sides, although technically I might have been in the english channel?) and Pacific at varying degrees of latitude.
2) Have you ever been snorkeling or scuba diving?
Never, although I think I’d like to learn.
3) Do you like traveling by boat and have you ever?
Yes. I did a small cruise up the coast of Alaska. I think I might like one warmer though…
4) Do you believe that Atlantis existed?
I’d like to think so, to believe other wise seems as if it would put some restraints on the imagination.
5) If you could live on the coast of any of the oceans, which ocean and which coast?
Pacific Ocean, west coast, south probably near Costa Rica. Although if someone was handing out villas I could probably deal with anywhere.

From Sunday Brunch.

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Colleges and Universities – Sunday Brunch

Posted on March 13, 2005 | Leave a comment
1) Did you go to college?
Yes! Four of them (only graduated from three of them).
2) Did you live in a dorm or an apartment?
I lived in the dorm for four years and I loved it! I only moved out because I needed more space (I would have stayed if I could have gotten the “apartment” that was in my building).
3) Who was your favorite roommate?
I’ve never had any in the dorm. In an apartment it was probably Wayne and Cheryl, we lived together for about three years (we had such opposite schedules most of my friends didn’t even believe I had roommates).
4) What is your favorite college sport?
Didn’t really do much with sports (watching or playing).
5) Who was your favorite professor and class?
Professor McClure, he taught the impossibly (for me) hard calculus classes I was required to take. I wouldn’t say those were my favorite classes though.

From Sunday Brunch.

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My biggest blog screwup ever…

Posted on March 13, 2005 | 1 comment

I was cleaning up one of my other web sites that I work on and I just accidently deleted all my pings/trackbacks back to this site. Fortunately there were only 23. The important this is that I noticed it just as I was about to delete all the comments for this site!!!!! That would have been hundreds of comments…

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Have the Cat in the Hat come to your house

Posted on March 12, 2005 | 2 comments

Mvc-002FOn Friday, March 18, 2005 the South Redford Foundation for Educational Excellence will be having an auction for the public schools in our district. We even let students write grants for their classrooms) in south Redford, Michigan. You’ll be able to bid on all sorts of things including an opportunity to bid on the Cat in the Hat to come read to you and/or your kids! And not only do you get to support the schools you get to meet me!

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