Archive for June, 2007

Nostalgia Tuesday: Hunting Turkeys

Jun 26

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Your perspective on that title may vary depending on whether you believe that “hunting” is a participle or a verb. (Either way you look at it, you’re pretty much correct.)

So like I said last week, this week’s post would make up for last week’s girly moment in the most macho way possible. And what could be more macho than a couple of guys sitting in the back of a truck with shotguns and camouflage? Perhaps only if we were smoking big stogies and had a six pack of Pearl Light … but that might’ve been a little inappropriate considering I was about 10 or 11 in this picture.

In case you were wondering how the hunt went, Ginny’s dad Jack (he’s the one with the mustache) and I (without the mustache, though still looking really manly) only saw two turkeys that day. And you’re looking at both of them right here.

The Junkmail Project: Like 30 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag

Jun 22

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It’s been a while since my last update on the Junkmail Project. (Here’s a link to all the previous posts on the project if you need to catch up.) I had about a month’s worth of mail recorded and then didn’t have time to make that post before I left town for about a month. My family was nice enough to swing by the house and pick up my mail while I was gone and vigilantly saved all the junk for me so the project could continue.

So where are we now?

That chart is in kilograms. And you see that right. I’ve received over 14 kilograms of spam so far. That’s almost 32 pounds of pure junk! It’s more than doubled since April!

The spam has crept back up to just over 65%, and you can see two big spikes in the spam in this next chart.

Those are both from gigantic catalogs that really beefed up the totals. One was over three and a half pounds by itself! Can you imagine how much that campaign cost to send?

Nostalgia Tuesday: Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right

Jun 19

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I apologize for the lack of Nostalgia Tuesday posts for the last couple of weeks. I was traveling, and with a lack of photos at hand it was way to easy to let it slide.

Luckily, my childhood friend Ginny (that’s her on the left) sent me couple of pics yesterday via email, so the embarrassment can continue!

In today’s episode, our heroes start a KISS cover band. At least, that’s the story I’m going to stick to if anyone asks. I’m there in the middle getting my Ace Frehley costume. I think that’s Gene Simmons on the left and Peter Criss on the right. Yeah, that’s the ticket…

Tune in next week when our intrepid hero makes up for this girly moment in the most macho way possible.