Sunday, September 30, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Friday, September 28, 2007
Just One More Weekend
The nearest branch of my gym will be closing at the end of this month:
While I'll miss the convenience (the next nearest branch is across town) and the fact that it has a full-size boxing ring, I think what I'll miss most of all is the two random retro-70s aquarium-themed toilet stalls in the men's restroom -
Very masculine.
While I'll miss the convenience (the next nearest branch is across town) and the fact that it has a full-size boxing ring, I think what I'll miss most of all is the two random retro-70s aquarium-themed toilet stalls in the men's restroom -
Very masculine.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Free Clip Art
I'm trying to make a display for an upcoming public C0mic Book Swap I am arranging at my workplace. While browsing the Internet for clip art, I haven't found anything that is very useful.
There is a lot of goofy clip art floating around on the Internet though.
Here are my two favorites from this morning's search -
Our Daily Cafeteria Bread.
Mmmm...Poontang.
Go ahead and use them to illustrate your posts. They are not bound by copyright restrictions.
This week's assignment - Write some posts and illustrate them with free clip art that you found on the Internet.
There is a lot of goofy clip art floating around on the Internet though.
Here are my two favorites from this morning's search -
Go ahead and use them to illustrate your posts. They are not bound by copyright restrictions.
This week's assignment - Write some posts and illustrate them with free clip art that you found on the Internet.
Labels: clip art
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
A Plate For RLB...
This is what you should serve Thanksgiving dinner to Nick, Ross and Todd on, Jonnie...
Only they would appreciate the meaning.
Well, your dad would probably get it too.
Labels: Bitch, Lick This Plate
Delftware Generator
Hey! Look at this swell delftware porceline plate generator -
Cool Book Plug -
And speaking of porceline - a month or two ago, Sandra & I picked up a copy of Charles Krafft's Villa Delirium for a coffee table book. That guy really does some great things with porceline.
He has a series of plates depicting the sinking of the Titanic and other disasters.
He has also recreated a collection of modern weaponry in porceline.
It is just a cool fucking book, and you can get it used on Amazon for a mere two dollars.
Cool Book Plug -
And speaking of porceline - a month or two ago, Sandra & I picked up a copy of Charles Krafft's Villa Delirium for a coffee table book. That guy really does some great things with porceline.
He has a series of plates depicting the sinking of the Titanic and other disasters.
He has also recreated a collection of modern weaponry in porceline.
It is just a cool fucking book, and you can get it used on Amazon for a mere two dollars.
Monday, September 17, 2007
You're Lopez
The most atypical thing I saw this weekend -
As Sandra & I were walking back to our apartment from the pool, we happened upon four Mexican youths playing some sort of game.
They were all grade school age, there were three really young kids and a chunky girl who was probably a few years older than the rest of them.
The three boys were all on their hands and knees in a row, facing the girl.
The girl was standing in front of them, holding a toy rifle which was colored bright orange and green.
She was had assigned each of the boys a number and was addressing them as "Number One", "Number Two", and "Number Three". As we walked by, she was in the process of naming each of the boys.
Girl: "Number One, you are Lopez".
Lopez: " I want to be Mickey".
Girl: "You're Lopez".
I would hate to have played that game as a kid.
It looked like it really sucked.
As Sandra & I were walking back to our apartment from the pool, we happened upon four Mexican youths playing some sort of game.
They were all grade school age, there were three really young kids and a chunky girl who was probably a few years older than the rest of them.
The three boys were all on their hands and knees in a row, facing the girl.
The girl was standing in front of them, holding a toy rifle which was colored bright orange and green.
She was had assigned each of the boys a number and was addressing them as "Number One", "Number Two", and "Number Three". As we walked by, she was in the process of naming each of the boys.
Girl: "Number One, you are Lopez".
Lopez: " I want to be Mickey".
Girl: "You're Lopez".
I would hate to have played that game as a kid.
It looked like it really sucked.
Friday, September 14, 2007
What happened???
The template was all messed up on IE so I've installed a temporary fix until I figure everything out.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
RLB's Automotive Hygeine Tips, Part 1 of 1
1. Eating in the car -
When eating watermelon and drinking Gatorade in your car during lunch break, it is clever to store the melon rinds inside the empty Gatorade container as depicted in the above photograph.
This is generally preferable to previous solutions such as throwing the rinds out into the parking lot through the car window or tossing them in the back seat.
Feel free to share this tip with your co-workers and/or Martha Stuart.
When eating watermelon and drinking Gatorade in your car during lunch break, it is clever to store the melon rinds inside the empty Gatorade container as depicted in the above photograph.
This is generally preferable to previous solutions such as throwing the rinds out into the parking lot through the car window or tossing them in the back seat.
Feel free to share this tip with your co-workers and/or Martha Stuart.
Labels: eating in the car, hygeine
Monday, September 10, 2007
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Thursday, September 06, 2007
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Saturday, September 01, 2007
Roger
Yesterday evening, I received an email from JohnnyC informing me that he received a mysterious phonecall from a number listed in Irvine, CA. Since Irvine is local to me, he requested I call the number to see who it was.
Irvine has a lot of companies, and I initially thought JohnnyC's number may have found itself on a telemarketing list. But the truth of the matter is even more anticlimactic than that. It was just a guy named Roger.
I should have thought this out a little bit before calling, maybe thought of something clever to say, but I was preoccupied when I made the call. I wrote the number down on a post-it note which I stuck to my checkbook. I didn't have to work today, but was offered $150.00 if I helped my previous employer catch up on some orders, so I opted to moonlight for a little extra walking-around money. Anyway, I was going to deposit today's check in the bank when I recalled the post-it note and I called the number from my cell phone during my drive to the bank.
It seems to be a residential number. It definitely wasn't a business. They let me go at 4:00, so a business would still be open. It rang about 4 or 5 times before it was answered by a lively sounding male who spoke in a cheerful informal manner.
Roger: "Hi. Roger here."
RLB: "Oh"!
Roger: [awkward pause]
RLB: "OK. I have to go. Bye".
Like I said, I should've thought of something clever to say before calling, but I was kind of preoccupied at the time.
Post clever telephone call suggestions in the comments. After choosing a winner, I will make a second call to Roger from a pay phone and I'll use the winning comment then transcribe the full conversation in a post.
Irvine has a lot of companies, and I initially thought JohnnyC's number may have found itself on a telemarketing list. But the truth of the matter is even more anticlimactic than that. It was just a guy named Roger.
I should have thought this out a little bit before calling, maybe thought of something clever to say, but I was preoccupied when I made the call. I wrote the number down on a post-it note which I stuck to my checkbook. I didn't have to work today, but was offered $150.00 if I helped my previous employer catch up on some orders, so I opted to moonlight for a little extra walking-around money. Anyway, I was going to deposit today's check in the bank when I recalled the post-it note and I called the number from my cell phone during my drive to the bank.
It seems to be a residential number. It definitely wasn't a business. They let me go at 4:00, so a business would still be open. It rang about 4 or 5 times before it was answered by a lively sounding male who spoke in a cheerful informal manner.
Roger: "Hi. Roger here."
RLB: "Oh"!
Roger: [awkward pause]
RLB: "OK. I have to go. Bye".
Like I said, I should've thought of something clever to say before calling, but I was kind of preoccupied at the time.
Post clever telephone call suggestions in the comments. After choosing a winner, I will make a second call to Roger from a pay phone and I'll use the winning comment then transcribe the full conversation in a post.
Labels: Roger