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My carpet was re-laid today. Got some new carpet in the hallway, it doesn't quite match, but I like the way it looks with the old. A nice contrast. My apartment also smells like glue now – I have the windows open, and it's a lot better than it was a few hours ago. And yes, I turned the a/c off.

Last night I had to go over to a friend's apartment and save her from a bat. Which turned out to be two bats. A little guy, and a momma bat. I've never seen a bat up close like that, I got right up to the little guy and was checking him out like a kid in a candy store. They're pretty amazing. I watched him follow my head around with his ears, and all I could really think about was how silly it seemed for him to have to blink his eyes so often when they weren't really doing anything.

Also, you know those pull-strings on window blinds? The kind that kids apparently choke themselves on? Yeah, those. I get really annoyed by the ones that "solve" that problem by separating the two strings and making me pull two plastic pieces at the same time and speed. Are there any that keep the convenience of having only one pull string yet are "child safe"? I was thinking something along the lines of having the plastic pull still be two pieces, but one half has a magnet in it, and the other a piece of metal. Or velcro between them. That way you only have to search for the end of one string, they're both automatically pulled at the same speed.. and if a kid decides that putting his head between two strings is a good idea – the pulls would easily separate. Two obvious? Where are these things?

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The word of the day: Thumpity

thum-pi-ty [thuhm-pi-tee]
adjective

  1. of or relating to an abundance of thump
  2. something with a heavy bass or a strong beat ('My techno is more thumpity than yours')
  3. an exciting object or event ('That was one thumpity party!')

Use at your own risk

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It's been a long day

and this just feels right:


Click it for the full-size comic.

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Candles

I was on the phone with a certain someone, trying to talk about everything and nothing.. because it feels good. And one of the 'nothings' that I started talking about (before the phone lost signal) was this candle in my kitchen. One of many purchases from the evil-empire of Wal-Mart. So, for the sake of continuing that conversation, I'll blog about it tonight. And I'll keep it in the "why are you talking like that?" format.
Now, this candle isn't just an ordinary candle. No. I would even go as far as saying that it was a "magical" candle. Please note that "magical" is in quotes, inferring that it's not actually magical. But it is a lovely large jar candle.. 3 layers. It's name? "Baker's Dozen." Its layers? "Cookie Crunch" "Maple Spice" and "Cranberry Oatmeal."

I'm still about halfway through the cookie crunch, and at first, I thought that it was the ultimate candle scent. It makes the entire house smell like there are a bunch of cookies ready to come out of the oven. After letting it burn for quite some time, the jar heated up enough to get a bit of the maple spice going. It was like a symphony of cookies and pancakes suddenly began playing. If only you could experience it.

I'm not entirely looking forward to the cranberry oatmeal layer though. I'm sure that it smells good, but getting to it means that I'll be entirely out of the cookie crunch and low on the maple spice. I'm not sure how I'll cope.

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GrandCentral Invites

Now that google has 'acquired' GrandCentral.com and moved to their classic invite system, it has come to my attention that there are people seeking out these 'invites.'

Personally, I find that the novelty-factor of the service outweighs its usefulness, but I'm sure there are plenty of you that would be able to utilize it more fully than myself. I do like that I can record a separate greeting for different contacts, send some of them directly to voicemail, and that it can ring multiple phones at once so I can answer wherever I happen to be – all using just one phone number. I guess that alone makes it worth using for me.

So, first 10 commenters on this post – I'm going to send an invite your way. Make sure that you type in a valid email address, since that's where I'll send the invite to. Your email address will not be visible, and will only be used for sending your grandcentral invite.

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It's Saturday! Lolcats!

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Check out my muscular arms! Pyow! Pyow!

i licked a funny stamp.

i r not talkin� to youze guyz n e moar

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McDonald's.. I sue you.

Ah.. McDonald's breakfast – few things on this earth are as horrible as you. Yet.. I occasionally subject myself to the torture of consuming you, and for some unexplainable reason enjoy it.

Your coffee is better than the stuff that comes in a 10 gallon metal can, but still can't compare to that of even some of the worst coffee shops. But even crappy coffee is more enjoyable when it's in my mouth, not on my shirt.

Today I received what I will call a "defective lid." The type of lid that looks normal, and makes you wonder how tired (stupid) you must be to keep spilling coffee.  It took three spills.. one on my shirt and two test spills on my desk to realize that, in this instance at least, I wasn't a complete idiot.

The recessed rim around the top edge had a crack in it right below the "drink here" hole. Such a crack would make it seem like you were just drooling coffee all over yourself, but my incredible powers of deduction proved otherwise.

I'm tired.

Oh, and the coffee wasn't hot anymore.

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