Brain Dump: Archive

Question: if “Rent” didn’t exist would you even know how many minutes have passed since last year? WOULD YOU?

Jan 1st

Generic Happy New Year Message that feigns a personal touch for all who read it!

Jan 1st

I just got an email from Men’s Wearhouse that they are open on New Year’s day. Because there is nothing more I want to do than to kick off the new year getting talked into wearing a suit that doesn’t fit that I’ll overpay by about $500 for.

Dec 31st

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How to Start Freelancing (Without Quitting Your... →

If you are considering any type of ministry as a “career” then there are some things you need to know. This article is one of those things.

Dec 30th

MILESTONE: Evernote Surpasses Two Million Users →

This is the best application for being efficient. Not that I’m efficient, but this application alone has saved my pathetic butt numerous times in the last year.

Dec 30th

bestof2009 - Lifehacker →

Get a better life. Let this be the opening to one of the best websites out there.

Dec 30th

I’ve downloaded Google Chrome for my Mac. I feel like my computer just went to confession and dumped it’s sin. It’s now lighter, faster, and a much better person to interact with. If Chrome OS is like this, then I think it’s going to be high time to dump the Mac for a netbook and go super-cheap and quick.

Dec 30th

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So my four-year-old, in response to the news that she is going to have a baby brother in May, decided that her doll was going to become her baby. Last night, on going to bed, she announced that she had to lay down from the pain of childbirth. “My tummy hurts because my baby came out of there yesterday.” She promptly snuggled up with her doll and went to sleep. We couldn’t...

Dec 30th

According to the sonogram, our SON will be born at the beginning of May!

Dec 29th

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Waiting for the sonnogram where we will see if the new baby is a boy or a girl! So excited!

Dec 29th

My daughter (20 months old) just ate French Roast coffee grinds from Starbucks. This should be awesome. Don’t even ask how this occurred.

Dec 29th

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_airliner_disturbance →

Do we give God credit for things like this that somehow go wrong for the bad guys or do we only blame God when we don’t understand why things don’t go our way?

Dec 26th

For anyone staging “Les Miserables” for a musical, I volunteer the cardboard that has amassed outside my house for the barricade. I actually considered moving it to the middle of the street and donning a red vest and waving a flag. Such is the state of government in New York. It may come to that Paterson. It may come to that. One day more…

Dec 26th

The Two Best Things Ever

I found two of the best things ever today. 1. Island Camera Repair on 109 in Farmingdale. If you are on Long Island and you take your camera anywhere else to be fixed you are a moron and there is no hope for your soul. Total lens replacement on a camera that the 20-month old tossed across the room. In one hour. They are the best because now we have a camera for Christmas. That and buying a new...

Dec 24th

I’m in the finals in fantasy football against my best friend Todd Wilson. Awesomeness.

Dec 22nd

Why Monday Night Football is Important to Me

It comes down to this: I went 6-7 in the regular season in fantasy football in a league I have been the commissioner of for ten years. I went to the final game last year and lost. They guy I am playing the semi-finals has lost one game and broke the record for points in the regular season by 200. He had a bad week this week and has finished with 115 points. 2 points ahead of me. I have the...

Dec 22nd

Dec 21st

“Dear Copenhagen, as my vote on the issue of Global Warming, I would like to...”

– God

Dec 20th

The Day in Review: December 19, 2009

Did you ever have one of those days you only hear other parents talking about but could swear would never happen to you? 2.00 AM - Go to bed. Up late doing the bills and finances. The news is grim. 4.30 AM - Child wakes you up. Fever. Apply Motrin. Return to sleep. 7.30 AM - Sick child is away and refuses to sleep. You remember that elder child has a Christmas (Holiday) Party at dancing school...

Dec 20th

Dec 19th

“Listening to these guys talk about climate change is like listening to Paula...”

– My Dad on the news out of Copenhagen and the Climate Conference.

Dec 19th

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“They have to go to the hospital because they had a baby so they are leaving the...”

– My 4 year old while playing with the “Little People Nativity Set” when I asked why everyone was leaving in a line.

Dec 18th

I’m trying hard to figure out if I woke up the coffee or if the coffee woke up me… or something.

Dec 18th

I'm Not a Hateful Person

Seriously. But when I am trying to do the whole Christmas card thing and my Mac for some reason duplicates every address I have and then proceeds to dump my entire Christmas card list so I have to reconstruct it from scratch (it has been years in the making… it’s epic. EPIC!) and then because of it’s ultra-dumb sync technology that was written as a 1st grade class project for...

Dec 18th

The Secret to Being "That" Stay-at-Home Parent Who...

Never. Ever. Stop. Moving. Clean, cook, clean, play, set up, take down, play, dance… just don’t stop. Wait. I just stopped. Crap.

Dec 17th

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A Poem

Is it just me or is Facebook replacing the need to even say “Happy Birthday!” I think I am going to actually say “Merry Christmas” to my family through Facebook just to see if they: Notice. Care. Seem in any way offended by it which would then cause me to continue to distance myself into the cave in which I am dwelling. Away from the world… The cruel,...

Dec 17th

All I want for Christmas... →

I don’t know if this is what they mean by bi-locating, but the ramifications as far as freaking your own children out is awesome.

Dec 14th

Dec 13th

There was a candlelight protest in New York City today to bring attention to Global Warming. The temperature was 21 degrees. 12 degrees below the normal low. The windchill was 17 degrees. In the video on the news, the protesters were warming themselves by candles so they could draw attention to how hot the Earth is. Am I the only one who finds this amusing?

Dec 12th

Dec 11th

I’m just saying, if everyone in Copenhagen is trying to make the world COLDER than it is, I’m going to have to invest in better windows or something. That’s going to cost too much. Maybe I just want it warmer where I live. That’s why I’m running an old, coal burning engine in my backyard ALL THE TIME!

Dec 11th