Never underestimate the value of a two-car garage.

Flashlights are generally there to help you out in a time of need, such as when your power goes out and you need to fumble around in the dark. A flashlight that lights stuff on fire because it’s so powerful might be neat for goofing around with your pyro friends, but something tells me that if you accidentally burned your house down trying to find candles you’d be pretty pissed about buying such a ludicrous item.

read more about “Pyromania” at Gizmodo.com

They do exist!

My co-worker (and her family) offered to watch our dog over Christmas vacation.  However, before diving in head first she wanted to setup a “test visit” over the weekend… …last weekend.

He came back a completely different animal.  No lie.  He’s calmer.  He’s only barked once in 2.5 days (he never really barked a lot, but more than that).  He’s … just … different.  

It’s almost manageable!  :D

He’s so calm, in fact, it’s kinda creepin’ me out.  I think they might have drugged ‘em.

Free broadband for America has inched closer to reality: The plan, after two years of debate, is finally on the calendar for a full vote by the Federal Communications Commission.

Assuming the plan is approved at the FCC’s Dec. 18 meeting, one of the agency’s last before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, free broadband could become reality within a year…

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2008-12-01-free-broadband_N.htm

Never underestimate the value of a local grocery store.

Overheard just a few seconds ago…

Party of the first part: I hungee.
Party of the second part: Want one of those granola bars?
Party of the first part: No, those are by my bed.
Party of the second part: Oh, you don’t want anything that easy?
Party of the first part: I already had 5 of them today.  1 for breakfast, 4 for my snack.

“What part of the cow does the ‘bison’ come from?”

$1.76 / gallon.  Beat that.  :P

I need a weird dream.  Besides being crazy busy taking care of the girls and my wife/child, I’ve not had anything interesting to blog about.

…I guess I could mention the fact that I’d never been to the YMCA until we had these girls.  I’ve been taking them swimming once a week or so.  Good times.  Teaching them to swim and jump and dive.  But with the wife sick at home 24/7 it’s kind of bittersweet.

My car is trying it’s hand at comedy.  It’s begun mocking me.

Here’s the deal: I put my key in, turn…nothing.  Not-a-thang.  And I continue to get nothing until I pull up another car and get out the jumper cables, at which time my car will start (without ever actually using the jumper cables).

The first time my car wouldn’t start I just left it all day.  I got home later in the day, same problem.  I couldn’t get the jumper cables out of the trunk because it’s an electric switch…and I, apparently, have no power (and my key wouldn’t work).  After about a half hour of trying to get to my trunk through my back seats, I try the ignition again…it worked.  Started right up.

-.-

That’s right, homemade hot chocolate pudding (some call it chocolate gravy) and fried salmon patties.  The “Cloninger Breakfast of Champions” was cooked this morning for my entire office.  Not easy to make on one’s own.  But I pulled it off, if I do say so myself.

Only one person that tried it didn’t like it, in fact, hated it.  Most rather enjoyed it (no Cloningers aren’t surprised by this); some even want the recipe.  :)  All but one gave it a 3 or 4 out of 5 stars…only one person ate an entire salmon patty.