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  • Quick PSA: When not to attend a party

    If your child is sick the night before a party, please please please, don’t bring that child to that party. We understand, and we wouldn’t take our sick child to your party.

    Kaitlyn was ill last night, and left us with quite a mess to clean up. Now this wouldn’t have been as bad if Kaitlyn were in her own room. But she was in our room, along with Julia, because the family was in town and using their rooms.

    So imagine trying clean up a vomit covered crib at midnight, with Julia fast asleep only a few feet away. If Julia wakes up, count on losing another hour trying to get her back to sleep. Good times.

  • Funny Picture

    Wonder how many people thought this was how it really happened…

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    I shamelessly yanked this from Digg.

  • Picture Gallery #60

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    Look at more photos in the gallery.

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    Look for more pictures in the gallery.

  • Picture Gallery #57

    And don’t forget to check out the photo gallery for even more pictures.

  • TiltShiftMaker

    TiltShiftMaker is an awesome site that takes any photo and tilt-shifts it to make it look minature. I took a try with an old picture from Grandfather Mountain.

    Here’s the original picture:

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    Here’s the output from the site:

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    I think it’s looks quite interesting, and it’s amazingly easy to use.

  • Easter in December?

    Why is CVS already bringing out the Easter stuff? I mean, I understand why retailers did that with Christmas (still crazy), as there’s a ton of money at stake. But Easter candy?

  • Baby? Burrito?

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    Is this for real? That must have been a big burrito!

  • College Football Bowl Game Swag

    I had heard that the Bowl Games were giving out stuff to the players, but I didn’t know how much stuff it really was. Over on Fox Sports, they detail what each bowl is giving out. (The navigation is a bit clunky, as it’s a countdown from 20 to 1… not exactly intuitive.)

    Anyway, I had always thought that these players were student-athletes, and there were very strict rules on giving stuff to players. Apparently, when it comes to big corporate sponsors, those rules can be significantly relaxed.

    It’s interesting that there doesn’t seem to be a correlation between the quality of the swag and the prestige of the bowl. (i.e. it makes sense to me that the Rose Bowl would be giving out better stuff than, say, the Outback Bowl, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.)

    I think the worst swag is coming from the Humanitarian Bowl:

    • Camcorder, case and tapes (tapes? really? what is this, 2002?)
    • Winter Jacket
    • Gloves
    • Hoodie sweatshirt
    • Skull cap
    • Baseball cap
    • Commemorative football
    • Travel/shaving kit
    • Nail kit
    • Drawstring bag

    Compare that to the Alamo Bowl:

    • 80G Sony PS3
    • NBA Ballers Sony PS3 video game (a basketball game for football players?)
    • Fossil watch
    • Mini-helmet

    So given a choice, what bowl swag would you go with?