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Colds. Blech
No sooner are Little Sis and Little Dude recovering from recent bouts with sinusy sleep-deprivation, than I contract the same thing. As of right now, I’m pretty sure about 85% of the country has had this one in the last two weeks– the one where the secret caves of your nose feel like they’re …

Today, the phrase “It hurts me more than it hurts you” carries a little more weight.
Yesterday, Little Dude went to the pool with some friends. He was pretty excited. After all, he’s hanging out with a couple “big people” most of the time– one who sounds like a “dead stormtrooper” when playing Star Wars and …

Posting, like my goal of losing the 20 pounds my kiester’s accumulated since July, has been slow and… well, slow. Lucky for you, there’s nothing like the misfortune of others to get things revved up again.
What misfortune…? The misfortune of optioning skis for your winter sport of choice (as convincingly illustrated by this story). Now …

The whole Twilight phenomenon has passed me by. I’d imagine that’s kind of due to a lack of inboard/outboard baby hosting utilities, with which most of the Twilight fan contingent are naturally equipped. In fact, I hadn’t even heard of brooding teenage vampire love until it exploded out of the closet this last summer via …

As many of you are (painfully?) aware, I have a big fat animation fontanele… and thus complete loathing for Dreamworks animation. They’re the studio behind junk like Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge (worth only the 3 minutes of Ben Folds “Heist”) the Shrek sequels and with the help of Jerry Seinfeld, the completely lifeless …

Well, I voted. I don’t say that as “Hey! Look at me! I voted!”– after all, I’m in Utah, the greatest fly-over state national campaigning has ever known. I say that because A) I need a post and B) I surprised myself: I voted for higher taxes.
Here in Cache Valley, there’s an open space tax …

****UPDATED UPDATE UPDATED: So the real reason for the skit being taken down? There’s a line saying “someone should be shot”. To read the official NBC reason, click here. In the mean time, I’ve updated the video with the new and official version from SNL. If the old ones are still up, you can compare/contrast …

We’ve got some exciting things going on this election season, but you know what I’m getting tired of?
This:
After Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden Biden said advocates for people with disabilities should support stem cell research, McCain’s campaign immediately responds with this: “Barack Obama’s running mate sunk to a new low today launching an offensive debate …