Let the hijinks begin...

So Sunday morning I was looking for the remote to the DVD/VCR player. Searched all over the house, but it was nowhere to be found. No big deal, I thought -- Payton has, on more than one occasion, taken off with the remote, only to have it turn up in another room later in the day.

The day goes along, and still no remote.

We're getting into the evening now, and I happened to notice that the toilet in the bathroom is draining very slowly. Not thinking much of it, I got the plunger and started working to see if I could get it flowing correctly again. Left it for a while, and came back to work on it again. Still slow.

Sam suggested that I use an old wire hanger as a snake of sorts to see if there was something blocking part of the drain. And, knowing my son, it wouldn't be out of the question for him to drop a pacifier into the toilet (he's done it before). I got a hanger, started fishing around, but never really felt anything. As I was pulling it back out of the drain, however, I happened to notice something just past the curve of the bowl. So, I reached down in there (yes, the toilet does get cleaned on a regular basis...) and pulled out...yep, you guessed it:

The remote control.

As it turns out, Payton got a hold of it and dropped it down the toilet. Neither Sam or I noticed, and there it sat, just out of view. For how long, you ask? Well, I'm not quite sure, but at least half a day. That'll teach us to leave the bathroom door open!

As a footnote to the story, however, I cracked the remote open, dried it all out, put new batteries in, and the damned thing still works!

Getting a little dusty

Its getting a little dusty around here. High time I stop by, add a new post and stir things up a bit more.

Okay, that's all I've got for now.

Why I Do What I Do

Is it for fame? No.
Is it for fortune? No (although fortune would be nice).

Its for him:


And for her:

I knew all that time in school would pay off someday

Nerds Make Better Lovers

On This Day

1804 - The first recorded meteorite falls in Possil, Scotland (High Possil Meteorite).

from Wikipedia

I've been here

Here's where I've been over the years - how about you?

Courtesy of the Visited States Project on douweosinga.com.

I want one

With the "Man Card" still firmly placed in my wallet, I have to say that this is pretty cool!
(courtesy of AdPulp)

About Podcasting

So I've been producing a podcast for a couple of months now, for the Funny Bone Comedy Club here in Boise. I've been meaning to add something about the show here, but quite frankly have been too damn lazy to do it until now.

From here on out, however, you'll find a feed from the podcast feed (a feed from the feed from the show -- makes sense, huh) on the right-side menu. Give it a listen, and if you like what you here, by all means subscribe to the show!

Better late than never

Yeah, better late than never... that's the kind of thing you want to be thinking on a regular basis, huh?

Along those lines, though, I've decided that one of the things I'm going to do differently this year is to actually DO the things that I think about doing, or the things that "I've been meaning to get to." Is it a New Year's resolution, you may ask? No, its just something that I'm going to do from here on out.

And in recognition of that, I posted a bunch of new pictures on my Flickr account. Have a look-see!

Its just gone too far now

So I was driving home on Saturday night, and happened to go past The Torch. One of their readerboard signs says "Gift certificates available"...

Um, so how exactly would you redeem a gift certificate at a bikini/strip bar? Lining up little pieces of paper on the rail? "I know you're used to seeing the real dollar bills down here, but I'd like to redeem these gift certificates -- feel free to stop and make sure they're valid, I'll just stare at your cleavage while you're reading."

On second thought, maybe that's not such a bad idea....