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Household Repair Bookmark

March 12, 2008 3 Comments

Hi, Splotchy in the future.

In case you were wondering when exactly did the furnace stop working, it was Tuesday morning, March 12th, 2008.

You remember, when you and your entire family had that horrible cold. Yeah, that’s when.

MizSplotchy called to have it repaired later Tuesday morning, but the technician indicated after checking around that one of the parts needed wasn’t in the state of Illinois. Yes, the entire state of Illinois did not have the replacement part.

So they had the part sent overnight via UPS from Des Moines, Iowa.

Splotchy in the future, if you are considering replacing your furnace, you might want to get one that has replacement parts in the state of Illinois.

You’re welcome, and I hope you are over this cold.

Best Regards,

Splotchy from the past (cough)

colors, computers, geek

A Table Full Of Colors

March 11, 2008 13 Comments

Just an HTML table full of colors.

unconnected tuesdays

Unconnected Tuesdays

March 11, 2008 8 Comments

A fern

A gold bar

rock 'n roll, youtube

Let’s Steady Things Out A Bit

March 11, 2008 3 Comments

Wow, did you see that last post? I am actually trying to get bloggers to do the Name Game? Holy sh*t. I would be embarrassed if I were me.

I’m chalking it up to the medication, even if it is only Robitussin.

Let’s focus.

Curtis Mayfield – We Gotta Have Peace

meme

Here’s A Stupid Meme That I Hope You Will Enjoy

March 10, 2008 7 Comments

Let’s play the Name Game! This is the stupidest meme ever, but by completing it we will save puppies’ lives, so let’s put down our cynical pens and start banana-ing.

*****

Rules
1. Tag one to many persons by doing the name game song on their Blogger name (their first name, if they have one).
2. Tell your tagged, name-gamed bloggers that they will have to continue the Name Game meme, or innocent puppies will be [make up something suitably awful].

*****

Hello, taggees! Please pass this meme on.

If you don’t, I believe there are puppies about to be jettisoned from the International Space Station without space helmets!

The only thing preventing this terrible tragedy from being enacted is your continuation of this meme!

The taggees:

Bubs, Bubs, bo-bubs,
Banana-fana fo-fubs
Fee-fi-mo-mubs
Bubs!

Some, Some, bo-bum,
Banana-fana fo-fum
Fee-fi-mo-mum
Some!

Vikki, Vikki, bo-bikki,
Banana-fana fo-fikki
Fee-fi-mo-mikki
Vikki!

Samurai, Samurai, bo-bamurai,
Banana-fana fo-famurai
Fee-fi-mo-mamurai
Samurai!

Zaius, Zaius, bo-baius,
Banana-fana fo-faius
Fee-fi-mo-maius
Zaius!

meme

Cough! Cough! Cough!

March 10, 2008 6 Comments

If anyone is keeping track of bloggers completely whomped by a stupid virus, you can add me to the list.

I have been tagged by Freida Bee for a six word memoir about myself. I am supposed to be tagging five other people, but I really feel like crap, so I’m just going to do the memoir and stop there. Sorry. Here goes…

I
Tried
My
Best,
Sort
Of

Please feel free to do this, but wash your hands after you take it from me.

Yours In Ill Health,

Coughy

david patrick kelly, interview

Max and DPK Interview, Part 4

March 7, 2008 3 Comments

Here is the fourth and final part of some excerpts from an interview conducted by Max The Drunken Severed Head with my adopted actor, David Patrick Kelly.

The interview was conducted in Pittsburgh on May 19th, 2007.

In this portion of the interview, Kelly shares some thoughts about Brandon Lee with Max and Max’s wife Jane.

Some background:
On March 31, 1993, during the filming of The Crow, Brandon Lee was accidentally shot and killed as a result of a firearm malfunction. Lee was twenty-eight. David Patrick Kelly played the character T-Bird in the film.

DPK:
The first time I met Brandon Lee, I said to him, “You know your father was a big influence on me!”

Max:
Really? Ah!

DPK:
Brandon said, “He was on me, too!” [laughs]. And he was, Bruce was a great genius. Brandon was too.. He was.. It was just a horrible tragedy.

Jane:
It is tragic.

DPK:
Yeah.

Jane:
He had a presence, you could tell in the film, you know? He really did.

DPK:
And a passion, and RESPECT. He was such a nice kid. He was such a, he was so respectful of the process. He worked so hard. Film was such a hard thing for him to do. And I want him to be here, rather than the film, but we finished the film for him. And I think he would have been proud.

It was kind of a “Rebel Without a Cause” for the goth kids, it really was. I didn’t even realize it until years later. I wouldn’t even look at it for years.

lyrics, word fun

(Not Really) Misheard Lyrics, Vol 4

March 7, 2008 10 Comments

Here’s another song for which I have substituted my own superior lyrics.

The song is “The Best Is Yet To Come”, and was written by Cole Porter. I’m sure many people have recorded it, but the version I’m most familiar with was recorded by Frank Sinatra.

I only sing my special version of this song when I am having a really bad day, so if you hear me doing it, you may want to steer clear.

Frank Sinatra – “The Best Is Yet To Come”
What I Sing
The best is yet to come, you dirty motherf*ckers

Actual Lyrics
The best is yet to come, and won’t that be fine

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