Home >> Fun

Who uses the Big Yellow book any more?

Posted on: Thursday, August 21st, 2008 in: Books, Environment, Simplify

When I need a phone number or address, I let my fingers do the walking. Walking across the keyboard at my computer. The YellowPages, Dex, and every other 5lb. paper doorstop I’ve had in the past 5 years has been a sad waste of paper.
 Here’s a great way to stop receiving those outdated recycling nightmares. […]

Stumbled across awesome

Posted on: Thursday, July 31st, 2008 in: Music, Fun

Finding new music and bands that I like is tough. The Clear Channel radio plays one new non-American Idol song a week, and then they don’t mention who it is.
So when some looney at work left some CD’s out ‘free for grabs’, I put Dead Hot Workshop’s River Otis into my CD player. Out comes […]

The Dogs of C-Kennel

Posted on: Friday, June 27th, 2008 in: News, Family, Fun

My cousin, Mick, besides having stepped into the shoes of his famous grandfather, B.C. comic artist Johnny Hart, is also developing his own strip:

Good luck, Mick. And I’m so proud you have kept B.C. alive.
~Aaron

Search by colour

Posted on: Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in: Colour, News, Fun

Some of you probably know about my passion and interest in colour, colour theory, and that I refuse to give into the American spelling of the word.
And many of you know that I love Flickr. (Heck, I’m in the process of moving my photos from my own site to Flickr because it’s better)
So, happy Aaron […]

I come from Stingy-ville

Posted on: Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 in: News, Fun

USA Today published an article about the change left behind at airport security. In October of 2004, Congress passed a law allowing TSA to use the coins left behind to offset security costs.  The article mentions some interesting facts about the change left behind, including the cities with the most ‘donations’ and the city least […]

Ren Faire: Not Fair!

Posted on: Monday, March 10th, 2008 in: Family, Fun

We went to the Arizona Renaissance Faire over the weekend and realized something totally not fair - we’ve grown up! We both used to be enamored of all the “cool” jewelry and stuff you could get at the Faire. But it’s just not our style anymore.
The clothing and weaponry are still gorgeous but even if […]

Eight Things

Posted on: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 in: Books, Relationships, Fun, Parenting

I got an email the other day from my wife, who got it from Cheryl. It’s more interesting than most email forwards, and I enjoyed it enough, I thought I’d share it with the world, with links to clarify some of the items. If you give it a try too, be sure to add a […]

Signs

Posted on: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 in: Fun

I read a great George Carlin quote today, and I don’t even have to censor it:
I have a suggestion that I think would help fight serious crime. Signs. There are lots of signs for minor infractions: No Smoking, Stay Off The Grass, Keep Out, and they seem to work fairly well. I thinkwe should also […]

Now I pay for the time dialation

Posted on: Thursday, January 17th, 2008 in: Handyman Saturdays, Books

Okay, who sped up all the clocks and keeps ripping days off the calendar? Everything is just flying by lately.
My commute is too short, cause I really want to listen to my current book on CD, Ender’s Shadow.  Card is using lots of long, drawn-out,  and sometimes run-on sentences to express the character’s rapid internal monologue, due […]

I’m not dead, really.

Posted on: Monday, January 14th, 2008 in: Fun

Okay, so I took an overlong vacation from blogging during the holidays. But hopefully I’ll get back into the groove.  January has been a busy month for the Sneary family. A bit more Herd than Serene:
 I was recently promoted to Assistant Team Lead, so my daytime workload is a bit higher. It was partially a promotion […]