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I keep this on my desk just in case someone needs me to make a decision.

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Reads “Sometimes the glass is more than half empty.”

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The next four pictures are the kids shot at trying to do a "who’s next" album cover.

This was taken in August of 2007 on the “Grandma Tour”. The kids decided they would try their take at a random pose “Who’s Next” album cover like picture.

We took a number of them. This was my favorite.

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The final result. Notice - there’s no neck.

I guess it is always going to be surprising what is actually popular. This one picture out of more than 3,500 of them is the one that seems to get all the attention, according to Flickr stats as of April 18, 2008.

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Super Heroes + Zombies == Things Ron will buy

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I think I had this whole set as a kid.

Jonna and I hit a local antique store yesterday to kill some time and sitting on a shelf I saw these. I am pretty sure I had every one of this set when I was a kid and would spend hours reading these books.

Its cool to run into something every once in a while that is such a powerful anchor that it literally takes you back to lying in your bunk bed reading “The Twisted Claw”.

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So on the Outback Steakhouse coaster tonight I noticed it says "I searched for myself on Google and found nothing". Anyone else think that’s weird?

Found this while browsing around on Flickr and it made me laugh. I didn’t know Outback had “geek” coasters. Maybe only the ones in Austin are this cool …

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<insert angels singing>

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Kelsi actually found this somewhere and had her mom buy it for me. It’s a bottle of Kill Ugly Radio Beer. There is more info on the brewery that put it out and plans for a commemorative beer for every Zappa album available in this article called Frank: The Beer.

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I’m using Google Calendar to implement the Seinfeld Hack sent to me by Tom The Architect in a Flickr comment.

Now to keep the chain going.

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Not smoking

Its amazing how much ones morning ritual can revolve around smoking. A picture here is worth a thousand words.

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Bob and Carol want a picture of the family for their wall. As the kids get older (and get jobs) its harder to get everyone together, so I threw this together.

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Jonna’s parents have a camper up in Wisconsin. Their golf cart has no back seat, so when they have visitors, its difficult to show them around.

Back in June, after a trip up to their camper, Jonna searched Craigslist for a back-seat for their golf cart. We wound up finding our camper (a little more expensive than a back seat) - that included a golf cart with a back seat. Carol and Bob would borrow our golf cart when they had guests, so that they could drive them around the grounds.

As the story goes, later in the year another couple also went out searching for a deal on a back seat after a visit up to Bob and Carols camper. They wound up buying a camper for themselves as well.

This month, Jonna picked up a golf cart ornament she spotted in a Hallmark store for Bob to give to Carol. She spent some time crafting the fine back seat (seen above in Carols right hand) out of cardboard, bubble wrap, and one of my old t-shirts. Once she opened this, Bob walked her out to his truck to reveal the back seat she has long wanted.

See, Christmas wishes do come true. It wound up costing a few of us some money, but now we have somewhere relaxing to hang out in the summer.

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Kelsi came over for a few days, but had to go home because she had to work. Here she is in her uniform.

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This was a Christmas gift from my brother, can you tell that I’m excited?

Apparently, Glen liked his Christmas gift this year. You can never go wrong with an iPod.

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We found this today @ Bed, Bath, and Beyond and I picked it up for when our current one fades away.

I like to have one asshole-like Welcome mat in reserve in case we need one.

I’m going to start keeping track of all of them we buy here.

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This was on a trip to Springfield when we were young. Left to right, my brother Ed, myself (with a brand new canteen), and our father.

I just realized that today would have been my fathers 66th birthday. Happy Birthday Dad - we all miss you.

More pictures can be found here.

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Kelsi and I posing for a picture for Grandma Bieber.