This is pretty cool: Dummies Book Cover Generator (via eMusings). Now you can generate a fake “For Dummies” book for any occasion (which would have been handy when I originally created this and this). Imagine the mayhem… At the very least, I can now mockup my For Tards ideas:
Author: Jon
Bond Street Barber Shop
Just wanted to blog a short note about the Bond Street Barber Shop in Downtown Bend. I went there for a haircut for the first time Tuesday after work, it’s a nice place. The big draw, though, is the complimentary beer and wine you get while you’re waiting! Yep, you read that right. They stock… Continue reading Bond Street Barber Shop
Free plug
You may have noticed the new banner in the sidebar, for Obsidian Stock. What’s Obsidian Stock? It’s Simone‘s newish stock photography venture, and she’s putting out a call for Central Oregon photographers. Simone does good work, and I think she’s going to do really well with this venture. So click over and check things out.… Continue reading Free plug
01:02:03 04/05/06
By now most of the world has passed the once-in-a-century date and time sequence of “01:02:03 04/05/06”. And you thought Daylight Savings Time was big news! Yeah, right. I think the anchor on NBC Nightly News tonight summed it up best: Perhaps it’s more notable that someone thought that up in the first place…
Hugh MacLeod’s stealing my idea!
I can’t help but notice that this cartoon by Hugh MacLeod seems to be lifting from my “For Tards” book idea I blogged about back in 2004… 🙂
April 1 (Fools, and not)
So. April 1st. Any April Fool’s Day stories to pass on? I have one. My wife calls this morning as they’re supposed to be leaving San Diego, and says they’re not leaving because my daughter has a 103 degree fever. I freak out a little bit. April Fool’s! That’s all I got, actually. I forgot… Continue reading April 1 (Fools, and not)
Thirsty Thursday
After work today I swung by Newport Market over on the westside for their Thirsty Thursday beer tasting. I just found out about these Thirsty Thursdays recently; they’re every, er, Thursday from 3:30 until 6:00. Free beer! Can’t go wrong with that. Today it was a rep from Deschutes Brewery doing tasting of their two… Continue reading Thirsty Thursday
Smoke alarm batteries
Beep! Yesterday afternoon one of the smoke alarms started the intermittant beeping that indicates when the battery is getting low. These are smoke alarms that are actually wired directly into the electrical system of the house, but have nine-volt batteries in them for backup (in case the power goes out). No biggie, I knew we… Continue reading Smoke alarm batteries
Boys’ week
All this week (since Saturday, actually) it’s just me and my son at home. My wife and daughter took advantage of spring break to head down to San Diego to visit my brother and sister-in-law. Sadly, spring break doesn’t cover work or preschool/daycare, so we were left behind. It’s all good. We’re having a good… Continue reading Boys’ week
The Skittles beard commercial
Okay, just a little while ago I saw the creepiest, randomest commercial for Skittles ever… I won’t even pretend to try to understand it… Anyone else seen it? Basically, a guy with a weird, long (like, three-feet-plus long) beard is at a job interview, and the beard is moving like an elephant’s trunk, feeding the… Continue reading The Skittles beard commercial