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Before returning to my regular scheduled posting I would like to link to this post by Geeky Mom.

posted by TheBlurredOne at 6:54 PM | 0 comment(s)

Work-n-roll

Time flies when you don’t have time to breath. The last few weeks were extremely busy. Nothing new really, same old wakeup-diapers-work-work-work-diapers-dinner-TV-project-sleep. I’m really putting a lot of effort into my project now. I hope to launch it by the end of February.

Seems like My son, wife and myself have been sick in turns the last few weeks, now it’s both of them not feeling well. I hope it’s about to end.

Anyway, thanks for the concern, I missed posting and missed a lot of blog reading, so I’ll have to catch up, and what a better time than now?

posted by TheBlurredOne at 7:59 AM | 1 comment(s)

Who's happy at Toys R Us?

Toys R us should be a happy place right? That’s what they show on their commercials. Happy kids in colorful outfits running around playing with stuff, enjoying themselves while a giraffe walks in between and introduces new toys and cheer.

How is it than that all we saw in Toys R Us this weekend was crying children and annoyed, if not angry, parents?

posted by TheBlurredOne at 10:37 PM | 3 comment(s)

A Message to the Women We Love

A Message to the Women We Love
* If you think you are fat, you probably are. Do not ask us. We refuse to answer.

* Learn to work the toilet seat. You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.

* Do not cut your hair. Ever. Long hair is always more attractive than short hair.

* Birthdays, Valentines, and Anniversaries are not quests to see if we can find the perfect present yet again.

* If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, expect an answer you do not want to hear.

* Sometimes, we are not thinking about you. Live with it.

* Do not ask us what we are thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as navel lint, the shotgun formation or monster trucks.

* Sunday = sports. It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides. Let it be.

* Shopping is not a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

* When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really.

* You have enough clothes. You have too many shoes.

* Crying is blackmail.

* Your ex-boyfriend is an idiot.

* Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work. Strong hints do not work. Obvious hints do not work. Just say it!

* No, we do not know what day it is. We never will. Mark anniversaries on a calendar. Remind us frequently beforehand.

* Most guys own three pairs of shoes - tops. What makes you think we'd be any good at choosing which pair, out of thirty, would look good with your dress?

* Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

* Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

* A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor.

* Foreign films are best left to foreigners.

* Check your oil. Please.

* Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

* If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

* Let us ogle. We are going to look anyway, it's genetic.

* You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done -- not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

* Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

* Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we.

* The relationship is never going to be like it was the first two months we were going out. Get over it. And quit whining to your girlfriends - like THEIR relationship is SO MUCH better.

* ALL men see in only 16 colors, like windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is. Fuchsia, however, is extremely ugly. Do not wear it.

* We are not mind readers and we never will be. Our lack of mind-reading ability is not proof of how little we care about you.

* If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

* Don't fake it. He'd rather be ineffective than deceived.

* Don't rub the lamp if you don't want the genie to come out.

* Don't give us 50 rules when 25 will do.

* If you keep asking for flowers, it can never be a surprise when you get them.

* If he ever sees you kiss another girl and you appear to enjoy it, he'll remember that moment until he's been dead for 1,000 years.

* The best things in life may be free, but chances are they also have something to do with sex.

posted by TheBlurredOne at 8:40 AM | 1 comment(s)

Not a new year resolution

A new year started without any new resolutions. I usually avoid them since many more important things come along the way, by than those resolutions you made when you didn’t know what’s coming become meaningless. Besides, who fully remembers their resolutions comes February? If you do, you probably have much more free time than you suppose to.

One thing I do need to do this year is get our finances in order. Seems like our household accumulated some debt we really need to get over. So, beginning January 1st, 2005 every expense, may it be the tiniest of expenses, is listed and accounted for. Everything is going to be on Quicken. I don’t know for how long it will hold (this is not the first time we are doing this but well…. We’ll see…. Be tough, be aggressive….

But just like when doing a diet, eating less is only half of the solution, you have to exercise as well, which means we don’t only need to cut our expenses but also to bring in more income. As anyone who gone through a diet knows, exercising may be a much tougher job than simply eating less, the same as bringing in more money is harder than just spending less. In any case I do have some ideas. Details sometime in the future.

posted by TheBlurredOne at 11:23 AM | 0 comment(s)

No new post

I really don’t like the “Sorry for not posting” posts. They really have no purpose. None that I can think of at least.

So this is no such post and I will resume to regular posting tomorrow. Ha, what did you think?

posted by TheBlurredOne at 8:05 PM | 0 comment(s)