— Drew Carey (from Comic Relief 6, I think?)
Good stuff, but it’d probably be even funnier if it didn’t hit so close to home… 😮
too many to name at this point…
So I don’t know exactly why, but for some reason I’ve taken up a bit of an interest in gardening, of all things, lately. I think it started with the idea of finding a few indoor plants to scatter throughout the house because they seem to make the room feel a little more “air-y” (for lack of a better term), but over the past week or so that plan somehow exploded into my undertaking the project of converting my balcony into something of a tropical paradise as well. Whereas in my old apartment, I pretty much had room for the table and chairs and a single potted plant, at this point I’ve got more than half a dozen lining just one of the walls and there’s still tons of room to work with. The entire vision will probably take a couple of months to complete because I’m bound to run out of money here eventually (!!!), but it’s a fun little thing to spend some time on here and there that doesn’t involve a computer, so that’s nice… 🙂
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In other news, I went shopping this evening and in addition to the $100+ that I managed to spend on foliage and related products, I also (finally) found a new comforter that didn’t cost me an arm and a leg! A friend at work had scouted out a neat little consignment store in South Tampa called The Missing Piece that deals in “luxury furniture” and the liking. Mentioning that he’d seen a palm-laden comforter in their window display last week, I tried going over the weekend, but they had been closed. Tried again tonight and BINGO – talk about stepping into luck! I ended up finding a very nice king-size comforter with pillow shams and all of that junk for a mere $139 … the sales people said that they had thought the original owners mentioned something about it being a $450 set, so not a bad deal, I don’t think! Mind you, I’m still not entirely sold on the color because it’s a tad darker than I was looking for and it would probably go better with green walls than my freshly-painted blue ones, but Rome wasn’t built in a day. Nonetheless, for all those who have ever hassled me about the damn cloud sheets, you’ll have to find another avenue for your spiteful jeers from here on out! 😛
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I’ll wrap things up this evening with a few pictures of the mild adventures described above. Granted, these aren’t of the best quality because it tends to get dark around here after 11:30pm, but hopefully I’ll be able to include some better shots in with the long-awaited photo tour of my new condo that I hope to finally get around to posting this weekend! Enjoy… Continue reading →
“Just in time to be late for Christmas…”
(cross-posted from L7 Comix)
Greetings and Salutations!
After many long and grueling months, on behalf of L7 Comix I am most certainly happy to announce the “big project” that we’ve been gossiping about all this time, so without further a due, I’d like to present the very first Ink, Paint & Tears… calendar!
I know I would.
Reserve your very own piece of the magic by placing your pre-order today! Simply send a brief e-mail message to [email protected] and let us know how many you’d like to pre-order – not only will you receive our gratitude for helping to give us an idea of just how many of these bad boys we’re going to be able to sell, but you’ll also receive a very special, inaugural coupon allowing you to purchase your pre-ordered calendars at a discounted price when they become available at the end of the month! I know, I know – it sounds too good to be true, but wait … there’s more…
We’re also going to hold a very special, inaugural drawing the day that the calendars are released and one lucky mailing list member will be receiving a brand-new Ink, Paint & Tears… 2006 Wall Calendar completely free of charge! The drawing will take place the day that the calendars become available, so if you’ve been putting off joining our mailing list for whatever reason, now would be a great time to jump on the bandwagon! Of course, if you’re one of our fans who happens to read our strip via RSS or LiveJournal and aren’t on our mailing list, please send a quick note to [email protected] and we’d be happy to include your name in the drawing. Either way you secure your copy of our new calendar, we’re almost completely sure that you’ll be more than thrilled the day it shows up in the mail!
It’s a very happy time here at L7 Comix and we hope that you all will enjoy our new calendar just as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together for you! This is just the first of many great, new projects to come about in 2006 and we look forward to sharing each of them with you as they come to fruition – happy new year, everyone…
– Scott Sevener
Writer / Web Producer – Ink, Paint & Tears…
P.S. One last thing – Lori and I really want to see this thing start off with a bang, so in addition to locking in your discounted price, I’m also going to throw in an autographed copy of your favorite strip to the first five pre-orders that we receive. That’s just the kind of guy I am!
another sweet LEGO designer…
http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/
Man, I so need to take a vacation to California…or Denmark!
Some of my favorites:
- globe – http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/the_world.html
- flower vase – http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/flowers.html
- Brooklyn Bridge / Statue of Liberty – http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/brooklyn_bridge.html
- pool balls – http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/billiard_balls.html
- t-rex – http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/trex.html
- Starry Night mosaic – http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/starry_night.html
awesome science, pretty picture
Space telescopes capture a cosmic jellyfish
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8582
good news, everyone!
from mousesavers.com…
Ding dong, the witch is dead — many Annual Passholders will be thrilled to hear that the “Best Rate Program” is gone! To see info on the “new” Annual Passholder resort discount program, click here.
Apparently my e-mail (along with thousands of others, no doubt!) did some good! Now to find someone to take a vacation with…
“Chuck Norris CAN believe it’s not butter.”
These were already posted a week or two ago, but I’ve been laughing my head off ever since…
Chuck Norris Facts
http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com
The Osbourne Family Spectacle of Lights…
Today was the last day that the display will be up this year and I didn’t have time to go before Christmas, so I took a few hours out of my day to try some of that Christmas spirit one last time! Here are some of my favorites…
“I could go to bed right now and get a perfectly good night’s sleep…”
“…but instead I stay up and continue searching for entertainment.”
I found Eight-Legged Freaks on HBO this evening. Mind you, Arachnophobia scared the willies out of me and those were relatively “normal-sized” spiders, so upgrade them to the size of Volkswagens and, well, let’s just say I really should’ve gone to be an hour and a half ago… 🙁
My death machine has a first name…
Ok, so I started exercising again tonight.
To sum it up in three words: feel the pain
According to my exercise log, the last time I worked out was on October 22nd and judging by the shooting pains in my thighs, that’s about two and a half months sans exercise too long! Last fall, apparently I was going for more than an hour at a time and tonight I barely drudged through fifteen minutes before collapsing in defeat – it’s going to be a long road back to the top…
My new sworn enemy…
My goal is still to get down to 200 lbs or maybe a little less and I’ve only gained back about six of what I lost last year (currently at 221), but I think things are going to go a little smoother for me this time. Having the machine right here at home so that I can exercise pretty much whenever I want should hopefully free me of the burdens of trying to find time to go down to the gym, plus I can watch TV while I do it and that’s got to make the time pass faster than it did by just talking to myself! 🙂 Tonight I was finally able to delve into season six of The Simpsons and there’s a good four discs to that boxed set, so if the motivation isn’t there now, I probably won’t ever find it!
To one of the many resolutions I’ve set this year, wish me luck!