Friday, June 23, 2006

My Backpack's Got Jets

The video has actual images from the game, Star Wars Galaxies. I thank my Geek Husband for sharing this with me.

Star Wars Galaxies-Boba Fett the Bounty Hunter
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Meet Bob Chautauqua

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Probably the most hysterical customer service/tourism video about Chautauqua County you will ever see. Keep an eye out for the random Amish guy.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Horrified

Someone needs to tell the boys in Raleigh that Michelob Ultra is not real beer. What a disgrace.

Thanks to BFLOblog as per usual for all things hockey.

Pre-Wedding Disasters of the Teacup Variety

Our friends, Clair & Kevin, joked last week about what disasters could happen around the days leading up to their wedding. When they've gone to weddings for other friends, there always seemed to be something that happened that caused some sort of excitement. One wedding, Clair got her pinky caught in the car door as it closed. This caused it break and bleed profusely. Since they're getting married on a boat, we kidded that someone would inevitably fall overboard.

Well, their violinist for their ceremony nearly took herself out while washing dishes last night.

Matt had made some pasta salad for Father's Day and I was washing the metal cutting thing that spins around in the food processor. Apparently, I was twisting the plate the wrong way and ended up slicing my thumb. Fortunately, I'm pretty level-headed when it comes to injuries, so I rinsed it off quick, wrapped a paper towel around my thumb, went upstairs and tightly wrapped and taped a big piece of guaze around my injury. I've since replaced it with a regular band-aid and some medical tape to keep it sealed.

The smirk on my face comes from thinking, "Never wonder what could happen, because it will." Lucky for Kevin and Clair, I will be in fine shape to play. I just can't speak for how well Panis Angelicus will sound.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Friends Moving House


It's that time of year where either you are going to weddings or hearing about friends who are moving house. We've got one of each this month. For the moving house installments, click over to Sabrina's blog to read the latest about her and Olivia moving into their first house.

Monday, June 19, 2006

Road Hazards

On my way home from doing my nightly news recording, I heard this growling noise next to me at a stoplight. At first I thought it was a dog, then decided it sounded more like one of the space fights from a Star Wars movie. I looked to my left to see a battered pick-up truck next to me with two metal dudes. The noise was death metal on their sound system. As the drums kicked in, the passenger began to rock out, hair flying around him in an obligatory, head banging frenzy. The light turned green, and truck half-eaten by rust rumbled away with a sign where the tailgate should have been that read, "Caution! Falling Parts!"

Friday, June 16, 2006

Images, Anyone? Anyone?

After checking the Wayback Machine and Google Cache without any success, I'm starting to think my template is lost for good. I think I even used the phrase "borked" earlier.

So now I'm at that crossroad of going to something generic or hitting up one of several friends who are talented in the web design arena for help in creating a new template. Of course, the idea of changing my host has crossed my mind too. Anyone have any suggestions? Also, anyone have other ideas on how I might be able to retrieve my old template?

Thursday, June 15, 2006

*POOF!*

Matt instant messaged me at work yesterday and said, "Uh, your template? Gone." I immediately clicked over to this page and was greeted with the expanse of white for a background. At least all my links and posts are still here.

I have contacted Web Divas since, while they've closed up shop, they're still hosting sites. I don't know if this includes hosting images. I hope I actually get a response since I rather liked the template I designed and Cherry created.

Friday, June 09, 2006

The Best Kinds of Summer Days

On Tuesday, I had to travel to our county seat for jury duty. The crowd that filled the courtroom was quite happy to hear that we were all dismissed because all six cases that had been lined up pled guilty. As a result, I got a half day out of the deal.

Now, I could have spent the rest of the day doing laundry and switching over my summer/winter wardrobe. Instead, I decided to enjoy my enclosed front porch, and sit on my couch reading Charming Thirds by Megan McCafferty.

Later on, I kept the good summer feeling going by indulging in some limoncello my parents brought back from Sorrento, Italy.




This is my favorite way to spend sunny summer days.

Friday, June 02, 2006

Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow

Well, it's over. Only one thing to say:

Thank You Sabres!

Ok, a couple more things. As I've said before, this was a great season. I got a little emotional after last night's game ended. But then I thought, "Carolina had to work their arses off to win this series." With all the injuries that took out some of our best players, and all the new guys on the ice, some might be misled into thinking that a game against the Sabres would be a cakewalk. When it takes going to Game 7 to beat them, it's evident what a strong team we have.

Forgive the Fleetwood Mac post title, but it's appropriate. We have next year, and if the make-up of the team stays relatively the same (Please Keep Fitzpatrick!) then another trip to the play-off's should be in the Sabres' future.

Thursday, June 01, 2006

McKee Out

To quote someone from a few games ago that was part of the open thread comment on bfloblog.com, I'm about to shit kittens.

Defenseman Jay McKee is out of Game 7 due to an infection.

It feels almost macabre to say, "Is that all you've got?? Come on, we can handle it!"

This makes Toni Lydman and Rory Fitzpatrick our star defensemen now. One of my friends who is a sportscaster said to me in Game 6 against Ottawa, "I just have this weird feeling that Fitzie is going to end up the hero somehow in one of the series." This may be the only time I quote Bob Segar and say, "We've got tonight!"

LET'S GO BUFFALO!!!

Cutting to the Scene with the Pixie

Ten years ago, I decided to do one of the most drastic things I had ever done to my hair. I went from a long style (below collarbone) to a p...