tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21558416968252665422023-11-15T06:16:31.860-08:00Yule Blog.....And So Will IThe Joy of JudgingDWBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06513054448253939357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155841696825266542.post-89803643534740345882009-01-06T18:15:00.000-08:002009-01-06T19:56:40.512-08:00Blogg(in) & outSo lets make a list of things I like and do not like.<div><br /></div><div>Do Not:</div><div><br /></div><div>People who pay with checks</div><div>Slow lane merging sans blinker</div><div>Cats</div><div>Super tight jeans, unless its 1988 and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">I'm</span> sporting a pair of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">levi</span> stonewashed jeans with pegs</div><div>Hi-Top shoes</div><div>The Under Armour Store</div><div>Sugar Substitutes</div><div>Whoever the evening drive DJ is on MIX 107.3</div><div>All day music festivals</div><div>Unscented Candles</div><div>Shows that celebrate dancing</div><div>The US version of Iron Chef</div><div>Heart of Palm and Feta, in no particular order</div><div>Loud Walkers</div><div>Circus Peanuts</div><div>Ironing</div><div>Mambo No. 5</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Pleather</span></div><div>Armor All - it will not go away</div><div>Super high sideburns</div><div>90% of coupons</div><div>Slow walkers in the mall</div><div>Jeans with graphics</div><div>My Hair since 1979</div><div>Hats that do not fit right</div><div>People who speak with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">british</span> accents who are not from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">england</span></div><div>Lame soccer players who dive....its also popular in basketball </div><div>The slow rate of new movies available for free on demand</div><div>Going to a concert when bands insist on playing new songs and not good songs</div><div>All things assembly required</div><div>Darryl, Moose & Goose</div><div>Cranberry Drinks</div><div>Cars that rhyme with Ford</div><div>Tube <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">TV's</span></div><div>All things <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">uber</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">noob</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Do:</div><div><br /></div><div>Peach and Mango</div><div>Catalogs in the mail</div><div>Ottomans, but not so much the empire</div><div>Scented Candles of course</div><div>Rooting for all teams DC (not other teams from cities I have never been to or lived in - cough cough - Dallas and Pittsburgh fans - cough cough)</div><div>Birch Beer, ye <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">olde</span></div><div>HDTV</div><div>Background noise</div><div>Fans of the oscillating variety</div><div>Surround sound</div><div>Winter hats</div><div>Sadly I enjoy a good vacuum and laundry on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">sunday</span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Wegmans</span>, Target, Costco and Bed Bath & beyond, pretty nice <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">saturday</span> lined up</div><div>Mitsubishi Warranty's</div><div>Napping with Casey</div><div>Comfort Dry Socks </div><div>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Keurig</span> Coffee experience</div><div>Owning the largest toaster oven I have ever seen</div><div>Field Day</div><div>Reclining</div><div>Records and AM radio</div><div>Judging bad <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">xmas</span> sweaters at the mall</div><div>BBQ & Diners or both at once</div><div>Unleashing the fury</div><div>Vault Soda - I wish I knew how to quit you</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Dancin</span>' on the Ceiling, All night long</div><div>Caesar Milan's corrections</div><div>Huey Lewis, the entire catalog</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks. 2009. </div><div><br /></div>DWBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06513054448253939357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2155841696825266542.post-2737248842064537922009-01-02T19:44:00.000-08:002009-01-02T22:04:24.040-08:00A (Scented) Candle in the Wind<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Every once in a while I have moments of genius only rivaled by the person who developed </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new';">COURIER NEW FONT</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> which makes a 22 pager paper = a 30 page paper.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">My moment arrived in August 2008 and it is no coincidence that I also got married in August.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I want to present my theory as fact, because I am mostly irrational and far from logical. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Here it goes:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">If you get married, you almost immediately start purchasing and using scented candles, it just happens.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Before August 2008 I did not know much about the Yankee Candle store which is conveniently located at your nearest mall. These days my trips to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ol</span>' Yankee Candle Store feels like walking into a G**D**** Best Buy. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">On a typical night I cannot get 10 feet into my home without having a "Christmas Sugar Cookie" or "Mango Ginger" lit up like an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">F'N</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Xmas</span> tree.....OH how the mighty have fallen.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I have got a stockade of this stuff loaded (and stored in the linen closet) and ready to rock n' roll at a moments notice. You can't run from it, just try. Marriage = Big Scented Candles.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">I feel like this may not be all together groundbreaking, but just look at all your friends who are recently married, check their homes, it basically validates my BA in History. If my final paper did not have be about the 17<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span> Century Jesuit Relations in Canada, then it would have been about Marriages and Candles!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">A few words of advice.....Do Not go to the store and go on a candle smelling spree, I went on a binge and I got nauseous and had to leave the Yankee Candle store abruptly. Also, don't be afraid to branch out and get some good deals on candles at places like Pier One Imports or even Kohl's.....Heck, go bat-shit crazy and get a soy candle.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Also, find your scent.....My wonderful wife is a Mandarin Cranberry. The candle was about the only <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Xmas</span> present she did not return, it never fails!!!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">PS - Go do yourself another favor and try the mango soda from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Wegman's</span>, its <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">scrumtrulescent</span>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">FINISHED.</span></div>DWBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06513054448253939357noreply@blogger.com2