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Archive for January, 2008



My Birthday Review

Published on January 23, 2008

I intended to post this on my birthday but got sidetracked…
On January 17, 2008, Mark said to me: “Birthdays are a good day to think about the future!” But today, I can’t help but think about the past.
Here is my version of events since my birthday last year:
January 2007: SUCKED ASS!!! I spent my [...]


Your Friends Will Envy Your New Package of Sausage!

Published on January 22, 2008

Sorry. I was deleting spam, saw this headline, and couldn’t resist. I just needed something funny to break my miserable Tuesday. Of course, it does beg asking how an online meat salesman can ever get an e-mail past the spam filters… :o)
We now return you to your regularly scheduled podcast. There may not always be [...]


The Somrod Workstation

Published on January 8, 2008

As you may recall from this April entry, we were on a mission to upgrade and integrate the desks for our new home office.
Originally, I had envisioned two L-Shaped desks to go in the corners of the room opposite the closet and entranceway. S. Rod had foreseen a great disturbance in the Force with that, [...]


Your Alarm Bells Should Be Ringing

Published on January 1, 2008

It would be safe to say that the 2007 cyberlife of the Somrod tandem was thoroughly squashed under the weight of reality. Or if you prefer, we are sarcastically proud to present our list of 2007 Excuses:
1. House hunting/researching and subsequent contracting/purchasing/moving to temporary housing/storage/moving in/setting up (MS & SR)
2. Major spinal corrective surgery [...]