Andy Laub they call me "The Solution"

There was this one time I was making oatmeal (the instant kind) and I put it in the microwave. Then I took it out and realized that I forgot to add water to it. So really putting it in the microwave didn’t do much good.

We’re back from the Rhinelander where I spent 10% of my time preaching the Honda gospel and the rest just having a generally nice time. The kid is mobile now which is quite impressive. We clocked him and I think he’s capable of 50 mph easy. We also got to be in his presence when he had his first-ever Home Depot experience.

I forgot to mention that I saw the new Jetta in person on the Thursday and I’m generally happy with it, the only downside being the price. On the subject of finally seeing new cars in person, the Honda dealership in Rhinelander had a Ridgeline as well, which I’m pleased to say is way, way nicer than I imagined. I really genuinely like it, and Abe did too, so I wouldn’t be overly surprised if that was his next car.

Actually, it’s not anything close to how it sounds. Well, kind of it is, maybe. We are off to Rhinelander this morning to visit Abe’s brother. I can just hear you now: “Rhinelander?!?!?!? I thought he lived in Minocqua?” Well it’s true. He did. Now he doesn’t–they don’t. So they’re in the process of moving and we are going to help since they extended us the courtesy last year. It will be a fun-ass time.

Abe was working last night so I went and rented Hellboy and The Punisher. I think I liked The Punisher more but that could just be because it was the first one I watched. They were both well-done and that’s pretty much the same thing I say about every movie, only because I pretty much only watch movies I like.

Speaking of Abe, if one was to look here they might see his name, and then that one, if they were smart, could figure out one of the other two sites I’m working on for the aforementioned here. Coherency is for fools.

I keep trying to remember to write about something and then I forget what it is so then I’m just screwed, I guess.

PS. From now on I will not be linking to the free Tuesday song in iTunes because I am lazy. Just assume I have it. Also, you are more than capable of finding it if you use iTMS, and if you don’t, then it really doesn’t matter anyway.

Actually, I pretty much almost never wear them; they are confined to the glove compartment of my car. It was bright outside today, so I actually put them on. I had nearly forgotten how gorgeous things look through amber tinting.

I’ve also realized that despite the fact that we have two cats, I don’t say much about them. On both occasions, I was too busy to say much more than “we got a cat” and so it was left at that.

So let’s start with Maynard. He’s three point five years old and is 15 pounds of pure pretty-kittiness. He doesn’t purr much but he always looks content until you rile him up and he bites you. Then after that he is content again. He’s not into table scraps unless it’s tuna, and he yells at you when you take a shower. Then when that doesn’t work he splashes his paw in the water dish and gets it all over the floor. He’s also beneficial in that instead of owning a paper shredder, we can just throw a piece in front of him and it will be shredded in no time.

Bender is a different story. He’s much more into attention than Maynard and that could be because he was a stray where as Maynard was a surrender. He only has a stub of a tail but this doesn’t seem to affect him – he just keeps himself happy by attacking Maynard’s. He is particularly interesting in that he will pretty much lay down where ever. You could pick him up so he’s laying on your hands, and then put him on the bed, and he will not move. He sleeps in the bathroom sink. He’s also much more vocal than Maynard; not only with purring – he’ll randomly make noise to let you know that he’s still there and could you come find him please?

Together they are the best pair I’ve ever seen, as good as any pair from the same litter than I’m aware of. They can change from licking eachother to wrestling in a split second and the ruckus they create when chasing eachother down the stairs is tremendous. I think Maynard is especially happy to have a companion since we were gone daily for work and he had nothing else to do, and I’m glad we were able to adopt Bender because he is such a wonderful cat.

Funkmaster Paul has a new site. It’s got some words on it, but not very many.

We watched a coupla movies Friday and yesterday. Saw was good, kind of a cross between se7en and Silence of the Lambs, I guess. Exorcist: The Beginning was actually decent. I think I would’ve liked more it as an independent title and not a “prequel.” Finally, we watched Saved! which I was hoping to like and I’m happy to say that I did.

Gran Turismo 4 doesn’t suck.

A mish-mash of things, if I can remember them:

• New iPods. Lower prices are good. The gold iPod mini was ugly. I miss firewire, but more importantly, I miss docks. At the same time, I am much more comfortable with the idea of a $450 iPod Photo than a $600 iPod Photo. If I wasn’t holding out for the 5g, one would already be on the way.
• I seem to be getting my mitts into more and more side projects. More on that, if any of them happen.
• That new Porsche Cayman. Mmmmmm. The “new” Porsche Panarama. Ick.

Oh yes. The May 1 Reboot is coming up. I was thinking about just throwing up a new style sheet and calling it a day, but now I don’t think I’ll be doing it at all. If I was just launching this site at that time, perhaps, but for now I’m sticking with this and feeling good about it, and I’m not too into the thought of taking my site down for two or however many weeks.

That’s it. Most of the initial writing was to force myself to remember the previous paragraph.