tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51230352012-01-10T08:43:06.110-05:00"My inner dialog, now in easy-to-read text form!"Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.comBlogger6711100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-7174851046129420532011-12-29T23:37:00.000-05:002011-12-29T23:37:01.821-05:00

Here's the tales of the Kerns' Adventures in December : Earlier in the month, Melissa wanted to go to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge Tennessee. It was a couple of chintzy towns full of restaurants, hotels, go-kart tracks and T-Shirt shops along a single road in the middle of the Smoky Mountains, but it has a great charm to it when it's decked out for Christmas. Loads of lights along the strip, and some

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0Lawrenceville, GA, USA33.9562149 -83.987962533.9035319 -84.0669265 34.0088979 -83.9089985tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-67025164849492167442011-11-29T13:09:00.000-05:002011-11-29T13:09:28.260-05:00

Dinnertime conversation with my son, Matthew (9): M: I'm going to open a store in my room! C: Your room? That kind of limits your potential customers. M: YOU guys can buy stuff! Grommy and Granddaddy and you and Mommy. C: What kind of stuff are you selling? We already bought the Yankee Candles and ButterBraid Bread from your school fundraisers and Popcorn for your Cub Scouts. M: I'm selling my

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-39385888811703435672011-11-05T01:41:00.000-04:002011-11-05T01:42:33.598-04:00

Hey folks! Melissa and I are back from our week's vacation. Well, we were back last Saturday, but it took us a week to get back on track here, with the jetlag and everything. Yes, you read that right, we actually took a plane. And with a wheelchair like Melissa has, that's a REAL HOOT, believe you me. I had to do a lot of homework to make sure we were able to keep this wheelchair on the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-2621451494210933912011-10-13T17:04:00.001-04:002011-10-14T10:38:51.746-04:00

Trying to keep my composure, but I am wanting to tear the Post Office a few new orifices today. Last week, a friend Priority Mailed a piece of equipment back to me. It never arrived. There wasn't tracking or insurance on it. But I know it was an honest mistake, and I forgive him. I found my peace with it, because so many good things have happened for Mel this year, and we have received

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-23477379374723159382011-09-26T14:24:00.000-04:002011-09-26T14:24:59.498-04:00

I'm not sure who it was who said "How am I supposed to know what I think until I write it?" but it really holds true.Sunday morning, despite a weekend of bad sleep, I woke up and went to Church with Matthew. (I'm in the choir, but I only attend every other week, alternating with her parents in order to leave someone home to take care of Melissa.) One of the men I know there was getting coffee

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-87638162089739563662011-08-19T10:41:00.000-04:002011-08-19T10:41:11.005-04:00

After the good response to my Dragon*Con Tips set last year, I thought I'd make an attempt at making some of it into a short PSA for DConTV. Since I don't have Flash animation skills myself, I put the word out to some friends. Much to my surprise, J Griffin, a former co-worker of mine from UGA who used to animate spots for Cartoon Network, answered the call. I thought a simple text-with-photos

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-28674559888724143022011-08-10T20:14:00.005-04:002011-08-10T17:24:56.244-04:00

A few weeks ago, some good friends of mine posted a link to a CNN editorial about parents' inability to control children in public places ("Permissive parents: Curb your brats"). While everybody agrees with the need for discipline, I have to take exception to many of the author's points. If you're the kind of parent who allows your 5-year-old to run rampant in public places like restaurants,

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-22350167295858387722011-07-17T23:26:00.000-04:002011-07-17T23:26:28.899-04:00

Now that Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is finally out in theaters, I can finally come clean about something that has been going on for years: I deliberately stopped reading "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" halfway through because I thought the ending of this series would be more EPIC in the Theatrical Release. Since then, I have painstakingly avoided HP Discussion groups, ran the other way when

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-50470797976298758302011-07-11T01:14:00.000-04:002011-07-11T01:14:48.693-04:00

Matthew (Out of nowhere): Dad, is Cancer what makes people's hair fall out? Me: It's the cancer TREATMENT that does that. Doctors use small doses of Radiation to kill the cancer cells, and losing your hair is one of the side effects. Matthew: (Pause) can cancer sometimes be good? Me: Nnnnnno. Cancer is not good, it can make you very sick and even kill you. Matthew: But what if... do people get

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-62585466529399216752011-06-02T08:41:00.000-04:002011-06-02T08:41:02.433-04:00

Listen up, ladies and gentlemen. Our fugitive has been on the run for 30 hours . Average slithering speed over carpet and stairs barring injuries is 2 miles an hour. But he is likely too large to squeeze under weatherstripped doors and windows, he is likely still in the house somewhere.  What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every obscured corner, couch,

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-67423678325651089282011-05-12T11:24:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:44:47.164-04:00

A few years back, I had this brief obsession with Anagrams. I found a few that were truly incredible. Sometimes, they would reveal some secret insight into the subject. For Microsoft: A semi-true assessment of me: Other Notables that I found: "We hold these truths to be self-evident" ==> Withheld to feeblest enthused voters. "The Monica Lewinsky Scandal" ==> Wild con man cheats sneakily *

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-25955605793455079052011-04-18T19:36:00.001-04:002011-04-18T16:00:00.491-04:00

As a birthday gift, former A Cappella compatriots Craig, Justin and I set out to Athens, GA to see UGAPALOOZA, the annual spring A Cappella invitational concert put on by the UGA Accidentals (My old college group). I haven't been back to these since 2007 so it's been a while. Our tickets were incredibly FRONT ROW CENTER. I could not have asked for better, and I happened to bring my new Digital

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-67339972513788514392011-04-13T08:41:00.000-04:002011-04-13T08:41:45.977-04:00

As a format, the well-designed pun is made by careful planning, sometimes for long periods of time. Melissa named our cats "Oscar" and "Mayer" as a set-up for the pet Weiner dog she wanted. Whereas I still want to own a donkey one day, just so I can tell people it's name is "Ho-Tay."

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-90917306287037674732011-03-20T16:42:00.000-04:002011-03-20T16:42:14.614-04:00

Production of The Hobbit is finally set to begin today after months of delays. The two films are expected to pump around $1.5 billion into the New Zealand economy. Friction between director Sir Peter Jackson and the New Zealand actors' union over pay and conditions delayed production last year, and Jackson's hospitalisation earlier this year pushed filming back again. Jackson's assistant Matt

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-41097828259845833842011-01-28T22:15:00.000-05:002011-01-28T14:17:04.109-05:00

Dear Wachowski Brothers, You created one of the best sci-fi action movies in THE MATRIX back in 1999, pioneering whole new areas of visual effects and branding "Bullet-Time" cameras. It was truly an accomplishment in cinema, not only entertaining, but visually awe-inspiring and driven by a tight script with an engaging story. "The Lobby Scene" set the bar for years to come, and continues to see

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-3396032458620100662011-01-12T09:38:00.000-05:002011-01-12T09:38:40.662-05:00

...A sudden climate shift in the south has shut down the city, making us ripe for invasion by imperial troops. The rebels defending the city's power generator are being routed by AT-AT walkers... Yeah. 6 inches of snow in a city with probably THREE salt/plow trucks total. Temps continue to stay below freezing and streets are just sheets of ice. I have a doctor's appointment to get to this

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-80729365084937938292010-12-27T22:45:00.001-05:002010-12-27T22:45:32.165-05:00

Muscle MagsOriginally uploaded by Bill The PonyFound on my Drugstore magazine rack.I have a feeling one of these guys is dosing

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-2335693305415548022010-12-20T13:39:00.000-05:002010-12-20T13:39:22.936-05:00

On the THIRD attempted weekend, we finally got our Christmas decorations up in the yard. If you recall from last year, we actually put ours in the BACK yard, so Melissa can see them from her window. Matthew is now out of school for the remainder of the year. And I have no vacation days left. Even when you're a telecommuter, you still feel it when there is no one else in the "Office". Just

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-34542682302553139452010-11-30T10:27:00.001-05:002010-11-30T10:27:14.986-05:00

White Out ConditionsOriginally uploaded by ted @ndesAs a reward for getting good marks at school, I have been giving Matthew the Lego Series 2 Mini-Figures. (Special characters like a Lion Tamer, Surfer, Roman Legion, Vampire, etc.) Of this series, people don't like the Mime character, but some have started Flickr Photo Pool for creative uses of the figure. I think this one is my favorite.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-92158565006863390162010-11-26T11:07:00.000-05:002010-11-26T11:07:19.087-05:00

I wish I could say that things were going well this week, but they're really crappy right now. Melissa's Grandmother is near the end, and her parents had to go up to visit her and help out Gordon, her husband. They took Matthew with them, since I couldn't watch him and Melissa while I worked this week. So it's just Melissa and I in a very quiet, empty house. We had a Pre-Thanksgiving Dinner on

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-68898375207530040172010-11-14T03:01:00.000-05:002010-11-14T03:01:08.591-05:00

Here we are in Mid-November, at the end of "Flamingo Season" as it were, and I am woefully behind on my posting and thanking. I apologize, but Melissa is cramming for her dual PhD's in Forensics and Criminal Justice from an Online University. That must be it, because she watches these training DVDs that come in the mail. And I have to say, I really admire her diligence--she is studying them

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-79942918852856843902010-09-16T10:19:00.000-04:002010-09-16T10:19:24.802-04:00

After having an awesome time dancing with loads of friends at the DragonCon to "Bust A Move" by Young MC, the lyrics actually hit me for the first time. Consider this: Your Best Friend Harry Has a brother Larry In five days from now, he's going to marry. He's hoping you can make it there if you can 'Cause in the ceremony you'll be the best man This is a telling story about Larry, actually.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-38133488972820472852010-09-06T15:32:00.000-04:002010-09-06T15:32:58.593-04:00

After getting back from DragonCon this afternoon, our son greets us, pointing out his newly-lost tooth. ("I got two bucks for it!") Then, while I'm unpacking, he comes back in wearing a black fake mustache. "I command that this house be sold!"  he declared in a fake-important voice. I squinted at him, "Okay, whoever you are, why?" "I am Barack Obama. and I do not have a house. So I will take

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-86510864393230617902010-08-23T14:21:00.000-04:002010-08-23T14:21:07.322-04:00

After dinner on Friday, Matthew (8) got suddenly serious. M: Daddy, did you ever, um, want something really REALLY a lot? And it didn't happen? C: Sure, many times. When I was growing up, about your age, I wanted to be an astronaut more than ANYTHING in the world. But I found out that most of the people that go into space are scientists, and I just couldn't do the high-level math that those

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-24215384317772438612010-07-21T14:25:00.001-04:002010-07-21T14:28:18.241-04:00

Through the magic of NetFlix, the home-bound Kerns finally saw AVATAR (James Cameron's 3D Epic, NOT Shymalan's "the Last Airbender"). Franky, I thought it was a great movie. Good to see that Cameron isn't all about the geeky technical details, he can still write and direct a decent action flick.  Yes, it was riddled with minor plot holes and common "Tropes" used by many movies, but it was

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-52983552392361423702010-07-18T00:36:00.000-04:002010-07-18T00:36:44.152-04:00

A few weeks ago, a lovely woman named Billie from our church died. The choir quickly got together a rehearsal and learned Billie's favorite arrangement, "The Lord Is My Shepherd" from the BBC Comedy "The Vicar of Dibley" It was beautiful and moving, and it was amazing that our choir, (a largely self-taught and by-the-seat-of-our-pants group), learned it so well after just one practice. Choir

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-14271344031528580872010-07-06T08:55:00.000-04:002010-07-06T08:55:20.120-04:00

This weekend, I almost lost it and cried, twice. (1) 'Nuff Said. If you didn't well up at least twice during this movie then you never loved a toy in your life, you heartless guttersnipe. Now I only wish that I knew the whereabouts of my Star Wars figures and a certain stuffed weasel that I named "Schnookie".(PS: Not This one.) I never thought another cartoon would be able to plumb the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-51700097751769439182010-06-11T16:21:00.000-04:002010-06-11T16:21:01.769-04:00

Maddy asked me this in my last post, and I realized that most of you probably don't know this either: Hey Chris.. in terms of getting the nurses kinda trained like you said in your last post... why don't they send you ones knowledgable in ALS? Or is there no such thing? ------------- ALS is considered an "Orphan Disease" because there are supposedly too few people who have it to make "Fiscal

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-18140506947091758522010-06-09T11:20:00.001-04:002010-06-09T11:25:49.130-04:00

I have to come clean about something that has been weighing on me. For the past few months, after everyone else in the house is asleep and Melissa has gone to bed, I've been having women come to the house and... well, fulfill a certain need that ALL men have naturally. One that lately, I have not been getting met, with Melissa being in the state that she is right now. They show up around midnight

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-39826077316732286182010-06-02T10:11:00.002-04:002010-06-02T10:11:58.315-04:00

Things are just now starting to get back to normal for Melissa and I. We've spent the majority of the month in the ICU of Gwinnett Medical Center - Duluth, including our 12th Anniversary and Mother's Day. So not the most appropriate place for celebration. She went in on Saturday the 8th because she was still spiking 102 fevers and having upper respiratory symptoms, even after four days on

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-6802898173579422052010-04-06T00:11:00.000-04:002010-04-06T00:11:28.309-04:00

Most of you know that Mel was in the Hospital for Pneumonia a little while back, and due to the hospital's flaky WiFi and some other BS (more on that later), I wasn't able to get word out. So the following is my day-by-day journal of the experience, starting when I realized that we'd be there long enough to warrant an entry. ------ I think today is Thursday.  Not quite sure, the days sort of run

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-464019222456567782010-03-15T12:16:00.000-04:002010-03-15T12:16:17.921-04:00

Well, it's taken a long time, but I think I finally have come to full acceptance of Melissa's disease now. We were at the Battle N Brew on Wednesday with some friends for their Geek Triva Wednesdays. I've taken Mel there three times I think, and the crowd there was pretty awesome about it. People there thought it was cool how she typed with her computer, and when I had to give her some water in

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-23820473088848948562009-12-09T00:36:00.000-05:002009-12-09T00:37:22.620-05:00

Every December since we moved in with Melisa's parents, there has been a little war regarding the displaying of Christmas Decorations. While Brenda (Mel's Mom) prefers tasteful wreaths in the front windows, Melissa's style has been for strings of lights all over and small light-up animals. It's not just conflicting tastes, there is a tradition on this street of a "Progressive Dinner" wherein

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-369144239658252392009-11-01T00:41:00.000-04:002009-11-01T00:42:17.501-04:00

Even though the weather was drizzly and cold, we made the best of things tonight. I got to carve a pumpkin for me, Matthew and Melissa. I'm especially proud of Melissa's Piggy. We found a pumpkin whose stem faced sideways and I thought it would be PERFECT for a snout-hole. And I didn't plan this, but I was about to cut parts out of the top for the ears, then I realized that the cut-outs for the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-18633071996762728452009-10-09T10:00:00.003-04:002009-10-09T17:49:52.509-04:00

Please note that the title is not "THE" secret of marriage. Also, I am not a psychologist, nor am I a published relationship self-help author, I've just known loads of people in all kinds of relationships and certain patterns emerge just from observation.---------I consider Melissa and I to be a well-balanced couple, and that word BALANCED is the key. (I never was very good at essays obviously,

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-448315747799526502009-08-25T17:25:00.008-04:002010-06-11T16:31:33.771-04:00

We knew back in 2007 that it was something bad, possibly debilitating, but we had no idea. Melissa went to doctors, Neurologists and orthopedic surgeons, carrying the ever-growing collection of MRI's, CTs and X-rays from previous visits for almost a year and still no diagnosis. She was ready to give up if this last visit to Emory didn't tell her anything. We knew it would be bad news when the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-5793031279289051332009-08-14T17:16:00.002-04:002009-08-14T17:18:20.582-04:00

Anyone who knows me knows I make mixtapes like nobody's business. So here's some Road tunes courtesy of a new app called 8Tracks.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-8913755995820686822009-08-03T14:33:00.004-04:002009-08-07T11:17:48.855-04:00

Emory Hospital Provides Unforgettable Culinary ExperienceBy Chris Kern,Travel Writer, "Go Fork Yourself" MagazineOn the rare and unfortunate occasions that one needs inpatient care, one would hardly expect such a destination to be of any culinary significance, would one? Well THIS one was delightfully surprised at the creations that I discovered at one Emory University Hospital located in the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-72463172426591884002009-03-13T19:16:00.001-04:002009-03-13T19:18:17.331-04:00

We had a little excursion to DisneyWorld a few weeks back and it was a really different experience. We thought it would be a nice, slow-paced, quiet couple-centric trip without Matthew there, but we were wrong. Because our trip ended up centered instead on a little flamingo called Terrence. I named him after Terrence Stamp, thinking of his costumes for "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". and

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09724459621367821143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-37469008327469973922009-02-13T14:14:00.001-05:002009-02-13T14:14:57.100-05:00

I like movies about the undead. But call me a Zombie Snob (snOmbie?), but I think the latest trend of inserting Zombies or vampires into every corner of film culture is diluting something great into a yawn-inducing me-too shoveling festival. For every "Shaun of the Dead" there's a "Lost Boys 2 : The Tribe"Latest infraction : Film studios are chomping a the bit to publish "Pride and Prejudice

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-8953472697844080272009-02-03T11:48:00.000-05:002009-02-03T11:49:08.754-05:00

Monday morning I found out that my company was going with the "In Crowd" of companies and laying off lots of people. How did the companies end up doing this on the same day? Facebook perhaps? Home Depot is going to have to cut about 7000 employees. Even shut down the Expo locations. *OUCH* - Caterpillar : Dude, *20,000* total now. Got nothin on me. It hurts but so do my sales. - Pfizer : About

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09724459621367821143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-4744770250030866562009-01-29T11:19:00.002-05:002009-01-29T11:34:21.443-05:00

A Friend linked me in to this article on what we have to do to save the economy. It's an incredible essay. Snippets here, but do yourself a favor and read the whole article if you have five minutes. ...Along about the time that Roosevelt was about to lose his temper over [the failure of the Public Works Administration], the First Lady talked him into talking to a very successful social worker

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09724459621367821143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-78975356799763485692009-01-22T09:42:00.001-05:002009-01-22T09:43:15.666-05:00

Most of you don't know, but Melissa had to have her wedding rings cut off. An unfortunate side effect of her ALS is that once the muscles in her fingers atrophied, there was some swelling and we couldn't remove the rings. It was sad to see them cut off, sitting twisted and open in a plastic bag in her drawer. THIS SHALL NOT STAND. So for Christmas, I had a jeweler make the rings whole again...

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-71369678146406920912008-12-12T11:27:00.001-05:002008-12-12T11:32:33.820-05:00

I've talked to a lot of people in the past month about Melissa's disease, and about my role as a caregiver for her. Yes, it is grueling at times, she does require assistance at night frequently, and it takes a lot out of you. But if someone were to ask what the most difficult part of taking care of Melissa is, I could sum it up in one word: LUNCH. Allow me to provide some background. ALS can do

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-23796879985414475662008-10-10T13:25:00.004-04:002008-10-10T13:32:07.829-04:00

Courtesy of "Sinfest":

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Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-10355936441075522742008-07-28T14:23:00.002-04:002008-07-28T14:28:19.487-04:00

"I've got an idea for a new invention!" said the short gentleman. He had the pale skin of someone who didn't leave the house much. And not for something even marginally cool as addiction to PlayStation. "Everyone hates cleaning the litter box," the man said, not waiting for the sarcastic response I had just thought of. As a service, I try to think up new ones for each customer. Personal touch and

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Wall-e 5 Word Review: Oh Hell Yeah It Rocks. Slighty Longer Review: Never before has so much social commentary been put so DIGESTIBLY into a film, and most of that message is never spoken with dialogue. PIXAR has shined their "2-layer film" Formula (The kids get it on one level, the adults get the deeper message) to a mirror finish on this one. Not just an immensely enjoyable film, but a

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-10761774369967832452008-07-01T13:23:00.001-04:002011-06-17T09:22:41.365-04:00

We're back from a brief hiatus! And we've been scheming in our absence to get people involved with ALS Advocacy in our own particular... Um... "Idiom, sir?" Yes, Idiom! Thank you. So here is the deal: Fiver and I have started a team for the annual Walk to Defeat ALS, sponsored by the ALS Association of Georgia. This is the big fundraiser for ALS, since we don't have a telethon, and Mel wants

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-43546627175786722652008-06-26T00:48:00.003-04:002011-06-17T09:21:40.310-04:00

Melissa and I are back from Japan. Here's a taste of the Trip Report (forthcoming):

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-15687889238533755102008-06-25T08:09:00.000-04:002008-06-25T08:10:40.104-04:00

This shirt has renewed my faith in T-shirts in general. I must have this. And I think Wade should love it as well.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-9244464083721328352008-05-19T13:38:00.006-04:002008-05-21T17:46:31.118-04:00

I'm sure most of you are familiar with PROJECT FIVER, a petition I created to get Melissa cast as an extra in THE HOBBIT. Well, Melissa and I have been going back and forth on how to break the news, but we're just going to cut to the chase. A Production Liaison has contacted us, and they want to make Project Fiver happen in the next year or so.To quote someone famous: "There is no emoticon for

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Pretty awesome stuff. And the soundtrack rocks. (Nine Inch Nails from the '300' soundtrack)Watch More How to and DIY videos

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After the ceiling fan in Matthew's room decided it REALLY wanted to know what gravity was and took a swan dive, we replaced all the fans in the upper rooms. Ron-In-Law chose these ones with a remote control to change the fan speed, turn on & off the lights, and dim them. Pretty cool feature: (1) Mel can change the lighting and fan in her room without asking for help, (2) the old fight about who

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-8678984302528725562008-05-02T00:40:00.005-04:002008-05-02T00:55:34.355-04:00

Dear Sweet Holy Ghost of Stan Lee. IRON MAN has just unseated SPIDER-MAN as my favorite comic book movie. And I didn't think that could be done. While Spider Man is a milestone of Superhero movies done right, IRON MAN overtakes it in the end. And while the CG is schweeEEEEEEEET, what really makes this film is Robert Downey Jr. I knew he was just the right pick for Tony Stark. Because Tony Stark

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-23214417700855322812008-05-01T13:58:00.002-04:002011-06-17T09:25:37.884-04:00

I have to give credit where it is due for a moment here. Melissa can no longer walk without someone helping her. Either I have to "drive" her by her shoulders, or she can use the roller-walker with someone behind her. This has severely limited her mobility, and she spends part of the day in our room reading stories and watching movies on the computer. We were just about to cancel our NetFlix

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-9872983159286157062008-04-29T11:24:00.002-04:002008-04-29T11:27:04.370-04:00

Okay, who's the smartass who signed me up for an AARP card? I just got a membership card in the mail Saturday. I'm only 34 for pete's sake!I'm tempted to keep the card though, and try to see if anyone would question it. "One Senior Citizen Ticket to IRON MAN. Yes, I have an AARP Card. Yes, I'm Chris Kern, here's a photo ID..."

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-86288348618054692842008-04-18T16:31:00.003-04:002011-06-17T09:27:51.016-04:00

Yesterday, my Mom-In-Law just delivered a trio of easter candy that she forgot to give me. A box of Dots, Good & Plenty and JuJuBes. Dots were fine, G&P are always good, but I had to throw away the JuJuBes after one handful. These are just as awful as I remember. If I had to explain JuJuBes to a foreigner, this would be it: "Imagine a sweet, colorful gummy candy that looks like a

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-12991834613003585712008-04-17T00:12:00.001-04:002008-04-17T00:13:39.989-04:00

A little late, but some SMALL things have kept me from doing my usual editing projects in the evenings. can't imagine what!So here it is. My first choral arrangement, and my first music arrangement since about 1996, and that was a failed attempt at "Buddy Holly" by Weezer for my UGA A Cappella group The Accidentals. I wanted to make a song with a real message for Christmas in Atlanta. So here is

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Thanks everyone, for the great birthday wishes. I had a very busy day, it happens. Getting Melissa and Matthew ready for church on Sundays is busy in itself. We arrived late for the pre-show choir practice and they told me I had a solo in a song we've done before, so I thought I was set. Only they didn't give me the solo in the same spot as last time. Heh. So I ended up leaving an empty space in

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-65642823098869398232008-03-11T15:40:00.005-04:002011-06-17T09:40:52.446-04:00

Many of you may know my wife, Melissa Kern. She has helped out with the Tolkien and Young Adult Literature tracks at DragonCon. She even appeared in a well-known DragonCon TV commercial. Mel has been a fan of J.R.R. Tolkien since she read The Hobbit as a child, and has always loved books. Her heart leaped when she saw the preview for Peter Jackson’s film adaptations of Lord of the Rings,

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I've always been kinda lukewarm to Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel (Who are a couple, I now find out). I just never found them all that great. Well thanks to a friend of Melissa's and YouTube, I they each have gone up a peg in my book. This is what Sarah did during the Writer's Strike: And THIS is how Jimmy Kimmel responded on the Oscars Post-Show last night: I'll give you three guesses as to

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-68993422948245346092008-02-20T11:15:00.003-05:002008-02-20T11:41:57.929-05:00

The Strike is over, and nothing truly remarkable is happening on a day-to-day basis here. However, we recently re-established contact with the Nash family in Northamptonshire, UK, whom we haven't spoke with in nearly two years. They asked what's been going on in our lives. This forced me to think back and how much has changed since 2006. I'm attaching the text of the email here, as a CLIFF'S

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-79479632058820211182008-01-08T13:53:00.000-05:002008-01-08T13:56:23.586-05:00

Just so you know: I have not written here in a month to keep solidarity with my writer brethren in the Writer's Strike. Not that I make a cent on this page, but I do feel strongly about defending the right to be paid a small amount for your works by greedy media corporations. That and I haven't had much to say recently that's been funny or interesting.

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-10873319636528573852007-11-12T08:18:00.000-05:002007-11-12T08:37:21.254-05:00

I took Matthew out for a walk yesterday morning. The northerner in me loves when the weather spikes suddenly cold in November. It reminds me of August in Chicago.--------------"Daddy! Look at all the Acorns!""Yes, kiddo, all over the place. And all the pretty leaves too.""They're all on the ground.""Of course. This season...this time of year is called 'Fall'. Because the leaves turn colors and

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For your Samhain Viewing Pleasure, I link-ily present: Great Cinematic Pumpkins of our Time

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It makes us cry. The agonizing UN-Pride. From the Palm Beach Post:Maybe he was joking, but gregarious Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder confessed today he didn't know until Tuesday that people spoke English in London. Crowder, a former Florida Gator and Atlanta native, apparently isn't sure where the plane is headed when it takes off this afternoon for Sunday's game against the New York

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Matthew brought home a serious homework assignment from Kindergarten this week: Write a story. It had to be three sentences long, with the kid spelling and writing all by himself, (We were allowed to sound out the words for him though) and a picture was also required. Matthew's first idea for a story was this: "Matthew K went to the Mall. Then two bad guys came in and it went BOOM!""No, I don't

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-83566368905203727562007-10-04T09:42:00.000-04:002007-10-04T09:48:30.198-04:00

I'm a gamer. Specifically, I'm a PS2 and recent Wii Gamer. I'll play some stuff on my PC, but I have to play OLD games, because I flat-out refuse to spend $300 on a new video card every 6 months. (I just finished Doom3 this summer, if that gives you any indication. I also enjoy "Transport Tycoon" from 1991.)I never had an XBOX, nor a 360 and have never really wanted one, save for a few hard

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-54981159807371989312007-10-02T00:48:00.001-04:002007-10-02T08:09:00.818-04:00

I just finished transcribing and editing up the DragonCon Trip Report for this year. So if you didn't get to go, or would just like to see it the way I did, read on: Bill the Pony's DragonCon2007 Trip Report

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The house should have been on the market 3 weeks ago, but we still have work to do on it. Not like it's the Money Pit house or anything, it's just been slow going coordinating the landscapers' schedule, setting up the contractor to re-do the bathroom floors and painting & cleaning it up. It sucks giving up all my weekends and seeing so little progress. But Melissa's folks have been helping out

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-55222493683419104772007-09-27T11:33:00.000-04:002007-09-27T11:36:47.348-04:00

from All Things Considered NPR - Can a band plagiarize itself? One listener in Canada has implied as much by taking two songs by the band Nickelback and superimposing them over one another to emphasize the similarity. Listen for YourselfIt is technically still a "mash-up" if the songs are identical to begin with?

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Matthew arrived home from school today without a bear (the Kindergarten teacher's symbol of good behavior for the day), ant it was for not listening to instructions. He's been very good in class since the first week, so this was not the norm. We sighed and realized it was going to be one of THOSE nights. Because his Not-Listening behavior is usually an all-day affair. We just have to suck it up

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-89004473961280765702007-08-29T07:47:00.000-04:002007-08-29T07:58:37.435-04:00

Melissa and I are off to Dragon*Con this weekend for a little vacation from reality. And the Dragon*Con LiveJournal springs to life about two months out, and the closer we get to the Con, the less and less you see of your friends' posts, in the sea of room requests, party announcements, Calls for models in the annual "Men In Kilts & A Girl with a Leafblower" calendar... and UNIQUE posts like this

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-12088855216424448342007-08-20T11:37:00.000-04:002007-08-20T11:42:23.320-04:00

Mel: Matthew, What do you want to be when you grow up?Matthew: I want to be a SUPERHERO! Zoooommmm Pyow pyow!Chris: and what super-powers would you have?Matthew: I'd have um, the power of Fire... and Fish... and... BOOM!Mel: And what would your SuperHero name be?Matthew: Super Matthew K!Chris: Yeah, good way to keep your secret identity, there, kiddo.I wish I could draw, because a guy in tights

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-49572507994490477052007-08-20T11:29:00.000-04:002007-08-20T11:35:16.519-04:00

It has begun. Melisa and I have moved the bulk of our belongings out of our house, Thanks to some heavy-lifting help from Craig and Ron. We are now living with Mel's parents about 20 minutes down the road, and Matthew is attending school in the new place. Over the next few weeks, we'll be cleaning out the rest of our belongings and cleaning up the house, prepping it for sale. The bathrooms

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-28499651760586977892007-08-13T10:29:00.000-04:002007-08-13T10:35:52.298-04:00

Matthew starts Kindergarten today. Melissa and I waited with him at the bus stop and he's off to school. *Guh* I'm sure it'll be a bit scary at first, but Matthew's always been a very social kid. The teachers may have trouble keeping him quiet if he finds a bug, but I think he'll learn the way things work fairly quickly. [Aside to Teacher Friends: Is "Fairly Quickly" correct? A double adverb

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-78975115195237449362007-08-07T13:12:00.000-04:002007-08-07T15:38:20.435-04:00

A diary of my business trip to HQ in Little Rock, Arkansas last week:Sunday, July 29th5:30 PM - Dropped off at Hartsfield-Jackson-Turner-YourNameHereFor$1Billon Atlanta International Airport, plenty early for my 6:55 flight to Little Rock. Once I see the departure boards, I realize there's even MORE time, since it now shows the flight leaving at 7:10. No problem, I head to Concourse A and walk

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-70163277779773376232007-07-27T12:29:00.000-04:002007-07-27T12:33:14.293-04:00

Can You Hear Me NOW??!?!? MELBOURNE, Australia (Reuters) -- A man appeared in court in Sydney on Saturday after taking an armored personnel carrier on a rampage through the city's western suburbs in which he destroyed six mobile phone towers, Australian media reported.Suburban Mt Druitt police Chief Inspector Guy Haberley said the 45-year-old man had been arrested on his way to damaging a seventh

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-28088833334119530922007-07-26T16:26:00.001-04:002007-07-27T00:37:23.161-04:00

While some good has come out of Texas (My friends Jim, Joni and Troy, ZZ Top, the Fajita) the state is in desperate need of some good press. Besides providing us with our self-serving, sharp-as-a-bowling-ball President, they just churned out this little gem: Texas Appoints Creationist Head of Board of EdjoocationFrom Bad Astronomy:Texas Freedom Network president Kathy Miller noted that in 2003,

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-60358067641092095172007-07-20T11:03:00.000-04:002007-07-20T14:32:51.179-04:00

We thought that this would be a quiet summer, with little going on. We thought wrong. We've been swamped with work and housework and swimming lessons for Matthew and everything else under the sun. The main task is cleaning and fixing up our house, which, although it is only 9 years old and in good shape, is no simple task. Mainly it's not simple because I am a complete dolt when it comes to tools

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-47987373903747068572007-07-15T22:11:00.001-04:002007-07-15T22:33:37.861-04:00

Melissa and I have a little window into our son's mind. I know that soon, the time will come when Matthew keeps all his thoughts and opinions to himself. But for this brief, magical time, he shares them with us freely. "Mommy, Daddy, I have a great Idea!" It always opens. I don't know how this started, but I'd like to slip whomever it was a $50 for the amount of insight and amusement this one

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-57150293792080738862007-07-13T12:42:00.000-04:002007-07-13T12:45:18.056-04:00

Student knits her own FerrariArt graduate Lauren Porter knitted a Ferrari sportscar for her honors degree at Bath Spa University.Art student Lauren Porter, 22, with life size Ferrari she knitted out of wool for her degree show at Bath Spa University.The classic red bodywork consists of 250 squares of garter stitch made by Lauren and 20 family members and friends. The windows are V-shaped stocking

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Cash-Strapped Police Sell Ad Space on CarsThe Toledo, Ohio police department needs to replace about 100 of its 140-car fleet at a time when money's tight. When budget deficits are forecast, getting funds can be a challenge, and that's what led the Toldeo department to offer cruiser sponsorships. In exchange for $15,000, the cars will have a 3 by 1 foot ad placed on the rear quarter panels. Four

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We had a fun discovery this past weekend. While a much-needed rainstorm hit the Atlanta Metro area on Friday, Mel, Matthew, Shawn and I were hitting the new Steak & Shake at the Mall of Georgia. (Mmmmmm, Strawberry) Save for a drenching on the way home, all appeared to be well, until we tried to check our email later in the evening. After some troubleshooting on my work PC, I found the DSL

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-19302378599762109872007-06-29T11:02:00.001-04:002007-06-29T11:05:49.257-04:00

VICTORY! Common Sense Wins Over Lawyers Pants! WASHINGTON (AP) -- A judge ruled Monday that no pair of pants is worth $54 million, rejecting a lawsuit that took a dry cleaner's promise of "Satisfaction Guaranteed" to its most litigious extreme.Roy L. Pearson became a worldwide symbol of legal abuse by seeking jackpot justice from a simple complaint - that a neighborhood dry cleaners lost the

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-63016099212320307762007-06-22T13:55:00.000-04:002007-06-22T13:56:30.430-04:00

Tijuana Wants Its Salad TossedTIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - The Mexican border city of Tijuana, mired in drug violence, hopes to recall brighter days this summer by tossing three tonnes of Caesar salad, the dish invented in the town's U.S. prohibition-era glory days.The salad was born in 1932 in the kitchen of chef Cesar Cardini, according to the current owners of Caesar's Hotel in Tijuana, a city

Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03598797736705003424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123035.post-66450212437241262772007-06-20T13:38:00.000-04:002007-06-20T13:40:01.072-04:00

An average day in Tokyo's Akihabara district...

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Racy Ad Viewed from London Flight Path(AP) A giant silhouette of a naked pole dancer painted on a field beneath Gatwick Airport's flight path is disturbing the British countryside.The 9,300 square metre advertisement is nearly invisible from the ground, but can be seen by airline passengers, Tandridge District Council spokeswoman Giuseppina Valenza said today. She said the ad was painted on the

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Baseball Team Plays 24 Hours Straight for CharityNEW YORK -- The staff of the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team played for 24 hours nonstop over the weekend, battling little leaguers, circus clowns and waiters, among others, and raising $2,500 for local food pantries.The team, which included its general manager and assistant general manager and personnel from ticket sales, media

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Nationwide Ad - Downtown Columbus Ohio Originally uploaded by Hojimoto Some creative LARGE-SCALE advertising going on here.

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I'm going to call Hollywood today and give them my verdict: A 10-year moratorium on the word "Rise" or "Rising" in Movie and Video Game titles. Frankly, it's a cop-out of a title word, especially in sequels. It's a lazy shorthand way of saying "Here's a crappy new character! Oooh, let's see how he/she stirs things up with our existing cast!" or "Here's a new villain to fight!" and more recently

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Dutch to Air Kidney-Prize Game Show A Dutch TV station says it will go ahead with a programme in which a terminally ill woman selects one of three patients to receive her kidneys.Political parties have called for The Big Donor Show to be scrapped, but broadcaster BNN says it will highlight the country's shortage of organ donors."It's a crazy idea," said Joop Atsma, of the ruling Christian

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And now from a personal note: Popular online community LiveJournal is in hot water with its millions of users lately. Over 500 users and communities were suspended due to SUSPECTED indecent content. Right-wing pseudo-vigilante group "Warriors for Innocence" is a batch of crusaders against child pornography and pedophilia, and they took aim at LiveJournal (LJ) Communities that they deemed

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Web-Head Paid $220 for Original "Black Spiderman Suit" IdeaRandy Schueller had a million-dollar idea - and he got paid $220 for it. Actually, his idea was worth closer to $700 million - about the amount "Spider-Man 3" has raked in so far worldwide.Back in 1982, Schueller was a 22-year-old comic-book fan living in Chicago. Marvel, the publisher of "Spider-Man," asked readers to send in ideas for

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I'm a big fan of the online comic Penny Arcade, since it's all about gaming, SciFi Fandom and geeks. A few weeks back, I found a link to a cool Desktop wallpaper they made of one of their storylines, "Armadeaddon", where they repulse a wave of zombies at the local mall. I downloaded it onto my work PC and I love it. Matthew came in today and asked what it said at the bottom. I told him. "

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Teachers Stage Fake Gun Attack On 6th GradersMURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Staff members of an elementary school staged a fictitious gun attack on students during a class trip, telling them it was not a drill as the children cried and hid under tables.The mock attack Thursday night was intended as a learning experience and lasted five minutes during the week-long trip to a state park, said Scales

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Here's a montage that the AFI should show at the Oscars!"100 Years, 100 Movies, 100 Numbers"

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The BBC Reports: US soldiers will still be able to e-mail home, and army bloggers should still be able to post, but the web may become a quieter place after this week's Pentagon clampdown. Thirteen sites have been declared off-limits on Department of Defense computer systems, ranging from MySpace to MTV.The official reason given is that too much military bandwidth is being hogged to share photos,

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Went to the Dentist again today, for PART II of my drilling & filling. I just don't get it. Over the past 2 years I've been brushing every night (doing so along with Matthew keeps me in the habit) AND paying extra for the 6-month fluoride treatments, and STILL I get cavities. This morning, same routine: Novocaine shot in the jaw, and they start drilling. There's that weird vibration from the

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