Nativity misplacement

As the holiday season winds down I bring to you one the most awkward places to display a nativity scene.



Of course perhaps this is a ploy to make sure no one stinks up the place.

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new lot of etsy pendants

I have just listed a new group of calvin and hobbes pendants on my etsy shop : DESULTORIOUS

Xmas winding down

It's only 9:30pm but it's time to wind down from the Xmas holiday. Back to work in the morning, it hurts to think about it already. I'll just go back to my new hat and sit happily waiting for sleep.


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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas world.


- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

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Bass pro shop

I found myself out at bass pro shops (aka the mans-store, aka redneck-paradise) this morning. Actually I found myself out there twice, the first time of which turned out to be an hour before they opened. I have to admit that one of the pleasures I have of going out there is just seeing all the different combinations of camouflage that people find it okay to wear. As camouflage is primarily a hunting device, I often wonder how much shopping is like hunting to these fine folks. There are those with just a splash, say a hat or boots. Then you go a little bigger a camo jacket, possibly pants. Then there are the guys who I would think will be leaving directly from bass pro shops back into the woods to snipe a bear. Ahhh man-store, hours of entertainment with no admission fee.


- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

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Before he was a star

I was watching old episodes (are there any other) of "married with children" on Netflix, when who should appear in a bit role but the weasel himself Pauly Shore before he hit it big.



- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

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Thanks

Just wanted to send a quick thanks out to all those who have purchased something on my etsy store. It amazes me every time that something I made is going somewhere else in the world. Thanks again.




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In the city

Just because


- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

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Cupcake-a-pallooza

Every month my wife makes cupcakes for the vessels of mercy charity to distribute. I know there has to be extras I just can't tell which ones.



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New etsy pendants

A new group of Calvin and Hobbes pendants is up on etsy.




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new camera

as an early christmas present my wife got me a new camera to use on our upcoming trip to wdw.  i got a canon power shot sx40 with  35x zoom, so i can reach out and touch the world.

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The garnish vp

Except for any food dish that uses meat as a garnish, I would have to say fried corn flakes as a topping comes in a close second.



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Black Friday

For the first time ever I will be going shopping on black Friday. I'm not doing the midnight thing, because I am an early to bed guy an need my beauty sleep, but my wife does want to find some deals since this is the first black Friday I've had off work in 9 years.

I don't know what to expect out there, but from news reports and commercials I fear the worst. If you do not hear from me again know that the cake is a lie and beavers are to be feared.

Now show me to the $5 VCRs and $2 8-track players.




- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

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Crying Traditions

Happy thanksgiving people of the world. I know it's a US holiday, but still have a happy Thursday.

Today Is one of those holidays filled with tradition. The macy's thanks giving parade is how you start it out. Followed by the Detroit lions game, which will interupted in order to make a plate. Then a turkey induced nap to follow. That is the way it had always been for me until I got married.



I'm not writing about how once we were married we had to do the two house hop, as we had thanksgiving dinner at both sets of parents houses on the same day. No today I am talking about the church my wife grew up in and their traditional thanksgiving morning service .

It is a casual small service (the church seats a couple thousand but on this day only a couple hundred attend), and from what I have experienced the main purpose of this service, besides giving thanks to the Lord, is to try and make you cry. To try and make you reach for a tissue as you can no longer hold back the emotion and begin to leak fluid from your eye-holes (technical term, look it up). Each year they ask a congregation member to tell how they overcame hardship and adversity in the previous year. How one overcame cancer, another job lose, another had gone to jail for crimes he admitted to, every year a sadder and sadder tale with that oh so surprising now things are great ending. And each year I see folks all over the sanctuary burst into tears. I think there is a much larger portion of society that enjoys crying than I once thought. I, on the other hand, sit there looking like the unfeeling ass, as I yawn and read the church brochure from the pew in front of me. I'm not a bad guy but how about picking it up with a little humor this year pastor. I applaud these folks for overcoming and picking themselves up off the mat, but why do they have to make you cry to feel that. I'll wait til a little later in the day when see how the lions are doing before I start the water works.


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Stuff I see

Things that make you go hmmm.


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Warm heart. Blue feet

I remember taking this picture with my phone at the beach back in September to show what an idiot I was. I was taking pictures of the sunrise and didn't notice a wave coming in. What I didn't recall was that the water was cold enough to turn my feet blue. Glad it didn't go any higher up my shorts.


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A new frontier

I made a new move in my culinary life the other day, for the first time I bought and used ham hocks.



Not the biggest move I know, but it was in terms of what I actually use in my own cooking. I certainly am willing to try many new things when cooked by others, but my own cooking is often filled with new combinations of the same old thing. And even here I used the hocks in an old crock pot favorite of ham and beans, but it turned out very good.


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The walking dead

No I'm not talking about zombies, although I have felt like one the past few days of work. I'm talking of the dreaded cold/flu symptoms that have descended upon my head and chest and turned me into a shell of my former self. The amount of mucous that the human head can produce is one of the truly amazing things in mother nature.

Over the past 4 days of work it has slowly creeped up my throat into my head and now has returned to it's place of honor in my chest. Finally today is a day off from work, a day to sleep and recuperate. I shall win this battle as I have before a weakened but valiant warrior in the croop battle.


- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

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Location:The walking dead

new etsy items

here's a look at some of the new calvin and hobbes pendants i have put up for sale in my etsy shop recently

Desultorios

The mud hut crowd

While driving to Starbucks this morning my sports radio station had an ad on for a charity organization, and like many other of these ads they described the people they were going to help as "living in mud huts". Hmmm. Is that a bad thing?

Isn't living in a mud hut considered "earth friendly"? As far as I know most of the areas where people live in these mud huts there aren't large forests to make 2x4's out of. Should these charities be raising money for lumber instead of food?

Is it not possible to have a well built mud hut? I understand that building inspectors may not be checking the mud huts like I'm sure they use to, but is there some sort of mud hut cave-in death increase that we need to be concerned about?

Is the mud hut equivalent to being homeless, because I think in mid January many of the homeless in my area would love a mud hut. Or is it more equivalent to living in a trailer here in the US? If so my brother-in-law may have given me the answer when he once said "there are some really nice double-wides". Maybe we just need to give these folks mud hut additions, like a nice rumpus room or library.


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Please give me one day

Please mother nature can you give me one day without blowing a bunch of new leaves down. Thanks.



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Garrosh Hellscream pendant

After getting back from blizzcon I've been inspired to do a few more world of Warcraft pieces for the Etsy shop. Here is the first one of our current warchief Garrosh Hellscream. Lok'tar ogar. Desultorious


- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

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Thanks to tipoaa podcast

Back home from a great couple days at blizzcon. Want to give a big thanks to the guys from the incredible podcast of amazing awesomeness, mike schramm and turpster, it was great to meet both of them.








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Initial blizzcon day 1 report

So blizzcon day one has come and gone and it was a very good day. It started with a chance encounter and hand shake in the hall with the president of blizzard, mike Morhaim. We didn't stand in line, instead we got there about 15 minutes after door open and walked right in. Blizzard made some huge announcements, I got to meet chris metzen. Had another lore sighting, as well as Clara from the guild. Rounded off the night meeting mike schramm to buy my official tipoaa shirt, heading back to the center for Starcraft II finals. All in all a very good day.

I will write longer about all this when I get home but for now it is into the Starbucks line for my beautiful bride.

Blizzcon day two is a go.



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Famous peeps everywhere

I went to the wow head/gamebreaker tv party last night here at blizzcon. While walking over I ran into the turpster and mike shramm from tipoaa.


Not the greatest picture ever but was awesome all the same.

Once inside got to see all the celebs from the online world. Had a goal to see all the guys from the legendary podcast. Gary Gannon and mike b were pretty easy to find.



Bright lights and all, but lore wasn't to be found until I was getting ready to leave. All I managed to get was an outline of the legendary fro.

Blizzcon arrival day

Made it to Anaheim for blizzcon. Now to get our passes and maybe if I can stay awake hit a party to see superstars like lore or turpster.


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Blizzcon countdown

A mere three days until my wife and I board that plane headed for blizzcon in Anaheim. Only problem is I have three work filled days to get through and a million plus two things to get done before hand. I have to get the lawn mowed today or we not be able to find the house upon return. While doing laundry last night I stepped in a nice puddle as I went to put the stuff in the dryer, so I need to find out where the leak is. I need to get some food in the house for our friend whose staying with our dog, and I can't seem to find the spoon I had before I fell asleep last night.



- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

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new pharmacy bottle robots

just added a few new prescription bottle men to my etsy shop desultorious

Old man wisdom

An old man came into the pharmacy yesterday looking for large safety pins. We unfortunately were fresh out at the time. I apologized and he said it wasn't a problem and that most people these days he thought used Velcro anyways. Then he said one of the most profound things I've never thought of. He said "you know people don't realize these days that the west was won without bungee cords and duct tape." Why I guess your right sir. Hmmmmm something to think about.


- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

new calvin and hobbes pendants

just listed a bunch of new calvin and hobbes pendants in my esty shop

Desultorious

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Whales must go?

So last week while working in the yard and watching what appeared to be thousands of squirrels running around the neighborhood, I thought to myself " you know I have never seen a squirrel poop.". Deep I know.

Well today flipping through the channels I past a show on whales. Shots went back and forth between the whales swimming and tourist on a boat saying how beautiful the whales were. My thought today was that these animals are mammals and thus like me and the squirrel, what goes in one end should come out the other right? You never see that in all the under water ballet shots of whales swimming but you know it has to happen. What would all those tourist say if that was the first thing they saw?

Just another random thought.


- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

Really?

16? Really?

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Another thing I hate

Driving by 7-eleven the other morning I noticed they have a sign asking you to come see what's on their dollar menu. Dollar menu? Really? I understand the economy isn't good and many people are out of work but at what point did the dollar menu become a sales standard. What do we think we are getting for that dollar? We all know the price of all goods has gone up, so what cheap fat filled crap do we think they are putting on all these menus?

A bigger issue for me is that society in general seems determined to have dollar menus/value deals everywhere. As a pharmacist I can tell you that the $4 generic prescription plans are killing us. Why do we have to put a dollar amount out there and say this is what value is? Can't you get a great value at a dollar higher? What all these value menus seem to do is force companies into employing people at lower salaries. Would you want to get paid less so Bob next door only has to pay a dollar for each of his 7 cheeseburgers?



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New prescription bottle men

Just listed a new set of prescription bottle men on my Etsy shop Desultorious









- Meglio un giorno da leona che cento da pecora.

Where are they now

From elegantly dressed letter turning celebrity to afghan expert. Is she still on wheel of fortune?

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Name that quote

"ladies and gentlemen take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice."


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new etsy items

here are some more new items that i've made and put up for sale on my etsy shop DESULTORIOUS

hope you enjoy.