Simple Randomness

My New T-Shirt is Almost Here!

I’ve needed a new t-shirt for quite a while now. You know, something to wear on the weekends that I probably can’t wear to work. So about a week or so ago my sister pointed me to shirt.woot.com and I found some really cool ones! It’s fun because they offer a new shirt design pretty much every day.

Ok, so the shirt I got is this one:

I LOVE IT!!! I just thought it was really really clever and just fun. Any hey, my wife liked it to so that cinched the deal.  I was hoping that it would be here today (cause then I would have worn it to work), but I guess I’ll have to wait a few more days.

In the past I’ve always been a fan of t-shirts from places like In-N-Out, Fuddruckers (I did the 1 pound challenge for a t-shirt from them…), and the like.  But lately I haven’t seen any that I really liked, so I had to find alternatives.

Now I need to find some more shirts that I can wear to work…

I Made a Duct Tape Wallet!

I really wasn’t happy with my old wallet. When I first bought it I thought it was great and compact, but then as I started using it more I realized that it was so small that I couldn’t fit a dollar bill lengthwise, so I had to fold them. This made the wallet get fat really quickly. Great little wallet, but that was the inherent flaw in it.

Well I really didn’t feel like buying a new wallet. I didn’t like the super cheap ones and I didn’t like the price of most of the leather ones that I saw. Then I heard about duct tape wallets…and I thought the idea sounded great!

Overall it was pretty easy to make. I can see how once you get used to doing these things you could really pump them out. The one I made isn’t great by any means (not as good as the picture here), but hey - I MADE IT! So now I know that the next time my wallet goes out, I can just make a new one. And you can also customize them any way you want to.

So if you’re bored and need something to do, try making a wallet. It’s pretty cool!

My Son is 2 Today!

Just a quick announcement that my little boy turns 2 today!  He is my only kid right now, and it’s crazy to think that my wife and I have been ‘parents’ for 2 years now.  My does time fly.  I’m sure all of the other parents out there will tell me that it just gets faster, and with all that has gone on in the last 2 years I can only imagine how fast it’s going to keep getting.

So Happy Birthday Brennen!!!

The Sunday Funnies Aren’t So Funny Anymore

I must be in a very nostalgic mood or something… I was thinking just the other day about how on Sundays we would always try to be the first one to get the paper so that we could read over the funnies. It was by far the most fought over section of the Sunday paper. Granted, I didn’t get half of the jokes, but they were still funny most of the time.

Just the other day I was looking over the funnies when I was at my parents house for a visit. They just aren’t the same as they used to be. I honestly think that most of the comics have gone down-hill. (I’m sure Garfield had his golden days, but I don’t think cats should live that long…) What happened to the classics like The Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes? Those comics were great! I honestly can’t think of one these days that even comes close.

Here are some of my favorites from the good old days (some of these might still be around, I just think the quality has gone down):

• The Far Side
• Calvin & Hobbes
• Foxtrot
• B.C.
• Dilbert

Well, there’s always hope for the future I guess!