Archive for August, 2006

It’s making me giggle…

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

… imagining the reaction I’d get from certain people if I walked around in this shirt:

It’s in Arabic, and translates to “I am not a Terrorist.” I’d actually prefer it if it had something innocuous on it, like “Have a Great Day!” in Arabic. Same effect, nicer thought.
Read the story of the shirt here.

Non-Sequitor does Ann Coulter

Friday, August 11th, 2006

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So, how’s the house coming along?

Friday, August 11th, 2006

DSCN6344Tomorrow it’ll be three months since the lines were drawn for the addition on our house.

To see how it’s come along, check out this Flickr set .

The insulation was installed yesterday, and we’re hoping the drywall will be done by the time we get back from vacation. The exterior is being painted, me-ti-cu-lous-ly by Jorge. It was in such bad shape- he’s just what we needed!

So, the final stretch is in sight. It’s time to pick out paint colors and tile!

Fishing

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

I was playing with photo-manipulating software (Photomatrix & Paint Shop Pro X) and came up with this.
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(click to see the big pic)

Here’s the original shot:
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That’s Tim with his friend Aaron and Aaron’s brother Will heading off to go fishing during our camping trip a couple weeks ago.

Where I’m going on vacation

Monday, August 7th, 2006

We leave on Sunday for the Outer Banks. Never been there before, but I’m getting excited now !

(map via wikimapia.org)