Better Off Ted - Give It a Try

If you have not watched Better Off Ted, I highly recommend it. It is HI-larious! It is about a product development company. I know that sounds dull, but the products are outrageously, silly and the characters are equally silly. I really can't go into the details of the stories. Really, it is something that you have to see for yourself. One of the funniest episodes involved the motion sensors in the labs that turned on and off the lights in rooms. New sensors were installed that were cheaper and worked by detecting the light reflecting off of the skin of the workers, but it had one glitch: the sensor did not recognize black people. It was hilarious. Rather than fixing the system, they hired white people to follow the black people around so that they, the black people, could do their work. This cause issues in the legal department, who claimed that they needed to open the position to black people, which in turn would require the hiring of more white people. Portia DeRosi is one of the characters and she had a great line in the show. It went something like, "We should not be focusing on the fact that the system can't see black people. We should be proud that we have a system that can see Asians, Hispanics, and Jews." I laughed my ass off. Every episode I have seen has made me laugh out loud. Everyone that likes to laugh should watch Better Off Ted.

Making Memories

I guess "Saving Memories" would be a more appropriate title. I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I have started my 10th year working for Nationwide. It is definately the longest I have ever been at a job. I am not sure if I will be doing this for the rest of my life, but for not, it works. Anyway, for my 10th year anniversary, Nationwide let me choose a gift. I got to choose from items like a golf club (driver), a DVD player, poker chips, and other items. I chose a LCD picture frame. It probably wasn't the most expensive of flashy item, but I have wanted one for a while. If you are unfamiliar with them, you can load digital photos on a memory card and display them on the LCD screen as a slide show. The only card I has was 4MB, so I could only unload a few pictures. So, I checked the best buy ad and they had 8 GB memory cards for $20 off. Now I have a good five minute slide show going on. Another think I saw was 8 GB flash drives $20 off. Now, I have all of my digital pictures saved on my computer and a flash drive. I tried putting them on CDs, which I have done for most of them, but it was getting tiresome.

Fun Night, Living Up To Its Name

Last night was the last night of bowling for my league. We ended up in 4th place, which is OK. Last night's games were, basically, meaningless except for a handicap bracket we do to make things a little more interesting. The #1 position bowler on team A bowls against the #1 person on team B, #2 bowls #2, and so on. You take your score plus handicap and the high game moves on to the next round. The next round whomever won the #1 position game bowls against the #2 position and the #3 position bowl the #4 position winner. The two winners bowl against each other in the third game. There are eventually six final winners and of those, the top four high series with handicap win money. I won first place and took home $50! Woo-hoo! On top of that, I bowled my second best game ever. A 266. I was perfect through the first 8 frames. My ninth ball looked perfect, but I left a solid 5 pin. I was irritated. It is the closest I have been to a perfect game. When I rolled a 279, I rolled a spare in the 4th frame, so I knew a 300 was not possible. Still, it was a good run.

On top of a good night of bowling, I played cards very well afterward. I won almost $90. I was getting pretty good cards and played them well. I lost a few big hands here and there, but won more than I lost (obviously). It was pretty nice. I went to bowling with $17, knowing that I didn't need to pay this week. I came home last night with $180+. Good times.

Something Kinda Cool

I got a call yesterday from US Bank. Usually, I don't answer calls from banks or mortgage companies, but this one came up as a 614 (Columbus) area code, so I anwered. I had a loan though them before, so I thought maybe there was something important. I was wrong. Kind of. What happened is this: When we go to Giant Eagle, our local grocery store, we put the kids in the Eagle's Nest. It is a play area that you can take your kids to while we shop. We like the Eagle's Nest and so do the kids. Anyway, the Eagle's Nest was having a coloring contest for Easter and it was sponsored by the in-store US Bank. Well, Gabriel won second place in his age group and Alydia won first place. US Bank wanted to let us know that we could pick up their prizes. The prizes weren't anything too big, but the kids were super excited and proud of each other. It was so cute. I need to go to Giant Eagle so that I can see the pitcures.

Spring is in the air!

I love the Spring. Winter is coming to a close and the warm air is starting to roll in. It's time to stop sitting on my ass all the time and get out into the yard. I have already done quite a bit in the back. I trimmed my roses, butterfly bushes and other shrubbery (NIEGH!) in the back. I still need to clean out the flower beds and get the garden ready. I think I am also going to expand my flower beds in the back. It is a pain in the ass, but it is something I would really like to do. The goal (eventually) is to have my entire back yard surrounded by flower beds all along the fence. It will take me a long time, but if I do it little by little, it will eventually get done. I am really bad about planning though. I would like to be able to get a variety of plants that match in color and range in size so that there is there is the greatest visual impact. I also need to worry about poisonous plants with the kids and dogs.