http://www.igetsomad.com ...Because people really are stupid. Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:52:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went to Fred Meyer on my lunch break yesterday to get a few grocery-related things I need at work (coffee creamer, mostly). While I was there, I went to the deli section to get something to eat. The woman behind the counter was almost finished weighing the order of ... http://www.igetsomad.com/2008/10/21/lunchtime-hat/ Read part one Read part two Read part three Read part four After the show, we had dinner, checked out a few more casinos, gambled a bit more, then headed back to our suite to wind down. Kathy woke me up about 6:00 AM the next morning, fully dressed, asking if I wanted to join ... http://www.igetsomad.com/2008/10/15/20th-wedding-anniversary-part-five/ Read part one Read part two Read part three We left our room and got back in the car to find a place to get breakfast. It was after 9:00 AM, and we had both been up since before 4:00 with nothing to eat yet. We drove to the Flamingo and had an ... http://www.igetsomad.com/2008/10/13/20th-wedding-anniversary-part-four/ Read part one Read part two We put our bags in the car, and spent the next few minutes figuring out how to adjust the seats and start the car (there’s no “key” in the cut-piece-of-metal sense, just an electronic fob that looks like a thumb drive). Once we got going and ... http://www.igetsomad.com/2008/10/09/20th-wedding-anniversary-part-three/ Read part one We park the car at the airport and I open the trunk, and only then does Kathy realize that I’ve already packed for us both. She still doesn’t really know what’s going to happen or where we’re going, since I won’t tell her anything ahead of time. Whenever ... http://www.igetsomad.com/2008/10/07/20th-wedding-anniversary-part-two/ July 9th, 2008, was our 20 year anniversary. I wanted to do something big for Kathy, and I started planning early. After discussing options with many people, including her best friend Lori, I decided to surprise her with a weekend in Las Vegas. My grandparents lived there years ago, and ... http://www.igetsomad.com/2008/10/05/20th-wedding-anniversary-part-one/ Kathy, Nathan Burton and me. Kathy and I had a blast in Las Vegas in July for our 20th anniversary. I’ll blog much more about it soon. http://www.igetsomad.com/2008/09/20/kathy-nathan-burton-and-me/ Saturday morning, Billy and Matt left on a road trip to L.A. They stayed overnight at a motel in Redding, and got back on the road about 5:30 or so Sunday morning. They called us at 7:30 AM, saying that his car broke down, and they were on the side ... http://www.igetsomad.com/2007/06/18/road-trip-canceled/ I started getting undeliverable message notices today at about 4:50 PM, coming to various email addresses ending in “@igetsomad.com”. All of the original emails had been sent using a forged FROM: field, and were identical very-obviously-spam messages, which was an ad for a Russian pirated software website. I setup an SPF ... http://www.igetsomad.com/2007/01/12/im-not-a-spammer-really/ 10. Miracle on 34th Street (the 1947 original) The 1994 remake was just so-so. 9. The Santa Clause I know it’s pretty cheesy, but I still get a kick out of Tim Allen’s first Christmas movie. Stay away from the sequels, though 8. Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (the 1970 TV special) I love ... http://www.igetsomad.com/2006/11/27/ten-best-christmas-shows/