Go Team Pandy!

I know that there has been an absence of posting lately, but this in no way means that there isn’t a lot going on right now. In fact, there is a lot going on…well at least in my head at the moment. I don’t want to post about it out here in the open though, so as soon as I figure out the private post function of this blog software, I’ll start going at it. You’ll notice that on the bottom set of links on the right there is a “register” link. Just register and I’ll approve you for private posts.

Please note how the title of this post rhymes. That is pretty slick.

The answer?
6-7 cups of coffee
12 oz. of Diet Dr. Pepper

So thanks to Google’s New RSS Reader I’ve been going RSS crazy all over again, but this time I’ve been sure to include an extra heavy dose of MP3 Blogs. Thanks to a couple of blogs, today was awesome.

First, gorilla vs. bear introduced me to Coach Said Not To.

Then, Between Thought and Expression shared a track from Silversun Pickups. Stranger, the band’s performance on KEXP just came through KEXP’s live performance podcast. I must be in a hole since this is actually from back in September. Even better though, Silversun Pickups will be playing at The Crocodile next Tuesday. I see a night of rocking and pinballing at Shorty’s and on a work night!

Found via Boing Boing

This guy created an enormous sandwich that would make Subway’s Jared totally crap his pants. A ridiculously hungry guy made a $47 sandwich weighing in at almost 7 pounds and 30,000 calories. He claims to have eaten it in 15 hours, but really, shouldn’t a 30,000 calorie sandwich last your 15 days? Images Here

Had I known before how simple and cheap it is to change a toilet seat, I would have done it sooner.
I think im going ot replace my toilet seats one a year from now on.

That is what Yaeka was saying last night when no trick or treaters came by her mom’s house. This is the third Halloween I’ve spent in the Puget Sound area and I have handed out zero pieces of candy to kids. Let’s take a brief trip down memory lane to see how these have gone over the years.

2003 - Tacoma
I’ll admit that not handing out candy this year was really my choice. Aided by a building that requires people to be buzzed in, I simply ignored the kids when they annoyingly buzzed the buzzer. Have some respect you little ghouls and goblins! At one point I feared that someone else in the building may have let some in. Protected by the buzzer, I decided not to buy any candy and just watch TV - I may have even had pizza. Either way Yaeka was working at a “Harvest Party” so she couldn’t make me feel bad about it.

2004 - Issaquah/Redmond
Yaeka and I had managed to be in this condo for over 6 months at that point which was a record for her living anywhere since college. We bought candy. We filled a huge bowl. The children never came! Growing up, I always thought condos/apartments were the best places to get candy because you could make so many stops in a short distance. Apparently kids around here don’t think the same way. We decided to head over to Yaeka’s mom’s house with our candy bowl and still no children came. Well one group, but at that point, I really wasn’t into the idea. Why didn’t the children like our home?

2005 - Issaquah/Redmond or Bellevue
I learned from last year that no children would be coming to our condo, but knowing that we may be heading over to her mom’s house (different place) I thought I should buy some while at Costco. I poured a big box of Airhead Extremes and Tootsie Pops into the bowl and carried it over in the car. Now this place would surely be trick or treating heaven. This townhome complex is just a big loop with plenty of stops for getting lots of candy. Once again though we were denied. Cries of “WHERE ARE THE CHILDREN?!” could be heard throughout the air as our big bowl of candy remained full. It was raining, but still, that never stopped me as a kid.

Anyone else stock up on candy only to be stood up by costume wearing kids?