Badly Drawn Monsters
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things learned by living
Mar 24th
Ducky over at Batcrap Crazy (one of the folks going to TAR by the way; have you signed up yet?) like to throw down some life lessons she has learned and then asked us to join in. Â I figured I’d share my experiences and hopefully prevent you from making the same mistakes I did. Â Not that I’m admitting to any of these mistakes. Â It was a friend…who lived in Canada…you don’t know them.
#112 Mixing crappy coffee with crappy hot chocolate mix only produces a crappy mocha. Â It does not in fact create some magical elixir that you enjoy drinking.
#21 Drinking twenty-seven Jagerbombs in one More >
samurai conquer slug
Mar 23rd
Now if you read that title and thought to yourself, “Jeff usually has strange titles that make sense by the end, I wonder what he’s talking about here? Â I MUST click on that link and find out!” then my secret plan has worked. Â Damn, I just gave away the secret.
Don’t leave.
A couple weeks ago, I had a caption contest giveaway for some of the worst prizes in giveaway history. Â Marnie won a box of authentic Japanese Samurai with Ninja and Travis won a Build Your Own Easter Island Kit. Â I sent these packages off into the the world with a tear in my eye More >
time for shorts
Mar 17th
For the first time in months, last week as I was driving to work I had sunlight. Â I work at 6 a.m. and driving in that early all winter, I never got to see the sun. Â It was dark when I drove in, dark when I drove out, and my cubical is not near a window. Â For some reason, companies always like to put the tech support far from windows in a dark corner with half the lights burned out. Â I think HR believes that nerds will melt and flee in terror if there is too much light in their More >
don’t actually attempt with quarters
Mar 10th
Today, I’m guest writing for Travis at I Like To Fish because he likes to take Wednesdays off. Â I’m also reposting that here, because why the heck not.
“I’m 28. Â That means pretty much everyone I know is married or engaged. Â The folks at Bed, Bath, and Beyond know me by name from the number of times I’ve bought things off registries there. Â I’ve seen “Wedding Crashers” and it didn’t seem that much fun to me because I’ve gone to about that many weddings in the last year.
Awhile ago, one of my friends got engaged and has since gotten married. Â Before he asked More >
tornado alley roundup
Mar 8th
The Midwest always seems to get the shaft.  Celebrities call it “flyover land” on their way between LA and NY, but celebrities are idiots.  Celebrities don’t know what they’re missing.  Us folks in the middle of the country can party better than those lightweights on the coast, and they just don’t know.
As the graphic below clearly illustrates, we know how to rock it. Â The areas in red are where bars outnumber grocery stores. Â The yellow areas are where life sucks more.
This is a work in progress and we’re still hammering out details, but let either myself, Travis, or Ed know if you More >
n.e.i.t. because i’m contrary
Mar 4th
I know Thursdays are usually reserved for Too Much Information Thursdays hosted by LiLu. Â But today I just can’t think of a story for that would entertain you enough to actually write about, so I’m changing it up. Â No offense to LiLu, because she’s awesome and has Oprah-like power in the blagonets, and I’m sure I’ll be back with more TMIT’s at a later time.
Today, I am going to tell you a NEIT story. Â That’s right, a “Not Enough Information Thursday” story.
This story takes place when I was younger. Â My family was on a vacation to someplace. Â We had dinner More >
short one
Feb 25th
caption contest giveaway winnar
Feb 24th
Sorry for the delay in getting this post out there, but real life actually happened yesterday and I didn’t have time to post the winner. Â But don’t you worry, because there totally is one and I’m not just making this up as I go along or anything.
Anyhow, in the end it came down to two folks who submitted multiple entries. Here are my two favorite ones, and I just couldn’t decide between them.
Travis‘ comment put Lonely Island in my head all day, which is awesome. Â Marnie’s comment made me laugh and mental ewwww at the same time, which is equally More >
i didn’t know they changed that
Feb 22nd
As usual, this is an actual call from an actual person. Â I don’t have the ability to make this up:
Her: “I’m typing in my password and it’s not working.”
Me:Â ”OK, that happens to a lot of people, don’t worry. Â What are you trying to login to?”
Her: “I need to get my paycheck information. Â I think it’s because I can’t type a capital seven.”
Me: “Excuse me?”
Her: “How do I type a capital seven?”
Me: “…Do you mean the ampersand symbol?” Â (&)
Her: “No, like a big seven.”
Me :”…As opposed to a small seven?”
Several beats of silence. Â I hear typing clicking in the background.
Her:Â ”Nope, More >
