Ohmigod! Ohmigod! Ohmigod! I did it! I actually finished NaBloPoMo! 30 straight days of blogging! 

Well, once this Snippet Wednesday is done, anyway.

Do you remember earlier on when I was talking about how Katie and I were discussing getting an iPad and an e-reader (likely the Kindle Touch)? I said that I was going to get a reader in order to save a little cash? 

Well, things have changed and we may wind up getting two iPads, one for each of us. 

Today, Katie was needed at work for an hour and a half beyond her regularly scheduled shift. It sucks for her because her shift takes that much longer. I hate it because she hates it. 

However, I cannot say I totally hate it. Why? Because when I get out of work before she does, I get to experiment with cooking!

I had grand plans for a blog post for tonight, but other things got in the way. Things like the dreaded balancing of our checkbook.

And, considering all the weird stuff going on in our bank account this past month -- such as applied credits, disputed charge paybacks, my first online bill payment, miscashed checks, and God only knows what else -- I'm just so happy that it all balanced out perfectly on the first try that I think I'm going to have a drink.

Or two.

And go to bed.

Gute nacht, peeps!

Few movies have gotten me more excited in recent years than the promise of The Muppets.

I grew up loving the Muppets. The primetime show, the characters, the everything. It was pure genius.

I forgot to mention something the other day... we finished the bathroom!!

To you and yours, have a happy Thanksgiving. 

Please enjoy it safely.

I've been reading a ton of online stories about Steve Jobs ever since his death a couple months ago. And, despite his bristly attitude and eccentricity and his many well-documented flaws, I still like the guy. 

The sheer amount of coverage of his death and tributes that have rolled in make it clear that I'm not the only one who feels this way.

I know that a couple weeks ago, I said I had "an issue" with the recording industry. Do you really think I have just a single issue with them? That would be way too easy.

A brief Twitter convo with @martymankins today reminded me of yet another peeve I have with the music industry. But, this one kinda goes beyond just music and into just about any sort of industry out there. 

It took us a while, but Katie and I finished the final two episodes of Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' 10-episode miniseries The Pacific last night.

Our overall review? Not bad, but not great either.

It's kinda strange to me that after all these years with LEGO building toys having been known and beloved that they are just within the last year or so beginning to advertise them pretty heavily on TV.

Nothing like spending a couple hours of your Saturday waiting in queue at the Apple Store Genius Bar.

The iPod in Katie's iPhone had gone all kinds of wonky freezing on every song while playing in shuffle mode. We restored it to factory settings, reinstalled, rebooted, re-everything... and nada.

I love how the train of thought works sometimes.  

I was trying to come up with a blog post and had come up with zilch. Then I saw an article online about how the new Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn Part I, had broken $30M in the overnight box office.

Did you know that Foursquare is environmentally friendly?

I discovered this today and I don't mean in the whole using-your-phone-saves-a-tree way, either.

Welcome to a last-second Snippet Wednesday. I'm sure with my overly delayed RSS feed, some of you may not see this until tomorrow... or next week. Weird, wild RSS stuff there, Ed.

I've been having way too much fun creating little single-cell comic-y sorts of images on my iPhone. Initially, this effect was created solely using an app called Halftone, which I discovered via a friend on Instagram named bminor.

It has since evolved to include the use of the Photoshop Express and iWatermark apps as well.

I had an interesting visit tonight to a local hardware store that shall remain nameless for protection of the only marginally innocent.

It only took me nearly a month, but I finally got off my lazy butt and uploaded the photos taken during our San Francisco trip on my D-SLR. 

Yeah, I know it's bad to be such a slacker considering I'm such a photo freak. But iPhoneography has made me far too dependent on having a web connection built into my camera. Oh well. Maybe my Sony will grow a 3G chip.

Have you ever taken part in a home renovation project? They can be frustrating and problematic and just plain tough for some people.

Not for Katie. Not one bit.

First of all, a happy Veteran's Day to all of you who have served, currently serve, or know or love someone who has served or died on the line of duty for our country. We wouldn't be who we are without your sacrifice.

And how am I celebrating your sacrifices? My honey-do list, that's how. And it ain't pretty.

If you're easily disgusted, you might not want to click through to the full post. If you're daring, or if you're viewing in a feed reader that doesn't separate between teaser and full post, my apologies.

Sodomy (pronounced /ˈsɒdəmi/) is an anal or other copulation-like act, especially between male persons or between a man and animal, and one who practices sodomy is a "sodomite". The word is derived from chapters 18 and 19 of the Bible's Book of Genesis.

[definition courtesy of Wikipedia]

I was out in DeKalb last night for that book signing I mentioned in yesterday's post. I love going to DeKalb since Katie and I spent so much time out there during college and it's also where we met and fell in love. Just a shame she couldn't be with me. She was busy heckling Twilighters. I'll forgive her.

I'm going to use this Snippet Wednesday to discuss some of the things I saw out there. I warn you now that these Snippets are going to be all over the place.

I'm a music freak. I make no bones about it. While I love electronic, indie, and alternative music the most, I will listen to just about anything at least once before I decide I hate it. That's how much I love music.

But, there are times when the world of music really ticks me off.

I have no idea what Katie and I did to make this happen but, for some reason, we have no taste.

When the heck did Sunday become the must-see TV night of the week?

It used to be Thursdays on NBC and it has since bounced around from night to night based on whatever each network decided was its primo evening of televised entertainment and advertised as such.

One of the coolest things about being so into online communities is when you have the opportunity to meet some of these people IRL ("in real life" for those not in the know). And that happened today with some fellow Instagram (IG) users from the Instagrammers Naperville group. 

NaBloPoMo and the universe are throwing me a gimme post today! It just so happens that a few days ago marked the 300th of my Insty365 photo postings. So now I get to recap a few of my personal favorites, one from each month that the last 100 shots spanned.

If you'd like to see the whole set, check it out on Flickr.

Back over the summer, our favorite local theater (Cinemark Tinseltown in Aurora... props where props are due) aired Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 back to back with the midnight release of part 2 of the film. It was a really cool opportunity for fans to be reminded of what happened in the first film and see them both together on the big screen.

Day two of NaBloPoMo is underway and I've got two posts written. Well, I will after I finish this one. That's a good start, right?

Yeah, whatever.

As most of you know, I love and worship Halloween. And, in recent years, I've been nothing but disappointed by the neighborhood kids and their lack of support for my most favoritest of holidays.