2008

Block party balloon toss!

This dragon fly thing was in my windshield wiper for about...

Don't give your dog a stupid name for...

I am dog sitting again this weekend. While out front washing my car, I put the dogs in back...

I started my holiday weekend early, not...

Last night I unintentionally played the “I’m 21 again” game and it did not go so...

gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday.  Preparing to go...

Lunchtime Ponderings

If you’re a fireman and you lose the garage door opener to the fire station, what do you do?

ehhh, not sure how I feel about Diggs new Recommendation...

I just had a ridiculous conversation about my intensely nerdy childhood.  Some of the topics...

I don’t know anything about Will Smiths new movie or...

Nielson: Digg Traffic Sucks

Party in My CubE!

Company firewall down!

craytonc: Rock Band 2 Announced for Sept Release! I just wet...

My favorite pic due to capturing the bend in the shaft.

Its going right…

At least your alma mater isnt the Conquistadors

Josh is finding his center

WTF?!

Welcome to Friday

My boss was just fired.  Cross your fingers that I’m next.

I just may be killing someone in our IT dept today if they...

Routine Traffic Stop

tomhipp: So, I drove in from a long Wichita shoot tonight. As I exited the highway, a cop pulls me...

Amidst these tough Tumblr times I’d like to address a...

Never have I seen such an outbreak of “you’re wrong on the internet” in one day. ...

Am I Concerned?

Am I concerned about the recent and seemingly frequent hikes in the price of postage?  Nope,...

I got this flier in the mail for a new pizza place in town...

tumblrfail: Don’t worry Aaron, you don’t have to ask for...

Work people drinking again.

For gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday.  I usually...

I might be able to start a second career...

mareen: It has been wrong so many times, especially in the irreversible printed matter, that these...

The World now has 10 million Millionaires

Book Idea

It would be called DirtyNerdSex.  The inside cover would contain a free 1GB stick of RAM and travel...

About to commit the biggest grocery store shopping mistake anyone can make, going hungry.

Suprises are awesome, least expected surprises are even better.  Thank you Monday, for once. Is it...

Your Fark headline delivered here.

Everything on the Internet is True!

The great debate

amanda: oh yer funny, little font
aaron: and you are still the only one who complains about the size of my font
amanda: I complain about size a lot
aaron: how you keep anyone around amazes me
amanda: maybe
aaron: I have many Mac friends and all enjoy my company the same. they never question the size of my font
aaron: we’re still talking about font right?
amanda: LOL
amanda: if you think so

hereharehere: Bourbon-Vanilla Ice Cream makes about 1 quart - Adapted from Bill...

Indicator

I’ve already raided the string cheese stash in the office fridge.  This day will not be going...

hunsonisgroovy: Rejected Crayons Rejected?  Lame, someone...

Break from boating on a Formula 250. Most ridiculous boat...

Look mom, I did something with my life!

Euro 2008

Netherlands v Russia just got interesting!  Can’t say I know much about soccer but the...

Frisbee at the Nelson

Yup

I truely wish I could say I’m not in a dance club...

Nice job Aaron. Friday night, ready to go out and enjoy...

I just survived Coheed and Cambria -...

Anyone out there who has ever touched Rock Band knows how insane this song is.  In far from...

Point, Click, (loading...)Dumbass

Looking for a quick error/bloat check of your new website?  Punch the address into your iPhone and...

Don’t back out on me now Jessica!  You must continue...

Beer Thursday - Land Shark Lager by Margaritaville Brewing...

Will Smiths “Hancock” premier in London last...

“Never have three unemployed people blogged so much about...”
—  Reblogging JA

One in three IT staff snoops on colleagues

Note to self for every Windows user out there.  I...

I don't even know anymore

me: I need to be given access to the West National Documents section on our homepage
HelpDesk: You should have access
me: I do not. I'm attempting to get in right now and receiving an access denied prompt
HelpDesk: Send me the link of the file you need to get to
me: I can't, that's why I submitted a help desk ticket.
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and we continue to pay these people

I’m not a big Flickr browser but the IT Everywhere...

Why did the turtle cross the road?

Gratuitous picture of yourself Wednesday (in between...

aaron: 14 person wallball tourney tonight lauren
aaron: going to be huge
lauren: whoah!
lauren: i didnt know you knew that many people
aaron: are you attacking me personally or questioning how many people were interested in wallball....?
lauren: hah, a bit of both i suppose
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wallball.wikispaces.com (serious business for something completely made up)

“Edith died Sunday, at 86. She died in the tiny...

marco: Is Firefox 3 out or what? I can barely connect to the site, and when I do, I just get...

So cozy and warm, like a new pair of underwear.

“I think it is the cartoonist in me that wants all the...”
— (via Dilbert Blog from here)

lfarm: Aaron and I are obsessed with a highly under-appreciated show called My Boys. I just watched...

.jpeg = time

Realization:  My office productivity can be easily correlated to the number of .jpegs...

We got new pens in the office. Someone is definitely getting...

Monday Update

Due my companies new e-mail policy I have been clearing e-mails out this morning.  I’m...

Shit happens

Night cap (sigh)

“working” and playing Wii golf

Time for bed.

Beers are here

Mirror ceiling.

Tired after long walk

Radar Online: Report: Tim Russert Dead

Its gorgeous outside so I took some pics on the drive back...

Damn Johnson County drivers

Office E-mail of the Day.

Moment of Indecision

A chocolate sugar cookie on an empty stomach before 9:30am was not a good idea.  My stomach is...

This could potentially be the best thing that has ever...

MySpace getting a Re-Design?!?

Joey doesnt understand the term personal bubble

Tornados and hail cut our CiCi’s Pizza trip short, now...

Lack of Facebook Access Makes You Want to...

Thank you Fark, as always.

“BMW builds shape-shifting car out of cloth....

Upon further analysis, there is no cure for the printers DPI dysfunction.

Local QT Adventures

This morning six Kansas Highway patrolmen were between me and my chocolate milk at QT, blocking the...

We’re a large family. Steaks all around, its not...

Words or phrases I frequently spout out...

Listed in order of vulgarity: garbage freaking / freakin’ (depending on severity of the...

Brings a tear of happiness to my eye.  Boutonniere’s...

WTF Follow Up

Job interview Summary: Total Time: 25 minutes (vs usual hour or more) Time Interviewer spent...

You Never Know

How much you need something until the day its gone.*  Cliché, yes.  But today I forgot my iPod...

Managing Urgency

I have a job interview with a regional IT company here in half an hour, first interview in several...

Work people drinking. Rd 1

Just spilled pickle juice on my iPhone. Number of people that can say that’s happened to them?...

Job5k1’d! (me.com) Equivalent of getting pWnd or is...

Watch the Apple keynote live

marco: I suggest: Text updates and basic pictures from MacRumors Live. They’re consistently the...

Deep Thoughts

Bushing is flying to Europe today for his final EU summit. Scenario: You are on Air Force One...

Because You Have To

Passing around office birthday cards is funny to me especially when the individual isn’t well...

Internal body clock knows best

9 times out of 10 you are waking up me up on weekends before 8 and just pissing me off.  This...

Nerd PSA

Discovery Channel has a 2 hour documentary on right now about the beginning through current history...

Due to a storm the lights have gone out in my house 3x’s now followed by a loud bang on the...

“Success!” Filled up with gas for under $50. (shit)

This is my favorite room at my grandparents house. My...

Trimming insanely large bushes at my grandparents house

I can’t believe this happening right now

This is what my neighbors do to me. Call me a girl with a...

A fine post-lunch fark.

13 New Gmail Features (experimental) out...

Elephants and Tornados

Beer Thursday - Goose Island Summertime by Goose Island...

because I enjoy to document giving myself a haircut

uhh….

Nice logo guys. (via suitep, Jeff Croft) Eerily similar to...

Wearing Your Collar Down is For Poor People:...

Signs of summer, serious garage sale action in my parents...

lots of action on the (Kansas) radar...

AA: Just checked the radar and am now feeling intense schadenfreude. You are like right in the path. But it's still early. We might be in for it.
yourdp: Is that bad that when you said radar I immediately went to tumblr... only to realize several seconds later you were talking about the weather? (face/palm) Need. More. Coffee.
AA: LOL! Nerd.
yourdp: Welcome to my sad existence.
(sigh)

Terms and Conditions

My friend “do me a favor” tendencies categorically described in banking...

“The music industry is still morning the death of legendary...”
— Hot Talk 1510 in Kansas City

Simplifying Ratio

On average I enjoy my job 1 day a month.  Today I manged to pull off half a day, ending a few...

Basic Training

I’ll be logging onto Xbox Live and playing Halo 3 for the first time in about 3 months as soon...

No I don’t have hyperhidrosis.  About 2 miles into my...

The St. Paul Saints will be handing out...

My Question is

Has the AP wire released anything on the Democratic nomination?  Haven’t seen anything yet.

(sigh) Just what I needed.  A Fark headline to get me...

Read at Work

lauren: what does n00bs mean?
aaron: lauren, this may be crossing a medium you aren't ready for

A great tutorial on how to handle those high peer pressure...

Bologna Sandwich

Saying you don’t enjoy Pixar movies is like saying you hate America life.  Or I just need to...

Freebie's

The new Kansas City Power and Light District is loud, over priced, and contains hoards of dudes with...

A Thirst for Understanding

Attempting to explain the Emo culture to small group of 50 year old coworkers was considerably more...

notsureifyoucare: Bacon cheddar cheeseburger @ Rare. Are....

I have never

liked carrots and probably never will.  There I said it.  Sorry mom.

I've made it

lady: i start my MBA classes tonight!
aaron: excellent, what class to start things off?
lady: accounting
aaron: have you even taken accounting before?
lady: thankfully no.
aaron: well, you're about to develop a drinking problem.

Drink This, Get Fat.

I swear to god if it hails on my car… AN AREA OF...

Why I hate a national "Help Desk"...

I’m a computer nerd.  Proud of it and someday I will get paid to be one, until then I will...

Unbeknownst to many.

Goddammit m4a.  It takes one click in iTunes to avoid you.  One.  Don’t make me Amazon your...