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Happy birthday Josh

Me, dressed as the Joker for a party

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Jennifer’s brother Josh is turning ten tomorrow, so yesterday we had him a birthday party. He loves Batman, so we themed our party as such.

To make the party extra fun, I dressed as the Joker, which would have worked better had I had some hair. It seemed like a fun idea, and I even got into character quite well, but I didn’t realize how much I was setting myself up to be picked on by a small army of small people! We had water guns and confetti eggs, and instead of turning them on each other all the kids were squirting and confettiing me! Stupid bullies. They were just jealous!

In addition to a malfunctioning pinata and the aforementioned water guns and confetti eggs, we had a huge cake and a shitload of pizzas, and watched the 1990 Batman (with Jack Nicholson as the Joker) and Batman & Robin. I had never seen Batman & Robin, and must say that it is somehow cornier than the Adam West Batman movie! It was just plain awful.

After watching twenty or so kids for three or four hours we were completely exhausted. I don’t see why anyone would have more than two kids… children in large numbers become evil!

Fortunantly everyone seemed to have fun. We spent pretty much our entire grocery budget putting this party together, and knowing that the birthday boy liked it makes it all worthwhile.

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Neophilia

Over the past week Jennifer and I have been getting all sorts of fancy new stuff. I got some jungle boots and she got some shoes that are totally punk rock! I got a new library card, and Jennifer got the glasses she has been needing for a while now.

Oh, and we got a car.

We got the Kia Rio I previously mentioned due to cheapness and a good warranty. It is awesome so far, and if anyone is looking for a new car, I would recommend them. I wish they offered more options, but then again, they are affordable for a reason.

Now the wife can get a job, we will have enough money to get our fucking debts paid off, and we can do cool stuff like afford things! Huzzah!

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Taxes

I filed my taxes the other day, and we should have our refund by the end of the week. After giving Laura some money we owe her, we will have around two grand and are going to get us a car. We are looking at the Kia Rio because it doesn’t cost much and comes with a good warranty. I will be making payments, which I don’t like, but after the experience I have had with used cars, I feel that it is worth it. Besides, we can still have it payed off pretty quickly.

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Affiliate programs

In an effort to monetize my blog, I was recently looking at affiliate programs. In an affiliate program, I link to products, sites, or services that I like or think others would, and for every person who signs up or buys something at my recommendation, I get a cut of the profit.

Unfortunately, the two I was looking at don’t seem to want me. Read the rest of this entry »

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Running WordPress

After using TextPattern for several years, I have switched over to WordPress. I have of course had to make some compromises since I was so dependent on Txp, but I think most of them are worthwhile. The biggest one is that this site will look much better in browsers that use Gecko (such as FireFox or Camino) than Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, etc. You should get Firefox anyway.

If you go to comment you will also discover that registration is now required. I may wind up changing that, but I think that will make things easier on everyone. Let me know if you think different.

Depot screwed me out of some money, so my rent check bounced. But I got a crap load of hours last week so the late fees shouldn’t be a problem.

We are moving after all, this weekend to be precise.

If you see anything that needs to be done with my design, please shoot me an email (with screenshots if possible) and I will do what I can.

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