Ours is. But it isn’t cooling our food very well. The good news is, we think we figured why. The bad news is, we have a mice problem. Take a guess at how many bodies we pulled out from the condenser coils. Hit the jump for the pictorial answer.
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So today is my birthday. I’m officially the same age as my wife for a few months. Guess I can’t call her old for a bit!

Wonder what I got for my birthday? Me too… Hasn’t all come in yet. But here’s a list so far:

• Michelangelo (TMNT) Crochet
• South Park Season 11
• Reno 911 Season 3
• Supreme Beings of Leisure - 11i
• Green Castle Crasher Figurine
• Starbursts
• Soul Calibur IV (XBOX 360)
• Shazaam Comics by Jeff Smith
• Various Gen 13 Comics

If you feel like playing a guessing game, what kind of cake & ice cream do you think I got?
Funfetti w/ Vanilla Funfetti Icing & Cookies and Cream Ice Cream (YUM)

I was really looking forward to sitting down and enjoying some XBOX 360 arcade releases this weekend, BUT on Wednesday my dreams were shattered. While playing, Bionic Commando: Rearmed for .2 seconds the game froze (I had troubles last week with BRAID freezing and chalked it up to a faulty download) and when I restarted the system I got the dreaded 3 rings of death. I sent the system in for repairs Thursday evening. I just hope I get it back in time for Castle Crashers.

In case you were wondering what we were up to over the past week. Here is a list of the things we did while we were away:

• Drove to Cincinnati
• Stayed with Father-in-Law
• Went to 4th of July fireworks by the river looking at Newport, KY
• Went to lunch w/ wife’s college roommate and husband
• Stopped by AceDaryl & Amber’s place
• Received most radical/earliest birthday present ever (pictures later)
• Watched Wall-E at the Regal in Deerfield
• Visited Graeters for Ice Cream Delight
• Stayed w/ mother-in-law
• Stopped by Max & Erma’s for lunch deliciousity
• Shopped at the Mall (looked at surround sound systems)
• Watched Fido via Netflix instant watch internet thingie
• Visited Newport Aquarium and documented the venture w/ pictures
• Ate at P.F. Changs and had extreme bloat
• Showed some class by visiting the Cincinnati Art Museum (also cracked jokes that the tour guide did not appreciate)
• Were denied free tickets to Sneak Preview of Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
• Watched Kung Fu Panda instead at the AMC in Newport, KY
• Discussed Kill Bill vol. 2… then we watched it
• Took a tour at Sharon Woods Heritage Village (= boring)
• Lost my ass in the game of Life
• Traveled to the Wexner Center of the Arts to see the Jeff Smith exhibit in Columbus, OH (and it was totally rad)
• Finally met Charlie Scrabbles, and went to BJ’s Brewery with his owners
• Stayed with my cousins
• Went to the Columbus Zoo
• Felt all fancy pants at Brio then got the bill ($9! in their face!)
• Shook Daniel Tosh’s (and his hilarious featured act’s) hand after their awesome stand-up routines
• Saw Miguel el Loco (and the mrs. el loco) and his awesome house of awesomeness
• Ate at Roosters (had chicken)
• Watched Brendan Frasier travel to the center of the earth in 3D
• Came home to a screaming with excitement kitty

The end. Back to work and normal life. *Sad face*

Hmmm… sounds a bit off doesn’t it? Well, it’s not! Today is our wedding anniversary (aw) of 4 years. Went to Ruby Tuesdays and ate too much. Then went over to my parents to feed their cats and took a lovely stroll at Walmart. Yes, exciting and romantic! Oh well, vacation officially started today at 12. We’re off for a week. Some of our readers will be getting a visit, others still don’t care.

Anyways, Happy Holidays!

You may or may not have noticed but there have been some very minor tweaks to the site in the last week. The most noticeable is the addition of automatic gravatar creation in the comments. This is the picture that shows up next to your comment.

To be honest I was sick of looking at “?” where a picture should be. I remember mentioning that everyone who comments should sign up for a gravatar and no one did (this was a long while ago), and I’m sure most of you don’t remember that or didn’t care. I found a plugin that would make one for you so it’s a little less boring. Oh, and it’s a monster one… which is of course the best kind.

So far, they all look rad, especially Amber’s “duck brain heart” combo monster. If you hate them, you can go to gravatar.com and sign-up for free. You upload your picture and it attaches itself to the email that you use to comment. So if you use a hotmail account when you comment, use that when you sign up.

See you in the comments!