Category: stuff

Overheard: 32 yr old male

“You’d make a crappy ninja, Mike.”

Adorable

We just got our Christmas card from my friend Kaleb and Mrs. Kaleb. Of course it has a picture of their baby on it. They have the World’s Most Adorable Baby, and they don’t want you to forget it. Every few months they find some occasion to send out a new card: Our New Baby! …

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Lookin’ for Chinese in the all the wrong places

A couple Fridays ago at work we ordered Chinese from China Dragon; it had been a long week and we had taken a real beating and we deserved some takeout. Rob called to order our food at 11 a.m., and we waited. And waited. By noon they still hadn’t arrived. I was starved, but I …

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Happy Birthday Mrs. MadMan

It’s Mrs. MadMan’s birthday today, and I have now known her for literally half her life.

17 Years Ago Today

I saw my wife for the first time.

MadMania’s Two Year Anniversary

Two years ago yesterday my TV died and this blog was born. I never thought I’d stick with it this long; I tend to have these creative bursts where I want to learn how to do something, and then once I learn it, I get bored and move on to something else. Once in a …

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2010 Christmas List

It’s that time of year again! The time of year when kind, considerate people ask of me a list of things I would like for Christmas, I pretend not to want anything and refuse to cooperate, and Heather jabs me with a pointed stick until I give. Stop it! I’m trying to typksnndstf! Seriously, I …

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Overheard at St. Louis Zoo: 11 yr old male

“These turtles are slow.”

Replies to What Prime Number Changed Your Life?

In a previous post about a dream I had involving life-changing prime numbers, I asked (jokingly) what prime number changed your life. I actually received a reply: “The number 17. First, I met my husband for the first time the day before I turned 17 and second, I was married on the 17th of December.”

What prime number changed your life?

It was an odd question to be sure, even more so because I am not employed in the arithmetic industry nor am I a math nerd. Also, this was a dream. I remember years ago watching an episode of Batman: The Animated Series. They said that you couldn’t read in your dreams, but I found …

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