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Someone from our siding company actually returned our calls! A crew might be here today or tomorrow. Oh boy! ———————————————————————— * Colorado Gov. Bill Owens: “Mary Lacy should be held accountable for the most extravagant and expensive DNA test in Colorado history.” Hear, hear. Send Scrappy Doo back to Iowa. * The Austrian girl who [...]

* One of my favorite Late, Late Show bits: Tips for traveling to Europe. “Start off in Ireland. If you’re looking for a topic of conversation, try religion or politics… Or try talking about the local soccer team, how they’re not that good.” * More vid– ridiculously young Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, and Stephen Fry [...]

Okay. I knew about trips for Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter fans. And I’m a bit tempted by these Austen, Forest Lawn, and Frank Lloyd Wright tours. However, the existence of the following itineraries scares me: * Trips to the Netherlands with members of Earth, Wind, and Fire, * Ralph Fiennes fans visiting [...]

Google hits for “highest paid” prove that we’re all in the wrong line of work: * Highest paid screenwriters confirms my suspicions about American’s taste. $3 million for Basic Instinct?? * Bush’s highest-paid staff mostly male. In 2004, men in the Bush White House earned $76,624 a year, women earned $59,917. Shocked, I am! * [...]

Recent conversation: Aabra: (Spotting a library copy of a Buffalo Springfield CD) What’re you doing with that?? You’ve had it a week! Matt: I was going to– uh, I’m going to listen to it. Aabra: If you put that on the computer, I’ll erase it. Matt: Awww! Aabra: It doesn’t belong to you! Musicians deserve [...]

Today’s FuPu hero is Rocky Mountain News columnist Bill Johnson: “John Mark Karr [must be] the dumbest smart murderer who ever lived. He somehow sneaked into what was then 755 15th St. in Boulder, figured out in which bedroom his ‘love,’ JonBenet was sleeping, got her downstairs unnoticed, fed her pineapple, drugged and sexually assaulted [...]

I just found out that Matt has never seen the greatest kids’ show ever, You Can’t Do That on Television. How is that possible?? I swear, that should count as child abuse. Matt would have loved those warped pre-emption cards, the Terry-Gilliam-meets-Spike-Jones opening credits, Moose and Lisa, Barth Burgers, and, of course, green slime. On [...]

Sarah, Kacey– I hope the wedding was everything you wanted. ‘Sorry I couldn’t be there, I had… mental health issues this weekend. For details, ask Matt. As soon as his eardrums recover from all the screaming. —————————————————— Invention idea: public bathroom sink faucet with the hand dryer built in. Matt says: “Problem: electricity and water [...]

I know, it’s a little late to be talking about the 25th anniversary of MTV (that’s now Musicless Television), but I really wanted to play with YouTube links. So, here is the video that started all the fun:

Recent conversation, after watching the Futurama episode in which Professor Farnsworth introduces his clone, Cubert: Me: Heh heh… but that was weird, Cubert calling him “dad”. Genetically, he’s a sibling. Matt: Weeeeell, technically he’s his clone. Me: Right. Like a twin. A sibling. Matt: …But he’s himself. Me: No, only you are yourself. Someone who [...]