Monthly Archives: June 2009

Gee, guess I was wrong

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

Over at the FLOG! blog, Peter Bagge’s “Observations from a Reluctant Anti-Warrior” is offered as a “stupid war” free sample to promote his new anthology Everybody is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations: A Decade’s Worth of Cartoon … Continue reading →

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Meditations on Michael

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

Michael Jackson can no longer live outside of reality. Since he’s dead and stuff. They were playing that scary Barbara Walters interview from 1997 tonight. Woah. The man did best staying quiet and secluded. Everyone – even critics I respect … Continue reading →

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Get me out of this town already

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

Today is Wednesday. Two more work days until my vacation! I’ll bide most of my time at home, doing nothing in particular but I’ll also be going to San Antonio and maybe other scenic places in the lone star state. … Continue reading →

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Fight trannys with beauties

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

Since I won’t (yet) be blogging about my transmission fail this morning, I’ll blog about my flowers instead. I just uploaded a bunch of them to my web site photo gallery Plogger – see them all here.

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The Saizan wedding

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

Leah Matthews and Josh Saizan were married this weekend at a Cut And Shoot ranch on the outskirts of nowhere. As her uncle, it was my duty obligation pleasure to be her official wedding photographer and in the next week … Continue reading →

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I to dumb fer Opera UNite

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

OK. So, for the past couple of days, after seeing all the hype about Opera Unite, I’ve been trying to share photos between the two computers I use on a daily basis. But for two days in a row, I’ve … Continue reading →

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MySpace: Good riddance or good luck?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

MySpace is dying. Which is sad, because Kim found me on MySpace but now we spend all of our time on Facebook and … well, Kim only found me on MySpace because I was smart enough to use my own … Continue reading →

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An exercise in randomness

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

There’s a lot out there today, and my brain is scattered across so many different things … Did you know that cinnamon, cayenne pepper and Diatomaceous Earth may be great solutions to an invasive sugar ant problem? That’s according to … Continue reading →

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There’s a frog in my shoe

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

It’s freaking hot out there. It’s enough to lose one’s sanity. Or their ticket-writing machine. Perhaps the heat is the reason that it is quite possible that a frog is in my shoe at This Very Moment. It’s true. For … Continue reading →

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Arts in Houston responds to my (sullen) comment

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

I feel like I’ve just been whacked by the fame stick. Of course, that was my intention by restarting my blog and vowing to myself to make a post every (week)day for as long as I can keep it up. … Continue reading →

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Why landscape disaster reminds me of timing belts

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

The other day, I left a comment on bearkat110′s reader blog I Like Pretty Flowers on Chron.com, sympathizing with her “very very bad haircut.” Bearkat110 is a novice gardener just like me and she frequently offers some great posts about … Continue reading →

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Dock Ellis was number 17; we're 33 and why this matters

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

Despite the amateurish misspellings, the lyrics for my new favorite Todd Snider song, “America’s Favorite Pastime,” can be found here. They’re not up at EighteenMinutes as of this writing, and I can understand why: The record, The Excitement Plan was … Continue reading →

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Google Wave won't replace newspapers

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Brandon Moeller

Here’s a comment I just posted on the Buzz Machine’s story about Google Wave. Don’t know what Google Wave is? Check out a video of the Google team announcing it at some geek conference. Here’s my comment: This could replace … Continue reading →

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