Archive for February, 2008
Hey! It’s February 29!
Happy Leap Year Day! Meredith’s husband Chris turns 5 today! (Let me clarify … his birthday is on Feb. 29 - Meredith isn’t in some sort of Springer-worthy child marriage).
And … Isn’t that “Love Leap Year” picture weird?
Well – I need to vote today. My head says Obama, my heart says Hillary and my concealed handgun says McCain. What is a girl to do?
On a lighter note, I want to share with you the funniest blog I have ever encountered. Yes, this rivals Hil Street and even LOL Cats for best blog eva.
The great debate!
My parents have almost opposite political ideologies. My Oscar-winning father is a conservative democrat (often lined with the GOP), and my mother? A bleeding heart liberal. During a recent gubernatorial race, political dissension in my parents’ home reached an all time high. That’s when my mother told my father:
“We just cancel each other out. I say we both don’t vote this year.”
My father considered this, and agreed.
On election day, naturally, my mother headed to the polls to vote (this is politics after all!). When the poll volunteer turned the roster around to let my mother sign her name on the alphabetized list … she saw my father’s name signed right above hers. He voted that day too!
Since that fateful voting day of lies and deceit - political discussions, The Daily Show and bans on voting are avoided in my parents house. Maybe this is why I am undecided?
Weslie, this post is for you!
I have received many requests for Baby Animal pictures. I thought these were really cute. Remember when Garfield would stuff Odie in a box addressed to Abu Dhabi? Looks like Hollis is shipping Martin off in an Amazon box! 
Hil Street Review: The Oscars!
Ryan and I attended an Oscar party on Sunday. It was a blast, complete with flowing champagne and wagers on the winners. But, I think the most shocking part of the night was when my dad won an Oscar.
If you know my dad, you understand why this is hilarious. This Production Designer, Robert Boyle, really looks like dad! He won an honorary Oscar for designing films such as North by Northwest and Fiddler on the Roof. (The picture above is a picture of Robert Boyle – not of my dad. I felt the need to clarify because my father probably has that tie.) Keri and I wonder – where will dad display the Oscar at the house?
Undecided in Texas!
This will be my third presidential election registered in Texas. Let me tell you – your vote doesn’t matter here. All of Texas is red (well, then you notice a lake on the Texas map and realize that’s not a lake, but the city of Austin – the lone Democratic section in a sea of red). So, electoral college-ly, your vote sure don’t matter. All 34 electoral Lone Star State votes go to the more conservative candidate. Even if I am voting for the conservative candidate, I need not show up - the others can cast the vote for me.
But in this primary – oh my! My vote counts!
Usually, if I were undecided at this point, it would not be a problem for the aforementioned reasons. But this time … this time … it matters! The pressure.
There are so many interesting variables! No one remembers how to conduct a caucus here in Texas. Oprah endorses Obama while Tina Fey endorses Hillary. Hillary has more political experience, but McCain has more experience running for president. Aye! I have some reading to do.
Hil Street Review: Burt’s Bees Milk & Honey Lotion!
Ryan received a complementary Burt’s Bees sample pack at work a few months ago. I think they were giving these away to test out some new packaging. Naturally, he gave all the goodies to me! I brought the Milk & Honey lotion to work so I could have some lotion to moisten my ever-typing hands. Here are the reactions:
“Something smells like banana car air-freshener.”
“Who has been tanning?”
“It smells like a tanning salon in here.”
“I like it … it’s just very noticeable.”
While my hands are very, very soft – I am a little self-conscious. What would I say to Burt’s Bees about their sample pack?
“Obviously in this case, I am going to report back: USA … not ready.“
(ATTENTION CUBE PARTY MEMBERS: If you can name where that quote is from, you get an extra Trivia point! Send your answers to Stephanie)
Work Wife!
You know the term, “work wife” and “work husband.” It’s someone you spend all your time with while you are at work.
My work wife is gone until Monday and its only Thursday and I can’t handle it!
Morgan, come back! Who will I share produce with? Who will walk with me to wash out my coffee mug? Who will I make jokes with? Who will send me funny websites they have LOLinatored? Who who who? I feel so alone …
Morgan also has a business trip two weeks from now. Aye!
He up and quit!
So … let’s talk about Fidel!
Yesterday, CNN listed the news of Fidel Castro’s resignation as a top story on both their “CNN.com News” and “CNN.com WorldNews” RSS feeds … but the titles were different.
World - “Castro resigns as Cuba president”
US – “Castro quits as Cuba president”
This is funny to me. I’d like to see the focus group results that decided how to title these RSS feed stories:
“OK, so people who sign up for our ‘world RSS feed’… they probably listen to NPR, listen to music from ‘Explosions in the Sky’ and ‘Wilco’ and use big, fancy words. But the people who get the ’U.S. RSS feed’ …. they probably watch reality shows like ‘Big Brother’ and wouldn’t care if Castro resigned from the Cuban presidency … but if we say that he ‘quit’ just like Neil ‘quit‘ from Big Brother 9 last night, that sounds scandalous!”
Golf of the future?
For Ryan’s birthday, he asked for this from his parents:
This little $260.00 (not including service fee) contraption is a GPS system for … golf. And golf only. It downloads courses and tells you how far away the green is located.
Will, Sam, Blair and other Hil Street golfers … can you please explain this to me? People have been playing golf since the 12th century. I always assumed that Ryan and those before him found the green by using their eyes. Isn’t that why a flag is on the green? For visual identification purposes?
Ryan has never gotten lost on a golf course, even though he is usually drinking heavily. What is the point of a GPS system for golf?
I’ll try and relate this frivolous item to some of my hobbies:
1. Shopping - Would this device take me straight to the clearance rack or tell me where clothes my size were located?
2. Yoga-ing – Would this device tell me exactly how not-straight my leg is and what angle my triangle pose should be?
3, Blogging – Would this device tell me exactly how angry Ryan is going to be after reading this post-o-mockery?
3. Eating – For that price, would this device make me dinner?
Happy Blog-iversary!
It’s my one year blog anniversary!
Hil Street was paved one year ago with a post about a duck born with four legs and how Britney shaved her head.
Well, the blog is still here and so are Britney’s wild antics.
Happy Anniversary, Hil Street. As a token of my appreciation, I am giving you the most important gift I could give: Click here to be reminded of the most important gift you can give for any occasion.
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