This afternoon, I made Blueberry Zucchini Bread from a recipe I found at AllRecipes.com. My goodness, it’s delicious! Seriously, you should be jealous right now that I didn’t make you any.

Check out the recipe and make it for yourself!

I’ve honestly been so out of touch with this election season that I haven’t really had any strong feelings one way or the other. I mean, I can’t stand Obama, but McCain is so all over the place that I don’t really trust him either.

So, for those of you who don’t really care about the election this year, here are some tips from The Onion on pretending like you actually give a shit about McCain or Obama. As always, the text that is on the screen during the video is just as funny as the characters.

Today Now!: How To Pretend You Give A Shit About The Election

Hat tip - my dad:

Socialism: If you have two cows, you give one to your neighbor.

Communism: If you have two cows, you give them to the government  
and then the government gives you some milk.

Fascism: If you have two cows, you keep the cows and give the milk  
to the government; then the government sells you some milk.

New Dealism: If you have two cows, you shoot one and milk the  
other; then you pour the milk down the drain.

Dictatorship: If you have two cows, the government shoots you and  
keeps the cows.

Capitalism: If you have two cows, you sell one and buy a bull.

It’s been my observation that most people get ahead during the time others waste.

~Henry Ford

I went to the cereal isle at Walmart looking for some Cinnamon Life cereal (Mikey likes it). My daughter and I paced up and down the isle about five times before I finally asked an employee, “I don’t mean to sound like an idiot, but where is the Life cereal?” To my amazement, she said, “we are completely sold out of all of our Quaker Oats products. There was a problem at the warehouse, and I’m not sure if or when they’ll be back.”

WTF? It sounds more like Quaker pissed off Walmart… or vice versa.

…this is one of the funniest videos EVER. I love it!

Hattip: JG

I’m diggin’ this country song from Hootie’s Darius Rucker:

This morning I woke up to find that my 2,500th photo had been purchased at iStockphoto.com. That’s good enough to earn me a 5% raise and a shiny new silver canister icon .

Today is a good day.

Just 7,500 more till gold, baby.

Here’s mine — (from Wordle.net)

acn_realbelgianheroesmrbelgianownerofbudweis_rah-33955

Next thing you know, the Bud Bowl will be a soccer game!

FuzzMartin.com circa 2002!

http://web.archive.org/web/20021106191801/http://www.fuzzmartin.com/

Have fun with that one kids!

…having issues with Firefox 3 rendering CSS scripts at times? It seems like if I leave my browser open for more than an hour, it sporadically stops reading CSS. It’s annoying.

This is what I did:

A HUGE thank you to SMSgt. Connie Bacik for inviting me and to the entire 128th Air Refueling Wing and the 115th Operations Group for being so accommodating!

The Martins (sans future Martins) and the Toutants went to the NEW Zoo near Green Bay on Sunday. Not only is it a new zoo, but NEW is also an acronym. NorthEastern Wisconsin Zoo. Clever.

In six hours, I’ll be getting aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 128th Refueling Wing of the Air National Guard.

I can’t wait!

Received this email at work, as we use Simon Delivers for pop and coffee delivery to our office.

Economic fall-out is starting the domino chain.

Dear Valued Customer,

After almost 9 years of striving to provide you an exceptional online grocery
experience, I am sorry to inform you that we will be delivering our last
orders over the next two weeks. Today’s economic conditions, including the
spike in food and fuel costs, have forced us to make this very difficult
decision.

Over the years we have valued your business and appreciated the
relationship we have developed with you. We have an incredible team behind
the scenes responsible for our nationally-recognized website and the
processes necessary to fulfill your orders. Our team members have done an
exceptional job selecting, picking and packing your orders to your
satisfaction. Our friendly Neighborhood Service Representatives have come
to know you, your families and your businesses well.

We have heard many stories over the years about how our service made a
difference in your lives, and those stories fueled us to work hard for our
business and you. You made a significant difference to our 300 team
members by continuing to support our service.

We made a promise to provide you with a great website, great products, and
most importantly, great service. We are sad that we cannot continue to fulfill
that promise.

On behalf of all of us at SimonDelivers, thank you most sincerely for nine
years of support.

Liwanag Ojala
President, SimonDelivers Inc.

…and I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me. More details… later.

(hopefully it’s no longer green. )

This song is addicted to me… or, you know, it could be the other way around.

A while ago, a man came up with a website called “Obama’s Chocolate Nuts.” He thought it was “nuts” that people were giddy over a man that they new nothing about. So, like any good American capitalist, he started selling something — chocolate covered peanuts graced with Obama’s likeness.

Enter Jesse Jackson.

The other day, Jackson said that Obama was “talking down” to black people, and that Jackson wanted to, “rip his nuts off.”

Go ahead, Google, “obama’s nuts.” Yup… you get ObamasChocolateNuts.com.

David Feingold, the owner of OCN.com (and FatJewishGuy.com) had this to say:

Thank You Jesse Jackson For Loving Obamas Nuts

I went to the dentist today.

Thought I was getting a root canal, but that’s gonna be next Wednesday.

Today was just a cleaning.

I did get some gas, however, because I am scared.

Yeah, I know I am a little baby, but still I HATE the dentist and the gas takes away the fear.

It also sent me into a world that I wish I could get back to.

I think I was hallucinating, because I thought I heard Jesse Jackson say that he wants to “Rip Obama’s Nuts Off.”

He couldn’t have said that?

Right?

I mean I was the one who talked about Obama’s Chocolate Nuts.

Not a respectable reverend like Jesse Jackson?

But apparently it wasn’t the gas.

It’s true.

Perhaps one day we’ll learn that Jesse Jackson and Dave Feingold are in cahoots. Feingold couldn’t have bought advertising this good… but good for him.

Terry Tate, oh how I’ve missed you: (ht: jg)