Oh, Shabanu, where have you gone?

Do you remember when the Horstmanns were constantly cranking out funny blog posts? And by "Horstmanns", I mean Jane?

One of the last posts from "You're Jealous.":

I've got the power.
The other day, while hanging around Helen's office, being hungry and bored I was thinking, "What if I had an electrical socket instead of a belly button?" I mean how awesome would that be? Other than producing your own food, what more could you want in life? Everyone in the office agreed that if everyone had electrical sockets instead of belly buttons thing would be much better. World peace would go way up. Although you'd be using so much power you would need to eat more. I think if I had 5 meals a day instead of three my peace would go way up too. This socket idea is definitely a good thing.

I sent it to Kitten:

kitten: oh, jane, i miss this blog.
kitten: damn it, now i have to go find the down with jesus post.
helen: the title is "boo, I'm adorable"
helen: search for it.
helen: then bookmark it.
helen: then print it on a tee shirt and wear it every day.

Motherhood clearly agrees with Kitten, btw. Check out her recent post for a more recently produced dose of funny.

You learn something new every day. Mostly not about home improvement, in my case.

I am now on my third recaulking of the year, and this time, I am determined to get it right. Amazon has provided the fresh caulk, I think I already have the skillz, and now I get this tidbit of stunningly obvious instruction:

NOTE: The most common error in tub re-caulking is failure to fill the tub first. Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon. When the tub is full of 8-pound gallons, plus your own weight, the bathtub flexes, dropping down and away from the wall and pulling the joint open. Caulking the joint when it's as wide open as it can ever possibly be, makes your fresh caulk job last way, way longer.

That's just not right.

From my last car share reservation:

We have temporarily removed gas cards from all vehicles to prevent vandalism to our cars. If you need to fuel up during your reservation, please do so and send us the receipt for prompt reimbursement. To make sure the car is ready for the next member, just make sure the tank is at least 1/4 full at the end of your trip. We understand that this may create an inconvenience to you, and we apologize in advance.

Doughnut days are here again!

The Pennsylvania Dutch Festival is back, after last year's crushing
disappointment. Come challenge Jane to a doughnut eat-off featuring
the tastiest doughnuts on earth! Wash it down with some fresh churned
ice cream! August 7, 8 and 9 -- mark your calendars now.

Finally, an upside to the writer's strike!

While you were crying about Lost being over, or about the terrible reality television that was taking over the airwaves, Joss Whedon was out there thinking about how to light up your life.  And now, you can see what he came up with:

http://www.drhorrible.com

Singing!  Dancing!  Doogie!  Commenting on emails!  Everything you love about Joss + everything you love about the Internet, put together by Neil Patrick Harris.  Run, don't walk, to check it out.

Can someone please tell me why .....

They don't include lyrics on MP3/AAC files?  I understand that if I rip my own cds, the data wasn't there to begin with, and I'll have to get that information from the internet.  But if I'm paying money for digital files, and you don't have to spend all that money, you know, actually MAKING anything, or shipping anything, or sending me anything other than a bunch of bits, you'd think you could provide the lyrics in the file.  I know you can do it (Apple, I'm talking to you.)  You will let me save my own lyrics information on the files.  So, come on.  Just include that information when I buy the music!

(I just didn't want anyone to think Steven had cornered the market on complaining on blogs.)

The time is right.

The first Apple store in Australia is opening this week in Sydney, and the new iPhone will be available there in just a few short weeks.  Clearly, my destiny is drawing near.