July 2005 - Posts

Like Oil and Water are Zits and Rain
29 July 05 01:15 AM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
I have zits on the back of my head. This is how my body has decided to age. Instead of getting zits in normal places, I now get zits in awkward places, such as my legs, chest, and now, the back of my head. Those cutting my hair have to shave over and Read More...
Head Banger For Life
26 July 05 08:30 PM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   
For a year or so now we’ve been battling our head-banging son, Jackson. He’s two, and his preferred method of venting his frustration is to bang his head against the nearest floor or wall — even if the surface is very, very hard. While Read More...
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Things I Guess I Shouldn't Have Said In Front Of The Kid This Weekend
26 July 05 08:15 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   
Jackson is talking on a play cell phone. DADDY: Hey Jack, who you talking to? JACKSON: Junior. DADDY: Junior Asparagus? JACKSON: Yeah. DADDY: Cool! Can I talk to him? Jackson brings Daddy the phone. DADDY: Hey Junior! What’s cookin’? Oh, your Read More...
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Rock IT Man
22 July 05 08:00 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   
When things get busy around the house, this blog goes Shatner . That’s the way it is. I tried creating this video clip myself, using my fancy-schmancy DVD-burning TiVo and the fancy-schmancy video editing tools on my fancy-schmancy laptop, but could never Read More...
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You Should Avoid Imagescapes of Colorado
19 July 05 02:45 PM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
I'll start with the good. We live in Northern Colorado and recently had our house painted, inside and out. We hired Perfection Painting of Longmont to do the work, and they did a fantastic job. The interior had its challenges (a wide variety of colors, Read More...
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First Ingredient
18 July 05 11:30 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   
Since Sarah is devoted to keeping our family free from foods with plastics in them, if anything tasty is to be bought for our pantry, I have to make my own trip to the grocery store. This is why, the other night, I found myself at King Soopers picking Read More...
Number One and Number s e v e n
18 July 05 10:00 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   
It has come to my attention that this blog is now the #1 “John Elway / Snack Cake” blog on the Internet. Congratulations me!!! Today I will continue my trouncing of the competition. John Elway took part in a “legends” competition Read More...
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I'm Your Boy
15 July 05 06:30 PM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
Dear Makers of Products, If you have a product that you are trying to sell, please send one to me. For I give you my word: If you send me a free product, I will seriously consider writing about it. You have nothing to lose, really. If I like your product, Read More...
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Trust Me, You Should Really Go Ahead Of Me
13 July 05 05:45 AM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
I'm working on my first ever rap song. Although I'm not sure if "rap song" is even a thing. Should I just say "rap?" FYI, I'm white. Anyway, here are the lyrics I have so far: Made my stop in my mad Merced Lady to my right waves, "Go ahead" But it was Read More...
One Sly Move Away From Jumping
12 July 05 07:00 AM | Jason Looney | 4 Comments   
Instead of criticizing it, I’m simply going to point out a few things about the magazine sitting to my right. The magazine is titled SLY and has Sylvester Stallone on the cover. Coincidence? Nope. SLY is the nicknamely-eponymous magazine created Read More...
You May Think
08 July 05 07:30 PM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
Endings are tough. Sometimes I write something I like, but have no ending, and it stresses me out. What I didn’t know is that I don’t need an ending. I just need an editor. Check out this “Editorial Note” from a magazine given Read More...
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Making Us Think Differently
07 July 05 07:15 AM | Jason Looney | 2 Comments   
A teenager was murdered in Brooklyn a few days ago. A dozen or so bandits attacked the boy and his friends, stole many things — including tennis shoes and an iPod — and stabbed the kid to death. I know about this story because… well… Read More...
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Thank You, Jeremy
06 July 05 07:00 AM | Jason Looney | 2 Comments   
Hey now! Jeremy Wright named this blog the winner of his Best New Blog contest! No freakin’ way!! Jeremy writes a very popular blog, Ensight.org , and is writing a book on business blogging . A few weeks ago he wrote that he was unsubscribing to blogs Read More...