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Thursday Shout-Out: New Adjutant Inspectors!

I'm a little late today. Had to go to church and sign paychecks and whatnot. Can you believe I'm the treasurer for an actual church that's not even a UFO cult or anything? Me neither. I have a weird life.Anyway, I figured it was about time to pro... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Thursday, May 31, 2007


A Cautionary Message for the Class of 2007

There are 86,423 high schools, 8,021 colleges and universities, and 14,319 trade and vocational schools in this country, and not once have I been invited to be the speaker at any of their graduation ceremonies. Why not? Is it because I'm not "famou... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Wednesday, May 30, 2007


Blogging about Blogging about Blogging

I'm over at the Snark today, with a list of warning signs that you're spending too much time blogging.I'm happy to announce that we've wrapped up the first round of reviews at humor-blogs.com! To read the first two reviews, go to humor-blogs.com and... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Tuesday, May 29, 2007


A Day to Remember

It's a holiday here in the States, and I don't feel like doing a post. You can't make me!I stole this picture (and description) from Al's blog."Unique among Battery Park's many monuments and statues, the American Merchant Mariners' Memorial recalls ... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Monday, May 28, 2007


Caption Contest Winners

This time the autographed digital photo goes to humor-blogs.com member The Drive-By Blogger. TDB, here's your award:2nd place: Another humor-blogs.com member, Joel from Crummy Church Signs:Spider man,Spider man,Does whatever a spider can.Carries Die... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Saturday, May 26, 2007


House Update

It's time for another house update. Over the past few weeks we've almost finished the framing and the plywood sheeting. It took a little longer than expected because we added four dormers (you can see them sticking out on either side of the new con... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Friday, May 25, 2007


Thursday Shout-Out: Humor-Blogs.com

Hey, can he do that? Give a shout-out to his own site? This is like that time he made himself the featured blogger on humor-blogs.com. Man, this guy has a big head. What? Oh, why didn't you say so? I didn't realize this is what they meant by "s... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Thursday, May 24, 2007


Valdyrre, I Hardly Knew Ye

The Blog-Blond has tagged me with an education-related meme. The thing about memes is that they have rules, and the thing about rules is that they don't apply to me. So I may have slightly embellished a few of my answers. Enjoy.What was the name o... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Wednesday, May 23, 2007


Vote!

Ok, Mrs. Diesel and I stayed up late last night picking the best captions. I read them to her in random order with as much enthusiasm as I could muster, and she picked the ones she liked the best. Initially she had a list of 15 favorites, but sever... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Tuesday, May 22, 2007


An Open Letter to Sam Raimi

As you know from the most recent caption contest, I have an unnatural love for Spider-Man (by the way, get your captions in by tonight; I'll be posting a poll with Mrs. Diesel's favorites tomorrow). I finally got a chance to see Spider-Man 3 this we... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Monday, May 21, 2007


Caption Contest: Spider-Man!

I almost scrapped this pic, because I'm afraid of what y'all are going to do with it. But laziness won out over caution and respectability, so here we are. Just keep in mind that originality is a factor, so if you notice a lot of people submitting ... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Friday, May 18, 2007


Thursday Shout-Out: Short Attention Span Stuff

To make up for my taxing post yesterday, here are some sites that will give you a quick fix of humor without requiring a lot of reading or paying attention for long periods of time. Crummy Church Signs - A perennial favorite. Chingli... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Thursday, May 17, 2007


Super-Ego

"Hey, man, what's going on?""Oh, nothing. Just sitting here trying to sort through some of this stuff.""Same old, same old, huh? Wow, what a mess.""It's always like this. You're just too busy to notice most of the time.""What is all this crap?""Th... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Wednesday, May 16, 2007


I Give Up

It's clear that you all love my wife more than you love me, so I'm slinking off to Central Snark today, where I feel loved and appreciated. Maybe I should just quit blogging and mutter to myself on the street instead. You'd be happy then, wouldn't ... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Tuesday, May 15, 2007


Mrs. Diesel Speaks!

You did it! You convinced Mrs. Diesel to do a post! And to not kill me! Although she did say that the picture was "horrible." Anyway, without further ado here's my -- ahem -- sweetheart blogging about my favorite topic: me!-----------------------... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Monday, May 14, 2007


Caption Contest Winners

And the winner in the North By Northwest edition of the caption contest is...G from G Simply Said (you can catch her today spinning at Central Snark).Second Place: Sher from Wiping The Crazy Off My Face. Dude, next time you wanna dine and dash at the... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Saturday, May 12, 2007


Happy Mother's Day!

Since I don't normally post on Sundays, I'm doing my Mother's Day post today. I've also updated Central Booking with my thoughts on Godel, Escher, Bach.A couple quick reminders first:Today is the last day to vote in the caption contest. I will post... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Friday, May 11, 2007


Thursday Shout-Out: Mrs. Diesel

One of the main purposes of this blog is to make you all insanely jealous of me. Because, after all, I have the best life ever. Toward that end I occasionally post pictures of my gigantic house, my vast estate, my superfast sports car, my sweet tra... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Thursday, May 10, 2007


Sock Drawer #2

Some random items from the sock drawer today:I took the family to KFC the other day, and saw this sign on their window:Mrs. Diesel and I were cracking each other up with the conversations we imagined took place as a result of this sign.KFC Employee #... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Wednesday, May 09, 2007


Vote!

Man, it was tough picking my ten favorites this time. I had to exclude some really good captions to keep it down to ten. Cast your vote and then check back this Saturday to see the final results. Hopefully I've got the poll settings configured so ... [Read the full post]
Posted by Diesel on Tuesday, May 08, 2007


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