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i knew my car was a transformer

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:39:23 -0500

this decepticon disguised as a pontiac grand prix paked right near us at ikea.

i think it was carrying on some sort of conversation with my car while we were gone.

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jelly rats? que paso ikea?

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:40:28 -0500

one delicious sounding snack! mmmm . . . jelly rats.

nothing hits the spot like jelly rats.

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let the cleansing begin

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:03:13 -0500

the man trying out the ikea sinks.

sometimes ikea isn't so bad.

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Art Glass Shade

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:56:56 -0600

I like light quite a bit. So much so I took this photo this morning.

Betsy picked up the art glass shade above at Goodwill over the weekend for $.50.

It looks great in the kitchen and it fit the IKEA light fixture perfectly.

I need to ask her if she was talking to the Secret for that to happen. Because I highly doubt the original company was thinking about Swedish designed Chinese manufactured suburban light fixtures.

Tags: art glass light shade art folk art

Betsy and her husband Kris Jun 08, 2007

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:44:10 -0500

Croncast - 2007-06-08.mp3
Show: #373
Length: 33:33
Size: 23.0mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris Jun 08, 2007

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July 8th, live show, must get 20 peeps in seats by June 15th
That's your big intro?
Well, let me tell my big story Mr. B
I hope it is good after your last scripted one
I could have coached you through that reading
I would be real fan of this
What Kris boobs with ankles?
Fake boobs that look natural
Betsy, "What's the point of that?"
Hey, Kris a Mercedes that looks like a Ford
Maybe fake that look real isn't a good thing
IRS and the accountant give Betsy a ring
I'm trying to function only in the present
Sitting there eating fish sticks with Grandma and the phone rings
It's good, they are trying to take care of us
Now I've got to talk to someone
And your fish sticks are going to get cold
Good thing you were putting kids to bed so you couldn't hear the shit I was talking about you
IRS to Betsy, "This is quite a significant liability you have here."
Betsy, "Yes, yes."
IRS, "Can you tell me how you came upon having such a large liability? Is there something going on in your life?"
Betsy, "My husband is a retard. I told him to save money, mam. Also, I am sure that you can see that flag from before. I can't go out of the country."
IRS, "There goes that trip to Italy."
Betsy, "Doesn't matter, he spent all the money anyway."
The approach they take per month
Where do you cut from your budget to pay the IRS?
How do I figure out what is below Aldi's?
Dumpster diving for orange juice
Then I accidentally hung up on the IRS
Our luck with the IRS hasn't been so good
Are you crazy?
The IRS has really good to us
Don't know on this table, there isn't a drop of wood in it
It is from IKEA
This is the recycled sweat of Indian children
I'd have to write it on the underwear you are currently wearing
What was her dying act . . . she asked for her husbands underpants and a sharpie
The IRS agent calls back
I'm never going to hear the end of this
I'm working on the windfall
The live show wasn't supposed to be a windfall
I'm supposed to get discovered Mr. B
All we I care about is covering the venue
It's about having fun and hanging out with listeners
Betsy breaks down Kris's Tuesday/Wednesday travel day
Much funnier than his interpretation of it
You are sounding like Charlie Brown's teacher
Barb hires a cleaning company
And they show up unannounced for an assessment
The morning after spaghetti night is a mess
Whatever the dogs didn't eat is left over
Mom walks in everyday at 4
I clean the house everyday, she is my mother
It looks like we have 47 foster children and I think little deaf dog has been peeing on carpet
We're bad suburbanites

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Polycom Communicator C100S a better tech purchase

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:25:02 -0600

With the Netgear Wifi phone number one on my "great concept horrible execution" list I was forced to take the appropriate action and return it to the store. Something that I rarely do. But instead of returning, I really needed a SkypeIn call solution, I exchanged it for the Polycom Communicator C100S.

It is a dedicated speakerphone just like Polycom makes for enterprise but a bit smaller, shaped likea pill and not a Nerf boomerang, a Skype button, a USB port and . . . I guess it is nothing like their enterprise products except for the impressive sound fidelity. I've never heard a Skype call as clear.

So far I have been really happy with it. It operated without flaw until I installed new drivers for a web cam. Once those drivers were on board it created a constant feedback loop. But the Polycom folks seemed to think of everything by adding a headphone jack. Which has saved the day but isn't much farther along than I was before with a headset and onboard mic.

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Betsy and her husband Kris Nov 06, 2006

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 06:42:27 -0600

Croncast - 2006-11-06.mp3

Show: #296
Length: 36:49
Size: 25.3mb
Format: mp3

Betsy and her husband Kris November 06, 2006

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Betsy give Kris a nod for kicking up the family situation today
The dairysnake return
At Google . . . we're the only dairysnake! We own it, for now
With Bears gone Booba thinks about how she can just hang
However she just ends up painting some spots in the basement
Putting in a family room and a toddler playroom
Kris finds it funny because nearly 1 year ago he recommended all of this
Kris you gets no wall . . . but maybe now it is ok
Ikea office in a closet kit
Remodeling is priority numero uno
Operating so long at a high level of stress
Once one thing is removed and the level lowers we seem to fill it back up
Homeostasis of stress levels
Interrupted by phone and someone from 408 area code
Betsy's pile of eBay stuff right next to my seat (see photo above)
She tries to redirect the conversation
Weekend of code . . . let me in
"I shouldn't complain about your eBay stuff anymore because I enable you"
For years, get rid of the crap
Resale Queen complaints
Come on I need some drama
Are you saying that I should be a 3 a.m. scam
That would be like Kris talking about running shoes from 1996
This isn't keeping up this the scene it is dairysnake pack rat
"How did this happen"
Er, I know let Kris answer this
Lying about the Santa Claus guy
Movie trailers that might give it away
Is Christmas different for those of you who don't live where it snows?
Betsy stumps for the group home kids
She wins (doesn't really need to win I would have done it anyway) the iPod gifts
Betsy starts to cry
My iPod was stolen by TSA or ground crew (thanks for the we searched your bag some stuff may be missing leaflet on the bottom of my bag)
One lone ear hear at a time
Is it wrong to gift an ear nose trimmer?
Would you take that personally
Betsy's bad ear
"I'll buy all this grass if sell it to me for 75% off, and load it into my Volvo"
Buying the dead grass in November for summer planting . . . bad idea
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