It’s funny. I have a lot going on lately, but I haven’t been hitting the blog. It’s like a friend I’m not really avoiding, but when I see them out-and-about while I’m getting errands done I feel a bit guilty ’cause I haven’t called.

Blog: Ed!
Ed: (feigning surprise) Oh, heeeeeey- Blog!

*awkward silence* (this space would be filled with some emotional song if my life was a teen drama)

Ed: wow. soooo… what have you been doing lately?
Blog: Not much. (meaning not much since I’m used to doing stuff with you) How’s Heidi?
Ed: Nauseous. (holds hands on stomach) You know she’s pregnant right?
Blog: What? Congratulations!!!! (added excitement meant to twist the knife of guilt further in my gut since I didn’t tell him) well, I heard- that’s just amazing.
Ed: You know I’ve been really busy lately.

(conversation stops. very awkward silence since that statement was totally unprovoked. so i continue)

Ed: Yeah, whew! It’s just been work, and Heidi throwing up and school- well, not this summer but I’ve been thinking about it a lot and sheesh, just a whirlwind.
Blog: Yeah.
Ed: Wrrrrrrrrr (makes fake whirlwind with hands and sound effects. lame laugh)
Blog: Well cool, hey I gotta pick up come dandruff shampoo.
Ed: Hey it was cool seeing you.
Blog: Yeah.
Ed: I’ll call.

I’m in New Orleans for a conference, hence the scarce posting. I decided to bypass the 12 dollar a day internet and the $1.25 dialup and use my phone as a modem, but Verizon being the bloodthirsty demon-beast that it is wants to charge me 35 bucks a month to do just that. So i opted for the 30 day trial.

Gotta love it.

Well, I heard today that the Lollapoloozer tour is canceled. Nice- after I bought tickets and my best friend from highschool already got plane tix to come out here. Sweet. Thanks tons guys. Oh well- Life goes on.

Heidi is having quite a time with the pregnancy. She’s heaving up all over the place, so any well wishing will do her wonders. I feel horrible cause I can’t be there the next few days- (hold on bunny bear, the Ed-o is gonna be home ASAP. Wuvoo!) It’s gotten so bad she is convinced that whatever is growing inside her is evil. I explained to her that in order to conceive Freddy Krueger it would technically require the union of a nun and 100 lunitics but she’s not buying it.

Send her some love via the contact link at the top right, eh?

Feel like crap today but I can’t go home- too much work to do.

Raging sinus infection. If I get brown snot all over your screen I’m sorry.

Guess what we went to go see tonite with our friends Jason and Oksana?

That’s right, Super Size Me. But first we had to swing by our local drive thru for a little something to tide us over. Of course, imagine our surprise when it turns out that SSM is a movie AGAINST the mindless consumption of fast food- and not for it.

I imagine we must have looked mighty silly sucking down our value meals. Oh well. The worst part was when all that fat and carbs and stuff mixed with the cheesy background music- we were toast.

Afterwards, everone vowed to eat healthy from now on… Well almost everyone. No one gets between me and my Mickey Dees.

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Note: There was a problem accessing the photos I linked to. That’s fixed.

E&H.com is one year old today. From our humble beginnings we have grown into a dominating multinational corporation with a global presence that casts a dark shadow across most of the worlds’ population- prying into the individual lives of our subjects and controlling their every move and thought, bilking the denizens of society of their hard-earned yet pitiful salaries and churning out worthless crap and services with no meaningful competition on the horizon.

And we have you to thank.

Without you we would have no power.

Well, that’s enough for celebration- back to global domination and an early lunch break.

Oh, and Jason is oficically old today. Wish him a happy birthday before he breaks a hip or something.

Well, I forgot to renew the domain and hosting. Silly me.

We’re back for another action packed year!

As you may have noticed, there’s been a bit of a dry-spell here at E&H.com.

I just need a minute to collect my thoughts. It’s been quite a whirlwind here. I haven’t run out of things to say, now. Not to worry on that one. I actually have too much to talk about. Our regular snarkiness will return by monday. Perhaps sooner if I get a minute.

I’ve been warning people about this for years.

Man Develops Mystery Green Sweat.

Oh, its definately IN YOU, my friend. Hope you’re happy.

Go for it. Captioning is good for you.

Movie Blog just posted the the Donnie Darko DC trailer is up. What a year, eh?

Ed: Um… well, I can’t really tell.
Heidi: It looks like two lines, tho.
Ed: Come on- that one? That one’s really light. It’s more pink. What’s it say about pink?
Heidi: I think I threw out the directions.
Ed: What?
Heidi: Well, I dunno. When I used the first one?
Ed: When was that?
Heidi: The last time I- oooo. It’s pretty red now.
Ed: Gimme that. We don’t even have the directions. Two lines could mean you’re dying. I don’t want that on my head.
Ed: Let’s get another one. It could be a fluke.

(fifteen minutes later)

Heidi: OK, now how long do we wait?
Ed: Um… lessee…. hold in stream…in two minutes, see one blue.. CRAP. how the crap did they manage to make these instructions complicated? You pee, you wait, AAARRRHH.
Heidi: It says three minutes.
Ed: three it is. let’s take a nap.
Heidi: uh?
Ed: For three minutes. (three minutes pass)

Heidi: It looks lika plus.
Ed: Oh come on, it’s really vague. Lets do another.

(five minutes later)
Heidi: Ubuh uhbuh.
Ed: eeeh. ooob. ibbeh.
Heidi: Wow.
Ed: oot.
Heidi: so, uh. wow.
Ed: aich. igggg.
Heidi: baby.
Ed: Wow. Baby. wow.
Ed: Gimme a minute. I’ll be right back, I’m just doing a quick search for “false positives.”
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Heidi got a body wave the other day. That’s like a perm, guys, but less curly. Here’s the scene later when we’re taking a nap or something.

Heidi: My hair smells nasty, doesn’t it.
Ed: Nah, I’ve been kind of immunized.
Heidi: Eh?
Ed: I had a sister and I gre up in the 80’s.
Heidi: Ahhhh.
Ed: Perms were like a daily occurance.
Heidi: But that was twenty years ago.
Ed: (eyes widen, stares at ceiling)
Ed: Holy crap.

Bought 3 Awesome CDs today. All of these bear the Ed’s Seal of Musical Goodness:

Here’s the quick n dirty reviews on ‘em:

Clutch- Blast Tyrant Rock hard freaking rock. First off- there was no stupid security sticker to labor through. Heck yeah. This is the latest from the band that renewed my faith in rock and definately their tightest release to date.

Masta Killa- No Said Date Masta Killa is the ninth member of the Wu-Tang, and this is his first solo album. Just buy it. For those who mistakenly bought Method Man’s latest expecting a good album, this will make it all better.

Modest Mouse- Good News For People Who Love Bad News It’s good. This is my first MM cd and I dig ‘em.

So is it a good idea to join Orkut? I hesitated at first since the whole web-networking craze bugged the hell out of me. Now that the dust is clearing, this whole FOAFnet stuff is popping up and we have an RSS-based solution to the social networking phenomenon.

Then I read this over at Marc’s voice. His take on Orkut is that it’s just another way for Google to track user behavior. Hmmm… Now lessee:

1. Google.com: Search engine which tracks your behavior.
2. Gmail: Email which tracks and stores your behavior.
3. Orkut: Social networking which tracks your behavior.

Now don’t think I’m going all Lone Gunmen on you. It’s very impressive. Google has really made themselves valueble. Not just as a service provider to the casual user, but as an Ad service who can provide real reasearch and measurable results. Those services (which all seem to be pretty much the top of their game anyway), all collect data for their moneymaker. That is sweet. That is the product of strategic planning. I love Google- even their secondary products are leading the pack.

But that doesn’t answer my question. Orkut or no? Do I jump on the bandwagon or wait to see about this whole FOAFnet dealie? Come on, people!

Ed: It’s funny. I’m still kind of discovering my self with the blog, you know? Like, it’s interesting how I’m a different person on the blog lately. More Cynical. It’s like you get to choose what part of you people see.
Heidi: Oh no, that’s you, definitely. That’s the real you. Cynical.
Ed: Yeah.
Heidi: You just do a little better job controlling it in front of people.
Ed: Yeah. I guess I’m a jerk.
Heidi: Deep down.
Ed: Thanks.
Heidi: But you’re sweet too.
Ed: A sweet jerk.
Heidi: My sweet jerk.
Ed: I’ll take that.

For the last couple weeks it’s been the same thing. Each night, just as I’m about to drift away to slumber, I imagine how easy it would be for someone to crash through the front window, storm into our room and bludgeon us to pieces before I knew what was going on.

That has ruined my sleep. Serious. I wake up three or four times a night at least- ready to throw down with imaginary intruders. I’ve been walking around like a grumpy zombie (as opposed to the chipper ones).

But last night was my first night of peace. I slept like a log. You have no idea how good I feel today.

So Victoria posts her ideas on what makes a good blogger. Hmmmmm. So I asks myself, how does E&H.com fare in this blog report card per se? Well, lets see, shall we?
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Best. Headline. Ever. At least today.

“Police Drop Fresh Jackson Probe” Heck, I would too.

That’s just too good. You could make a whole game of it, no? Jackson Trial WordPlay. But I’m not into such childish humor- that’s not what we stand for here at E&H.com.

I just hope he doesn’t get off.

For those loyal readers who have been keeping putting up with me over the last year, you know that I sometimes have a hard time making friends. i.e:

The Political Kid
The Bee Gee Fans

Well, now one of my posts has caught the eye of one Cassondra. She has taken issue with me concerning my strong dislike of Pit Bulls- otherwise known as Satans Poopy Pets. But far be it from me to leave an enemy lurking on the net- earlier tonight I (in usual Ed form) presented Cassondra with the olive branch via IM.

Who want to lay odds on how it went?
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Movie site
Trailer- Quicktime
More info

This is absolutely the sickest looking trailer I’ve ever seen. There was a bunch of web buzz surrounding it a couple months ago- that’s when Jason sent me a link to it. But now I wanna know, WHEN DO WE GET TO SEE IT?