Happy Halloween!

Posted by Glen in on 29 Oct. 2002, 9:23 pm

The Evil Ones wish you a Happy Halloween!

  1. Comment from your sister on 30 Oct. 2002, 9:39 am :

    Excellent work, young sir! Shadow is, indeed, preparing for his highest of holidays.

  2. Comment from Glen on 30 Oct. 2002, 10:55 am :

    Actually, this is Otto and Lili inverted. Perhaps I should add Shadow to the third bat.

  3. Comment from Angela on 30 Oct. 2002, 11:12 am :

    Have we gone absolutely batty? What is going on?

    At the same time, perhaps your color scheme will rub off a little on Mike’s color scheme, which, ahem, leaves a little to be desired…

  4. Comment from Angela on 30 Oct. 2002, 11:15 am :

    Oh, wait. I take that back. I just visited Mike’s bloggy and it’s haunted. V. COOL :-)

  5. Comment from Angela on 30 Oct. 2002, 12:32 pm :

    Copycat.

  6. Comment from Glen on 30 Oct. 2002, 12:33 pm :

    Yeah, well. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

  7. Comment from c. on 30 Oct. 2002, 6:51 pm :

    This website is giving me a migraine.

    I’m not sure if it’s the color scheme or the comments though.

  8. Comment from Glen on 30 Oct. 2002, 11:45 pm :

    I find the flying cats more disturbing than all the Halloween colors and bad puns.

The big city

Posted by Glen in on 27 Oct. 2002, 8:18 pm

Rachel and I drove up to Chicago this weekend to celebrate our seven-year anniversary, returning well-fed and toting this ultra-cool poster from Ikea:

Rachel’s mission on Friday was to shop for wedding dresses with Emily, which resulted in funds being diverted from the reception dinner budget to the wedding dress budget. What once was cotton now is silk; what once was a buffet now is buckets of wings from KFC. After being scammed by the wedding industry, we were treated to an excellent dinner in Schaumburg by “Chi-town Terp” (thanks Bill!). On Saturday we made the annual pilgrimage to Meigs Field, home base in Microsoft Flight Simulator and mecca of sorts for flight sim buffs worldwide. Rachel could have been more enthusiastic about hiking through a little cold wind to reach the field, but she obviously lacks an appreciation for the finer things in life. That evening, we had some famously delicious midwestern steak and drank some absurdly expensive wine in a fancy-pants “wine bar”. I thought I saw Richard Gere there, but it was a false alarm.

Here is a simulated photo of us in front of Meigs:

  1. Comment from Angela on 27 Oct. 2002, 9:13 pm :

    Wait, so a wedding dress was bought or no? Actually, I guess I’m asking the wrong person!

  2. Comment from Rachel on 27 Oct. 2002, 10:10 pm :

    No no no. No wedding dress was bought. Glen’s just upset that I went in there liking a $400 dress, and I came out liking a $1400 dress of a completely different style. It looked quite fabulous on me, I have to say.

  3. Comment from Glen on 27 Oct. 2002, 10:19 pm :

    I wasn’t upset - just a little, uh, startled. To Rachel’s credit, I never got to see the dress, but I’m sure it does look fabulous. And for the price, I’m sure it also shoots laser beams and comes equipped with a secret Batman-style utility belt.

  4. Comment from Rachel on 27 Oct. 2002, 11:33 pm :

    No, the laser beams come from the veil the woman showed me. Picture this: one plastic comb, 4 feet of tulle, fake plastic rhinestones. $345! There must be some ninja secret in this veil.

  5. Comment from Mike on 28 Oct. 2002, 4:25 am :

    Why couldn’t you get a real picture?

  6. Comment from EYC on 28 Oct. 2002, 8:32 am :

    Can’t Glen just skimp on the tuxedos for the groomsmen? Can’t you get the fake tuxedos that people used for high school senior portraits? That’ll save at LEAST $100 each person…

  7. Comment from Tammy, your fellow bridal industry victim on 28 Oct. 2002, 10:15 am :

    Bridal veils contain super-strong ninja fighting power– unrivaled in their power!!! But veils only contain the ninja power if purchased from the bridal store. If purchased from a seamstress for 30 bucks, veil does not contain the ninja power and will leave you UNPROTECTED!!!! So beware.

  8. Comment from Glen on 28 Oct. 2002, 10:25 am :

    Mike - We did get a real picture, but it’s me in front of a parking lot with a runway in the background and no sign of Chicago. Trust me, the simulation is much better.
    EYC - That’s an excellent idea! My idea was to get blue leisure suits from a thrift store. It would save money while adding just the right touch of class.

  9. Comment from Kanishka on 28 Oct. 2002, 12:38 pm :

    The problem with thrift store suits is that we won’t be able to match. Why don’t we all just wear “The Honrz Program Werked 4 Me” t-shirts with coordinated UMD track pants?

  10. Comment from Angela on 28 Oct. 2002, 1:18 pm :

    Hmm…that wouldn’t go with my dress at all.

  11. Comment from Glen on 28 Oct. 2002, 1:44 pm :

    Who said anything about a dress? The bridesmaid outfit involves a foam fold-out Testudo hat and matching apparel. That’s all I’m going to say for now.

  12. Comment from Angela on 28 Oct. 2002, 3:21 pm :

    I’m sorry, I don’t think you get a say in what the bridesmaids wear! Where is the wedding website, I ask you?! Have you picked the music? A photographer?

  13. Comment from your sister on 28 Oct. 2002, 3:35 pm :

    For a complete selection of bridesmaid dresses, please visit www.uglydress.com. My personal favorite is the “ass-widener” style.

  14. Comment from Glen on 28 Oct. 2002, 8:52 pm :

    Angela, I’ll be happy to launch a wedding website just a soon as I figure out what to put on it. Ideas?? As for the music and photographer, those are my two responsibilities, as you well know. I should probably start looking into them.

  15. Comment from Angela on 29 Oct. 2002, 2:09 pm :

    Well, you could first start with a large countdown display. You know, one of those things that do months, days, hours, minutes, seconds. Also, I recommend a scrolling montage of Rachel and Glen photos from over the (oh so many) years. Those are my ideas for now. I’ll continue to give this thought.

  16. Comment from Glen on 29 Oct. 2002, 5:40 pm :

    Hmm, I was thinking more along the lines of an Ikea gift registry.

  17. Comment from jane on 30 Oct. 2002, 1:29 pm :

    don’t forget the midis playing all-time classic reception songs, such as “Hungry Eyes”

  18. Comment from auntie joy on 30 Oct. 2002, 7:21 pm :

    Rachael why don’t you borrow Carol”s wedding dress and my headpiece. We’ll have the dress dry cleaned for you free of charge.

Posted by Glen in on 23 Oct. 2002, 6:38 pm

26 points to Mark for meeting Bono (much cooler than the time I met Buzz Aldrin).

The news from Ireland

Posted by Glen in on , 6:36 pm

This photo speaks for itself - good work, Mark! 26 points for accomplishing one of your two main objectives in Ireland, and I’ll give you 137 more if you can book U2 for the wedding. As best man, you should consider it your duty.

  1. Comment from c. on 24 Oct. 2002, 3:31 am :

    Bono doesn’t look so thrilled. In fact, he looked happier when he was hanging out with Paul O’Neill. But who cares what Bono thinks? I mean, it’s clear from this photo the man is practically a midget.

  2. Comment from Mark on 24 Oct. 2002, 4:50 am :

    He was smiling before and after the photo. The glare was his way of looking rock-star without the wrap-around shades. Of course, I require neither to look cool, but I understand some people need help.

  3. Comment from Kanishka on 24 Oct. 2002, 9:07 am :

    I shook Bono’s hand back in 1997 on the PopMart tour. He was extremely short (even compared to me). Also, some guy with a mullet and a huge picture of Bono (circa “Joshua Tree”) airbrushed on his denim jacket annoyed Bono to the extreme.

    It was classic. I want that jacket.

  4. Comment from Glen on 24 Oct. 2002, 10:08 am :


    Ahh, much better.

  5. Comment from Angela on 24 Oct. 2002, 10:19 am :

    In all the other photos of Bono I’ve seen lately, he’s been wearing light purple Gucci glasses. Can you photoshop that? :-P

    I like the original photo. It makes Bono look more real and not super super pop star.

  6. Comment from Angela on 24 Oct. 2002, 10:26 am :

    Also, what is this anonymous initial nonsense? I vote everyone write out their names on the comments. Can that be the next poll question?

  7. Comment from Glen on 24 Oct. 2002, 10:39 am :

    See second Photoshop job.

    Also, I leave anonymous messages on your blog all the time!

  8. Comment from Angela on 24 Oct. 2002, 10:47 am :

    Nono, the purple glasses are rimless!

    And I always know when you comment on my blog so that’s different.

  9. Comment from Glen on 24 Oct. 2002, 11:03 am :

    This is stretching the limits of my Photoshop abilities (see third Bono/Mark picture).

  10. Comment from Angela on 24 Oct. 2002, 11:32 am :

    Not bad! I refer you to the images on U2.com for a comparison of regular joe Paul Hewson and rock star Bono as imagined by Glen :-)

  11. Comment from Mark on 24 Oct. 2002, 2:28 pm :

    Kanishka, why was Bono mad? Because the man had a mullet, or because the Joshua Tree Bono has amusing hair?

  12. Comment from Nora on 24 Oct. 2002, 4:06 pm :

    Glen, can you photoshop me with several styles of glasses? I’m considering getting some new frames but you know how difficult it is to see yourself when you aren’t looking through your own glasses. : )

  13. Comment from Kanishka on 24 Oct. 2002, 4:51 pm :

    I think Bono was mainly annoyed because the guy wouldn’t leave him alone. He kepts saying (to Bono) “Isn’t my jacket awesome? Will you sign my jacket?” I remember him being a member of the U2 fan club who was following the band around, and I think he had Bono’s signature on his jacket multiple times. He was a weirdo. Bono ended up leaving after five minutes.

Inquiry

Posted by Glen in on , 2:00 am

To the genius who stole my credit card number: Exactly what did you buy for $1 at Woolworth’s in Reno, Nevada? If you steal my new number, will you promise to shop at Best Buy or at least blow $1000 at the Craps table?

  1. Comment from your sister on 24 Oct. 2002, 11:51 am :

    The brilliant mind who stole _my_ debit card number a year or so ago opted to purchase $749 worth of merchandise from an adult toy store. This caused me great inconvenience when my bank account dropped to zero, and so, after about a week of amateur sleuthing I was actually able to find out the name, social security number, and address of the thief. Needless to say, the police took no action because the bank did not want to claim the loss, for reasons that remain unclear. I wish you better luck in your situation.

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