Andy Bartlett on December 28th, 2009

On Saturday, Helen and I went sledding. We hit the slopes a few minutes before four on a 22-degree, windy afternoon. Helen had been adeptly bundled up by her mom, looking the part of a giggly pink and purple Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. I discovered that gray Tom Asbury-era official Kansas State men’s basketball warmup pants [...]

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Andy Bartlett on December 22nd, 2009

I’m going to check out “Avatar” in 3D in a little less than an hour; reserving this space for my review of the movie later tonight. Trying to go in with midrange expectations, and I expect the visuals to completely overpower the actual story. We’ll see how it turns out. UPDATE: The Review. I was [...]

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Andy Bartlett on December 22nd, 2009

I was shopping in Walmart the other day for some groceries – milk, lunch meat, pickles, cheese, that sort of thing. While I was looking for some frozen egg rolls I had been instructed to purchase because we had a $1 coupon for them, I walked past the section of frozen dinners where the Boston [...]

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Andy Bartlett on December 20th, 2009

…If there is one person in front of you in line at Walmart, they will be buying 13 million gift cards, each containing only $10, and each requiring individual activation and careful selection of gift envelope depending on its intended recipient. This process takes nine hours. …you will spend one unnecessary minute in line for [...]

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Andy Bartlett on December 18th, 2009

I’m an expert at nothing. I write things like this and this and this, which I suppose are mildly interesting, but is it good writing? Nah. I liked this story that I wrote on our nursing program, but it’s hardly great writing. You can read this blog and know that I’m no great writer; hell, [...]

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Andy Bartlett on December 15th, 2009

Yep, fail. It’s pretty much the only word I need right now. Food journal? Haven’t updated it since Dec. 5. Fail. Write something each week for “2,000 words or less?” Missed last week. Don’t have an idea for what I’ll do this week. Fail. Avoid playing WoW on Mondays so I can do other things. [...]

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Andy Bartlett on December 10th, 2009

For the last couple of months, my youngest daughter has freaked out over any notion that she’d be left alone. She’s thrown tantrums about being left in the car with me while her mom runs into a store to grab something; she’s had similar fits if I go in and she stays in the car [...]

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Andy Bartlett on December 8th, 2009

Forgot to post this drawing on here the other day; I started it back in July or something, and finally sat down to finish it up this weekend. My second sketch of Chibi, lead singer for The Birthday Massacre; check it out at DeviantArt.

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Andy Bartlett on December 8th, 2009

I guess winter is here…

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Andy Bartlett on December 7th, 2009

I got a terrible parking spot It’s like two blocks away I got a terrible parking spot I’ll be walking most of the day

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