Yuck

It has been La Casa de Sickness around the Saufley house recently.  I took my first sick day in many a moon yesterday (and still somehow managed to get in 6.5 hours of work).  Nyquil has been my best friend fro several days.  Add to that some other blog projects and work-related deadlines, and there hasn’t been much action here at the ol’ RTL recently.  It may take some time for me to catch back up.  So stay tuned.  Consider me to be on injured reserve until further notice.

RLT Cinema: Jim Gaffigan vs. the Pope

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Jim Gaffigan is the funniest man on the face of the earth.  No one can talk about laziness, cake, bacon, and Hot Pockets with the same wit and humor as The Pale One can.

Today’s RLT Cinema feature shows Gaffigan taking on the Pope.  Very funny stuff.  Gaffigan can talk about religion in a way few people can.  Many of the things he says border so close to offensive for many people, yet you walk away laughing so hard you want a Hot Pocket.

Enjoy.

Out to Pasture

After nine years and over 106,000 miles together (she had 59,000 on her when we bought her), I’m finally putting my old black horse out to pasture.

I’m going to miss her.

We bought her back in January 2002, a month before our oldest daughter was born.  We needed a new car with a little more room for a baby.  She outlasted three other cars (plus three years of our mommy van).  In the past year, I’ve essentially paid a car payment each month replacing old parts.  Last week, I pulled into the driveway and smoke started pouring out of the hood.  Antifreeze was everywhere.  I suspect a weak head gasket, which I’ve been nursing for several years.  As badly as I want to fix her and keep her going, I can’t do it anymore.

Although I’m a little frustrated at the inconvenience, I’m not worried.  If this would have happened five years ago, I would have freaked out and worried as if God did not exist.  I know better now.  This isn’t worth worrying about.  I’ll say my good-byes, and hopefully trade her in on one of these bad boys:

Aw, snap!  The ultimate in octogenarian luxury.  The definition of “Chaplain Car”.  And the standard in dependability (my father swears by these Buicks).  I’m past the age where I care about what my car looks like.  I just want something that’ll stay out of the shop.

Although some 26′s with spinners and a sub in the back would thug it out.

Happy Valentine’s Day

… to my Buttercup, Laura.

On April 24, 1996 at 10:20 PM, we started dating.  She was wearing her Smashing Pumpkins T-shirt, her red hooded seatshirt, her cut-off jeans, and her Chucks.

On April 24, 1997 at 10:30 PM, I asked her to marry me.  She said, “I can’t believe you!  I can’t believe you!”  I had to ask if that was a yes.  It was.

On August 1, 1998, we got married.  It was a storybook wedding.  Over twelve years later, we still have people telling us it was the coolest wedding they’d every attended.

In April, we’ll have been together for fifteen years.  In August, we’ll have been married for thirteen years.  They’ve been the best years of my life.  I’m the luckiest guy on earth.  All you fellas should be jealous.

I love you, babe.  Thank you for loving me, way more than I deserve.  Yoda one for me (always have been, always will be).

RLT Cinema: The Greatest Commercial Ever

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This is simply the greatest TV commercial of the last thirty-five years.  And maybe the greatest advertisement ever.  To the geniuses of Volkswagon, I salute you.  The force is strong with this one.

The New Inklings: The Conversation Has Begun

Last week I posted about a new blog project I’m a part of called The New Inklings.  We spent last week introducing the site, and today the real fun begins.

So head on over to The New Inklings. Here’s a clue to our first musing:

RLT Cinema: Matisyahu’s “One Day”

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I realize I’ve had a lot of music videos featured on RLT Cinema recently, but these have really struck me in one way or the other.  Today’s feature comes from the coolest Jewish dude since Jesus, Matisyahu.  I’m not a huge reggae fan, but Matisyahu is off the hook.  His “Live at Stubbs” live CD is ridiculous.

Today’s feature is an acoustic version of a song he previously did with Akon called “One Day.”  I personally think this version is much better.  The lyrics speak of looking forward to a day when we no longer have to worry about wars, violence, and the things that tear our world apart.

What are you (as the lyrics say) waiting and praying for?