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This is too funny... The "One Semester of Spanish - Love Song"

OK, that's not entirely accurate.  A few years ago our dog "Uno" decided he would have some fun with a friends carpet. We were visiting out of town and took the dog along for the road trip.  We decided to lock him in their office one night while we went out to eat (thinking he would be fine in there.) However, when we returned to our surprise he decided he would attempt to "eat his way out" of the room and tore the carpet to shreds.  In my anger I called him a "jerk" and then immediately started laughing when I realized that I had called a furry black creature a name usually bestowed upon other humans.  It didn't stop there.... In the days and weeks that followed Brin and I found ourselves trying to come up with other terms of human non-endearment for the dog.  We had fun with that for quite a while.

On a better note... Uno really is the greatest dog I've been around.  He was our first "baby" and we love this jerk to death!

What dog sits like this?? I mean honestly!

I can't remember if this was a photo op, or if he was really sleeping like this on the bed.

I'm really excited to be a part of the 40 Day Fast going on over at InspiredToAction.com.  In short, it is a way to bring about awareness to area of need in the world (either a cause or a country) and an organization that strives to meet that need. 
Today is the first day of the 40 Day Fast, so check out Brant Hansen's post "Where God Lives".

The schedule is as follows.  You can subscribe via RSS to follow along at InspiredToAction.com to stay up-to-date on the daily posts!

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I posted this to Twitter today but figured I'd pass it along to everyone else too.

When picking up some food for our dog today I stumbled upon this... What is the world coming to?  Again I say.... What is the world coming to when we have to feed our pets frozen yogurt.  Not only frozen yogurt, but ORGANIC frozen yougurt??? Not sure which is more pathetic, the company who is selling it or those who buy it.  (Also note that it has to have a trendy" name "Yöghund")

The text at the bottom reads:

"Orgainc Frozen Yogurt For Dogs. A Gourmet Healthy Treat. for a better dog's life"

So last night we were all eating corn on the cob using the standard two pronged corn holders (or "handles" as my son calls them) when the unexpected happened.  I must have inserted the holder incorrectly and was exerting too much pressure because it sprung from it's position in the end of the cobb and into the flesh of my cheek!  All I can say is i'm glad it wasn't my eye! After-the-fact Brin and I couldn't stop laughing... What are the chances?

Corn Handles Looking All Innocent

When Corn Handles Go Bad

Vince just posted this saying this would be our new favorite video.  For the moment I would have to agree (until the next dose of viral goodness makes it's way down the pipe).

"Live Good" by the Naive New Beaters

MUTEMATH fans probably already know about the upcoming September 2008 release of the new album... Just saw these studio vids and can't wait!

Follow their progress in the studio on YouTube!

I've posted some pedalboard pics on Flickr and Facebook but never on my own blog (go figure).  Anyways, here's what I've got going on as of now.  Only thing I have yet to do is re-arrange the setup.  I'm planning on moving the volume and wah to the center of the board again and moving my return pedals (delays, tremolo and reverb) back to the right side of the board.  Being right handed it's too difficult to "tap" on those pedals on the left.

- Keeley Compressor
- Keeley Katana (Clean Boost)
- Xotic RC Booster
- Zvex Box of Rock
- Diamond Memory Lane Delay w/dotted eighth mod and remote
- Diamond Boost EQ
- Empress Tremolo
- Empress Superdelay
- Elecro Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb
- Dunlop Crybaby 535Q Wah
- Ernie Ball VP JR. Volume Pedal
- Planet Waves Tuner
- Loop-Master A/B loop switch (routes clean vs. dirty pedals)
- George L's patch cables
- SKB PS-45

What do you have on your board?

Yea, so I decided to clean out my wallet this morning and had this much "trash" concealed within it's dark murky caverns.  The oldest piece dated back circa October 2006 (USPS registered mail reciept).

What's in your wallet?