2008

Aug

“Frankie, stop pretending the tour bus bathroom is a...”
— Jimmy the tour bus driver, as...
Aug 21st

Wait... WHAT?!!!

Actual text from yet ANOTHER KH (this one male, happens to be marrying LMK next year) in my life: Are you staging the world record for the largest wave? It happens at Bristol this weekend.
In my head: WHAT? That sounds ridiculous...
In real life: Yep... that's me! Headed there in the morning.
Aug 20th
(via eec:yourmomfanclub) Guess the same holds true for...
Aug 20th
“Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home,...”
— Mae West (via...
Aug 20th
The smallness of the world - the literal, physical world -...
Aug 20th
Would rather be headed to Scoots, than ‘bucks…...
Aug 20th
And there it goes… this is just the TIP (that’s...
Aug 20th

REALLY BUMMED that text-to-berry isn't...

…but still in awe over the flugtag alley shoot.  I have never been a part of something that...
Aug 20th

Home, just long enough to change into...

Video shoot in “an alley” near the Art Institute.  Wonder if they sent location scouts...
Aug 19th
What can Nebraska expect now that Bo Pelini...
Aug 19th

SURVIVING YOUR TWENTIES

shimmerandshine: “They call it the “quarter-life crisis.” It is when you stop going along with the...
Aug 19th
(via didyouevernotice:squareeyes) This is, by far, my...
Aug 19th
(via ineedtoo:lomo:Sunday morning wisdom by ~unda on...
Aug 19th
“Nothing’s ever perfect, I guess. Except us, and...”
— EKB.  Obviously these are the...
Aug 19th
(via getthefuckoutrightnow:savingoldlitter:laialadaia:we try...
Aug 18th
“We are the daughters of feminists who said “You can be...”
— -Courtney Martin, Perfect...
Aug 18th

A bit dramatic I'd say, but still...

halestorm: “am I seriously suggesting that a PR person MUST become an active Twitter user if they...
Aug 18th
Perspective.
Aug 18th
“Reality TV is the decay of civilization.”
— Leo Fernekes, a 40-something...
Aug 18th
Worst Idea Ever.
Aug 18th
(via stumblng:from here via this)  I love these.  And...
Aug 18th
“I can’t believe you didn’t know about my...”
— EKB (Soon to be EKD OR...
Aug 18th
Outtie stylee me + Flugtag commercial + the intersection of...
Aug 18th
It's getting flug'in serious. Click for...
Aug 18th
The lads in Omaha… @ the Kerschke’s… for...
Aug 18th
This is a photo of my ST and I winning the unofficial World...
Aug 18th
CNN Fails To Include Spoiler Alert In Tweets,...
Aug 18th
(via...
Aug 18th

That's you at 65. Walking out of...

You know what, you’re probably not that off. RADIO EDIT:  This exchange took place between JWO...
Aug 17th
(via michaelikesit:evanwalsh:catastrofe) There’s going...
Aug 17th

There are exclusively elderly people on...

Why? Last night in Omaha (see below) @ the Kerschke’s new pad was fun… always so good to...
Aug 16th
Bella Karoli.
Aug 16th
Potpourri… Smells like ace. Omygod…
Aug 16th

You know how I know to spell it...

“Had a girl in my class named Potpourri. Sisters name was Abracadabra. Dunlap. And there were...
Aug 16th
AND here she goes…
Aug 16th
The “delicious MX treats” are disgusting
Aug 16th
Guys! I thought of something we can do!
Aug 16th
Our wine-o hostess.
Aug 16th
It’s almost time.
Aug 16th
(via getthefuckoutrightnow:carmenmariah:aja:New From The...
Aug 15th
ineedtoo: Are butterfly clips still cool? NO.  Resounding no.  
Aug 15th
(via getthefuckoutrightnow:therandomnessofyes:lomo: We heart...
Aug 15th

You know you are responsible when...

you scrub the toilet with a loofa because you CAN NOT for the love find a toilet brush and THEN, in...
Aug 15th

Dear The Underground...

I hate you, and your plastic-enhanced, guid-filled, spy-theme of a death trap.  Stop emailing me.  I...
Aug 15th
My GORGEOUS baby sis is headed back to school today, after a...
Aug 15th

I'm laughing so hard I am crying. Which...

Just sitting in the kitchen at home at 9 a.m. on a Friday.  Love it.  OH… need Scooters (best...
Aug 15th
Father: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY T-PAIN!!!!
Mother: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JEFF RANDOM!!!
Aug 15th
Me: HOLLAHHHHHHHHH
Father: Holler back.
Me: [BAHahahahaha]
Father: Is that not right?
Aug 15th
Newest "Office" Olympics Promo
Aug 15th

My body has had enough, but...

EKB: How do you feel?
KMH: I'm fine... blogging this conversation, and fine.
EKB: Professional.
KMH: What do you want to do today?
EKB: Lay out... but I need some time to recoup.
KMH: Ok, call me when that happens.
Aug 15th

I ALREADY love today... OH the Friday of...

EKB had to take her two-days-into-kindergarden brother to school this AM, post...
Aug 15th
Solution!
Aug 14th

RE: the star system in college football...

MH: I think it's hogwash.
PH: I think we should make a pact... as a family... [dramatic pause]... not to use the word hogwash. None of us are from a rural area... we don't know how to wash hogs, or what would be involved with that... it's just not right. Let's not do it anymore.
SJH/KMH: [amid hysterical laughter] Done.
MH: I didn't agree to that. Do we know more about bullshit?
PH: No. But it's more universally accepted.
Aug 14th

"I can't really see, but he doesn't look...

A little credit would be fine. Jeez.
Aug 14th

Oh... awkward when you are featured on...

Take’s my Cheers-phobia to a new level.  Seriously need a new spot… (Ok, who am I...
Aug 14th
And now you look like this. WTF Iowa.
Aug 14th
halestorm: Vacation. Take a swim, dodge a...
Aug 13th

Iowa is fickle. First it's 80 & sunny,...

PH: What, you need makeup on when you die?
KL: Yeah! And they are blow drying their hair! What is this?
Everyone else: Ok, calm down.
KL: Ok, I take tornados seriously.
MH: Us too... we just don't freak out [as she completes the eye liner application process]
Aug 13th
[That] man would be a villain [for] the rest...
Aug 13th

Jeff Random.

My father is known for his “random” mixes… Jeff Random, Jeff Hardcore, Jeff Rock,...
Aug 13th
Ohmygod. New flavor. Strawberry creme.
Aug 13th

I don't mind wiping out/totally biting...

…vicious people posting hideous pictures of vacation-Kelcy (read: garbage, unshowered, pajama...
Aug 13th
Four days lakeside & pleased.
Aug 13th
Halestorm piloting.
Aug 13th

"To put it in perspective...

I swam four times and thought I was going to die.” I have no idea what anchor said that...
Aug 12th

Open Note: You guys have been...

Had serious business to which to attend before getting sucked into Tumbl-land…ripping myself...
Aug 11th

PRESSURE

imprettysure: I want to be in Okoboji with the Hales. Sad face. (I hate making the sad face with the...
Aug 11th

Top Drinking Cities

deleteyourself: Forbes magazine just released a list of America’s top drinking cities and somehow...
Aug 11th
(via jackieheartsb) Love her, and the chunk of Chicago...
Aug 11th

We’re sorry, but your Gmail account is...

onemoretimewithfeeling: imkevin: “We’re sorry, but your Gmail account is currently experiencing...
Aug 11th

"Nope. We are watching the Olympics and...

-halestorm (who is apparently live-blogging this vacation…)   Officially on family...
Aug 10th
My dad has a pink iPod. “Wait… What?!”
Aug 10th
Petterinos with the Krumsee crew + 2.
Aug 10th

Why I take longgg showers:

1) busy figuring out where all those oddly (and some obviously) placed bruises came from  2)...
Aug 9th
EVP tourney @ N Ave. Holy athletics.
Aug 9th
Sam, who played for his own bday. Love.
Aug 9th
Love, but do not know, Sam.
Aug 9th

Work gets WORKED by Pandora.

Oh dear god… This Is How We Do It, by The Brand New Heavies includes some sort of...
Aug 8th
Seriously… you are annoying, Olympics.  Ugh…...
Aug 8th
I HATE shutterfly’s new home page.  WHY would I want...
Aug 8th

Oh the things you learn...

itsmescooter: …by researching the state fairs of the United States for work. I had no idea they had...
Aug 8th
I wish we had gone back to the Dells this year (last year,...
Aug 8th
DR: You're addicted to the blog. I think we should have an intervention.
Me: I... (thinks about it) no, yeah. You are right.
Aug 8th
deleteyourself: 2:00 pm - New business cards New business...
Aug 8th

Deadles of the Day: Slouch Boots +...

EKB: Are you really going to wear that?
Me: I guess it came in the mail today. I am not happy about it.
EKB: Don't they understand? If it doesn't fly, you don't win. It's not going to matter if you are swimming back to shore in slutty costumes. Do you have to wear tall boots?
Me: Yeah.
EKB: Oh great. Your legs can't support those. You'll be wearing slouch boots and fishnets. Sick.
Aug 8th

Confession: I think the Olympics (guess...

Also, if it wasn’t clear, I am NOT rooting for Chicago to win the bid for 2016.  Or whatever...
Aug 8th
(via sunili) A friendly reminder:  Don’t be a...
Aug 8th

OMFG/WTF/GDI...and F.

Well Chicago, you’ve done it.  I didn’t think it was going possible to hate you....
Aug 8th

READER SOLUTIONS: THE RED AVIATORS

stylings: whatthehale found them at nordstrom, and on the cheap.  excellent tip, and many, many...
Aug 8th
“Rice is great when you are hungery, and you want 2,000 of...”
— Mitch Hedberg (via...
Aug 8th
“Hey so just a heads up, I am going to be going around &...”
— KC.  I mean, you’d have...
Aug 7th
halestorm: Basically all of the work I have done all...
Aug 7th
TOASTmaster. This is ridiculous.  Click through to visit the...
Aug 7th

DANGER, idiots walking/escalating.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates about 10,000 people go to the emergency room every...
Aug 7th
Deadles of the Day: High-heeled Crocs
Aug 7th
(via rickyv) No idea if LMK is a reader (though, she...
Aug 7th
halestorm: theperfectgetaway: Red Bull Flugtag is for...
Aug 7th

I leave you with... my guest Thought of...

“Having just spent another morning of my life reading the most boring details of other...
Aug 6th
This has been sitting on my bosses desk for weeks. ...
Aug 6th
73 confirmed. So, it’s baffling to me that this many...
Aug 6th
“I have always been a bit challenged in the virtual world...”
— Mama H.  1) She’s got to...
Aug 6th

Oh, herro new Facebook. You look...

think it’s funny that everything is modeled after feed/dashboard stylee. 
Aug 6th
jackieheartsb: This photo was taken right before I scaled...
Aug 6th
(via jayparkinsonmd) Pretty sweet… though, with...
Aug 6th

RE: Lake OkOboji, Iowa (the only place...

imprettysure: halestorm: imprettysure: I want to escape to chitown and be with my B.E. KMH. I am...
Aug 6th
“She struggles.”
— KC
Aug 6th

I did some actual biz online via Flickr...

On a whim, as forgot that I even had an account.  So weird.
Aug 6th

I had to go A LITTLE BIT into a dumpster...

Luckily, could use the wall for leverage and only had to touch said dumpster with abs (ok, abdomen,...
Aug 6th
Had forgotten about this (read: being made...
Aug 5th

Very imprettysure AKA very EKB &...

CR: We just generally have a lot in common.
KB: Yeah. Like the fact that we are fucking fabulous.
Aug 5th
I have the kind of friends that flip golf carts, occupied by...
Aug 5th

I'm live on XM in 10 minutes... talking...

this should be good. 
Aug 5th

T-Minus 4 days 'till launch of KMH...

AKA week-long, lake-side family vacation. 
Aug 5th
theperfectgetaway: Team Photo 2.0 OMFG.  I am struggling to...
Aug 5th
halestorm: Fugitive by Fugitive-Mind Head over to...
Aug 5th
halestorm: Two yrs ago Mama H tells me whatthehale wouldnt...
Aug 5th

Major weather happening in Chicago right...

I think it’s weird when the news cuts to “live action views” of outside.  Turning...
Aug 5th
Zach Plague caters to those with fleeting ADD. His debut...
Aug 4th
(via...
Aug 4th
“Ericka Brandt tagged 10 photos of you on Facebook.”
— I love her (could end the...
Aug 4th

EVERYONE is disgusted by the...

This is mostly because I have spoken to a lot of female people in the recent 12 hours, and because...
Aug 4th
katiebeck: caryrandolph: whatthehale: CRF. Get this! Small...
Aug 4th
(via getthefuckoutrightnow:teamrock:Color + Design Blog /...
Aug 4th
“Oh here, I know how you like colors.”
Aug 3rd
Captain Dave is getting psyched out.
Aug 3rd
The Office warehouse, in real life.
Aug 3rd

Who knew Bob Dylan and I had something...

Reporter: When you first meet someone, what’s your first impression of them?
Bob Dylan: I don’t like them.
Aug 3rd
It’s actually looking pretty sweet :)
Aug 3rd
Flug it. My fingers are glued together.
Aug 3rd
Tour of AO in Waukegan, IL
Aug 3rd
Don’t touch the big buckets of color.
Aug 3rd
It takes a real man to rock a fanny pack
Aug 3rd
CRF. Get this! Small world yeah? :)
Aug 3rd

First cooking experiment in the new...

Ok… “cooking” might not be what this is going to be, but this whole creating food...
Aug 2nd

Hey, fry like bacon.

Not only a new (sweeeeeet) dance move, but probably what I will be doing al la roof top post-nap....
Aug 2nd
“Anyway, are you getting pretty excited for the Olympics?”
— From the lost (that should...
Aug 2nd
(via tightgrip:soxiam) By way of an update, the Cubs are not...
Aug 2nd
Gah. Pull it OUT. Seriously Cubbies.
Aug 1st
Good day.
Aug 1st
(via stylings) Would love not to need one of these this...
Aug 1st
Cleared of Murder Charges, 7 Years Later.
Aug 1st
“I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the...”
— Billy Joel (via carmenmariah)...
Aug 1st

brain dumpage before sure thing,...

Dogs with human names make me laugh (met a bulldog named Harry today)  Chicago tourist hot-spot Ed...