No no, I’m not going to be kissing a guy. There was a book published a while back with that title that essentially ran through a number of mis-quoted lyrics from songs (the title being from Purple Haze). This morning while Lindsey was eating her banana/strawberry/something pancake concoction, “I Want a New Drug” by Huey Lewis and the News came on (I had just read an article about them and was feeling nostalgic). Here’s how our conversation went:

Lindsey: Ohhhhh! That is what he’s saying!

Bob: What? What did you think he was saying?

Lindsey: I thought he was saying “I want a new TRUCK“.

Bob: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Bob: Oh, you’re definitely from East County!

(Sidebar: For those of you outside of San Diego County, East County is considered a very white trashy, redneck type area)

Along the same lines, a few months ago we were driving somewhere and “Girls on Film” by Duran Duran came on the stereo. Lindsey had a similar epiphany when she realized that he wasn’t saying “Girls on Stilts”.

I still get a good chuckle out of that one.

I couldn’t make this stuff up, folks.

So as you can probably tell, I’m in the process of redesigning the layout of the site. I’m trying to find a new theme that is less troublesome than K2, but still has a lot of the same features I desire. I’m also moving my gallery to Zooomr, which is giving bloggers free “pro” accounts (which is pretty cool). Anyway, I’m making changes as I can or as I find something cool, so expect things to be quite different between your visits.

I’m having fun with a script I installed that randomly chooses a header image based on my preferences. Right now I have 4 different pictures that it will choose from, all from pictures I took at Comic Con (or the “Con” as I like to call it). Bear with me while I endure this random phase of nerdiness.
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Testing.

Lewis Black and I at the Comic Con party for the movie Accepted.

In the mean time, please enjoy the following:

If you don’t know who Ted Stevens is, or why he would need an “intertube”, please educate yourself by watching this video:

My God. This story just angers me to no end. What the hell is going on these days? Generally, we pay higher prices at the pump due to a rise in costs for the oil companies…right? We’re currently paying over $3/gallon at the pump, so you would expect companies like Exxon, Shell, BP, etc. to have profits in line with what they’ve made in the past…right? The cost of oil is high, so they need to pass that on to the customer. I’m fine with that. I understand that. I understand that higher gas prices mean that we are going to push for better, less oil reliant technologies for our day to day driving habits (hybrids, electric cars, shit how about Segways?). But wait a minute. Every single oil company is reporting RECORD profits! ExxonMobil just today announced a profit (PROFIT!!!) of 10 BILLION dollars. What the fuck??

I think we all knew that Dubya was in the same corner as the oil companies, but does this prove without a shadow of a doubt that they’re somehow lining his pocket along the way? Unbelievable. Where is the outrage America?

So they had a MAJOR storm at Busch Stadium (the new one) the other day before the Cardinals game. Many people were injured, windows were literally blown out from the wind and pure mayhem ensued. Here’s a quick video I found of the episode. Watch out for trash cans that are learning to fly.

Wow.

I was pondering life this morning as I sipped my Starbuck’s and it hit me how much my life is changing. In the past 6 months alone, we’ve experienced the following:

• Lindsey is pregnant.
• We quit smoking (although if you have a spare cig, I’d still love to smoke it).
• Trying to buy a house.
• Got married.
• Started a workout regimen.
• Got a new job (starting August 7th).

I’m pretty sure there are a bunch of things that I’m forgetting, but that list is pretty impressive by itself. No wonder we’ve been a bit stressed out.

Yes, I’ve been slacking. I just got an Xbox360 and am thoroughly enjoying it!

The even bigger news: Lindsey is pregnant!

That’s right, another Bermingham is on the way. If we calculated it correctly, our new bundle of joy (and poop) should arrive sometime around our first anniversary. That is in March for those of you who don’t know.

Possible names:

Boys:

Jack, Luke, Conor

Girls:

Emma, Isabella

I think my fave may be Luke (Star Wars, natch.), but I just like the sound of Jack. It just sounds cool to me.

Okay Debbie, are you happy now?