http://www.miesem.com The Miesem Family Website Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:53:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.miesem.com/archives/116 Back when I purchased Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, I had to enter my email address in order to complete the transaction. Since my email happened to be in the list, when David Byrne decided that he wanted to say something about our upcoming election, I was fortunate enough ... http://www.miesem.com/archives/115 My very first attempt at anything but a normal, standard pumpkin!! I should have worked a little more on the shading, but all in all, I think it's okay! The BEST part was the overwhelmingly positive response we got from trick or treaters (and their parents!). Many kids were SO excited ... http://www.miesem.com/archives/114 Well, what do you think? Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Rescue Plan for the Middle Class - Upload a Document to Scribd http://www.miesem.com/archives/113 Okay, so I didn't want to say anything, because I didn't want anyone to know, but I broke the photo gallery on the site. Apparently, when you upgrade the plugin, you also deactivate the plugin. Go figure. Anyways, the photo gallery is back up and working. Don't tell anyone it broke. http://www.miesem.com/archives/112 This made me laugh alot. http://www.miesem.com/archives/110 After nearly thirty years, David Byrne and Brian Eno are at it again, and have collaborated on an album called Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Personally, I think it's a really nice piece of work. Check it out below. http://www.miesem.com/archives/109 The Flaming Lips have been working on this bad boy for at least four years that I'm aware of, and now it's done. I'm sure it'll be far too weird for words. Just watch the trailer, and brace yourself.See? What did I tell you? http://www.miesem.com/archives/108 This new album from Portishead, called Third, is fantastic. The song The Rip is particularly lovely, and gives me goosebumps when I hear it. http://www.miesem.com/archives/106 SHE DID IT!!!!! After 13 years of study (including kindergarten!), Yvonne is graduating from La Cueva High School!!! The ceremony is this Sunday, May 11, at the Pit. If you're anywhere near Albuquerque, come celebrate with us!! This picture was taken during the robing ceremony, in which my mother Yvonne robed Yvonne ... http://www.miesem.com/archives/104 When I was a teenager, I read The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff. It had a tremendous influence on me, as it did on many people, and illustrated that it was possible to not only live your life in harmony with those around you, but to stop struggling against ... http://www.miesem.com/archives/102 Here's a picture of my Yahoo inbox. Note the last message is sent from "Virus," which made me laugh. http://www.miesem.com/archives/100 I went in to wake up Harry and Zoe for school as usual, and Harry wasn't in his bed. Not a big deal... he does this. He goes to sleep in my bed sometimes. I went into my room to wake him up, and he wasn't there. Hmmmmm. Maybe he was ... http://www.miesem.com/archives/99 Whatever the case, I'd love to have been there when this happened. It reminds me of when Daniele and I dumped a bucket full of superballs down onto our living room floor from the second story. It was awesome. http://www.miesem.com/archives/98 Don is my hero. I love the psychotic look on his face while he says that "he just loves guns." http://www.miesem.com/archives/96 Our big orange cat Cletus fell ill in October with what was most likely liver cancer. He held on for another two months, until finally, yesterday, December 9, he let me know that his suffering was too great. I took him to an emergency clinic, where I ... http://www.miesem.com/archives/95 My brother sent me this, and I almost fell over laughing. http://www.miesem.com/archives/94 I am sad to report that Rosemary Hunter, who would have made an awesome super powered crime-fighter, failed the tests administered by the James Randi Educational Foundation. If you so desire, you can view the test on Youtube individually, or as an auto-advancing playlist. For what it's worth, Ms. Hunter seems ... http://www.miesem.com/archives/91 I recently started getting into Amie Street quite a bit. You can get a lot of good music really cheap. Heck, if you're quick enough, you can get some good stuff for free. I recently obtained all of Jonathan Coulton's songs for fifty cents, which is absolutely amazing. I've decided that ... http://www.miesem.com/archives/90 This was very eye-opening for me, being that I have often purchased things based on the promise of all natural and no side effects. James Randi, head of the James Randi Educational Foundation talks about homeopathic medicine, and why you should be careful. http://www.miesem.com/archives/89