Pepsi and Obama

I know this has been talked about on the 'net, but I have yet to see anyone actually show just how much the new pepsi logo looks like the obama one:

I inverted the pepsi logo, then turned it 45-degrees... Hmm... and it turns out that pepsi gave a whole lot more to obama's campaign than coke... connection or coinkydink?

Let the global takeover continue..... What was that thing about lipstick on a pig?

A quick set of thoughts

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you believe it is 2009!? Holy crap. I still remember 1976 in grade school... Man, where does time go?

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We had a BLAST with everyone that came over for our annual New Year's playtime! This year, we played Disney ThinkFast!, DanceDanceRevolution HottestParty 2 (yes, that is really what it is called), and other Wii games. We also talked, laughed, and had a great time taking pictures. I'll post pics later after we get them uploaded.


Greg and Michelle became the DDR champs, both getting "A's" for their efforts on the dance pad. Seriously, the crazy game gives you a grade. Greg was the first to pop an "A" and the family feud was on! Michelle had to come back and get an "A" just to keep Greg in line. :-)

Nick showed us how badly certain songs can be 'played' in Guitar hero 3, and I grabbed the mic for a rather awful rendition of "What Time Is It" from High School musical in "Sing It"... We did not get to bust out the singStar this year, but we are planning a 'singstar' date in the near future! :-)

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About the night-time pictures from our visit to the Christmas lights: I agree that taking the pics without a flash would be much better, but I didn't have time (didn't want to take the time, really) to stop and be that still. It was flippin cold, too. :-)

I'll pass along the advice to Emily about her self-portraits. Thanks for the tip on that one. :-) She loves taking pictures of herself, and with her new digital camera, she'll be taking lots of photos I'm sure!

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I used my Christmas money to but the first season of 'big bang theory' and can't wait to pop it into the DVD player! :-)

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We went and saw 'bedtime stories' on Tuesday with the kids. that was a very good movie, especially for an Adam sandler flick. Don't get me wrong, I like sandler and all, but some of his movies are just, well, brainless... :-) This was good fun at the theater. :-)

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Pictures and more random thoughts still to come!

It's like Guitar Hero.....for the feet

Those were the words uttered by my son as we looked over the Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 2. Tyler got Guitar Hero 3 and has been doing amazingly well with it so far!

This is not my 'official' post-Christmas post, but rather, I needed to post something that will help users of any of the "Stylin Studio" or "Stylin Salon" gadgets:

If everything seems to work, but all you get is a white screen or a black screen after you take a photo, check your desktop color depth settings. Desktop color settings should be set for 32-bit. I was ready to throw the thing out the window until something in my brain told me to check the color settings.

Hope this helps someone out there!

Gingerbread House 2.0 and random pics

Last year, we 'built' our first gingerbread house. This year, we tried it again. We had a lot of fun putting it together, especially Emily! She also grabbed the camera and took a lot of her own pictures:

Gone to Garvan Woodland Gardens

The other day, we took a trip in the 25-ish degree weather to see some of the most beautiful Christmas lights displays I've ever seen. They were at the Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Ark. The first few pics are ones of the sunset on the way up there. Shan took great shots of the setting sun!