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June 121
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January

Seizure? Round Two!

Last night around 9pm my brother, Brother Benson, had a seizure in Springfield, Ohio.  He was home...
Jul 1st
Jun 30th

iPhone Day Continues!

Andy: Sorry we didn't hook up last night.
Jerry: i got preoccupied -- kids did puppet shows.
Jerry: i played with my d40.
Andy: i went to sleep.
Andy: D40!!!!!
Andy: I entitle this weekend "gadgets."
Jerry: couldn't let iphone day pass with no purchases.
Jun 30th

In Line for the iPhone

Benson: I get about one text message a day and about one email a day
Andy: Yeah?
Benson: Might as well buy a 600 dollar phone.
Andy: Yeah?
EMS Chaplin, 2 people up (#10): I remember the days when I got one email a day
Mom (#11): Back when we were lucky to have dialup
Guy (#9): We'd wait all night for a picture to load!
EMS Chaplin, 2 people up (#10): Cherish it, kid. Cherish it.
Benson: I suppose so.
Andy: [dumbfounded]
Mom (#11): Well, if you have the iPhone, maybe you will have more friends
Mom (#11): You know, to call you and email you
Andy: Did you hear that? You have no friends!
Jun 30th
“My drivers test was as easy as ninth grade health class.”
— Brother Benson
Jun 30th
Warch Watch
Jun 29th
Warch Watch
Jun 29th
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Jun 29th
Warch Watch
Jun 29th

So, here it is!

I got my iPhone!  I officially got the last 8gig iPhone at the Elkart AT&T store.  My brother,...
Jun 29th
Taken with Apple iPhone (via Flickr)
Jun 29th
First photo on iPhone
Jun 29th
Jun 29th
Jun 29th

26 Minutes Later

We’re down to 26 minutes.  Everyone is packing up and getting ready for the doors to reopen. ...
Jun 29th

Growing

There are 24 people in line. The last 4 aren’t guaranteed an iPhone.
Jun 29th
The lady next to me (not pictured) is going on about how she...
Jun 29th
And now, I’m number 12.
Jun 29th
I’m number 11.
Jun 29th
“I’ve been doing this for thirteen years and I’ve...”
— AT&T Manager - Jim
Jun 29th
2 hours 26 minutes.
Jun 29th

The Line...it's growing!

12 of 17.  Benson is talking about getting one.
Jun 29th

No Longer Last

There are now two people behind me.  I am #12 of 15.  The guy 3 people up is pissed about not being...
Jun 29th

Inventory Update

We just found out that there are 10 4-gig iPhones and 10 8-gig iPhones.  I am person 12. ...
Jun 29th

In Line for the iPhone

7-year old: I'm playing spiderman!
7-year old: [holds up nintendo ds]
7-year old: Guess what I'm playing!
Benson: No.
Jun 29th

Number 12. Or 14.

I am number 12 in line outside the AT&T store in Elkart, IN. I think 2 people just schmoozed...
Jun 29th

iPhone!

I am leaving work to buy an iphone.
Jun 29th
Warch Watch
Jun 29th
“So how are you and Mr. Jones doing? I assume you guys are up...”
— Josh Frederick
Jun 29th
“Apple’s revolutionary iPhone™ will go on sale this Friday,...”
— Apple - iPhone - Press Release
Jun 29th

How to Get Your iPhone

iPhone sales start Friday, June 29, at 6:00 p.m. Be sure to get in line early — quantities are...
Jun 29th
“Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s...”
— Apple - iPhone - Press Release...
Jun 29th
Cameron and Hephzibah (via cameronwaynedeyhle)
Jun 28th

Pitbull

Sarah: meg is in our hosue
Andy: I automatically thought she was tearing things up....
Andy: Like a pitbull or someting
Sarah: WHAT
Andy: messing up the trash.
Sarah: hahahahahahah
Andy: "meg is in our house."
Sarah: HAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!!!!
Sarah: WHAT
Sarah: funniest
Sarah: thing
Sarah: ever
Andy: instantaneous thought.
Jun 28th

Spellcheck every field in Firefox

type in the address bar: “about:config” filter: “layout.spellcheckDefault”...
Jun 28th
“thankfully the mondays do not know about crabby...”
— Emily Collins
Jun 28th
Litesum - Instant Wikipedia Summaries
Jun 28th
Marketcircle: iPhoney
Jun 28th
from the iPhone activation video. 80gb iPhone?
Jun 28th
“I’m on top of the world, the coolest kid in the...”
— Paul Oakenfold
Jun 27th
Warch Watch
Jun 27th

Live Free or Die Hard

2hr 10min - Rated PG-13 - Action/Adventure/Suspense/Thriller Rave Motion Pictures - 4:30, 5:00,...
Jun 27th
Warch Watch
Jun 27th
“I like girls that wear Abercrombie and Fitch.”
— LFO
Jun 26th
“The Dunning-Kruger Effect: “the phenomenon whereby...”
— (kottke.org)
Jun 26th
Jun 26th
“You can bend me, You can break me, but you better stand...”
— John Mellencamp
Jun 26th
Jun 26th
“I got a little reading material…time for crappies!”
— Mark Gypson
Jun 26th
“What if we go into the jungle one day and monkeys are...”
— Mark Gypson
Jun 26th
Jun 26th

Coming June 29 at 6pm

Available at Apple Retail, over 1,800 AT&T locations, and the online Apple Store. ( 3 days, 11...
Jun 26th
Andy: pb&j today?
Mark: fish filet
Andy: ah
Mark: by the bay
Mark: rolling in the hay
Andy: i refuse to play this game.
Andy: its not may.
Mark: everyone knows your gay?
Andy: thats just what you say.
Mark: i could go all day
Andy: put it in a tray
Mark: put on a lay
Andy: made out of clay?
Mark: k
Andy: how much would it weigh?
Mark: as much as a sting ray
Andy: caught in the fray?
Mark: you look like tina fay
Andy: is it grey?
Mark: this is fun to play
Andy: so is crochet
Mark: touchet
Andy: at a buffet?
Mark: shall we stay
Andy: what says the display?
Mark: you have to pay
Andy: for the boquet?
Mark: we shout ondalay!
Andy: HORRAY!
Mark: whats with the delay
Andy: did you prepay?
Mark: for the freeway
Andy: Good day.
Jun 25th
what to expect The excess fat that passes out of your body is not harmful. In fact, you may...
Jun 25th
Warch Watch
How to Piss off a Telemarketer (via lockergnome)
Jun 25th
“Firstborn children score significantly higher in IQ tests...”
— Firstborn children are the...
Jun 25th
Instant Domain Search
Jun 25th
What Spices To Use
Jun 25th
Apple - iPhone - A Guided Tour - Large
Jun 22nd
Warch Watch
30 days. 10 hours. 18 minutes. 45 seconds.
Jun 22nd
“Life is all lines. Except at the end of that line,...”
— King of Queens
Jun 21st
Warch Watch
For Benson
Jun 21st
Warch Watch
Jun 21st
“tHIS TRUCK IS READY TO GO SINCE THE MINUTE THAT YOU PICK IT...”
— eBay Motors: Ford : F-150...
Jun 21st
“Doug Ross (George Clooney), who as always runs into problems...”
— Amazon.com: ER - The Complete...
Jun 21st
“[Baby Spice] has taken a job as a saucy spokeswoman for...”
— Baby Spice Emma Bunton Selling...
Jun 20th
Warch Watch
Jun 20th

In what two ways is the starship...

they both go around Uranus and pick up Klingons. (via cameron deyhle)
Jun 20th
“The highest confirmed age reached by a man is 120 years, 237...”
— World’s Oldest Man
Jun 20th
Working real hard.
Jun 20th
Working hard.
Jun 20th
SubSeventy: Funky Golf Clothing
Jun 18th
LoudMouth Pants.  I gotta have some.
Jun 18th
Aaron Baddeley went from birdie to bogey on the seventh hole...
Jun 18th
“Nachos-A-La-Restaurante 1. Get your ass in your car. 2....”
— Welcome to Enjoy Nachos.com
Jun 17th
“A milky death is always a bad time.”
Jun 16th
“It’s a bed, everybody farts.”
— Brother Benson
Jun 16th
Warch Watch
Kenny Chesney - Summertime
Jun 15th
Warch Watch
Jun 15th
Warch Watch
Craig Morgan - Redneck Yacht Club
Jun 14th
“basstrackers, bayliners and a party barge, strung together...”
Jun 14th
“keep your eyes open…life is beautiful there too, andy...”
— Mallory Jones
Jun 13th
“See how much more you can get out of the internets, when you...”
— Safari 3
Jun 13th
The Ebb and Flow of Social Networking
Jun 13th
via jnunemaker
Jun 13th
New “Belt It Out” Playlist
Jun 12th
“And it’s two bare feet on the dashboard Young love in...”
— Kenny Chesney
Jun 12th
Porter County Fair
Jun 12th
“Benson Clark added “Spitting Game” to his...”
Jun 12th
“Leopard shipping in October. Basic version, $129. Premium...”
— Steve Jobs, WWDC Keynote
Jun 11th
::guimp:: world's smallest website
Jun 11th
Warch Watch
Jun 8th
Jun 8th
“Your grill could grill an oversized human.”
— Sarah Mentzer
Jun 8th
The Sheep Market
Jun 8th
We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and...
Jun 8th

“Oh, look. You made another photo of...

It’s getting easier for me to see compulsive meal photography as a kind of high-status eating...
Jun 8th
“Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It’s...”
— What Happens To Your Body If...
Jun 8th
“Since then, “fuck” has remained consistently...”
— How does a dirty word get that...
Jun 8th
Warch Watch
They’re sharing scientific data, or arguing philosophy, or passing on cooking tips and gossip...
Jun 8th
Warch Watch
DJ KHALED, AKON & TI “We Takin’ Over” Uncensored (TV-MA) (via nogoodtv)
Jun 7th

Taco Bell.

Today Scott Feather, Mark and I went to Taco Bell for a wonderful meal of brotherhood and comradery....
Jun 7th
“They never really miss you until you’re dead or...”
Jun 7th
“Stunna shades: Oversized dark glasses that help accessorize...”
— USATODAY.com - Flambosting the...
Jun 6th

Via Campfire, our professional...

andrew c.: [IN] Order Chinese food for a slew of people.
andrew c.: Can we please figure out how to get Peking on Campfire so I dont have to call them?
Jerry R.: [out] be happy that andy has a cube at about 3:45 PM.
andrew c.: [out] stinky.
Jerry R.: [out] exactly.
andrew c.: [IN] re read the 37 signals stand-up meetings.
andrew c.: [IN] start calling "meatings" at my house.
Jun 6th
Jun 6th

Summertimes

Tuesday. Steaks. Wednesday. Softball. Thursday. Soccer. Friday. Grillz. Saturday. Rockstar Party....
Jun 6th
via www.marriedtothesea.com
Jun 6th

Fortune Teller

Andy: You know when the Clark boys is around you gonna eat right.
Benson: Are you ready to eat right all summer?
Jun 5th

A Man Above All Men

Benson: Today at work I played a ridiculous game.
Benson: In which I acted like I was busy doing something, while actually doing nothing.
Benson: Like I went and gathered ingredients for a parfait.
Benson: And then put them back.
Benson: I did that for twenty minutes.
Benson: Accomplished nothing at all.
Jun 5th

Gather Around the Oatmeal

Al: So, did you guys get that internet going?
Mark: Andy, how are we doing on the internets?
Andy: The internet, it's a big project.
Mark: It's running, we're getting it running.
Jun 5th
Jun 5th

Meh.

Erin: i hate that you find things so much better than me on computers
Erin: its like you have this sense..you just know where to look
Andy: sigh...it's called being a geek.
Jun 4th

I'll Tell You What I Want

Andy: I feel like im on rinse-wash-repeat cycle.
Andy: wake-work-chill-sleep. repeat.
Erin: rinse wash repeat
Erin: spice up your life
Erin: thats my advice...comes right from the spice girls
Andy: rinse. wash. repeat.
Erin: great role models
Andy: Yes. Baby-spice is who i model my life after.
Erin: i like posh
Andy: posh!
Erin: duh
Andy: what about scary spice?
Andy: she scary.
Erin: hmm interesting howevver terrifying, hence scary
Andy: and sporty spice!
Erin: she's a walking lie
Erin: dont like her
Andy: that tramp!
Erin: she is so not sporty
Erin: its all about posh
Jun 4th
“FBML itself isn’t so complicated, but integrating your...”
— An Introduction to FBML |...
Jun 4th
Warch Watch
Jun 3rd
Warch Watch
Jun 2nd
Ask a stupid question..... get a stupid...
Jun 1st
“They could communicate offline. If one of them picks up the...”
— Mark Zuckerberg, plotting to...
Jun 1st
“For a short week, it’s been a long week. ”
— Sue, the accounting lady.
Jun 1st