First of all, admire the new digs for SecondHand Tryptophan! Thanks to the lovely Rent a Geek Mom, the design went live last night and I’m really liking it. Hope you do, too. Caitlin did a great job. My bud, Mic, drew the header graphic for me, so a big thanks to him, as well.
If you see anything wonky or notice some weird behavior on the blog, please let me know.
Second, for all my mom friends, hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day yesterday.
"I'd like to say hi to SecondHand Karl and congrats on the new design!"
So I started watching “Live with Regis and Kelly” (sorry, Shannon) this morning, and then President Obama sees the need to preempt everything at 10:00 AM to announce his new Supreme Court nominee. Snore. Why can’t Barack get a clue and start his press conferences at 7:00 AM or noon, when nobody gives a fuck about what else is on TV? Or maybe 6pm, when the news is ALREADY ON?
Sure, this Elena Kagan (whose last name is close enough to Kegel to make me giggle) may be helping shape the very laws of the United States one day. But she’s already irritating me by interrupting my morning TV.
For future reference, major flood or earthquake? Local tornado warning? Plane crash? Mud wrestling in the Senate? Karl winning the lottery? All fantastic reasons to interrupt TV with an announcement. Short of that, fuck off and wait until the noon/evening news. Or hey, how about showing that shit on the channels I expect to see news on, like CNN or MSNBC?
Admiring! Niiice…
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
@Finn, Thanks.
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The new design made me giggle.
I saw Iron Man 2 on Mother’s Day!!!!!
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
@Poppy, That’s next on my list, Iron Man 2!
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Dude, it’s even worse when we get it up here — and we most definitely did. Fine… congratulations to Ms. Kegel, let’s have a Kegel-Obama-O-Rama. But yeesh.
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
@james, Geez, why are they interrupting YOUR TV? Bad enough we have to see it.
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Wow, I love the new digs! Awesomeness abound!
See it’s reasons like the press announcement or whatever, that makes me not watch TV in the AM! LOL
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
@Cissa Fireheart, I like my TV in the morning!
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um ok…it didn’t let me comment…
I like your new digs…I hate morning TV so I don’t bother to watch….test test..hope this comes out!
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Love the new design!! Makes me think of butterscotch, or eve better -Hot Nuts, or Slippery Nipples. Mmmmmm.
Um, the drinks, perv. Haa
And why the fuck are you watching Live with Regis and Kelly?!
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
@Sybil Law, Thanks. I like Regis and Kelly…particularly, the first 20 minutes or so when they’re talking about news and stuff.
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So I was going to tell you I noticed something wonky… There’s a photo of the President on your blog. But then it all made sense.
So never mind.
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It is kind of weird how you have to refresh the page to see if the comment posted, though. Noticed that last night, too.
Or is that just your blogs way of saying stay away? lol
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 7:23 pm
@Wendy, Have to refresh the page? Hmmm, I’ll have to check on that. Thanks.
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I watch Headline News at 5:30 am when I get up, then I have to deal with kidlet issues and leave at 6:30 and that’s all the morning TV I get for the day. Who the hell is Regis and Kelly????
Also, LOVE the new setting.
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
@Blondefabulous, The only difference is if you just add 3 or 4 hours to the wakeup time.
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Love the new digs. Looks great and nothing wonky that I can see.
Also Regis and Kelly is better when Anderson co-hosts with Kelly.
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 10th, 2010 at 7:24 pm
@Rachel, Hey there! I do like Anderson Cooper on there, yeah.
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OMG, Karl!!! The Captain would LOVE your new design. Have I blogged about his obsession with Indiana Jones? I bought him a replica Indy fedora, which he wears all. the. damn. time. I photoshopped his face onto a Raiders of the Lost Ark poster. Hell, we were even introduced as Mr. and Mrs. to the Indiana Jones theme song. He will probably now think you are the coolest guy ever (after Harrison Ford, of course).
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@Stacey, didn’t realize the Mr. was an Indy fan. Cool. A friend of mine did the header graphic for me. And your husband would be right…I am the coolest guy ever.
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If Regis was on, it’s all right, he kicks Kelly’s ass any day…. she’s annoying. BAHAHAHA!
I love the POTUS pic…
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 11th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
I love their banter at the beginning of the show. Don’t care much about the guests.
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Oh verrrrrry niiiiiiice! Love the new digs dude
xx
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 11th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Thanks, Jay!
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Okay, I don’t know anything about blogs or blogging. (Found you on FB.) But this is brilliant. Inspired. Great to see it, Karl.
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Thanks, Juleen. Nice to hear from you.
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Nice Karl!
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Thanks very much. I like it.
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Nice redesign
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Thank you, sir!
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Why was my scheduled programing not interrupted to announce this really cool blog design???
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
It was announced. You were just too busy to notice it.
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Awesome new digs! Good luck in the new house!
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 13th, 2010 at 9:05 am
Thanks very much!
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I really like the new design and template. Makes me want to get my new design up someday. Slowly working on it, but at some point, it happens.
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Secondhand Karl Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
@Marty, thanks. I had the other design for a couple of years, which is a long time.
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