J.D.L..

With Landon having a baby and me finally getting internet at our new house, I have postponed the recognition of Justin's birthday. He turned 27 years old earlier this week. That being said, my birthday present to him is opening up the blog to everything we love about Justin Lipscomb:

1. He has a dog with almost as much girth as he has
2. He drinks Miller High Life (incidentally took a sixer of that to a party recently, got made fun of)
3. Allowed me to start a radio show with him in college on WTTU
4. His father's name is Jasper
5. His biceps are bigger than the Rocks of Gibraltar

Everyone else join in. Happy Birthday, Big Cat.

It's a Girl!

Landon asked Justin and he asked me (Katie, because he is working) to make a brief post just to let you all know that...Eva Grace Vick was born this morning. She was 5lbs. 13 oz. and 17.5 inches long. More details to come later!

Analysis of Google Analytics

About a year ago I set up Google Analytics to track all sorts of info on our blog. It looks at how people get to the blog, what town or country they live in and all sorts of other info. I now present to you some random findings from that info.

The Google search "magnolia tree david lee roth" has sent 225 visits to the blog. "ednahouse budget" sent 58. My favorite though is the the 3rd highest referred search. "Jennifer Foley watsons" has bounced 53 visitors our way and 98% of those were new visitors. Over the last month 14 people have come to the site after searching "andrew stacey memphis"has climbed to number #1. You students must be obsessed with you or the FBI is doing lots of internet background checks...

We have had 11,016 visitors from 48 countries in the past year. Including visitors from Iran, Ghana, Indonesia and 49 from the UK (thanks Ross and Andrew)

Deleted "Show and Tell" Scene From Step Brothers

A video because that is what I do.

See more Will Ferrell videos at Funny or Die

The Blog Is Dead

So I will now ramble....

Today is moving day. In Memphis. In July. I've already sweat 2 quarts of perspiration.

Spent about 2 hours this weekend going back and reading all the posts/comments here on the Ednablog. It was time well spent.

Laura is 6 months along now. Every time she feels the baby move, I rush over to feel her kicking or punching. Nothing. This kid is already lying to me.

Bought a new TV over the weekend. Sony 46 inch LCD HDTV.

And now a personal message for everyone (vintage Ednablog move):

Aaron- Laura had a placental previa, but it went away so I won't be needing any medical advice.

Adam-See you in a few weeks. I'm a mess without you. I miss your scent.

Brandon- Congrats on your participation in the blog, however you are still not eligible for the Duke until you get your comment/post count way up.

Justin- How's the job hunt? Landscaping? Manscaping?

Landon- Father of 3 yet? Keep us posted.

Kevin-See you in a few weeks too. I have many jobs lined up for you: wireless internet, surround sound (the house is already wired).

Seth- Do your boys have armpit hair yet?

Ross- I'm ashamed this morning over our double forfeit last night.

Surviving the Game

How have we not talked about the greatness of Gary Busey?!?

I saw this today while watching Surviving the Game. The sound effects alone are worth the price of admission. Ice T asks Busey how he got that scar under his eye. His response is this:



Busey also states: "I'm going bare hands!" while fighting Ice T later in the movie, which is in the video "ICE-T vs THEM SICK MOTHER(LOVERS)" On this Sunday, let us thank the Lord for Gary Busey.

Hypermiling

I don't know if any of you have heard about this, but there is a sub-culture of drivers called hypermilers who are going to lengths to get the best gas mileage out of there cars. I am thinking of trying to see how much I can get out of the old Jeep. She now has 211,000+ miles. I recently got my oil changed since it was a thousand miles or more over 3,000 miles since my last change. When I got my receipt I was kind of shocked when I realized how long it had been. I had gone 51 weeks since my last oil change and only driven 4,800 miles in my car since then. It helps when the hospital is only 1.5 miles from my house.

The Technical How-To by the "founder" of hypermiling, Wayne Gerdes.

I bet Hoss could have gotten 8 mpg with these techniques.

I am going to pump up my tires and change my driving habits and see what kind of difference I can get...I will get back to you on the results. Just imagine how much $$$ you could save if you could have a 10% increase in miles per gallon. That would be a lot to contribute to buying Edna back.

The Mighty One

Following on the footsteps of the last post. Check this out if you haven't thought of Charles lately.

Chuck Norris Proverbs