Kara & Michael’s Blog

Folks, it is my sad duty to report that the people of the state where I was born–Oklahoma–are morons.
I can’t help but hope that it hasn’t always been this way. The educational system in Oklahoma hasn’t ever been great, but they’ve occasionally done OK for a smallish state with a low per capita GDP. Heck, [...]

Today I learned that a groundhog and a woodchuck are the same animal. How exactly I got through roughly two and a half decades of existence without learning this, I have no idea. My 10-year-old brother who’s into zoology could probably have told me this in a second.
My Dad used to say, “How much ground [...]

This advertisement appeared in our local paper yesterday.

It just cracks me up every time I read it. It’s worded exactly the wrong way and I love that. If it had said “Dr. Crouch, urologist, announces his association…” it wouldn’t have been funny at all.

There’s a $60-per-month diet pill being advertised online, the ingredient label for which reads:
Active ingredient: 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine 100mg (pharmaceutical grade)
Those who aren’t organic chemistry hobbyists, please follow the link above for an explanation.
The best part is the one review website I found that’s full of statements from satisfied customers like “special weight loss compound”, “closest you [...]

*Title courtesy of Butt Trumpet*
For those who are not in the know, every year Michael and I send a package to his relatives in the middle of the country. Last year we went to FedEx in person and they handled everything well, and our package, even though we shipped it late, even got there [...]

If you’ve been paying attention, everyone is writing about how that one Wal-Mart employee getting trampled means the Holidays are too consumerist and OH GOD WE’VE LOST OUR WAY IN THE MIDST OF ALL THIS KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESESESESESES!
Here was my first thought: gee, maybe now Wal-Mart and everyone else will stop with the [...]

I read this earlier this week and felt the immediate need to take produce a tidal-wave of vomit, one that would wipe out every single person on the planet who thinks and feels the same way as the woman in charge of this chat.
It’s times like these I am grateful for Michael because we took [...]

Last night, as Michael and I are strolling through a mostly-closed mall towards our car, I note the long line of people (nerds, young professionals) waiting outside an Apple store.
I ask Michael why people are lined up, “are they giving out free blow jobs at the Apple store?”
Nope, he tells me. They’re lined up (14 [...]

I’m in the process of looking up ideas and brainstorming about cheap and interesting centerpieces for my youngest sister’s graduation party. I like these idle things. Here’s what I absolutely, positively, can not stand:
People who recommend using fish as centerpieces. Here’s a newsflash, Martha Stewart wannabes: Fish are living creatures. A fish in a small [...]

I’ve taken the liberty of removing the depressing parts of today’s news, so that you, the reader, may enjoy it without requiring prescription medication. Enjoy!
Oil prices [...] $8 on economic [...]
By ADAM SCHRECK, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK – Oil prices [...] Tuesday as [...] about the nation’s [...] moved to the fore and [...] that [...]