TinkerTool

A Mac will let you customize a lot of things, but it could still do a bit more. That's where TinkerTool comes in. It's freeware that gives a whole new level of control over your Dock, Finder, Safari, fonts, etc. And you can revert back to how it was before you started tinkering with it by clicking one button.

For instance, any font in your font book can be used anywhere on your system, and can even override webpage fonts. For people who are particular (like me), this is a good thing. My favorite fonts on my Web. I love it.

Quote of the Day

"Please consult your physician before using this or any other exercise equipment. The manufacturers assume no responsibility for improper use or any injury that may result."

This disclaimer is on the back of a pair of ultra-thin, super-slippery $1 microfiber workout socks from Target. Talk about covering your bases.

In layman's terms, please don't use this sock to:
—function as a helmet
—cover your entire body like an impervious shield as you dive into a volcano
—cover your entire body like a life-giving bubble as you search the Titanic wreckage
—cover your entire body
—be your baseball glove
—protect yourself in a paintball game
—keep you safe so sticks and stones won't break your bones
—shoo away lime disease

Amy's Birthday!!!

Today is Amy's birthday.

She's at an Aveda salon getting a facial and loving every minute of it, I'm sure. She definitely deserves every bit of pampering she can get.

Happy birthday, hun.

Speak Klingon?

For those using a Mac (which should be all critical thinking types), did you know your system is bogged down with needless languages for every program on your hard drive? Yeah, the only bigger waste would be to bog down your computer with the bloated Windows OS.

There's a complicated way to get rid of the eighty languages you will never use, but simple is always the way to go.

I just got rid of everything but English, German, French and Spanish (just in case) and it gave me an extra gig of free space. (Thanks to R-Boh for the link.)

Pictures

Our kids are the flippin' cutest you've ever seen. And they're not camera-shy, so I added a few pictures to our Flickr account. Look to the right where the snapshots are cycling, click on "Farmer Family Pictures" and then on jfjudah. Here's a few not up yet.

Names

Seeing as this will be our fifth baby in less than five years, we're fresh out of names. We don't know if this baby will be a boy or girl, but if you've got any suggestions, let us know. Otherwise we may be stuck with something from Beowulf that begins with an H ... and trust me, that doesn't work so well outside of an epic poem set in Dane-land.


And, no, Leroy isn't in the mix, you IHOPers. But, what else you got?

You Know You've Hit the Bigtime When...

...none other than this guy comes calling.

We in the IT office at IHOP received a voicemail today (well, two actually) that went something like this.

"Hi. I'm looking for Mike Bickle, but the phone system dumped me to this extension. My name is Stephen Baldwin. I have been an actor for over fifteen years and now I have a ministry. If you need to find out about me you can go to stephenbaldwin.com ... that's Stephen with a P-H. Ummm, I am trying to reach Mike Bickle ... and Corey Russell if I can. I connect different Christian ministries together. My number is XXX-XXX-XXXX. That's XXX-XXX-XXXX. And that's my personal cell number here in New York."

Then he called back a second time and left almost the same message. In case we didn't get it the first time.

We laughed because we thought it was a prank. But it was real apparently.

You heard it here first.

Pregnant

We are.

Happy New Year!