He Likes You!

Since school ended a month ago, I've been taking care of nephew, a ball of energy that answers back with putz and bisch. It was Friday night, and a break from the little guy. I love him to death, but he can really get on your nerves whenever he unplugs all your stuff from the wall.

The Department of Motor Vehicles

This summer is a one of changes. Aren't they all? While applying for a job this past week, there was a question asking that if I was hired, would I be able to prove my age. I couldn't. No I.D. card. No driver's license. "So," I thought, "I need an I.D.!" After talking it over with my parents, my dad drove me to the Dept. of Public Safety office near where we live.

Obamacare!

On Thursday, June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld President Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, passed in 2010 by Congress. This act will give thirty million Americans access to better health insurance and to end restrictions that companies can impose on people if they have a pre-existing health problems.

I'll leave this post non-political, but here are screenshots of all the major news websites in the U.S. when the decision by the Supreme Court was published.

Bet Your Sweet Ass (ESF-BYSA)

I said I wouldn't do it again. But I did it. And I can't take it back. Inspiration struck like the 3:10 Amtrak to Dallas. If you read my last post (you need to... now), this was in that post. I went a little further than that, though. And here it is, in its entirety.

Just to note: it's true. It happened. And it once looked like that. Seriously.

From the BYSA series, Marriage.

Bright Eyes

This summer, my god, has passed slowly. Maybe it's because of my erratic sleep schedule. Sleep for three, five hours and wake up at nine all to stay up all night. It's maddening. And my room is dark due to the windows being covered up. It's terrifying!

I'm Melting Honey!

"Today, we reached a high of 106!" exclaimed the meteorologist. It's been a hot week here in Texas as we feel the wrath of high pressure on our state. As I published last year and mentioned in an SMCS post in September, we broke the record of days above 100°F (~38°C) set in 1981. We failed to break the record for consecutive days above 100°F, which was forty-two (we only reached forty in 2011).