Don Quixote: Savior of us All © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.

You might be surprised at what you can figure out about your snowblower if you try. My level of mechanical expertise is a moderately complex Lego set, and yet I was able to diagnose & fix a problem with our snow blower earlier this winter.

The trick is to ignore the fact that you don’t know diddly-squat about what you’re doing and apply standard computer troubleshooting techniques…
1. Smack the device. Smack it HARD.
2. When Step 1 fails, swear loudly while pretending you’ve muted your phone.
3. Apologize for swearing.
4. Sacrifice a goat (or a chicken, but a goat is preferred).
5. If the sacrifice does not appease the angry snowblower gods, then try the other standard computer troubleshooting technique. Send it up to level2 support. :p

In response to I’m Not That Guy by Shawn Powers

Snowblower Tech Support © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.

SCENE: McKibben household kitchen, lunch time.  Brats freshly cooked on the Foreman Grill are steaming slightly.  Plates with buns sit in front of the grill. Michelle stands between Mark and the refrigerator.  Michelle spins around, retrieves the ketchup and turns back to Mark.

MARK: “Squirt me baby.”

MICHELLE gives MARK a dirty look.

MICHELLE: “I don’t beat you enough.”

Over The Kitchen Counter © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.

While watching the debate, I heard McCain smugly say “I have plans” and you know he’s right. He does have plans which this image (with a bit of paraphrasing) more accurately depicts.

Original image source

I HAS PLANZ © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.

It’s a simple question… © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.

This post was inspired by real life events.  Names have been removed to protect the innocent.

Signs the office a/c is set too high © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.

Be confident with Soft Viagra

Soft Viagra? Does that defeat the whole point of taking Viagra? :D

Be confident with Soft Viagra © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.

Mr. Munroe swings and hits my funny bone once again. Dang I love reading xkcd. *grin*

Goodbye Dave © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.

1. Talk to me and tell me what you think; your thoughts and ideas are important to me. But keep in mind there’s a time and place for everything. This means my bathroom has a closed door policy and when it’s closed I’m in no mood to listen.
2. You look hot in (or out of anything) you want to wear. This can make it difficult for me to help you pick out an outfit. I can help you out, it’s just I will want to you be prepared to take it off. Repeatedly. Slowly.
3. A random unexpected grope is always welcome, even in public. Especially when I’m the one doing the groping.
4. Sometimes the crankier, old man inside of me gets the better of my cranky, old man exterior and I take my bad attitude out on you. I don’t intend for it to happen and so I’ll apologize for it here now. Sorry.
5. When I screw up, go ahead and tell me right away. My poor memory is part of my coping mechanism for dealing with an imperfect world. I forget all my screw-ups as quickly as I can, so I won’t remember it when you bring it up six months later.
6. Shopping is a mission where specific target(s) must be acquired as quickly as possible. We go in and we get out. If you only wish to perform reconnaissance and information gathering on the target(s), be sure that objective is made clear during the mission briefing.
7. There are a variety of physical traits that I find attractive. What I find even more attractive is when I can tell you are feeling confident and sexy.

7 Things My Wife Should Know © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.

“Why are you people so weird about your dice?” Anne said.

“That’s just how we roll,” I said.

Taken from WWdN: In Exile: that’s just how i roll by Wil Wheaton.

How We Roll © Mark McKibben, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States.