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8 ways to enhance your mothpocalypse experience

joshwoodtx — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:50:31 +0000

Moths. Everywhere. Oh, how I despise these little beasts (on the bright side, at least we're not in the midst of a spiderpocalypse). Anyhow, we should be back to normal in a couple of weeks. Read the Amarillo Globe News article here: http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2012-04-24/old-testament-moth-invasion-should-end-2-weeks.

The odds of winning the $540 million Mega Millions jackpot

joshwoodtx — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:52:06 +0000

*03/30 update: looks like the jackpot is now up to a whopping $640 million.

$540 million. That’s the estimated payout for Friday’s Mega Millions lotto drawing. Interestingly, you could buy all of the possible combinations of numbers for around $176 million. You’d better hope that you don’t have to split those winnings though. Your lump sum payout after taxes would be a multi-million dollar loss if there is so much as one other winner.

Walmart prices 12 months ago vs. Walmart prices today

joshwoodtx — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:29:43 +0000

I was cleaning out some old files and found a spreadsheet from this time last year. On said spreadsheet I had recorded the prices of some random purchases at Walmart (what, you don't do that?). Rather than dragging the file over into the ol' recycle bin, I decided to use my numbers to take a quick look at my personal level of inflation for the past year. Off to Walmart I went. Here's a look at my costs from 12 months ago vs. my cost today for various goods. Yikes. Apparently there was some sort of peanut crisis that I was unaware of. Bad news, fellow PB & honey sandwich lovers, apparently the man is not a fan of the PB &H...or generic crackers.

A quick post about poop, dead people, and badonkadonks

joshwoodtx — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:48:22 +0000

3 things overheard at the Wood house on Friday:

1.) 8y/o to her friend: "My great great grandma never calls. She never writes. Because she's dead."

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2.) 8y/o: "Why are big bottoms called badonkadonks?"

Kony 2012 - my 2 cents

joshwoodtx — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:09:12 +0000

Like the rest of the known universe, I sat and watched the Kony 2012 video a couple days ago. Powerful. It's tempting to hop on a plane and try to hunt the guy down personally, isn't it?

Wood Family: hide and seek champions

joshwoodtx — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:20:33 +0000

My kids love to play hide and seek. The 3 oldest kids are pretty fantastic hiders. The younger 3, not so much. They're slowly getting better at the game, but haven't quite mastered it yet. The last time we played I decided to take some pictures of their hiding spots. Enjoy.

6 Quick Thoughts From the 2012 Grammy Awards

joshwoodtx — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:45:02 +0000

^^^^^^ That's pretty much how I felt. ^^^^^^

How to use Twitter: a beginners' guide

joshwoodtx — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:21:54 +0000

My Top 11 Discoveries of 2011

joshwoodtx — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:08:22 +0000

2011 was full of all kinds of awesomeness. Rather than writing a 10,000 word essay-type summary of 2011, I thought I'd narrow it down to the top 11 new things that entered my life. I highly recommend all of them. Yes, I realize that you, being smarter than I am, probably discovered this stuff long ago. I don't care. Just be proud of me that I tried some new things. Change is hard. Anyhow, here's my list (in no particular order):

My 2 cents on this whole SOPA fiasco

joshwoodtx — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:20:09 +0000