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New domain –> (not so) broken RSS feed

March 20, 2006 - 9:44 pm 4 Comments

For all of you who were keeping tabs on us using our RSS feed from ericperez.com, you may have noticed that that feed hasn’t been updated in several weeks even though we’ve been posting quite frequently since then. Please update your aggregators to use the feed at thezereps.com. This is because I moved to a new hosting company and since the blog isn’t just for me, I made thezereps.com the primary (hosted) domain name (ericperez.com and candiceperez.com both redirect here for the time being.)

[and I just don’t feel like redirecting the RSS feed. =P]

New BfPs

March 19, 2006 - 4:27 pm Comments Off on New BfPs

Click BfPs on the menu above to check it out.

A day on the town

March 19, 2006 - 1:02 am 1 Comment

Candice and I had a pretty busy day today… She’s on the lookout for a new pair of shoes, so we went to a couple places around Manhattan looking for that perfect pair. One of the places we went to is called MooShoes, which specialized in ‘vegan’ (leather alternative) shoes. I think their slogan should be “…because dead cows don’t go ‘moo’.” ;)  Anyway. After walking all around downtown and midtown, we had dinner at Havana Central in Union Square–a Cuban restaurant with pretty authentic food. And finally, we decided to poke our heads into the one, the only, the brand-new Trader Joes just outside of Union Square (i.e. very close to my work.) OK. So, there may be thousands of them in Northern California, but this one just opened yesterday and is the only one in New York City. Let me tell you one thing, though–we didn’t even make it in the door. That’s right. There was a line outside half-way down the block! They were limiting the number of people in the store and trickling them in ten at a time every 5 minutes or so. We heard these two guys outside: “You mean people are standing in line to get into a supermarket?”  There’s been a “Whole Foods” in Union Square for quite a few years, but they’re rather pricey. I think Trader Joes will give them a nice run for their money.

Have a great weekend everybody!

happy st. patrick’s day!

March 17, 2006 - 9:05 am 3 Comments

top ‘o the mornin’ to ya!

well, it would be a better morning if we were going to the largest st. paddy’s day parade, but alas, we’re both unable to. we work during the parade, and tonight we have to wait around here to get our groceries delivered (we have NO food). of course we’ll have our own little irish celebration, including a brand new concoction i’ve thought up (ask me for details), but it is still a bummer we’ll miss all the craic.

here’s a sad picture of the laptop case i crocheted for myself…it’s alot nicer in person, though.

last tuesday some of eric’s family were here in ny on spring break holidays. they let me tag along with them to the rockefeller building where i took too many pictures. (click the pic to go to the gallery)

i’m sorry there’s some broken thumbnails in the gallery, but the pictures are there if you click on them and i don’t know how to fix it. 🙂

in other news, i had my first dental appointment in 7 years yesterday! we finally have dental insurance so i went for a cleaning and x-rays. he said my teeth were nice and clean, but i have a couple really small cavities between my teeth, so i get to go back later this month. the office was really nice and new and clean. i was a happy camper. 🙂

a regular pin cushin

March 13, 2006 - 9:26 pm 3 Comments

Well, today I went and visited my Alergist. Since I’m just getting established with him, he wanted to do a standard battery of tests, check my breathing, etc.. I think this is about the 2nd or 3rd time I’ve had to go through with the ‘pin cushin’ test since I was a kid. I did learn something new about myself today–I’m slightly alergic to chicken… but that’s OK, ’cause I’m a vegetarian and I don’t eat ’em anyway. And, no suprise here, I’m still alergic to cats, mold, pollen, and dust. In fact, the only ‘air-borne’ alergen I wasn’t alergic to was cockroaches! I hate needles, so getting pricked in my arm over a dozen times with things I’m alergic to was no walk in the park.

“Blasts from the Pasts”

March 12, 2006 - 11:19 pm 1 Comment

OK. So, you may have noticed a new option on the menu up above labeled ‘BfPs.’ That’s a new project I’ve started to share some of the nostalgic digital “media” from the past 10 years or so that I’ve stockpiled and saved on my computer through the ages. Some of you may not remember, may not want to remeber, or have no idea about the things I may put on there, but nobody told you you had to look at it! I’ll try to update it about once a week until I’m bored of it, run out of things to post, or forget about it completely (all of which are equally likely.) And now, on to the BfPs.

Blasts from the Pasts

March 12, 2006 - 7:39 pm Comments Off on Blasts from the Pasts

…aka I can’t believe I still have this crap on my hard drive.

Every week (until I forgot) I’m going to try to bring back a digital relic from the depths of my computer and bring it back to the light. Expect to see text, images, and sounds from the past 10 years or so; some will tickle your funny bone, some will amuse you, and some will most likely make you want to scream and run out of the room–it’s all in good fun, though. So, sit back and enjoy my Blasts from the Pasts….

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Send a Text Message

March 12, 2006 - 6:08 pm Comments Off on Send a Text Message

  • Send Message to Eric’s Cell Phone (it’s free-try it!):

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