Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Fish Pirate

Rory Blyth, programmer, Dot Net Rocks co-host, and Microsoft Channel 9 star has turned to the dark side. He's now a FISH PIRATE!

Egad. next thing you know he'll be running Linux.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Proper Estate Planning

A young single man got the bad news that his very rich father had less than two weeks to live. An only child, and his mother having passed away some time ago, he was due to inherit the entire fortune.

Deciding he didn't want to be alone, and that he could now afford a bride, he began to visit single bars. Finally he founds the most incredibly beautiful woman. He tells her of the vast fortune he is about to inherit, and asks her to marry him.

He takes the young lady home to meet his dying father, and just three days later she walks down the aisle and becomes his new stepmother.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

A proud day...

My wife wasn't feeling well today, so I decided to take the kids and get out of the house and give her some peace and quiet. Just before lunch, the kids and I set out to do some wholesome activities.

First we we went to go eat, eating's pretty wholesome. We went to one of my favorite places Richards BBQ ( http://www.richardsbbqandgrill.com/ ), home of the world's best Mushroom-Swiss Burger. Some fries and onion rings and I was in business. Note I said wholesome, not necessarily healthy. But hey my birthday's next week.

I say that not as an excuse, just a reminder. Rush out now to get gifts. Gift certificates to Richards are a good choice, or a Nikon 70-300mm zoom lens would be nifty too. But I digress.

After lunch we swung by the library, another bastion of wholesomeness. Well, except for the section on human sexuality. You ever see what they have in there? Weird stuff dude. Our trip got cut short by the librarian. She said all the giggling was bothering the other patrons. My kids kept telling me to hush, but I couldn't help it!

Our next stop was the toy store. Let me assure you reader, there is NOTHING wholesome about a toy store on a Saturday afternoon! Kids running wild, sales associates were plying us with sale papers. After one such experience in the past I went home and watched "Halloween". Laughed all the way through, thought it was comedy. Dracula? Frankenstein? Amateurs compared to the sugared up, hyped up hooligans running amok in the isles.

After escaping, I mean leaving from the toy store, we made a quick stop at our local big box discount mart to grab some milk. Milk, nice and wholesome. Big box discount mart? Well if you listen to my mother-in-law, they're out to take over the world.

On the way home Anna, the youngest was looking at her new doll (you don't honestly think we escaped the toy store empty handed, do you?) and said "Hey there's a black stripe on her butt. Oh wait, it's just her underwear."

"I thought she'd already poo'd her pants." I told her.

Anna quickly replied "How rude! I mean... How rude!" Her mother would be proud.

The funniest part of the day however was during the trip in. We were in my wife's mini-van, and Raven picked up the sun shade and was looking at the Disney characters. All of a sudden I hear a girlish grunt from the back seat. I then hear Raven blurt out...

"Alright Mickey! Back off pretty boy, or I'll eat your ashes for breakfast!" Her mother would be horrified.

Sniffle. I was so proud.

Friday, July 13, 2007

I'm a Weirdo

My wife wrote a post the other day about missing me while I was busy doing geeky things. I'm sure some will think it sappy, but I appreciate it as I missed her too. I guess to some it sounds odd, but I actually LIKE hanging out with my bride. After 10+ years she's still a lot of fun to be around. So, I guess I am a weirdo. But I'm a happy weirdo.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Down the Drain

News agencies are flush with excitement over the announcement: There's a city in China opening a public bathroom with 1,000 toilet stalls. Here's three such stories:

CBS: http://shrinkster.com/qto
Denver Post: http://shrinkster.com/qtp
North GA News: http://shrinkster.com/qtq

1,000 toilets. Sounds like a huge load of crap to me.

Monday, July 09, 2007

Leftovers

There's something about leftover spaghetti. After it has a day to sit in the fridge the spices seem to blend so nicely, it's almost better than when it was first cooked.

Yum.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Go for it...

This morning in the kitchen the Mrs. (http://southerntinkerbelle.com) was getting a bit sassy. I told my oldest daughter, Raven to come in that she needed to tell her dear mom she needed to take it easy.

Instead Ravy walks around behind her, pats her on the back and says "Go for it Big Mama!"

Haven't laughed so hard in quite a while.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Nothing

I know how little Georgie feels, some days I like to blog about nothing too.

http://beingfive.blogspot.com/2007/07/nothing.html

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