5 Years

5 years ago she-who-became-my-wife and I married. Happy 5th anniversary, baby!

Sanjaya, We Hardly Knew Ye

Last night marked a sad event, the elimination of Sanjaya Malakar from American Idol season 6. In honor of his time spent as a contestant on the show, which, to be honest, is longer than I would have lasted, I present the ponyhawk.

Okay, I'm not sure which of these two pictures is actually of Sanjaya. They both are of ponyhawks. Hmmm... Perhaps one of my alert readers would be able to enlighten me.

Well, Sanjaya, whoever you are, you will be missed, buddy! And don't worry about what Simon might think. You keep doing your ponyhawk thing! And even though the judges thought you stayed too long, just remember that week when it all clicked. There will always be someone believing in you.

Google Maps Encourages Swimming

Try this:

1. go to www.google.com
2. click on "maps"
3. click on "get directions"
4. type "New York" in the first box (the "from" box)
5. type "London" in the second box (the "to" box)
6. click on "get directions"
7. scroll down to step #23

Or just click this link.

If you don't want to do all that, step #23 says, "swim across the Atlantic Ocean 3462 miles". Google Maps expects that step to take you 29 days to complete. Be sure to pack a lunch. :)

Sometimes I Chase My Tail

a blog post by Georgie (our orange kitten)

HI! My name is Georgie! I'm really happy to meet you!

I'm still a kitten, so I'm very excitable and energetic. That's why I use lots of exclamation points!

I joined Dave's family over a month ago. They are so awesome! I've trained them to put some yummy food on the floor every time I whine. It's yummy! Hehe, I meant the food, not the floor. Anyway, I used to be really tiny. But I've been getting bigger! YAY!!! But I'm still not as big as my buddy Chubbie. He's a grey cat, and the only other boy cat here. Wait... Dave just told me Chubbie's kind of not a boy anymore, and that soon I won't be one either. Mmmm... I don't really know what that means. But I really like kitten food! It's awesome!!! ROWR!

You know what I sometimes like to do? Chase my tail! Have you ever chased your tail? Oh, wait... Dave just told me that you big not-cat creatures don't have tails. Anyway... Sometimes I chase my tail!

Just the other night, I ran into the computer room to see what Dave was up to. Then I saw a recliner. So I climbed up it! Once I was on it and sat down to look around the room, I saw this orangey pointy thing laying near me. So I jumped at it! And it moved! So I had to chase it!!! But every time I ran closer to it, it moved away! A couple of times I got it and bit it a little, which hurt a little for some reason. Then, I realized I was biting my own tail! But that's okay, because it's so much fun chasing it!

Well, I gotta go be in a different room now. Bye! It was fun talking to all of you!

White Easter

We did not have a White Thanksgiving in November, 2006.
We did not have a White Christmas in December, 2006. (I was bummed!)
We did not even have a White New Years Day in January, 2007.
But, yes, we did indeed have a White Easter in April, 2007.

All our accumulated snow had disappeared during March. But winter briefly returned last week. On the morning of Good Friday (April 06), 2007, there were 3 - 4 inches of beautiful white snow greeting us. And the weather remained could enough that the snow was still there on Easter Sunday.

Ah. Snow. How I'd missed you. And now you've returned for one last glimpse of your beauty before the full onslaught of spring begins.