Something interesting from a recent TIME magazine article... they got a handful of gourmet chefs to design a recipe that would feed a family of four on about $10. Check out http://www.time.com/recessiongourmet for the recipes.

I was just looking through a Sesame Street book with my almost-2-year-old daughter and we came to "K is for King," with a picture of muppet/puppet king, complete with ermine-lined coat, sceptre, and crown. I pointed at him and said, "King."

Emily pointed at the picture and said firmly, "King. Daddy."

I love my kid.

I need a new football team for which (whom?) to root (sp?).

I have been a Broncos fan for some 10 years, mostly because I was living in Colorado when I started watching football with any seriousness. Now, however, the Broncos totally suck and have traded away all of their decent players (most recently, kicker Jason Elam, after fifteen years in ( Read more... )

I scored 136 ("Very Superior") on the 1930's Husband test.

I'm a little suspicious of this test... apparently anything over 89 is "Very Superior." (Out of what? 150 or so?)

At 10:45am today, June 26, 2008, Mook left us by euthanasiatic injection. She spent only about 5 weeks on this Earth, and only a day and a half in our home. I held her before, during and after the procedure. The vet and staff were very kind throughout ( Read more... )

I imagine most people who read this journal read bitchcandie, so you already know this. In brief: our insane 7-year-old nephew Elijah threw our month-old kitten named Mook into a wall, giving her traumatic brain damage. After 2 days in the vet ICU (and $1600), she is very slightly improved, but not much. Given a few weeks of intensive care, she might ( Read more... )

(Stolen from anda... As she pointed out, whoever wrote this list must really like Jane Austen. I'm not really a fan ( Read more... )

I totally freakin' love my wife. That is all.

For all you computer-wizard-types out there: I bought a new copy (because one of the CD's of my old copy was broken) of "Knights of the Old Republic." Yes, I'm a big dork ( Read more... )

I dreamed that the name of the Order of the Laurel was changed to Order of the Gerbil. And I was pretty upset about that. Weird.