Girl scout slide

Girl scouts at trunk or treat

Sarah joins us on our morning hike. I will miss these.

Molly plays with Sarah's boyfriend's dogs.

So why am I having dizzy spells again? Because 3 days ago I found out that in 1 week I have to come up with more money than some people make in a month. And I will do it!

What would you call this? Late life circumcision?

So what kind of macho locker room talk preceded this? "Oh yeah? Well mine is so big I can get a home run!"

Well now, this AP photo just sums it up quite nicely doesn't it!

What say we all break into song?

If the movie doesn't load you can find it here. And you copyright nimrods ought to be ashamed!

This piece is actually interactive so those of you reading via RSS or ATOM from a news reader may want to go to the blog.

My conclusion? They definitely have different tastes but I can't say one tastes better than the other. We buy A so I am certainly more familiar with it. A has a more pleasant smell than B. A has larger, more regular circles than B. B has better packaging than A. Both were equally satisfying as a meal. B gets my recommendation.

My wife thinks I'm Canadian eh!

Today Arcite's Day turns 3! And with that arcite notes:

This year has seen many blog become cold dark sites in the blogsphere.

And poses the question "Shall we go on?" Pay arcite a visit today and leave a comment to let him know that his writings and photos are too worthy to be sucked into the void of dead blogs.

He seeks merely 5 or more comments as his validation.

I want nothing more than to lie in bed all day holding my wife.

Here's a blog that records converstaions overheard at UWO

I'm jumping so much today I don't think my feet have touched the ground!

My wife has pointed out that the webcam (as seen in the sidebar to the left) has twice in the past 10 minutes caught me grabbing my crotch. First off, being male that is a perfectly acceptable practice. After we become "self-aware" circa 4-6months old we become obligated to "check our package" frequently for the rest of our lives to ensure that nothing is lost. However I must point out that it is my seat cushion and not my crotch that is being grabbed. I sit on a hard wood chair and have placed a lumpy seat cushion on it that slips throughout the day. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Of course, you have the photographic evidence and are more than welcome to refute my claim.

Can't decide which Star Wars character to be for Halloween? Print a mask and try it on!

The picture may not depict it well but we have a good view of the mountains today

The White House has asked satirical website The Onion to stop using the presidential seal.

"When any official sign or seal is being used inappropriately the party is notified," Duffy said.

But the Onion's editor-in-chief has a different view noting that he has seen the presidential seal in comedy sketchs his whole life.

MSNBC has a live vote to get options on whether or not the Onion should stop using the presidential seal.

Baskin robbins now open

Is there such thing as karmic bankruptcy?

Its all how you look at it

So, anyone know why The Rocky Top Brigade is down?

So how creative do you plan to be with your jack-o-lantern?

Rosa Parks has passed. Wouldn't it be great today if everyone that could rode a bus today and refused to sit leaving the seat available for Mrs. Parks spirit?

Nearly 50 years ago, Rosa Parks made a simple decision that sparked a revolution. When a white man demanded she give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, the then 42-year-old seamstress said no.
...
Mrs. Parks died Monday evening at her home of natural causes, with close friends by her side...

"I am leaving this legacy to all of you ... to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die - the dream of freedom and peace."

When I posted earlier my list of things I need I forgot to list a club passing partner (juggling) for Monday, Oct 31st from 6pm-9pm. You don't have to be good; just willing.

For those of you too bashful to try your furniture out in a real showroom first, Tok & Stok has a virtual answer for you! Warning! Not safe for work! Aw come on! It has to the be number one question whispered in any furniture store.

"LONDON (Reuters) - From a scented patch to boost a woman's sex drive to a bicycle that travels sideways..." Are the two items related? For the creative, yes!

As for that patch, they should make a pillow case version so that the ladies wake up the way the men do. Better than coffee!

Mark one demon knocked down. Had an outstanding rfp hanging out over my head. She's been put to rest for the moment. I hope it comes through. It would be a fun, classy project! And I'd be busy through the rest of the year.

This has Philip's creativity written all over it!

Warning! Don't go to the link in the picture (orsm.net) unless you want to see t&a and other naked body parts. I would have cropped it out but don't have the luxury of time right now. Too busy watching movie samples and trying to make popups stop.

• an account/book keeper
• a programmer
• a sales person
• an intern
• a lawyer
• administrative assistant
• a computer technician (A+ certified)
• an angel
• and the money to pay these people

My morning walk in the woods with molly is so calming!

Thank you for Firefly! Better than sex!

Wife: "I hang out on the curly side. I don't know about the straight side."

Cathy asks that I clarify the topic of discussion was shampoo and conditioners. Please note that I called her a "babe!"

Venus

Cool cloud and great colors

Note: the camera phone just didn't capture this one well.

Hotch and ty cover the other door

Noah selling popcorn at butler and bailey

4 dogs

Molly plays

I just tried replying to Barry's Bringin' Down the House post and am not sure if he is moderating comments or if haloscan is having hiccups so I'm reposting the comment here:

First satirical conspiracy theory:
Perhaps, just perhaps, such movies are a government sponsored de-sensitization program for things the They fear might come to reality. If you've already seen the Hoover Dam blown to pieces and wash into a crevice that causes a reaction with the fault line and dumps one third of the US into the pacific then when something actually happens it is not the first time people are seeing it albeit real versus fiction.

Don't forget the reason you are seeing a huge influx of war movies and that new Iraq weekly show and other fighting hurrah war movies is that after 9/11 the government contracted Hollywood to make pro war movies.

"Hollywood was ordered by the U.S. government to promote pro-war movies.
Musicians at the Grammys were threatened with blackout if they made any anti-war comments."

see also Operation Hollywood

Now back to reality:
My saddened awakening was before 9/11 when the Taliban destroyed the Buddas. I have always dreamed of travelling the world and seeing its wonders. I am fortunate to have been on the World Trade Center but my kids will never know that thrill. Destroying the Buddas was a reminder that nothing is permanent and that if we want to experience then we need to get out and do it. Remember Clingman's Dome when it was green? I do because my family didn't sit in their home saying "...when we get around to it..." or "...we don't have enough money..." I want my kids to see the wonders of the world before those wonders fall to the hands of man or the forces of nature (will Disney survive Wilma?).

For my prayer post I wanted to cross reference Ring Around the Rosies as a piece written relating to Black Death but I had the gumption to look further than the first link I found and Snopes debunked my believe that Ring Around the Rosies was written about Black Death. My world is shaken!

As a child every night before be I would kneel and say:

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen.

As an adult I have a problem with this. I don't think children should be sheltered from such realities as death but to hyperfixate on them night after night in our times is too negative. Perhaps this was once appropriate during times of plagues but today I think there needs to be another variation. Perhaps the stuffed animal Amy is playing with has the answer:

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
May angels watch me through the night
And keep me in their blessed sight. Amen.

David Baldinger is back! I love his Remnants cartoon!

Could someone explain to me how they filmed these kids on invisible skateboards? The shadows are perfect. The little clouds of dust imply a board. The only thing I can imagine is that they Chroma key'd the boards and edited them out by hand but if that's the case this is some fine editing!

Yes! I won! I matched 3 number without the powerball so I scored $7. I swear I almost bought the power play which would have made this a $35 ticket. Wahoo!

Just incase you haven't heard, the lottery is up to $340,000,000! Draws tonight. I really hope that no one gets it. I'd love to see this break $400 million and I sincerely hope that someone truly deserving gets the money.

Yellow monsters poke above the tree line as they pilliage the earth. Once gone you cannot have it back.

For those into home defense. (yes, you've seen that gun on Predator)

My wife posted this picture of a wooly worm that was crawling around outside our house. It's head is toward the top of the picture. Looks like a mild winter to me.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration explains the wooly worm as a weather predictor.

"...the amount of black on the woolly bear in autumn varies proportionately with the severity of the coming winter..."

"The longer the woolly bear's black bands, the longer, colder, snowier, and more severe the winter will be."

"...every 3rd weekend in October the annual Woolly Worm Festival in Banner Elk, NC. They begin worm their worm races around 10:20 AM..."

Ours was heading west. Now what does that mean?!

Amy joins molly on the afternoon hike

They were sitting side by side

Friends on porch

Noah off to wesley woods camp

Sarah is failing math so today I finished installing her Internet connection in her room.