i am pretty awesome. i mean LUCKY!

thanks, Monica! thanks, Rachel E. Foster!

i love it!!

Pipe dreams

Things that I want but that do not exist:

A squirrel print leotard.

Well, that's it actually, just one thing, a leotard with squirrels on it. Or even spandex with squirrels on it and then I can make my own (not likely)... It's hard enough to find any fabric with squirrels on it, and I'm talking real looking squirels here, none of this cartoon, cute, little kid stuff.

Although I found this guy.. he'd look pretty awesome on a leotard.

"Hello there, I am Mr. Squirrel and I am quite professional. Yes I am."

This one is more like what I'm talking about though. Without the nut, of course.

who's a professional?

it might not look like much but that is progress. i am a taker of action. i even showered and slept less than twelve hours today. i am the winner when no one else is around. (if you were wondering, this just took a little common sense and some plastic.)

I get messages on my phone

So every once in a while my dad will leave me a gem of a message that I decide is too good to erase. Here is one that he left me while we were on vacation.

more shuttlecock!

p.s. it's a lamp.
when it stops raining, we'll go outside and play.

kevin bacon enjoys some jason dove now and again

mustache wednesday

i was reminded of steve prefontaine today. what does he make you think about?

this news story just passed along from jo ella:

BC-People-Phil Collins, 2nd Ld-Writethru,0304Singer Phil Collins finds new passion in the AlamoEds: Adds photo link.AP Photo NYET915 SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Singer Phil Collins says his new "mainthing" is the Alamo. Collins, who said he has "hundreds" of cannonballs, documentsand other artifacts from the Alamo, is in San Antonio this week inconjunction with the anniversary of the March 1836 battle of theAlamo. The collector and history buff's most prized item is a receiptsigned by Alamo commander William Barret Travis for 32 head ofcattle used to feed the Alamo defenders. "Basically, now I've stopped being Phil Collins the singer.This has become what I do," he said in an online story Tuesday forthe San Antonio Express-News. His interest began in his youth when he saw actor Fess Parkerportray Davy Crockett. The 58-year-old singer, whose hits include "In the AirTonight" and "One More Night," said he has passed on hisappreciation for the Alamo lore to his five children, especiallyhis youngest sons, ages 4 and 7. "My youngest two, they can identify Travis, Crockett and SantaAnna when they see their pictures," he said. Collins narrated the introduction of a 13-minute "Alamo dioramalight and sound show" at the History Shop by the Alamo. He is scheduled to speak to the Alamo Defenders DescendantsAssociation on Saturday. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) AP-NY-03-04-09 1141EST

She says:

i just thought you should know that in case you get tired of the civil war -- i didn't want you to get your hopes set on having a bunch of cannonballs from the alamo only to have it turn out that phil collins is already hogging them all.

together at last!

bag shop

Breezy

Maybe I would not worry about the authenticity of my life if I lived in a treehouse.

book out in april '09

more details here and here and here and play around on his flickr page here,

or just snoop dogg his blog here.

Look no further...

For those of you who can't seem to get up early enough to catch Sesame Street, you can download weekly episodes, free of charge!, to your iTunes.

http://www.sesamestreet.org/podcasts

You're welcome.

His birthday is coming!!

And the stamps come out next week!

Youngsters may mail their birthday wishes to Mr. Lincoln at the following address:

Abraham Lincoln

Old State Capitol

1 Old State Capitol Plaza

Springfield IL 62701-1507

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Dumb Stuff That Keeps Me Distracted From Work

My dumb thought today:

While sitting at my desk I reach over and grab my fake Nalgene bottle and start chugging. Immediately I wonder what I look like while drinking this water from a jug that is about as large, if not slightly larger than my face.

The image that pops into mind is hard to describe with words. I will attempt to do so:

Lips taught but apart
Upper lip region not quite covering upper teeth (possibly similar to a baboon showing it's teeth to frighten you)
Tongue levitating inside mouth, not resting on teeth, or bottom of mouth, but hovering there in the middle.

The image is not pretty.. So I look around to see if anyone was watching me.

Phew.. no one was.

I decide to write this blog. In the process I google images that would help to show how ugly I think I might look while I drink water. I googled:

"people drinking water from a nalgene"
"people drinking"
"people drinking water"
"funny people drinking water"

Nothing came up besides an african lady drinking through a reed of some sort into a pool of water, water purifier pump things, nalgene bottles and a white rastafarian holding a glass of water.

I've officially wasted about 20 minutes writing this and it all started with a sip of water.

Curiouser and curiouser: An e-mail from my boss

I find the action and its contents fascinating, especially the bit about the telegraph machine.

Subject line: Tomorrow - A Limerick

"I'm sorry to cause you sorrow,
But I'll be working from home tomorrow.
Lilly's day care is closed
My wife could stay, I proposed,
But then she threatened to leave and take half my stuff because I do that to her all the time.


The last line needs work...

I will be on e-mail and cell, and am having Western Union install a telegraph machine in our computer room. "

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welcome to baltimore

sometimes it's fun to go to work.