#602!!

Congrats to Mariano Rivera on save #602, setting the all-time record and absolutely cementing his status as THE BEST EVER. Dang I love my Yanks!

A Good Day

A long day, but overall a good one. The bday party went much better than I expected, YaYa's team won their first game, after a tight contest I surged ahead to score a fantasy W at the close of SNF tonight, and Lisa's got a list of job openings highlighted and ready for my attention. Oh, and we had bacon and eggs for dinner. Can't go wrong with that.

A Busy Day

Spent part of the morning watching "Robotech" with Smiley, now off to a first bday party for Isaiah, followed by football, a volleyball game for YaYa, more football, job hunting, and prob ten other things to consume this rainy day off.

Update: pics of said birthday party

SuckerPunch

After a lousy night of work I rented 'SuckerPunch'. It was visually exquisite. But it was also intellectually, emotionally, spiritually and artistically sterile. It was little more than a glorified video game trailer, and a fetishists rape fantasy played out under the guise of female 'empowerment'. EPIC FAIL. (wicked soundtrack tho')

I Might Call In

seriously considering calling into wrk for only the 3rd x since 1998. Dental problems, tired, and generally blah. I wish my hrs hadn't changed 2day - I'd b nearing the end of my day, not the start.

I have a good immune system, and a childhood spent with a hypochondriac mother. Just as a matter of delayed teenage rebellion, I refuse to be sick.

Ugh. Work

I'm must be getting depressed. I've slept most of the day and am dreading the clopen ahead of me @ wrk . . .

TV Tidbits

I really enjoyed the two episodes of the Japanese cartoon 'To' available via Netflix streaming. It's a blend of crisp computer animation, adult story lines, and inventive sci-fi. Check it out.

A - You aren't following Alec Baldwin on Twitter? Why the heck not? B - There are few things worse than seeing your precious big screen TV subjected to "The View". Damn you Lisa. C - What's with all the moans & gasps & body noises in anime?  Ridiculous.  D - That host from Bravo has great chemistry w/ Kelly Ripa. He should be on the list to replace Regis.

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"In the Beginning, there was nothing, which exploded." 

--Terry Pratchett on the current scientific understanding of Creation

Smiley's First Pack Meeting!

supper was homemade Applebee's fiesta lime chicken, smashed potatoes and brussel sprouts, all scorned by the kids, natch. Then it was on to Park's 1st Pack meeting, where we Tigers improvised a skit about a treasure hunting turtle who can't get a gold coin off the ocean floor cuz it's glued on, so he uses some 'magic markers' to create a shovel to do the job. Lotta fun.

The Hannah Montana Finale

just finished watching the series finale of Hannah Montana. It was quite good if u scrap the last 30 seconds of the episode.

Turn in your man card this minute - Jeremy I

What a great dad - Grandma J

OMG!!!!!!! you better run along now and change your tampon - Alex Q

Jeanne, your right, it takes a special dad to watch that with his daughters... wait Dan, they were watching it with you, right??? - Roger J

no actually I'm the only one awake. The kids had it on Netflix b4 bed and while I was sitting here reading I thought "I wonder if Oliver and Lilly stay together?" and hit play. You know y'all were curious too - Me

He never had a man card to begin with! ;) -Tre

Why would you do that? - Eric B

Thor

Here's something I never thought I'd say in a review of 'Thor': it was dull. Yawn-y, "hit fast forward on the remote" dull. Plus Natalie Portman looked oddly . . . drained, like life has just plain used her up.  I was really looking forward to this flick too, and even hustled it up my Netflix queue. What a shame.  C-.

Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037

Brrr, what a cold evening. Welcome to fall.  We just finished watching "Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037", a documentary about the year long construction of a Steinway piano. It's a good doc, but had lots of room for improvement. I've yet to see a documentary w/out narration that doesn't sacrifice something of both its storytelling and educational value. C+/B-

Spidey Facts

You know what? I liked the damn Clone saga. Bring back Ben Reilly!

The Last time this happened . . .

the last time a friend of ours took her baby daddy 2 court, he put a dead bird in her car. Today Lis took her again and her support (for 3 kids) was raised to 600/month. Quote the friend: if I'm found dead tomorrow, u know who did it.

Dance Class Resumes

@ Smiley and Junie's 1st dance class of the yr, and naturally both misplaced their ballet shoes so I look like a putz. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. On the + side i just looked @ last yrs dance pics & lk looks sooo much taller, leaner and more mature than she did a yr ago.

Kids will do that...they love to make you feel like a Putz- - Grandma J

Dick Tracy

Smiley is home watching (and enjoying) the 1961 Dick Tracy cartoons. Thank you Netflix!

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When the music changes, so does the dance

Jackie O

I greatly enjoyed ABC's 2 hour Jackie Kennedy special, and I wish I could afford the $60 price tag that comes with the book it promoted. I wish they hadn't spent a single second rationalizing her opinions; they were her opinions at that moment in time and big wup if they come off as bitchy 48 yrs later. It's not like MLK is going to hold a press conference and object. 

I will say tho' that her "signature, breathy" voice is irritating in quantity. When you close your eyes, it sounds like a bad drag queen.

it should have died with RBP!!!!

Oh heck no! BLASPHEMY!!

The Minnesota Fire

Old news to anyone in Milwaukee, but all afternoon/evening the city has been covered in a haze and reeking of smoke, courtesy of a wildfire in Minnesota - 300 miles away.

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These are pictures of how a bilco door was constructed at a friends house. I'm just saving them for ideas about ours. 

News from Afghanistan

CNN is reporting the US Embassy in Afghanistan is "under siege" by the Taliban . . .

This is probably inconsequential in the long run, except that the press will seize on it as a Tet moment and start pushing for a quicker withdrawal, when of course it should generate the opposite approach. 

History Repeats

I kicked off the NFL season by continuing a grand tradition: the Sad Sack Slapjacks got their butts handed to them 134.08 to 75.42 in fantasy football. 134 points is a monster game (my opponent's D earned 33 points alone) so a loss was all but inevitable, but I didn't help  by starting a WR benched for injury and going with Bradford over Cutler. Ugh.

Just back from an interview in IL, about 60 min from here. Yes, it's a long ride everyday and yes, I would take the job if it was offered.

Facts

While the White House might think the War on Terror is winding down, the *77* US troops wounded today in Afghanistan might disagree.