Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Boo
- Happy Halloween
I hope everyone has a good Halloween, assuming that you'll observe it. Rey has a good post on the nature of Halloween, and whether or not it's kosher for Christians. I basically agree with Rey on this issue, and posted my own ideas about it last year when I did my seven part Halloween series. MCF is also thinking candy and goblins today, and in honor of the spooky festivities, he has posted a picture of what appears to be a dead animal hanging from a shower nozzle.
If you like carving pumpkins but don't like all the stringy pumpkin guts and seeds, you might enjoy this virtual jack-o-lantern, with which I made the pun'kin at the right there.
As far as treats go, my idea of a good treat is the Hidden Baked Chimichanga recipe that you'll find here, and I look forward to trying it out.
I won't have my son Hailey this year for trick or treating, which is just as well because I have to work tonight. Wendy will be taking Willow and Liam, however. Since Willow and Liam are separated by little more than a year in age and since they look so much alike, Wendy thought it would be hilarious if she proposed to the kids that she take them trick or treating dressed as each other. The kids, of course, opposed this idea with tremendous aggression. I thought it was a hilarious idea, although one that would probably have terrible repercussions:"Hello, little boy, what are YOU?"
"What am I? Scarred for life, that's what I am." - Stand Still And Smile! Stand Still.. Stand STILL.
We had our family portrait done for our church directory this past Saturday. If you've never experienced the joy of trying to hold perfectly still for upwards of twenty minutes, along with three fidgety kids, in a pose that nobody would ever assume in real life, I highly recommend that you try it. I also highly recommend that you try paper cuts. They're equally fun. The biggest challenge for us was Liam, easily the squirmiest kid I've ever known. That boy can't hold still for anything… and since he's self conscious about it he gets nervous and ends up making odd and painful looking faces when he's asked to smile. Basically, the whole time we were getting our picture made, the other four of us were frozen in these uncomfortable positions with these big fake smiles while Liam squirmed around like Joe Cocker on acid. The pose we ended up deciding on was the one in which Liam is the least contorted, although in that particular shot Hailey isn't approaching anything similar to a smile. He looks like someone just farted on his coffin; both disgusted and afraid at once. It'll make for an interesting picture in the church directory.
The worst thing about the whole experience was that in the digital proofs it was painfully obvious to me that I'm getting balder and balder by the day. If you have a minute or two to stand still and look at me you can actually watch as my hairline recedes. This wouldn't be a problem if my wonderful wife would allow me to keep my hair the way I prefer, which is missing (like in my avatar above). She won't allow it, though, she makes me try to grow what hair I can, so I end up with the "going bald" look instead of the "bald" look. The "bald" look is much more dignified than the "going bald" look, in my opinion. At least I don't have the comb-over. Wendy's dad (who I assume doesn't read this blog) does the comb-over thing, thinking it hides the fact that the top of his head is as bald as a baby's butt. His head looks like an alien-spider trying to mate with a lightbulb. And he's available, ladies! - The Future Ralph Kramden Award Goes To…
I get a huge kick out of this story:
Fern Park, FL (AHN) - A 15-year-old boy was arrested after he stole a bus and began driving a route and collecting fares from passengers along a public transit route on Saturday…
Davis told the deputies who arrested him at the scene: "I drove that bus better than most of the LYNX drivers could," adding, "There isn't a scratch on it. I know how to start it, drive it, lower it, raise it."
The 15-year-old observed the required speeds and all the stops along the route. One of the passengers, however, suspicious Davis' boyish looks and dialed 911. The teenager had two passengers on board when deputies pulled him over; 12 miles from his departure point….
Davis committed a similar offense back in January. He stole a tour bus and drove passengers around; again, without incident. He was still on probation from the January incident when he was arrested over the weekend.
If the kid ever gets out of juvie, I bet he'll be an industrious worker. - New 'Tones
The new Deftones album drops today. Based on two listens, I gotta say it's quite good. 3.5 on a 5 scale, easily their best album since the amazing, awesome White Pony. I was a bit surprised by the amount of vulgarity, though. I won't be able to play this in the van with the kids. I guess I'll have to stick to the new Weird Al when the kids are in the car, since they seem incapable of getting tired of it.
2006 has been an outstanding year for music for me. The new Tool album has been my favorite release so far. Second place so far has been Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere, which I guess might be called trip-hop or psychedelic rap. I love that album. I've also really enjoyed Morningwood's debut album and the latest from The Mars Volta. I can't remember the last time there were more than one or two albums that I actually enjoyed released in a single year.
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I don't buy the whole "Celebrate Halloween and YOU ARE CELEBRATING THE DEBIL!!!" side of the debate either. Unfortunately, that is what my church believes. DOH!!! Ah well.
I'll still be handing out snickers tonight, though.
I'll still be handing out snickers tonight, though.
Crossdressing the kids for halloweeen would sound awesome in a psychotherapy session recount.
"Go on."
"Then...I had to dress like my...(voice crack)...my sister!"
Also, that kid driving the bus thing is so bizarre. "I'm gonna do something REALLY wicked like...drive a bus and obey all the traffic laws!" which interestingly enough must also yield some enjoyable psychotherapy sessions.
"Go on."
"Then...I had to dress like my...(voice crack)...my sister!"
Also, that kid driving the bus thing is so bizarre. "I'm gonna do something REALLY wicked like...drive a bus and obey all the traffic laws!" which interestingly enough must also yield some enjoyable psychotherapy sessions.
Rey: "I'm gonna do something REALLY wicked like...drive a bus and obey all the traffic laws!"
Yeah, that's the thing... he didn't really steal a bus, he just stole the job.
We need more hard working, honest criminals like this kid.
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Yeah, that's the thing... he didn't really steal a bus, he just stole the job.
We need more hard working, honest criminals like this kid.
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