Blog diet.

My sister in-law and her two girls are in town for the next couple of weeks.  The blog will be on a diet during this time since they are occupying the computer/guest room.  We picked them up in this past Thursday and spent quite a bit of time at a place call Bullwinkle's.  Wow, what a crazy place.  The CEO had always said she wanted to go to the family fun center.  You know what they say, be careful what you wish for.  Actually we had a great time, I don't know anyone who doesn't love go-carts.  See ya!  I'll blog when and if I can.

Tonight we feast.

That's it my so called love affair with the charcoal grill is over.  No more burnt or underdone food, no more waiting half an hour before I can start cooking.  The gas grill has arrived!  Our neighbor is a charcoal junkie and he has the knack for cooking on it.  I on the other hand am not.  One of my biggest downfalls was patiences.  I'd don't have time to wait for this ridiculous archaic thing to be ready, I want to eat and eat soon damn it!  It's the 21st century, I'm an MTV kid, I want things fast for crying out loud.  The real bonus is that our charcoal grilling neighbor has had a gas grill rotting away at the side of his house for a couple of years at least.  Take it away they said, no charge.  What more could I want than easy cooking for free.  Score!  I dragged the grill over just a day ago, opened it up, turned on the gas and pressed the ignition. 
 
Fire!!!!
(Imagine big swelling music as if the Lord him self was descending from heaven.)
 
Today I buy a new grill rack and clean the grill up and tonight we feast.

I was on the track and field team in high school and ever since then I have always loved watching the Olympic track and field.  However, with all of the doping charges flying around this year I'm pretty turned off.  I wonder how they will ever get drugs out of the sport.  Sports are so much better when you are a child and you believe that the players are hero's.
 
The CEO is still working on the Ofoto pictures of the Country Fair but in the mean time here is a shot of one of the strange characters:


Red Man

We also ran into The Green Tortoise at the fair and the CEO and I have made it a goal to go on one of their trips.  Maybe to Alaska.  Anyhow check out their website it just seems like the coolest thing.

So last night we watched Bad Santa.  I wouldn't say it was hysterical but we got some good laughs out of it.  I'll give it a 6 out of 10 for a comedy.  I think there is just something inherently funny about a man in a Santa suit who drinks, fight, swears, and steals.  It seems that the jokes could get old fast but the writing and acting was good enough to hold our interest the whole way.  I also recently saw Spider Man 2 probably a 7 on the Tony C movie meter.  I chose Spider Man 2 over Fahrenheit 9/11 only because I would have had to wait an extra thirty minutes for the start of F9/11.  In retrospect that was a bad choice.  I already know that I'm not voting for Bush so it's not like the movie would influence. I'm just so against his presidency that and for some reason I need to see or know about all his screw ups.  He is kind of like a car wreck you just can't help but watch.
 
Blogger has added some new tools and I want to use them just because they are new.  Color, wow check me out I'm blue and bold and italicized.

I've got to see this!

My sister recently told me about a group of teenagers who in the early eighties spent six years making a shot for shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. They started when they were around twelve. So I did some web searching and a branch of Paramount studios has bought the rights to the film in a six figure deal this past February. The article seems to indicate that Paramount may be producing a movie on the making of the remake. I actually came across a trailer that showed the big rolling ball scene and it was pretty amazing (trailer). You need QuickTime to view the trailer and it takes a little while to load but it's cool. Also, Spielberg has scene the movie and apparently loves it. The whole thing is such a cool story I just had to mention it. This movie has got to get out to a wider audience. I think such an accomplishment really strikes a chord with so many people who love movies and made movies as kids. Anyhow the buzz is that the movie is actually pretty damn good.

The Dragon March.

We're back from the Country Fair, what a great time. One of our primary reasons for going was to join in the Dragon march and the day didn't start out well in that respect. We arrived at the Fair at about 12:45pm and were told the Dragon march had already happened. When we told The Kid she said, "that's OK Mom, that's OK." What a little trooper. However later she started asking questions about where the Dragon was and that she wanted to see the Dragon. We were heart broken for her. We'll besides that the day continued on with us all exploring the wonderful sights and sounds of the fair. After watching some music and having lunch it was obvious that The Kid needed a nap. We went over to the "Mellow Space" and tried to get her to have some quiet time. It worked in a "so so" fashion. I soon had to take her to the potty; the porta-potty. What a gross solution to bathrooms. These things make me appreciate out-houses. Anyhow we were inside one of these methane boxes when I heard a faint cry. Was that someone calling my name. It happened again. I popped my head out of the box and there was the CEO, "Let's go!!! The Dragon just went marching by!!! Run!!!" We dashed through the fair as if being chased by a real dragon. When we finally caught up to the parade The Kid screamed "Dragon, dragon, dragon." She was on my shoulders screaming and waving her little magic wand. We must have followed the Dragon for almost half and hour chanting, "Watch out beware the magic of the dragon is at the fair," the whole time. That was definitely the highlight of the day. After that everything else was just icing on the cake.

The Kid is up.

I've been putting in extra hours to try and meet a deadline at work. I don't think it's going to happen. It's not the end of the world. I thought having a laptop would really help me in times when I need to put in extra hours and it has helped. However, we can't seem to get The Kid to fall asleep any earlier than 9:30. So turning on my laptop to get some work done becomes very unattractive at such a late hour. The other option has been to get up early and I've tried that, not fun either. It's not that I expected doing work from home to be fun but I did expect it to be more convenient. Oh well it still beats staying late at work and missing time with the family.

This weekend is the Country Fair. We had a blast last year and The Kid has been looking forward to the Dragon march all year. We are going on Friday in hopes that it will be less crowded.

What a boring blog entry.
I'm just sooo tired from working.

Sounds like the CEO is up.

Get a new job if you hate it so much.

Here's a common occurrence that has always bothered me at work.

Time: Monday morning.
Location: On the job.

Me: "Good morning! How you doing!"
Office Mate: "It's Monday...."

What the hell does that mean? I guess it implies that we've got a whole week to go before the weekend and man does that just suck.

I'm glad I enjoy my job.

Welcome.

There has been a little bit of excitement around here lately. A good friend has started her own blog and My Wife (now to be known as The CEO, this was her recommendation) has also posted more to her own blog. I can remember the days when I was looked at as some sort of nut case. Well it seems that more varieties have joined the mix. I'd like to recognize our latest blogging friend with a hyperlink http://www.myhandbasket.blogspot.com/. Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging.

To Ka, based on your last comments I thought you might have been slightly upset with my blog about your animals. The CEO commented on that blog entry also and I believe she may have gotten it right. It was not my intent to be negative. MelloYellow is truly the envy of this doggie dad.

I'd like to mention that at dinner tonight we had some roasted vegetables, they were prepared yesterday and we cooked them Uncle Kooky style. Thanks for the cooking tips UK. The veggies were delicious.

The animals rule.

My sister and her husband have two cats and a dog. These animals don't know how good they have it. When I first arrived I was shocked at how mellow their dog was (blog name: MellowYellow). Then after a short time I came to realize what was going on. MellowYellow doesn't have to do a thing. If she's on the couch and she drops her chew toy she just throws a sad glance to my sister or brother in-law and they happily pick it up. Often the help is accompanied by something like this: "Ohhh, my poor baby. I'll get that for you". I mean, of course the dog is mellow she's living in hog heaven. Our dogs are crazy compared to MellowYellow and the reason may be because by comparison they are living in a state of lock down.

I guess I really can't comment as much on the cats. They definitely didn't make as large of an impact on me as the dog. However they do seem to have the run of the place and I imagine this keeps them very happy.