New song

Carrot Jello cracks me up. Her post about her out-of-state laugh (I would normally link to it, but it is untitled with no hyperlink available) had me in stitches, but it also introduced me to a great song I'd never heard before.

Since then, I've been playing it for pretty much everyone who will let me.

... And now, that includes you.

You're welcome.



Video of VV Brown's Leave.

Incoming!

A coworker showed me this video:



He was cracking up, and when I saw it, all I could do was stare. This little girl's ... enthusiasm is a perfect clone of my daughter.

All I could think is that this is what we have to look forward to. I don't know if I will have enough energy to keep up.

Soap Operas for Boys

I had an epiphany last week about sports.

(Tangent)
I'm one of a few men out there who don't really care about sports. This means I probably need to give up a man card, but my wife loves it.

As a result, I feel like I'm the real winner in all this, despite the public ridicule.
(End Tangent)

As I listened to a couple male coworkers discuss some recent events in college football and how one of their favorite players may have left ...

... but then came back ...

... but then may not have been able to play for the team ...

... but then ended up starting ...

... I realized that sports are the male equivalent of soap operas.


Have you ever watched as a bunch of guys gather around the TV, anxious to find out whether or not the field goal will be good or the free throw will make it in? Have you notice their reaction when it doesn't?

Switch out the Super Bowl for "Days of Our Lives" and a 6th inning for a cat fight between some girl and her evil twin, and B-I-N-G-O.

Granted, soap operas have a little more melodrama, but after watching some guy nearly throw his chair through his window when he thinks the ref made a bad call, I'm starting to wonder if college football may actually have a leg up on daytime TV.

How To Article of the Week

This week: How to Grow Bioluminescent Algae at Home

I don't think I've ever wanted to be a science geek more in my life than after I saw this.

Painfully True

Does anyone remember this video? I still think it's awesome.

But this one is great too, and it's a relief I'm not the only one who couldn't manage to put the stupid game together correctly.

For those with sensitive ears, be prepared for a few bleeped out swear words.

Bliss

This is where we went on vacation. Just looking at this picture brings back all the relaxation from last week.


I felt like a pile of Jello for a few days, but I had zero guilt.

However, my daughter didn't get the memo that we were on a relaxing vacation. She stayed a bouncy ball of energy the entire time. Fortunately, my wife is a genius and brought markers, playdough, bubbles, fairy wands, movies and her scooter, so we were able to manage even my daughter's manic personality pretty well.

Watching her flit from activity to activity gave me even more appreciation for my mom. I was pretty much identical, and I don't know how she kept up with me.

In case you're wondering ...

I went on a vacation last week. I had a few posts in the queue for while I was gone, but my brain is still recovering from going numb during the 12 hours staring at the road on the drive back.

Oh, and I will never, NEVER stay at the Excalibur in Las Vegas again. Never.

Never.

I thought it would be fun for my daughter, since she regularly pretends she's Sleeping Beauty and I'm Prince Phillip. I had fond memories from childhood when I stayed there with my own parents.

I remember a bunch of kid stuff to do and a great family atmosphere.

What did I find this time?

1. The rooms have the same decorations and threadbare carpet from the original construction.
2. The first "non-smoking" room we were given smelled like an army of chain smokers had lived there for a few years. That room also had a couple "mystery stains" on the tapestry on the wall. *shudder* Thankfully, they moved us to another room that wouldn't give my daughter lung cancer.
3. The cool carnival type stuff has gone the way of the Dodo. Now, there are a bunch of trashy stores and a food court. Yep. A food court. Evidently, McDonald's and Starbucks has been around since the Medieval era.
4. Getting equal billing with Tournament of Kings (something I remember from the glory days) is another show called Thunder from Down Under.
5. Right inside the front entrance was a platform with a go-go dancer perched on top. Is there a word for something smaller than a string bikini? If so, that's what she was wearing. Thankfully, my daughter didn't notice her gyrating around in broad daylight.

I know Las Vegas typically caters to adults, but I didn't realize that attitude had crept so completely into everything. Thankfully, the preceding vacation was so awesome, even this adventure couldn't dampen it.

How To Article of the Week

This week: How to Rattlesnake Proof a Backyard

I grew up in an area with rattlesnakes. They weren't an infestation, but I always had to listen for their rattles when I was exploring the hill near our house.

Blast from the Past

Does anyone remember the movie, Life with Mikey?

I loved this movie when I was younger, and Cyndi Lauper was surprisingly funny in it.

Wedding Videos ... The New "Vacation Slides"

A friend of mine told me about a wedding dinner he went to recently where part of the program (the phrase "PART of the program" will have alarming connotations by the end of this story) involved watching the couple's wedding video.

The video went on for 45 minutes.

45.

MINUTES.

It reminded me of the old days when people would get you to come over to their house so they could subject you to 485 slides depicting their latest vacation to Death Valley.

Part of me wonders if forcing this kind of torture on people has the ability to lower their IQ a few points (someone should do a study).