Thursday, January 22, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The Smooch Project Redux
Lucy Luvs RoseEntire gallery here. Copies are insanely expensive, but man - some of these photos are good. We could never get a school photo that good in a million years. Not just the photo quality, but the sentiment, and the fact they're both in there together.
I'll mention again - whenever you're feeling down, just visit www.thesmoochproject.com. It's impossible to get kissed on the cheek and not feel silly and good. The most hardened heart cannot. It's just such a wholesome, lovely expression of affection. It's just fun to flip through picture after picture of people so obviously enjoying the company of somebody close to them.
I'm glad that everyone who reads this blog has people who love them.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
THOK! (in the Northern Hemisphere)
Dislocated my pinkie finger again. This time, the other hand, actually.
Over the weekend, Sharon was having a momma-daughter day with Lucy, and I was having a daddy-daughter day with Rose. Things were going famously. I was in the midst of teaching Rosie to ice skate, when I went down fast and hard, right onto my pinkie finger.
However hard it was, two years ago, when I had to get Lucy out of the house, into the car, and with me to the Urgent Care Clinic; consider that this time, I had to get a bundled-up Rose off of an ice-skating rink (along with a little chair she was using for balance), into a warming house, and actually change out of my ice skates and into shoes, one-handed. Then out, across the snow and to my car with Rose, buckling her up and getting on the road.
A sickening feeling, having my finger in this crumpled and distorted state for a long period of time. Rose was about as helpful as she could be:
Dan: "Rosie - daddy needs you to go AsFastAsYouCan!"
Rosie: "I AM going FastAsCan!"
We got to the hospital and the wait wasn't all that long. I did having the passing thought, right before the doctor reset the finger, "Hmm...didn't they give me something to deaden the pain last time?" The, Pop! And I let out an unexpected howl. Sonofabitch. That hurts. That and rolling an ankle. The lingering effects seem to have gotten generally better through the years, but the inital pain never does.
Anyway, so much for my new jazz piano hobby for at least a couple of weeks. And - oh - yeah, this was also quite certainly not the best week to start my new wakeup league basketball season.
Over the weekend, Sharon was having a momma-daughter day with Lucy, and I was having a daddy-daughter day with Rose. Things were going famously. I was in the midst of teaching Rosie to ice skate, when I went down fast and hard, right onto my pinkie finger.
However hard it was, two years ago, when I had to get Lucy out of the house, into the car, and with me to the Urgent Care Clinic; consider that this time, I had to get a bundled-up Rose off of an ice-skating rink (along with a little chair she was using for balance), into a warming house, and actually change out of my ice skates and into shoes, one-handed. Then out, across the snow and to my car with Rose, buckling her up and getting on the road.
A sickening feeling, having my finger in this crumpled and distorted state for a long period of time. Rose was about as helpful as she could be:
Dan: "Rosie - daddy needs you to go AsFastAsYouCan!"
Rosie: "I AM going FastAsCan!"
We got to the hospital and the wait wasn't all that long. I did having the passing thought, right before the doctor reset the finger, "Hmm...didn't they give me something to deaden the pain last time?" The, Pop! And I let out an unexpected howl. Sonofabitch. That hurts. That and rolling an ankle. The lingering effects seem to have gotten generally better through the years, but the inital pain never does.
Anyway, so much for my new jazz piano hobby for at least a couple of weeks. And - oh - yeah, this was also quite certainly not the best week to start my new wakeup league basketball season.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Ex-CI-ted!!!
We're having a bit of a blizzard in these parts today, so I headed home early to avoid the evening commute. And what did I find a-waiting me in the mailbox, special delivery from Methuen MA?
ONLY THE MOCKAPALOOZA, THAT'S WHAT!!!
Seriously, folks. I cannot remember a time when I've been looking forward to something coming in the mail quite so much. This is what it's all about. Tomfoolery, created out of pure love of the sport of it all, and sent out for enjoyment amongst friends.
Mixx, I appreciate the re-mastering of the T.T. mock. I could be proven way, way wrong here, but I did feel like there was a lot of funny stuff in there that was just a little too inscrutable as a result of the background dialog being so high, last time around.
Anyway - I've got a busy-ish schedule going on these days (evenings), so I'm not sure how much time I have to set aside for it all, but MAN - I can't imagine I will not pop one of the suckers in tonight, if just for a little while.
On an aside...FAR be it from me to look a gift horse in the mouth, but I was just a teeny bit let down that P.M.; above all of us a master of Photoshop, did not include j-cards. But I know a lot of work goes into getting things to this point (for something that is ultimately going to be enjoyed a number of people that can be counted on one hand of Bart Simpson), and I totally know the feeling of, "Jesus Christ! Enough of this!!!"
ONLY THE MOCKAPALOOZA, THAT'S WHAT!!!
Seriously, folks. I cannot remember a time when I've been looking forward to something coming in the mail quite so much. This is what it's all about. Tomfoolery, created out of pure love of the sport of it all, and sent out for enjoyment amongst friends.
Mixx, I appreciate the re-mastering of the T.T. mock. I could be proven way, way wrong here, but I did feel like there was a lot of funny stuff in there that was just a little too inscrutable as a result of the background dialog being so high, last time around.
Anyway - I've got a busy-ish schedule going on these days (evenings), so I'm not sure how much time I have to set aside for it all, but MAN - I can't imagine I will not pop one of the suckers in tonight, if just for a little while.
On an aside...FAR be it from me to look a gift horse in the mouth, but I was just a teeny bit let down that P.M.; above all of us a master of Photoshop, did not include j-cards. But I know a lot of work goes into getting things to this point (for something that is ultimately going to be enjoyed a number of people that can be counted on one hand of Bart Simpson), and I totally know the feeling of, "Jesus Christ! Enough of this!!!"
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
In One Word
1. Where is your cell phone? elsewhere
2. Your significant other? smart
3. Your job? maps
4. Shoes you are wearing? frayed
5. Your father? patriarch
6. Your favorite thing? daughters
7. Your dream last night? gone
8. Your favorite drink? Bender
9. Your dream/goal? un-working?
10. Room you're in now? computer
11. Your fear? vasectomies
12. Where you want to be in 6 years? Minneapolis
13. Where you were last night? piano
14. What you are not? snivelling
15. Muffins? yup
16. One of wish list items? iPod
17. Where did you grow up? Minneapolis
18. The last thing you did? bedtime(s)
19. What you are wearing? p.j.s
20. Your TV? flat
21. Your pet? Rocky
22. Your computer? stationary
23. Your life? blessed
24. Your mood? anticipatory
25. Missing someone? nope
26. Your car? '98
27. Something you are not wearing? Sketchers
28. Favorite store? HUB
29. Favorite color? green
30. Favorite place? boreal
31. Last time you laughed? Recently
32. Last time you cried? December?
33. Who will/would repost this? Stephen
34. Four places I go over and over again? (a) cubicle (b) Steamworks (c) TheOnion.com (d) Iowa
35. Four people who email me? (a) mom (b) Howard Dean (not so much now) (c) Luitpold Tarwater (d) Pat
36. Four favorite foods?(a) donuts (b) pbj (c) strawberries (d) pie
37. Four places I would rather be right now?(a) Dakota (b) hoopin' (c) England (d) Hyland
38. Four people you think will respond?(a) Stephen (b) Pat (c) Aaron (d) Clogger
2. Your significant other? smart
3. Your job? maps
4. Shoes you are wearing? frayed
5. Your father? patriarch
6. Your favorite thing? daughters
7. Your dream last night? gone
8. Your favorite drink? Bender
9. Your dream/goal? un-working?
10. Room you're in now? computer
11. Your fear? vasectomies
12. Where you want to be in 6 years? Minneapolis
13. Where you were last night? piano
14. What you are not? snivelling
15. Muffins? yup
16. One of wish list items? iPod
17. Where did you grow up? Minneapolis
18. The last thing you did? bedtime(s)
19. What you are wearing? p.j.s
20. Your TV? flat
21. Your pet? Rocky
22. Your computer? stationary
23. Your life? blessed
24. Your mood? anticipatory
25. Missing someone? nope
26. Your car? '98
27. Something you are not wearing? Sketchers
28. Favorite store? HUB
29. Favorite color? green
30. Favorite place? boreal
31. Last time you laughed? Recently
32. Last time you cried? December?
33. Who will/would repost this? Stephen
34. Four places I go over and over again? (a) cubicle (b) Steamworks (c) TheOnion.com (d) Iowa
35. Four people who email me? (a) mom (b) Howard Dean (not so much now) (c) Luitpold Tarwater (d) Pat
36. Four favorite foods?(a) donuts (b) pbj (c) strawberries (d) pie
37. Four places I would rather be right now?(a) Dakota (b) hoopin' (c) England (d) Hyland
38. Four people you think will respond?(a) Stephen (b) Pat (c) Aaron (d) Clogger
Saturday, January 03, 2009
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