Kids grow up so fast

Becoming a man
Originally uploaded by Slinger5.

I had to post this, it is just too funny. And I do not know where he gets this from, because you can bet I did not teach him this. Must just be a guy thing! All part of becoming a man I guess.

The kids are getting so big, Brett is starting to talk a lot more now, and he knows what he is trying to say. Isabel is trying so hard to crawl, she kind of scoots forward, and turns in circles a lot to get something she wants.

Ryan is just getting too big too fast. He is having real conversations with us, and is very smart. He is so vocal and is a total sponge. He is in the repeating phase as well, so you can guess how happy that makes us!

Just wanted to give a little update of the kids to let you all know how they were doing.

Prison Break

I do like how this season is going, but there are a few things that bug me every week. And I know McGone was thinking the same thing tonight when the brothers traveled from Montana to Akron, OH in less than 15 hours. Come on! From Denver to Chicago is about 14 hours and from Chicago to Akron is almost 6 hours.

Well, I will never eat fast food again!

MamaSlinger and I watched Super Size Me yesterday. For those of you that don't know, Morgan Spurlock ate McDonald's for every meal, for 30 days. Brief detail of the film:

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock hit the road and interviewed experts in 20 U.S. cities, including Houston, the "Fattest City" in America. From Surgeon Generals to gym teachers, cooks to kids, lawmakers to legislators, these authorities shared their research, opinions and "gut feelings" on our ever-expanding girth.

During the journey, Spurlock also put his own body on the line, living on nothing but McDonald's for an entire month with three simple rules:
1) No options: he could only eat what was available over the counter (water included!)

2) No supersizing unless offered

3) No excuses: he had to eat every item on the menu at least once

It all adds up to a fat food bill, harrowing visits to the doctor, and compelling viewing for anyone who's ever wondered if man could live on fast food alone.

The film explores the horror of school lunch programs, declining health and physical education classes, food addictions and the extreme measures people take to lose weight and regain their health.

What the doctors found in his blood work was amazing, and very unhealthy. And after seeing how they make Chicken McNuggets, my kids will never eat them again. And that goes for all fast food restaurants, not just McDonald's.

This is a pretty funny film, and an eye opener. The amount of sugar that is in all fast food, even the salads are full of sugars and salts. Not to mention the soft drinks. The funniest was when he was eating a double quarter pounder and he was getting sick. He said his stomach hurt and he "had the McGurgles, the McHeadache and the McSweats" 15 minutes later he throws up out his car window. Sounds gross but it was amazing to see how his body was rejecting the food.

If you have not seen this, I suggest you give it a view. MSNBC has been showing it over the past week, but I am sure you can rent it somewhere as well.

Sunday Shuffle

Since I am home with the boys this afternoon (mamaSlinger and Izzy are at a "girl's show" with make-up and other foo-foo stuff) I decided to log in and do a short post of a few things from today...

1. NHL on NBC. Let me repeat that for all the others that are as shocked as I am. THE NHL IS ON NBC!! I had read they were going to be broadcasting soon, but was not sure when, that is until now. Right now... Colorado Avalanche(my other favorite NHL team) vs Detroit Red Wings. The usual high scoring game that it is, it is 0-0 in the second period. Lots o hits though.

2. The boys got the Hasbro Elefun for Christmas, and I have to say this is one of the worst toys ever designed. It is a fan powered elephant that blows up little vinyl butterflies that the kids catch in nets. For one, it should say "tissue paper butterflies" because that is what they are. AND, it should have a BIG OLD CHOKING HAZARD label on it as well. It is for ages 3-6, but my 3 yr old was putting the butterflies in his mouth, and you know what that means? The 19 month old will do the same thing. So as I am talking to McGone on the phone, Brett starts choking, and as McGone can hear Brett choking, I simply say "Shit, I gotta call you back! click" and then proceed to pull one "vinyl butterfly" from the back of Brett's throat. I remained fairly calm actually (given that having a child choke is my biggest fear as a parent), even as I pulled it out and Brett let out a huge gasp of air. So obviously it was very close to being a 911 event. Result.... Elefun will be freezing his trunk off tomorrow waiting for the garbage man.

3. REMINDER: Sometime tomorrow , probably late afternoon, I will be changing this URL.

4. A weekend without football sucks, especially when your local team is going to the Super Bowl and you are forced to wait till next week. Although excited for the SB, I am not too thrilled about the hype around the lame commercials, Prince playing the half time show and the late kick-off time.

So as I sit here on a cold Sunday afternoon watching hockey, folding clothes and blogging....the boys trashing the living room, again.

REMINDER: TO ALL MY READERS

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE THIS SITE BOOKMARKED OR LINKED - PLEASE TAKE NOTE.

On Monday, January 29th, I will be changing the URL of this site. This change is required to satisfy my secrecy on the web! yeah right. Anyway, I will be changing it to the following:

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Please make note of this new site on Monday, as the old URL will be deleted. Thank you for your support, and if you don't feel like updating your link, then it is your choice, and thanks for being a reader!

West defeats the East

Are you wondering what I am talking about? Well, for those of you that have been in the dark (which is EVERYONE) then you may not have known that the NHL All-Star game was Wednesday night, and the West beat the East 12-9. What's that? You didn't know NHL was still a league? Well unless you have subscribed to the new cable network VS., then how would you know.


I can't believe the brilliant minds at the NHL would end their agreement with ESPN, removing tons of fans from the world of hockey. But instead go to a lesser network last year, known as OLN, which is now VS. And oh yeah, it is not a basic cable channel, you have to pay for it. (at least I have to with DISH)


I love Hockey, and it chaps my ass that I also live in Chicago where the wonderful owner decides NOT TO BROADCAST HOME GAMES! I tell ya, the people involved in the NHL world need to wise up and start doing something different, like broadcasting EVERY game. And they wonder why they are losing their fan base. Best part was last year, the return after the lockout, they had "Thank You Fans" painted on every ice rink in the NHL. Too bad only a handful of people saw that thank you note.

Are you bummed out because you already blew your New Year's Resolution? Well why not go ALL the way and take part in this?!?!

http://www.saketvora.com/kkc/index.php?page_id=3

Be sure to read the rules, and book your airfaire to Raleigh, NC ahead of time!

Some people may say that my kids watch too much TV.......

Well I say, "Prove it!"

I know you all recognize the music from this commercial

Then follow that up with some good old baby laughter...

I work with Celebrities

Not exactly true, but there are a few people that work in my building that resemble certain celebrities, and even though right now I can't remember most of them, I did see one this morning.

I walked in this morning behind Lucy Lawless (Xena). She looked very different wearing business casual attire. This woman could have been her stunt double, was over 6 ft tall and the only thing she was missing was the giant sword.

Monday Night TV

I think the TV gods* are trying to make me go crazy. They have made Monday night almost impossible to schedule anything around! Prison Break, 24 AND Heroes??? COME ON! There are only a few hours at night that I can stay up and watch all of this!!!

Prison Break returns from it's hiatus and of course is full of twists, because nothing is as it seems on that show. Was a really good episode and of course, the body count continued to rise.

24 is in hour 5 and DAMN!!! Like McGone said, the Bauer family is all kinds of jacked up. I will not spoil anything (although McGone did, so BEWARE), but just say that if you watched last season, and missed last night's episode, then you missed something HUGE! Not a whole lot of action last night, but a lot of pieces are starting to fall into place.

Heroes returns also, AT THE SAME TIME AS 24!!!! So I had to DVR that and watch it this morning when I was up with the baby. Very good episode, and this show just gets better and better.

* I realize TV is run by companies and producers, but on a night like last night, they were Gods.

Miscellaneous Monday

DA BEARS! I can't believe we are actually talking about the Bears in the Super Bowl! I know The Lake is upset to see his Patriots lose, but I think the Bears have a better shot against the Colts. What I am not excited about though, is the 2 week media coverage between now and then. They are going to beat every single aspect of this game into the ground, and build up a huge hype. And the game will probably be a blowout and boring like it usually is.

African-American coaches in the NFL - This is driving me nuts. They made such a big deal about how this is the first time that a black coach has been in the Super Bowl, and now there are 2! I am not being racist here at all, and do agree that this is a historical moment in profession sports, but what bugs me is that a coach is a coach, doesn't matter the color! This may be Jessie Jackson taking over my fingers, but.... This country will never see blacks and whites treated equally. And the reason is that everyone, especially the media, continue to differentiate based on the color of a persons skin! If we could just accept that we are all people, and forget about the shade of skin, this country would be better off. But there are certain people, black and white, that will always make this a sore issue within the USA, and that is pretty sad.

Presidential hopefuls - Now I am not a very political person, and rarely ever post about it, but I had a few thoughts on this. I truly think the next President will be a Democrat. I think the people of the US are fed up with what the Republicans have done over the past 6 years, so there is no doubt in my mind the Dems will win. Saying that...I am not sure who the Democratic candidate will be.

Barack Obama - I think he has some really good ideas, and a fresh outlook on how things need to be done, which would benefit our country greatly, however he has little experience. But when it comes to "experience" for the job of President, does anyone really have that "experience"? I don't care if you have been a senator for 4-6 years, there is really no job that can prepare you to be the center of attention for EVERY. SINGLE. THING. that happens inside these borders. And, like I mentioned above regarding race relations....I am not sure the country is ready to have an African-American President. Even though TV has shown us that the Palmer brothers do a great job on 24! I personally think he would do a great job, but I am not sure he will get the votes to win the Democratic nomination.


Hillary Clinton - I don't know much about her, but personally I do not like her. I think that she just projects a rude, bitchy attitude whenever she is confronted with a tough question. And I am not sure if the United States is ready to have a female President. Honestly, I think that other countries would not take her seriously, and probably think she would not have the balls to order an attack, if it came down to it. And let's not forget, it would make Bill the "First Man" and I am sure he would be advising Hillary on numerous issues. I am not saying Bill was a bad President, he had his flaws, but we were a much more financially stable country under him.

I know there are 5 other Democrats looking to run, but let's be honest here, these two have the best chance. I would be really surprised if John Edwards make it.

Damn Furnace - Our furnace went out again last night, around 10pm. Second time this month! The motor was locked up, so I called a buddy who used to work in HVAC and he helped me get it running temporarily. So we cranked up the heat to 80 last night, and let it warm up so in case it went out again, at least the house would be warm. And it was in the 20s last night so I was not going to risk it. Well, 4am comes around, furnace is out. Temp is still 78 in the house, so we are fine. I have the guys coming out this morning to replace the motor. The furnace is about 15 yrs old, so I am hoping that is all that is wrong and I wont be shelling out $2k for a new one!

*** UPDATE *** A few hundred dollars later, and the furnace is working!

There, I have said my peace...how's your mother?

Three Day Weekend

Well, not really. But I was off of work today, only because our nanny was involved in a pretty serious accident this morning, and had to have her car towed from the scene. So I stayed home with the kids, and MamaSlinger worked a half day and came home in the afternoon. Was pretty nice, because it now seems like I have a three day weekend.
Now that the little girl is almost 6mos old, it is a lot easier to stay home with all three of them. She eats jar food now and the boys pretty much are happy as long as they have food and some shows to watch. I played basketball with them today inside and turned on Sirius radio channel on DISH and they danced for a little bit.
The oldest was in rare form today. He goes through phases, well actually it is like every hour of every day, where he is just SO LOUD! And today he was saying EXCUSE ME when he wanted something. Even though he was being very polite, it was driving my crazy! But then I heard him tell Brett "that's stupid Brett". Yeah I quickly put an end to that.
Well as we were eating lunch, Ryan was playing and I told him to come back and finish his lunch, or I was going to eat it. (scare tactic that actually works. He may not be eating it, but he HATES the thought of someone else eating his food) So he comes running into the kitchen and I hear a thud and see him fall behind me. He ran directly into my chair, full steam, and it knocked him clean off his feet. Now, keep in mind, he had PLENTY of room to avoid my chair, so I am not sure exactly what he was doing.
At first I thought maybe just his foot hit it, but as soon as I heard the crying and he got up holding his forehead, I knew exactly what happened. I pick him up to let him know it was OK, but the more I thought about his direct encounter and the lack of his ability to change direction, I started to laugh. He must have been running so fast, that either he couldn't change direction in time, or he tried to stop and failed. All I know is that he hit my chair HARD, so I am thinking the former.
I almost wish I could have seen it happen from behind him so I could see him get knocked off his feet. Because he fell hard and quick. I know it sounds mean, but it was too funny. His head has got to be one hard ass melon to withstand all the times he has hit it.

Damn you Internet Explorer 7

Is anyone else viewing this page on IE7? The spacing is all jacked up for me here at home, and was wondering if anyone else sees it? Older version of IE is fine for me.

Anybody use Firefox or Safari? If so, how does it look? Let me know please.

Blogger Blues

Well, I have been looking for some nice templates, but none of them grab my eye. This is the one I like the most, but the damn fonts are being bitchy and won't change the way I want them to! I know I am being a little whiney bitch, but I want you, the reader, to be happy.

Let me know what you all think of this layout. I like how it uses the whole screen, unlike the majority of the templates I looked at.

Another Round

After looking around yesterday and analyzing the blogs that I do, I have decided to make some changes. AGAIN.

I decided to get rid of a few of my other blogs, and keep this as the main one. I just got to thinking that I have too many things to try and update, and this site gets the bulk of my traffic, so why keep all those other ones?

This blog will be combining the Little Slingers blog with what was previously the BMI. Since my children give me so much stuff to write about, it can be pretty funny so i will add it here.

So if you have this page bookmarked, cool! The URL will remain the same, but the name has changed.

Thanks for your patience, and sorry again for all the changes. The format may change a few times during the next 2 days as I continue to test new templates.

-Slinger

When did you get such a vocabulary?

It amazes me everyday how my 3yr old talks. I know he is supposed to talk, and it is all what he is learning, but there are some days that I just want him to STOP TALKING!!!

The past few days we have heard him say some of the funniest stuff. Last night I was playing with the boys and running around, and Ryan said "Daddy, don't do that. Yur crazy!" I just had to laugh. The other night he had told mommy the same thing.

He has recently started to repeat stuff he knows from TV shows or movies. He still says something that we can't understand, but he says Randall from Monsters, Inc. says it.

My favorite is when you tell him not to do something and put him in a time out, he says "daddy, don't say that. that makes me cry! Then after that I wipe my tears away and all better!" Do you have any idea how hard it is to try and discipline a toddler when you are trying NOT to laugh? And then when you laugh, the child laughs and then anything you just told them is out the window. And to think I get to go through this TWO MORE TIMES!!!

Open letter to Flickr

Dear Flickr,

I love your site, and used to be totally addicted to it. I do check you out on a regular basis still, but lately you have started to kind of bug me.

You have this really cool feature called EXPLORE/INTERESTINGNESS, and it is a page full of the most popular photos on your site. What I don't understand is how these photos are selected? The selected photos are usually incredible works of art, but every so often I see something like THIS on the Interestingness Page and I wonder, how is it that shots like these make it into the Explore stream?

What are the guidelines - if any - to have your photos show up on Explore? I have had only a handful show up, yet I looked at someone else's photostream and see they have 20-30 pictures in Explore. And their photos are not any good, IMO.

I used to try so hard to get my photos in Explore, adding numerous tags, submitting them to various groups. but it never seemed to work, so I quit trying. Now I just post pictures for my friends and contact to enjoy.

Forgive me if I sound jealous, I am not. I just want to know makes a photo worthy of being on the Explore page? I see no pattern in number of views, comments or favorites, so I am stumped.

Anyway, just wanted to tell you my current wonderings about your lovely site. Hopefully I will hear back from you soon, or see some of my photos on Explore.

Sincerely,
-Slinger5

Dear Fox, and the writers at 24....

After watching hours 3 and 4 of Day 6, all I can say is HOLY CRAP!!! DID I REALLY JUST SEE THAT??? I had been reading all day about how tonight's 2 hours would be "mind blowing", but did you really have to turn me into one of those people that GASPS at the TV and says "Holy Sh*# !" out loud? TWICE???? Within 4 minutes!?!?! Bravo! I can see that this season is going to be one hell of a ride. I think my DVR may have been sweating after tonight's intense ending.

I am not sure about a few story lines you have going so far, but I am sure those will work out, I hope. I am not crazy about the whole Karen/Bill union, but as long as you don't pull their love struggles into this day, we should be fine. Also, let's hope the whole Morris, Milo, Chloe triangle is put to rest.

As for Jack, still kind of guarded about what happened in China, yet still shows a flash of the same old bad ass we came to love. Let's keep it that way. And maybe show him go to the bathroom this time?

In conclusion, so far I am excited about the remaining 20 hours, and I am totally hooked no matter what, so don't let us down!

Sincerely,

Slinger

Guess who's back?

Jack Bauer baby! For 2 hours last night, Jack Bauer was the man of my house, and I am OK with it. I am actually inviting him back to my house again tonight from 7-9pm, he is that awesome.


Nothing like watching the moment when Jack found out he would die for nothing, and you can actually see the rage inside of him begin to boil. Then, to cap it off, watching him bite into the bad guys JUGULAR and spitting out blood. DAMN! Nothing says "Welcome Back, Jack" like explosions and torture!

Random things

1. There is a new Food Pyramid. People are complaining that it does not follow the proper way to health. Is it just me, or has anyone else ever really followed the OLD pyramid? Not sure why they even still have this thing.

2. James Brown Jr. - This is such a mess and sad.

3. Dear China, nice plan at the time, but looks like the long term effects will suck for the men.

4. North Koreans are hungry, so they want more meat. I am surprised they don't try to raise nuclear rabbits to get them bigger.

5. If you have spare pesos and not sure how to get rid of them, go buy some pizza in Dallas.

6. Would you rather own a Cisco phone or an Apple phone? Either way, they are both called iPhone, for now anyway.

Music Ramblings

Ear Goggles
Don't you just love it when you listen to a certain artist/album through headphones, and you notice all new, wonderful sounds in the music?
That is what I love about listening to my iPod at work. I can get work done, and feel like I am in a private studio with the band that I am listening to. Often I hear it more clearly than I would on the radio/stereo due to background noise.

A few examples:
Tool - You almost have to listen to Tool with headphones on to really hear everything going on.
NIN - Almost every time I listen to Trent Reznor, I hear a new background sound in every song.
Queens of the Stone Age - Pure adrenaline rush when blasting directly into your ear canal
Foo Fighters - I feel like Dave Grohl is standing over my shoulder screaming into my ears

I know all music sounds better with headphones on, but these are a few that really stand out when I listen to them

Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins are currently in the recording studio with legendary producer Roy Thomas Baker (Queen, The Cars, The Darkness), at work on their first new album since 1999.

I am/was a Smashing Pumpkins fan since high school, and own all albums. But the news of them back together... doesn't really do much for me. I doubt they can ever get back the musical genius that was Gish and Siamese Dream, those two albums are still on the top of my list of all time favorite albums. I just hope there new album does not sound like Adore or Machina. Those last 2 albums went in a direction that I really care for, but there are a few great songs on them, but for the most part, I was disappointed.

So sometime this year a new Smashing Pumpkin album will be out, and I am betting it will be out before Guns 'n Roses Chinese Democracy!

You're Lurking. And now the baby is upset.

I have seen on a few other blogs talking about this being De-Lurking Week. So I am going to put it out there as well.
According to Site Tracker, I know there are a few people that visit this blog, yet do not comment. I really don't gauge my blog by how many comments or hits I get, I just like to hear from people. So, don't be shy guys, just say HI.

Especially those phantom Ottawa visitors... I know you know that I know who you are!

A little popularity and he gets all cocky

I used to like Jeremy Piven, but this dude is turning into a total jackass. He should be thanking Cusak for giving him a career.

Sorry to turn this into a celebrity gossip blog today.

Add it to the list...

...of reasons why I do not like Angelina Jolie. What an idiot.

When there is nothing on TV

Over the past week, I have watched some pretty bad movies on television. Mainly on TBS and Spike. You have to love the censorship too.

First Blood (1982) - Rambo comes into our lives. Actually a pretty good action movie, but had to laugh at a few of the MacGyver type things he does. Probably the best one of the Rambo flicks.

The 6th Day (2000) - One of the worst Arnold movies out there, in my opinion...second to the next one I list…

Commando (1985) - wow, bad acting all around in this one. Good action, but the one-liners by Arnold are horrible. And bullets must bounce off Arnold, or pass right through him.

Rumble in the Bronx (1995) - A movie filmed in English, yet still dubbed over in English. Good action in this movie, but just bad story line. Sad thing is I sat and watched most of it.

Hard to Kill (1990) - seriously, anything with Steven Seagal should be removed from the archives.

* Keep in mind, I did not actually watch all of these in their entirety.

I am speechless

No words can describe my thoughts when I saw THIS PHOTO.

Apple Keynote

If you are interested in seeing what Apple is going to unveil, go check out this site:

http://www.macrumorslive.com/

It will refresh on its own.

Updated: Paramount has joined iTunes - over 250 titles available now.

Updated: iTV is launched. Stream video to your TV screen.

And as rumored - iPhone, that is also a Widescreen iPod.

Check out PHOTOS of all new products.

Saddam got off easy

According to this article, what Saddam went through was fairly painless compared to the torture he put people through during his rule. He should consider himself lucky, if it was done right.

Hidden message?

MamaSlinger was looking online for some furniture that we are looking for, and she stumbled onto this Oak Creations site, and she had to have me look to see if I found anything funny. Well, sure enough I did, and I think you will too. Under the Bedroom category, you see the following styles of furniture:

Please choose from the subcategories below. If you can not find what you are looking for, be sure to use our search feature or contact a customer representative.

Amish
Contemporary
Mission
Promotional
Shaker
Traditional

Do you see it? Get it?!?! Who in the hell names their bed styles Mission and Shaker? Maybe there is something else going on here. Maybe all of these are sexual euphemisms? I don't even want to think about what positions "Amish" and "Promotional" refer to. And if you are not happy, you can contact one of their "customer representatives" - yeah right.

Something shady is going on at the Oak Creations store.

The Final Cut

Yes I am playing around with the format of this blog, yet again. Sorry. I hope to have it all finalized by tomorrow. having some issues with the side bar titles.

But check out the tabs on the top that link to my blogs.

Pat Roberts should be President

We have all heard by now that Pat Robertson said God told him there would be a mass killing in late 2007 in the United States. Well, the BMI has just received the entire list of points that God spoke to Pat Robertson about before the new year:

- The population of the U.S. will continue to grow.
- Major League Baseball will be marred in a drug scandal, again.
- You will get your hair cut at least 3 times this year.
- The U.S. Threat Level will fluctuate between Orange and Yellow.
- Notre Dame will lay waste to LSU in the Sugar Bowl.
- Saddam Hussein will become a born again Christian.
- Apple will finally overtake Microsoft, only to implode due to insider trading by Steve Jobs, thus leaving Microsoft with all of Apple's ideas and technology. Resulting in Bill Gates becoming more powerful than Satan.
- At least one person over the age of 82 will win a multi-million dollar lottery.

Mr. Robertson has since made a statement about some of these points:

"I have a relatively good track record," but "Sometimes I miss."

I can't believe we watch this!

This week there has not been too much on TV at night, and the other night Mama Slinger and I found ourselves sucked into a mini marathon of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Seriously, we could not turn it off! This show is pretty funny, that is if you like watching spoiled rich people live the life of luxury, and worry about how to pay for a $3.4 Million house, when you can really only afford $2.5 M. "I don't want to have to give up the tennis lessons, the private school tuition, the pilates instructor..." Unreal!

We watched about 3 hours of this show, and that is not the bad part. When one of the kids needed something, or we had to leave the room, we would actually PAUSE THE DVR so we didn't miss anything! So sad, I know.

These women are crazy, getting together for Botox injections in the kitchen, wearing open toed heels to go horseback riding! Let's not forget about all the implants that are on this show! Not sure what they all do for jobs (the women actually do work, well a few of them do) but the kids are spoiled rotten.

So if you are ever in the mood for some funny, jaw dropping, guilty pleasure television, turn on Bravo.

Magic School Bus

On my way to work today I decided to take a different route through a neighborhood. Big mistake. Since it was right around 8am, I got stuck behind a school bus. And as I had to make numerous stops, I noticed something. Something that has actually puzzled me for a few months now.

Did anyone else ever take the bus when they were a kid? I don;t know about you all, but in my town, you had to live a certain distance from school in order to qualify for bus service. (I was too close by a block, so we used my grandmother's address to get me on the bus. but got busted a few weeks into school) And there was probably one bus stop that serviced a four or five block area. I had to walk three blocks to get to the stop.




All that has obviously changed. This bus was stopping at almost every sixth house to pick up three or four kids! What the hell?!?! What happened to the centralized bus stop locations? I must have stopped three times within a 2 block distance! If I were a bus driver, I would be pissed.



Then, this bus makes a stop, picks up two kids, then proceeds to go two blocks, turn the corner and then PULL INTO THE SCHOOL! Are you kidding me? These two kids could not walk less than half a mile to school? I am amazed that the school allows that many stops for their bus drivers. But, for all I know the bus drivers are union and get paid per stop.



Kids have it easy these days.

Celebrity Resolutions I'd like to see

If I were connected to Hollywood in any way, shape or form, I think I would be a good PR representative for the many stupid celebrities that occupy L.A. It would all start on Jan 1. Here are a few New Year's Resolutions I would suggest to the following stars:

Brittney Spears: Be a better mother to those poor K-Fed offspring. Oh, and wear underwear!

Kate Bosworth: EAT! Gain some weight before your head becomes too heavy for your stick body.

Matthew McConaughey: Decide whether I am going to be an alcoholic, or a closet gay cyclist.

Owen Wislon: Make one movie without Ben Stiller

Tom Cruise: Chill out on the Scientology. I could make some kick ass movies, but no one wants to work with my crazy ass.

Tara Reid: I need to clean up my act a little.

George Clooney: It's time to give up on the Ocean's movies. 12 was not so good, and a lot of people are not looking forward to 13.

Lindsay Lohan: Let's see, I should just admit that I do drugs. My weight fluctuations are proof enough that I am doing something.

Rosie O'Donnell: This is the year that I shut up, finally.

Tara Conner: Screw the Miss USA crown, this year I pose in Playboy!

Bridget Moynahan: Find a man that can replace the god that was Tom Brady.

Nathan Fillion: I need to make Hollywood love me more and put me in more movies. The Internet tells me that people love me! * and we DO!

Photo Blog

I am starting another blog today, Jan 1, 2007 - Exhibit 20D. It is a project to see if I can complete it and hopefully will help me to get more creative with my photography. One picture post, every day of 2007.

There is no format to the subject matter of the photos, whatever I feel like shotting and posting, that is it. Less pressure on me.