What a face!

I love this picture! The little guy in the center has one of those priceless faces that kids sometimes make. He has what we call an "Expressive" face, but the expressions change so fast that we rarely catch them on film. This is one of those rare times when we did. Enjoy!

It's gonna be a better year

All I can say is it will be a happier Black Hole now that the QB situation is getting fixed. We didn't waste any draft picks on goofballs, we made a good trade, and Al did not hold a press conference. I am one sanguine season ticket holder. (look it up, or ask Charlie...).

Who knows- by the time I am online tomorrow morning, only one of the above may be a Raider.

"Pavlov and the iPad" A children's fable

Once upon a time, Pavlov ordered an iPad. Blah Blah Blah. The gist of the story is that I salivate and run to the front door every time I hear a truck coming near my street. Yet, like the good dogs in the underlying reference, I have no iPad in hand. But that...ohhh! is that a truck I hear?! Gotta go!

All my greatest fears....

This is awesome! A water slide, high over the shark infested ocean, hanging off the side of a cruise ship!

Let me see:
Fear of heights.: Check!
Fear of open ocean (think lost at sea): Check!
Fear of being eaten by sharks in said open ocean: Check!

Why take three different vacations to face my greatest fears, when I can accomplish the same feat with just one activity? And I can experience them all right in front of my family! Heck, they can even get the crew to capture it on video so I can relive it forever (backed up properly on digital media, and then up to the cloud on YouTube and Google of course).

And if I act now, I can add 100 points to my Disney Vacation Club membership and get four cruise tickets for free! God bless America! I can face my fears, for free, in the luxury of a Disney Cruise Vacation package. What a great time to be alive (falling from heights, from a cruise ship, to be lost at sea waiting to be eaten by sharks).

Book it, Danno!

Today's mission: Tolerate your twin brother.

I said it with a straight face. Seriously. And sternly. STERNLY.

That said, I have to face the fact that I am sending two battered boys to school today- they beat the snot out of each other, and I wasn't there to stop them. I think they were expecting me to break them up, but I was busy holding up the boxes that would have crushed me had I refocused on them. Too bad. When I resolved the box issue and got back to dealing with them they ramped up their battle- leading me to think that they didn't really want to fight (or at least not ferrociously) but were puting on a show for my benefit. Imagine living IN THE CAGE with two UFC fighters; that's what it's like for us. A family of six, locked in a cage with two of the family members locked in mortal combat.

They aren't even out the door yet and the battle is on again.

Perhaps some basic training (to learn to wait for the bell) so that they don't loose points in fights that go to the judge's decision. Parenting!