"Occifer, that tree jumped right out in front of me! "

I admire that they somehow missed the sign. Got the package Pop, thank you for everything. 

Ok, this caption really made me laugh

From this page: http://projectophile.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/mid-century-modern-dream-homes-that-will-kill-your-children/

This quote made me shoot diet coke out of my nose. 

"

Red arrows show the direction of travel of children's bodies..."

Roger Ebert died

For a man who wrote about the ephemeral world of fakitude, he was decidedly profound.  This quote may be the deepest statement I have encountered. For someone I did not know, I loved this man: he was convincing in his perception of reality, he was noble in dealing with his demise. i should be so good of a person.

"Kindness' covers all of my political beliefs, no need to spell them out. I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out."  --Roger Ebert

Mom? You know how you wanted me to grow up to be an Islamic terrorist?

Well, good news!

Mellon Auditorium, DC

Showtime...

Off to the Mellon Auditorium...

Even when my hair sucks it rules

Thank God for one good feature... Erica, I realize you have no idea what I'm talking about.

Also tried to send this picture

Andrew Campbell, entertaining human extraordinaire, revisits the Capitol Steps. His youth at 40+ makes me feel old. Andrew,  Elaina, Andrew's wife, Mark Eaton, me taking the pic. 

Also tried to send this pic of us at the park

Sec 205. Sold out opening day. Crowded but awesome.

Hmmm...tried to send this a couple of days ago...

Opening Day,  Nats Park. Me, Katie,  Carol. We won!

Question for Pops and his quazillion bits of tech debris in his 'workrooms'

Hey Dad,

Would yoiu have another AC adapter that is like this?  I currently have to switch this one adapter between my little laptop you gave me and my more desktop/laptop. Just trying to clean out your room of one more thing!

Love y'all. Slow month. 

Before/After

Now all I need to do is get about 30 lbs. of neck cut off.  Ta-da! Love my incommunicable Vietnamese lady barber. "I cut! I cut now!"

I have concluded that this is the world's best soup

My favorite West Palm business

Snuck backstage at the Kravis mainstage to watch the Temptations

I think the only original part of the Temptations there was a solitary left foot grafted onto the second tenor, but they were still pretty good. 

Florida is not kind to my hair.

Sneaking into the Big Show

Snuck backstage at the Kravitz main stage to watch the Temptations. I'm not sure there's any original Temptations involved,  but they were pretty awesome. 

Jon and I at one of the prettier mini-golf courses around here

Jon is in there somewhere,  I swear. 

At least I have my lovely Florida view...

The grandeur of West Palm Beach.

Ramada Inn West Palm

If you ever want to know why you should never, ever stay at a Ramada, all you have to do is actually stay in one. As an extremely small but amusing example here is their electrical setup to plug in one lamp, a tv, and a cable box. None of these cords are mine. Also, I wear my shower sandals everywhere.  Not touching this carpet.

There's a reason Ramada prominently figures on this list.

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Media/Slideshow/2012/08/09/The-10-Worst-Hotels-in-America.aspx?index=6

This is how I'd like to think I would look...

...right before the asteroid hits...

"We are Shiites! Give us lunch!"

This picture never fails to amuse me.

      

Sometimes the universe is so randomly beautiful that everything seems worth it. Things can just be so pretty.  This gentle video doesn't capture the fury and giganticness of the flakes today. Hypnotic... Of course, it's WAY less than predicted and it's not even sticking and the weather reports these days are full-tilt alarmist crap designed to drive us like cattle to stores to buy crap we don't need, but still, it kind of reminds me of what weather used to be like...sigh....

Katarina vomits up the world!

Somehow both cute and disturbing. 

Dad, nearly 20 years after you gave it to me...this Moen faucet is installed

Thank God for Russell.  :-)