I Caved to Facebook

So I caved and got a Facebook account. And I have to admit, I really like it. With little effort I've already connected up with old friends from high school and college all over the country. And unlike a blog, I don't have to be too creative to maintain it. So, if you don't see much on my blog, catch up with me on Facebook.

Happy Peep-ster

Megan insisted that I share my favorite Easter "tradition" -- the Washington Post's annual contest to create a themed diorama with those nasty Peeps nobody will eat Easter morning. Click here for the slide show of the top entries:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2008/03/21/GA2008032101983.html

My faves this year are "Peepator Craig's Wide Stance" (#8) and "Plumbing Peep (#17)

My daughter, the racist?

Being the political junkies we are, we make Gabby watch Barack Obama's primary election victory speeches (okay, Hillary's too). When she sees Obama on TV, she gets excited and says, "Dad, look! It's Obama! We like Obama. We don't like Hillary, but Mom likes Hillary a little bit."

So, when I was watching a basketball game and she pointed at one of the African American players and said, "Dad, look! It's Obama!" I had to explain to her that, no, Senator Obama wasn't playing basketball (he was probably off giving an important speech on race). I tried to explain that not all people with dark skin were Obama, but I'm not sure she really got it. I'm guessing we'll have this discussion again, hopefully with the real Obama in the White House.

Best Kids Album Ever

Yeah, I'm still sitting here, so I thought I would go on with more random musings. So a few weeks ago I bought They Might Be Giants' kids album "Here Come the ABCs." You may remember these guys from their heyday of "Particle Man" and "Istanbul, not Constantinople" (okay, maybe not a heyday, per se, but I liked them). You know you're old when the crazy bands you listed to as a teenager are now making children's songs on Disney's label or composing Oscar-nominated film scores (Oingo Boingo's Danny Elfman).

Take a listen:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B000BEZPSC/ref=pd_krex_dp_001_019?ie=UTF8&track=019&disc=001

"C is for Conifer" (yeah, a whole song about pine trees) and "Alphabet of Nations" (don't forget the country of West Xylophone) are my favorites. They just came out with "Here Come the 123s" which sounds like it will likewise become a Jones classic.

Gabby is stirring (sneezing, actually), so better sign off. Don't forget, E eats everything.

Blog Envy (Part Uno)

So my brother (Nate), sister (Kristen), brother-in-law (Josh), and sister-in-law (Jami) all have fancy-shmancy blogs and, as I sat here reading them this morning, I got blog envy. Yeah, that's right, blog envy. If they can all share intimate personal stories with billions of Internet users around the world, why can't I? I'm moderately literate and occasionally insightful/witty, right? So here goes.

I'm sitting here all dressed up (even my spiffy Lego cufflinks Megan/Gabby got me for Christmas) and nowhere to go. They're splitting our ward today and speculation is rampant about boundaries, new bishop, etc. It's all very high-school-rumor-mill, but I'm no better than the rest. Not sure I'm going to make it to Church for the big nailbiter, though, because Gabby woke up crabby and snotty and is insisting she is not going to Church. We'll see shortly if she decides to get up from a nap.

Yesterday was one of those rare perfect days in Las Vegas. Blue skies and 78 degrees. Ran five miles in the morning with Ryan W. Went to the park in the morning with the fam for a ward breakfast. Then sat in the hot tub (yes, finally, our pool is done) and soaked up some much needed sun. Topped if off with a session at the temple and a run to Luv-It for the best custard-next-to-a-strip-club that money can buy.

That's all. Perhaps I'll add photos and fancy-shmancy stuff later.