"I once beat up a guy with my crutches."

- My kid brother, on the dangers of prednisone

I always liked Gobo best from the Fraggles, but I never noticed as a child that he appears to be Canadian.

It's Tapir Day! Tapirs are awesome, and there are many fine conservation programs dedicated to their four species. Have a look!

A Day At The Beac h

Alaina is a bit leery at first about wading.



Team Us, staying remarkably dry for the amount of splashing going on.



The "Someone Other Than Us Fell In The Water" dance of victory. #grins#



Bravo002 winds up.



Wipeout!



Bravo001 is a show-off #laughs#



Action shot! #laughs#

Oh gods - the cuteness!

Uwe Boll will stop making films if one million signatures are collected.

I've signed- won't you?

Everyone blog this- let's help end Boll's career of making terrible, terrible films.

see more crazy cat pics

Win.

Hehehe, I can't wait to have kittehs again.

10 Things Christians and Atheists Can (And Must) Agree On

Brilliant. Just brilliant.

Strongbad + Telltale Games = awesome.

We all went out to dinner to celebrate my little brother's 21st birthday; nothing too wild or anything, of course, but we all had a good time and great food!



Bravo002 helps Alaina read the menu. She's getting good at this dining out thing; she asked the waitress for fries by herself #grins#



Drawing takes a lot of concentration, apparently. You've got to love kid-friendly restaurants; they gave her four whole crayons, not just the crappy two-pack you get at most places.



Bravo Team toasts the birthday, and two of the members' first pint of Guinness.



A rare photo of me in something other than a T-shirt.

When I asked what we should do about lunch, my two year old niece said, very clearly, "Put coats on and get Chinese!"

Best. Kid. EVAR.

Well, that's certainly straightened things up quite a bit. I still have more DVD's though, and no space for the PS2, but it's still a lot cleaner in that corner.

Sam And Max - Console bound!

Hey, I was going to get a Wii anyway; this just makes it even better.

If I may quote the Pogues, it's just another bloody rainy day. Feh.

Ah, Superdickery. It never fails to cheer me up. Especially the collected Joker ones.

"The beast in me
Is caged by frail and fragile bars
Restless by day
And by night rants and rages at the stars
God help the beast in me

The beast in me
Has had to learn to live with pain
And how to shelter from the rain
And in the twinkling of an eye
Might have to be restrained
God help the beast in me

Sometimes it tries to kid me
That it's just a teddy bear
And even somehow manage to vanish in the air
And that is when I must beware
Of the beast in me that everybody knows
They've seen him out dressed in my clothes
Patently unclear
If it's New York or New Year
God help the beast in me

The beast in me..."

Johnny Cash, "The Beast In Me"

Whoa.