Whoops

Apparently that bad ad rotates, so you might not get to see it. I thought that might be the case, so I refreshed like 3 times and got the bad ad all 3 times! Well, you'll know if you're looking at the bad one.

Good Story, Bad Ad

Nothing beats a good alligator story. As an added bonus, at the top of this page you will see the most annoying ad ... ever! Annoying in the visual sense, not in the repetitive sense, ie "Tiny Hidden Camera". The guys who put that ad out are so persistant that I have to give them credit. I think I may buy one someday just to give them props!

Tough Game for the Red Team

The undefeated indoor soccer season came to an end last night for the "Red Team" (yellow shirts). Ouch a 5 - 4 loss. We were hanging in until Tim rolled his ankle and couldn't play anymore. That left us only one sub, and we were tanked! Now that its warming up maybe I can do some more running and not be so tired in my games

Space News

An interesting article about some planetary alignment caught my eye today.

... on May 5, something even more spectacular will happen. The bright planets Mars, Saturn and Venus will group together to form a perfect equilateral triangle in the western sky. This dazzling configuration will be visible almost everywhere on Earth.

In the Middle East, this pyramid-shaped specter will hang directly above Bethlehem. Oddly enough, more than 2,000 years ago, this same grouping of planets may have caught the attention of the Biblical Magi.

My sister will be getting married on May 4, narrowly missing the incredible triangular planetary alignment. In my book, however, it is still close enought to be a cool coincidence.

Squirrels

Tax dollars hard at work.

One summer while I was painting houses, my fellow painter Jeff and I were painting a particularly tedious house. It was just the two of us and we had been painting the same house, with oil based paint for about a week. The back of the house was very high, and I had to fully extend the 30 ft ladder to reach the top. I was painting away from the top of my perch when Jeff started yelling at the top of his lungs, "DAVE.. GET DOWN HERE NOW!". The urgency in Jeff's voice told me that I had better hurry and I began to haul ass down the ladder. As I sped down the ladder, causing it to violently sway and bounce I could hear Jeff's screams again, "DAVE... HURRY UP, TWO SQUIRRELS ARE DOIN' IT!!". I paused for a split second while the reason I was speeding down the ladder sunk into my consciousness, then with renewed vigor flew down the rest of the ladder barely taking the time to touch the rungs. When I finally got to Jeff he was rolling on the ground laughing. I had missed the hot squirrel action (apparently squirrels do not spend much time doing it). Jeff and I stood and watched as the two squirrels chased each other around for a few minutes and then went on their way. It was a beautiful interruption to a painfully slow day. That was as close as I've ever come to researching squirrel sex, but if it is half as fun or funny as that afternoon then maybe our tax dollars are not being fully wasted.