Hows my little Liar?

This is probably the best piece of Spam I've recieved.

First off the image is fantastic.
Second there really is no such thing as clean coal.

I really hop Obama goes ahead and changes his stance on it this idea and looks into a reliable renewable energy source rather than this mermaid hunt.

Hows my little image updater?

This much snow actually closed schools. <4 inches.
This is where I'm currently growing peppers and trying to grow grapes. That stick is a maple tree, I swear.
One of the best dishes including chocolate I have ever consumed EVER. Ruth's Chris filled me right up to the top.
Chip after unwraping presents.
If you visit us we will take you to big boy, right Sam?
Laura waxed poetic considering chocolates
So much fun was had we lost track of which way was up

Mercury is toxic. It's also ridiculously pretty. Click on this picture to see it big, I like the sparkle.

Hows my little Problem Solver?

That is one on the first titles that made a complete sentence in a while...go me!


The United states government has two big problems right now.
Fun Problem/Solution time!

Here goes:

First. The economy is doing pretty shitty. (that means less babies are being made meaning fewer taxes being paid in the future, very bad)

Solution: Pass an even more massive economic stimulus package to not only taxpayers but businesses as well! Perfect...how about $800,000,000,000.00ish? Even better.

Second and MOST IMPORTANT. There are actually over 1 million people who don't have cable or sattelite(!) who are waiting on their government sponsored coupon to buy a converter for their shitty TV(mine included)!!!

Solution: Push back the switch date farther (again) to allow more money to be allocated to these stupid bastards watching Survivor. But! while these procrastinators are waiting lets cleverly bundle it in with the $800,000,000,000.00ish 'stimulus' and call it helpful. This will add urgency.


Back to the taxpayer...
How do either of these problems get solved?

Well that is easy!
Buy a TV on sale from a nation-wide company based out of a city nowhere close to the taxpayer's local economy, which is manufactured by a company located in across an ocean in a country with an even more dismal economy, which is outfitted with a digital tuner so that they can now say that they have stimulated an eastern company's economy all while maintaining their debt on their house and credit card(s) to their local bank.
At least there is still survivor.


Survivor seems fitting huh?

Hows my little ‘08 recap?

2008 was good to me, it got me out of Duluth and college, to date I have earned quite a bit more this year than any other year in my life, which is really great since I’m paying for more things than I ever have in my life, nice. Heres the list I know you want to see:

Best:

Movie: Wall-E It was sooo good. I don’t think there has been such an excellent social prophecy ever predicted in a G movie

TV Show: Guilty. I like a TV show, but not just any TV show Tru Blood a HBO show about Vampires, nothing like a show that portrays hated minorities in the south, only now its ok! Why? Because these minorities are Vampires.

Concert: Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The lights! The Music! The Company! It was hard not to love.

Album: Panic at the Disco Takes it this year with their Mellowed out and Sgt. Peppers-esque Pretty. Odd. I like all of the songs but that one awful one in the middle.

Song: Dan le Sac Vs. Scroobious Pip – Thou Shall Always Kill Clever.

Game: Mario Kart wii, Get a Wii and this game and your free time will be occupied for the next 2 months without question. Heart.

Book: Its New to me, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I’m rather excited for the movie since the book was such a page turner.

Wine Type: Garnache

Bar Night: Champions! The evening following Bock Fest at the Brewhouse. I remember lots of bock and some other stuff...sorta

Getaway: Laura And I made our way to Camp Amnicon for a quiet weekend for two, so lovely so cute and so very cold.

Best Events of Note:

Random: This is a tie since I’m not too sure which one wins. Geocaching Event at gooseberry falls knowing no one – Seeing my next door neighbor do his thing on…himself. More than once – A mud Volleyball tournament.

Obsession: Growing things, especially the grape seeds in my freezer right now.
Celebration: There were many things to celebrate this year. Obama’s victory is at the top of the list, especially since we were in grant park hanging out with his other several hundred thousand friends.

Newsworthy: This one is not good. I can’t believe we owe $700 billion more money to our own banks, and the money can’t even be accounted for, bad news.

Exercise: I just want to document that I have taken up swimming as a form of fitness. Weird.

2008 was a life changing year without question, it earned me a college degree, I’ve managed to continue my relationship with the same wonderful woman for 2ish years now, I moved to Oakwood, Illinois where I now own a house which rocks. I have a good Graphic Design job working with the memory of dead folks and creating plaques recognizing alive ones, I have my own (expensive as shit) health insurance, and starting tomorrow my first 401k (go stocks go!)

But 2009 has lots to offer too! For next year will be my first full year of the next 45 in the working world, this is exciting to me but I imagine my old ass self reading this in the future is laughing right now (please don’t be bored and keep making wine!) Since we live so damn close to the south I want to head to Bonaroo and rock out for a weekend of mayhem and “memories” I’m still pretty pumped for Celebrating St. Patrick’s day with flogging molly and Growing all sorts of things in our garden, including the beginning of my own private vineyard. Laura and I hope to travel somewhere exciting and frankly I can’t wait! Here’s to the future my friends.

Hows my little Orchestra?

Last night my Parents took the kids and their favorite significant others to behold the spectacle that is The Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

If the average age of the audience wasn't 40+ I would have fully expected all of the haze at the end of the show to be secondhand smoke of the herbal sort...

That said the concert was stellar, perhaps...interstellar... At first I had trouble believing that it was a live show because there were live strings and singers and guitars and a produced light show that floored me from beginning to end. Sometime before the end I found myself thinking wow, this is really well orchestrated, between the dancers the musicians, the lights and the music itself I was impressed, then realized since the band has Orchestra in its name it should be no less magnificent than it was. As you can see from my disjointed sentences I'm having a difficult time describing my concert experiences past enjoyable. Here are some photos from the show, hopefully you will get the idea.








One of the best photo of the night (of 161)







The weekend of the new year expect to see Laura and I in the land of ten thousand lakes. I feel like a boot and some Hefe...Care to join us for a bit of Polka?

Hows my little Excitement?

I am such a nerd.

Flogging Molly tickets went on sale for the congress theater in Chicago today at 10am. By 10:15 I had a pair secured in my name.

Of course I can't forget to mention the show is on St. Patrick's Day! It's going to be a sweaty good time, maybe I'll meet em again!