"It's all fun and games until someone gets hit in the face with a petrified tortilla."

the weapon and the aftermath
Bea was having a grand old time in the kitchen cleaning out the refrigerator and happened upon an old stiff tortilla. She thought it might be fun to wait until I rounded the corner and throw the thing playfully at me. The tortilla flew with amazing speed and accuracy and caught me fully surprised and cleaved some flesh from my upper lip. Most of the bleeding had subsided by the time I took the photo, but in the end I was impressed by the damage scale and range of attack qualities that aged tortillas can possess.

Chapped Lips

Kakihara from Ichi the Killer
I've had some chapped lips recently, and they're finally better. For a while they were really painful and just wouldn't heal, mostly just the little corners where the top and bottom lips meet, which made me think of that guy from Ichi the Killer.

Guy's Breakfast - Hotdog Omelet

Big Kid's Hotdog Omelet:
- 2 hot dogs
- 2 eggs
- salt & pepper
- sharp cheddar cheese
- ketchup
- Texas Pete hot sauce

Fillet two dogs and pan sear them up, set aside.
Beat two eggs with salt and pepper and fry in a non-stick pan.
Slice cheese and place on cooked egg.
Layer filleted hotdogs on top of cheese.
Apply ketchup and hot sauce.
Close and serve.

This was my grand creation this morning. I think even little kids would enjoy this. I was thinking about throwing some tater-tots in it, but I decided to keep it simple, and I didn't really want to wait to bake them up anyway.

Stolen Stereo

600 Boston Ave., Somerville, MA
Some things about people breaking windows to steal stereos:

• the retail value of this stereo was less than $175 five years ago
• better stereos retail for less than $100 now
• I'd guess a pawn shop to buy it for somewhere around $20
• having a trash bag taped over the missing window makes for a COLD 2 hour drive
• having a trash bag taped over the missing window makes for a LOUD 2 hour drive
• four way intersections are a pain when you can't look right
• uninsured window replacement cost would be around $200
• sometimes your wife listens to books on CD from the library in the car, explain that one to the librarian

Yeah, so they only took the stereo, so it could have been worse. They left Bea's backpack and stuff in there. If they had taken that she would be screwed because it had all her Master's Degree business in there. They also left a bag of potatoes, the book on CDs (except for the one in the stereo), jumper cables, and 22oz bottle of Smuttynose, nice.

VOTE THIS! - 2008

When I voted for the primary in NH I was let down when I did not receive a sticker, but here in Portland they don't disappoint!


After voting I made sure to have a beer from my proper Obama glass. If you don't get the reference, you'll need to checkup on this LL Cool J video.

Here's my Election Day Soundtrack that I put together to listen to at the brewery today:

America (Fuck Yeah) - from Team America: World Police, 2004
Courtesy Of The Red, White, and Blue - Toby Keith **
America The Beautiful - Frank Sinatra
Ballad of the Green Beret - SSgt. Barry Sadler
The Fightin' Side Of Me - Merle Haggard
America - Simon & Garfunkel
Proud To Be An American - Lee Greenwood
American Ninja - Thumper
American Music - Violent Femmes
America Is - Violent Femmes
Star Spangled Bologna - The Evolution Control Committee
I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Ragged Old Flag - Johnny Cash
You're A Grand Old Flag - from Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942
An American Trilogy - Elvis Presley
Living In America - James Brown
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen

** This song is rediculous (which is the appeal for me), and I resent the line "We'll put a boot in your ass, it's the American way." That's not my view of the American way, and I don't think that helps to improve much of the world's already negative view of Americans... (lyrics)

Anyways, a very exciting moment tonight, history in the making, and all that jazz. Here's hoping towards bright future prospects.

I'm already starting to think of more songs for the next election, so feel free to offer more suggestions of additional patriotic songs.

Halloween 2008

I didn't really plan anything ahead of time for this year's pumpkin, so I ended up just doing this handlebar moustache jack-o-lantern. It's not my most creative work, but it came out well for what it is.


"Hey look, it's Brokeback Mountain"
-Some guy in the street-
We weren't really planning going out so we didn't have any costumes ready, but at the last minute we decided to dress-up* as cowpersons. I wish we had thought to dress up as Brokeback Mountain, that would have been more clever.

* I'm not sure we can really refer to our dressing-up as costumes as we wear this kind of garb without on a semi-regular basis, sans chapeaux. It's the hat that really seals the deal.