Breakout

Miley Cyrus is rocking on this one. Um, so says my daughter. Yeah, that's it.

OMG, check this out while it's still going on.

The Visitor

I was putting the Little One in her car seat this morning when the Oldest One opened the door and said "Mom needs you right away! Hurry!" So I take the Little One out of the seat and we both go into the house while I'm wondering what is going on. Maybe there's a water leak? Or maybe a window was broken? I get to the entry way and my wife is standing by the front door which is in large part glass and pointing outside. She says "look." I don't see anything. She repeats her command. I still don't see anything. She remains pointing and I follow the direction of her index finger and I see it. A tarantula is crawling up the wall of our porch.

It was actually a juvenile...about the size of a saucer. My wife says "kill it." I immediately said "no way." Besides, it's outside and can't get in unless we let it in. I told her some stuff I think I saw on the Discovery Channel about how roaches and rodents can flatten their bodies to get into small crevices and that tarantulas can't do that. I don't know if that's correct but it sounded good at the time. I also said that tarantulas eat pests and are normally docile towards people and that it would go away on its own. She insisted that I go out and kill it and I told her that it would make a really big mess if I stepped on it and that it would probably only get mad if I sprayed it with bug spray or water. The Little One, who usually wants to keep every wild thing she sees (like roadrunners and toads) didn't want anything to do with the tarantula.

So after a few more minutes of discussion we left the tarantula to do its own thing outside and hopefully go away before we get home. And I just hope that it doesn't get into the house, because if it does and my wife finds it, I'm in big trouble. Now that the excitement is over I wish I had thought to at least take a picture or grab the video camera. Oh well, maybe next time.

Your Sister Did What?!

It's been a while since I've posted and I'm taking the easy way out today by just embedding a video. I wish this video had sound.



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To Russia With Goldfinger

Wow, a new post. I've been slacking in the blogging everyday thing. It's almost like a job and I don't want another one of those. But I've got to say that I'm glad Jen is finally gone from Hell's Kitchen. I predict that Corey will walk away with the spatula this year. I've become addicted to jalapeno stuffed olives. And I've been spending way too much time late at night playing RFoM death matches online thru my PS3. Oh, and it's way too hot around here. I could use a Bomb Pop right about now. Make it so.

Who Turned Out The Lights?

I'm torn. Use less energy or pollute the environment with mercury?

Street View

I keep forgetting to mention this...I was driving on the interstate a couple of weeks ago when a strangely outfitted car passed me. There was equipment on the roof of the car highlighted by a long pole with something mounted on the end. I was curious so I sped up and noticed the Google logo on the door. I realized then that it must be one of their cameras that captures the images for Street View. I can't wait until that option goes live in my area so I can see myself in the view. Then I'll sue Google for oogles of dinero for violating my privacy (I may have been dislodging a popcorn kernel from my teeth when it passed me.)

Visible Magnetic Fields

Cinderella

This song, Cinderella, is from Steven Curtis Chapman's latest album and was written with his youngest daughter in mind. The song becomes emotionally devastating with the tragic death of Maria last week but still remains a beautiful one. It will remind me to hold on to my daughters a little bit longer each day and to cherish those moments.

Speaking of Phil Keaggy

Tragic Accident

I didn't find out until this morning that Steven Curtis Chapman lost his youngest daughter. For someone who inspired me years ago and taught me a few things about life, the least I can do is post my condolences. News like this just pulls at the heart strings and especially so when you are a parent also.

Speak Up

El camino del Rey

I could do this...if I weren't afraid of heights.

Where's The Creature?

I just came across Yahoo! Movies' 20 Great Movie Creatures and I'm not impressed. I'll give them the benefit because it wasn't titled the "Top 20" but come on. The Gill Man not mentioned but a baby Lochness monster is? Although, they are right about the flying monkees.

Jediism...All Hail George Lucas

Or should it be Obi Wan? No, Luke Skywalker? Now I've heard it all. I'm not knocking religion or the "accepted" belief systems and doctrines but I think this is kooky. I do have a question, though. If I join, when do I get my light sabre?

From My Inbox

Written across the wall of a cave were the following symbols:
It was considered a unique find and the writings were said to be at least three thousand years old! The piece of stone was removed, brought to the museum, and archaeologists from around the world came to study the ancient symbols. They held a huge meeting after months of conferences to discuss the meaning of the markings.

The President of the society pointed to first drawing and said: 'This is a woman. We can see these people held women in high esteem. You can also tell they were intelligent, as the next symbol is a donkey, so they were smart enough to have animals help them till the soil. The next drawing is a shovel, which means they had tools to help them.' Even further proof of their high intelligence is the fish which means that if a famine hit the earth and food didn't grow, they seek food from the sea. The last symbol appears to be the Star of David which means they were evidently Hebrews.

The audience applauded enthusiastically. Then a little old Jewish man stood up in the back of the room and said, 'Idiots! Hebrew is read from right to left...... It says: 'Holy Mackerel, Dig The Ass On That Chick.'

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Solar System Visualizer

This is really neat. Saturn and Jupiter are awesome.

Thought

My fave on American Idol left last week. Yes, I liked Brooke. But my second fave, David Cook (who I think is going to win this competition), now has my complete attention. Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that because I thought the same about Chris Daughtry. Well, I hope this is the last time we see Jason. I can't stand that guy. I really can't. Adios, Jason.

Something Wicked

So, what's the deal with all the recent earthquakes around the country? Lately the news has been centered around Reno but there have been temblors occurring all over. Has this been happening all the time but I just missed the news or is this something new that could portend something unpleasant? I can still remember while living in Japan what earthquakes felt like. Some were really scary. Especially the large ones that occurred during the middle of the night. Maybe something is about to awaken.

I Think I'm Going To Be Sick

We now have Dish Network since cable isn't available in our subdivision because there aren't enough houses built to warrant Time Warner to lay the network. "It's not cost effective at this time" was their answer to me. Jerks (because the guy was snippy on the phone when I said I needed to cancel my service.) Well that's alright because I have other options and at a lower price than cable.

So, we got to watch Verminators on Discovery Channel yesterday. It was a first for us and we were thoroughly grossed out. Me not so much with the rodent infestations but with the roaches. Ugh, my whole body just tingled with disgust. I can't understand how people can live like that.