Thursday, April 27, 2006

The Second Grade Play Made Me Cry

And you would have, too! Whole bunches of little kids singing and talking about ending racism, violence and hatred.

Jonah was in the piece on Harriet Tubman and he was “Slave #1” (Click for larger sizes).

I think they are supposed to be pointing at the Northern Star.

Singing his little heart out! Shame he’s five inches shorter than his classmates and was also in the back row, but oh well.

Delivering one of his three or four lines. Here he is expressing his doubts as to the saftey of the underground railroad. Typical Deal child behavior.

Here they are looking forward toward the long journey North.

Oh, and if we didn’t already know that the Nazis were bad news. This would pretty much seal the deal.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Maybe She’ll Be a Bartender When She Grows Up

The other day Ellis had us pour her a drink of juice. Not content with how it tasted, she decided to add some flavor to the mix. So she grabbed herself and orange and plopped it into her cup. I don’t know a whole lot about mixing drinks, but I’m pretty sure that you have to peel and juice the orange before putting it into the cup. Thumbnail image pops into a new window.

But you know, I’m a big geek who’s all about pop up windows right now, so there you go.

Monday, April 24, 2006

Easter Pics!

I’m still not exactly sure what the Easter Bunny has to do with the Resurection, but here are some pics of cute kids!

I’m experimenting with pop-up windows… so the small thumbnails should pop into a new, smaller window.

“They’ve branded me! This will wash off, won’t it? It better.”

“Get that camera out of my face! I have candy to find, punk!”

“Fine. I’ll turn around and stare at the camera, but I swear on the hair of the Easter Bunny that if I lose out on nabbing even ONE Cadbury Egg, there will be BLOOD on this grass, mister. And it won’t be mine, buck-o.”

“You do know that my name isn’t Kelly, and that you’ve placed me in a Gurnsey painted barrel with wheels, right? OK, just checking.”

“Bet this guy lifting me up wishes I hadn’t had that bean burrito for lunch right about now, huh?”

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Self-Fulfilling Diagnosis

“Get up! You have to get moving, Lucas!”
“. . .”
“Lucas! Get up!”
“I’m sick.”
“Do you think you’ll be too sick to go up the canyon and roast marshmallows this evening?”
“I think I might be better by then.”

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Influenced by the Evil Step-Monster, No Doubt

Lucas pointed out something rather odd about Betty Crocker Cinderella Fruit Snacks.

We bought them for Ellis. Lucas was just stealing them. Because he’s evil. And Ellis wasn’t watching. I assure you that had she seen him pilphering her fruit snacks, she’d have raised the alarm. And then stabbed Lucas with a butter knife. I wish she’d stop roaming the house saying, “I’m gonna cut ya! I’m gonna cut ya!” Perhaps it’s just a phase.

He noticed that when you turn the “Cinderella” shaped fruit snack upside down, it doesn’t really looked like a Princess anymore, but instead a meanacing skull. He, being eleven years old and a boy, thought this was the coolest thing EVAR!

Observe:

A perfectly normal (and tasty!) Cinderella shaped fruit snacks.

Spin them 180° and look what you get!

Evil Snack From Hell!

Proximus

 

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• Partners
• Correspondence
• Help Wanted
• From the Office of Mis-directed Email
• A Word from the Small Person in the House
• RNT Product Review: Chocolate Mix Skittles Left Me Sterile!
• Jon’s Report Card circa… A Long Time Ago
• Dear Gratuitously Naked Conversationalist at the Gym:
• A Peek Inside the Writer’s Guild and Producers’ Negotiations
• We Regret the Error
• Letters from a Homeowner to His General Contractor
• What I Did There
• Hermaphrodite Administrative Assistants and Receptionists Need Not Apply
• Giving Me an IM Account Was Obviously a Huge Mistake
• Official Ransom Note Typography Vista vs. Mac OS X Shootout
• I Need a Real Hobby
• Beat Down
• Big Fat Lies
• True Love
• Now MY Ovaries Hurt
• Don’t Get Her Started
• Disturbing Trend
• Had to do it
• Mooshy stuff
• Ransom Note Typography End User License Agreement “EULA”
• Diva-licious!
• Just so we’re clear
• PETA may have a point

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