Who says white boys can't dance?

Merry Christmas to all!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

And the beat goes on

Those of you who come him for thought provoking inspiration might have to go elsewhere, at least temporarily. Right now, I've got bathroom on the brain...all other thoughts have gone down the tube, flushed down the toilet, shall we say. But the good news for you (and for me) is that it's almost officially done...Santa won't need to bring me a toilet for Christmas. Just a little caulking, some paint on the baseboards....and it's DONE!

Is this an add in "Martha Stewart Living"?


I'll take requests for the next post to be me in a bubble bath?

Will it be done be Christmas?

That's all I want for Christmas.

Operation pinecone, part ???

Is that light at the end of the tunnel? Nah....probably not.


Hey, this looks pretty good in the picture. And as luck would have it, dark stain with marble is back in style. Unfortunately the cabinet is kinda low, the doors need replaced, and the marble counter is fairly stained. In today's throwaway world, replacing the counter, hardware, raising it, fixing some doors....is pretty much equivalent to buying a whole unit. In plus Wonder Woman doesn't like it...even if it is in style :-)


Now I just twinkle someone's nose and we're back in business. How about Dynagirl's? Never mind, I don't want to touch that with a 10 foot pole since she's got step-throat.

Random thoughts from today

From John Macarthur's message today regarding being thankful, something to the effect of "If you're not seeing God's blessings in your life, maybe you're not looking around". Kind of goes with another quote I really like, given specifically in the context of marriage, "If you want to be happy, you got to bring happy with you."

I'd add my fortune (from the cookie I just ate) to the list of quotes for today...but it was empty. Now what does that mean???

Ye ol' Christmas Choir

Some Cosmic Boy dialog, and the best trio (including Dynagirl) ever...


Couldn't be complete w/o some groovy moves by Cosmic Boy and crew...

A few good pens

Actually only one. Do you remember the scene from "A Few Good Men". No, not that scene...I in fact can handle the truth...the other one...about the bat.

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Kaffee: I need my bat. I think better with my bat. Where's my bat?

Jo: I put it in the closet.

Kaffee: You put it in the closet?

Jo: I was tripping over it.

Kaffee: Don't ever put a bat in a closet.

Jo: He thinks better with his bat?
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I've been dealing with the loss of my pen. Psychotic...well perhaps. But I think better with my pen. Not just any pen...it needs to be substantial...it can't be a cheap throw-away...it needs to be in my pocket...it needs to have a good clip so it won't fall out of my nerd pocket...and I need to be able to twirl it.

I've been dealing with not having it for too long, gosh it must have been at least a couple of months. So here it is. The 2008 model closeout, thank you Office Depot. It's got good lines, fits well in my pocket and my hand. Doesn't really matter how it writes, no one can read my handwriting anyhow. I think I feel better already.

Bon Voyage SuperBo (aka Marmaduke)

We'll miss you and all, but boy are you a lot of work :-) And if you get any bigger, I don't think you'll fit in my lap. Until next time boy....






And lastly, a few items we used to own. Let's see...a number of baseballs and tennis balls, a pair of rain boots, a bubble machine, 2 pairs of flipflops, a pair of safety goggles, a number of buckets, a few rags, a shirt or 2, a bug catcher, and a few other misc items.

Tis the season

Dash recently reminded us that it's time for us to open the "Advil calendar". There might be a few days during the season that I'll need to open more than one flap. I wonder if I can buy an extra strength ?

I couldn't make this up if I tried...

This is the partial text from the Massachusetts General School Law of 1647, also known as the "Old Deluder Satan Law":

"It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures...It is therefore ordered that every township in this jurisdiction...shall forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants..."

Ironic to think about the origins, isn't it? Here's more info.

400 channels

A recap of the recent channel lineup here at Greenhouse5 headquarters:

2006 and prior: Antenna, broadcast channels with an occasional bout of cable
2006 - sep08: Comcast, 50 channel or so lineup
sep08 - nov08: Nothing except for tv on the internet
nov08-?: 200 channels officially, but 400 channels with the free "preview" that hasn't stopped

So what does one do with 400 channels? Apparently get fat....Eat turkey. Watch TV. Eat turkey. Trying to live up to the Mr. Incredible figure. Or perhaps join the future of the humans portrayed in Wall-e.

So another case of more is not better. Give me a-la-carte TV anyday. I want my sports and a few sitcoms and dramas and I'd be happy.