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It only clicked today to peruse the Transportation Department to see when Elyce would be out of her blasted Booster Seat in the back …

Oops! We were a year too late. Today was her first day riding up front. It was pretty neat.

Saw the story of this little girl on NBC tonight. She died shortly after this simple birthday wish.

GIVE!

Where I found these, I saw various insulting comments around the need of such files if you do own one of these cameras. I have owned one for almost 5 years, and have taken over 5,000 photos. I have tried and captured a multitude of favorite settings; yet, I have always searched for such documents as a quick reference …

Here you go!

Crazy Watering Can from vania heymann on Vimeo.

We went to the Corrales 4th of July parade again this year (an annual tradition for us, it appears). As always, many of the vehicles in the parade were full of pranksters brandishing water guns. Frankly, it’s great for a 90°+ summer day.

This year, we ended up watching in front of a guy’s house who had a genius idea. He pulled out his water hose, stretched it to the street, turned it on, and waited. He waited (with the hose cinched to cut the water flow) until they arrived. And they did. And it was wickedly wet. We laughed. Everyone laughed. The paraders got some medicine.

Brilliant.

Can’t make this stuff up, folks.

Great Dads are Great Grammar Nazis.

Gavin broke his tibia bone today. Fun!

“I’ve been called worse things by better people”

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.”

“If we threw you a going away party, would you?”

“You use statistics like a drunk uses a lamp post, for support rather than illumination.”

“If you were any less intelligent you would have to be watered twice a week.”

“I’d agree with you – but then we would both be wrong”

“I can explain it to you, but I can’t comprehend it for you.”

“That’s the ugliest shirt I’ve ever seen, but it looks great on you”

“I refuse to have a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent.”

“I love how you state the obvious, with such a sense of discovery”

“I’d love to explain it to you, but I don’t have any crayons.”

Click on Roland to vote …

‘Commuting’ to Tennessee like I am right now, the nights that I have been spending here seem to be getting more stressful with all of the tornadoes in this area of the country. Every day, regardless if a tornado has hit in the area, the weather is bad enough to where someone in the office comes in saying either a tree fell on their house, or a neighbor or relative. It’s crazy. This week while here, I drove down with my boss to meet with area managers in Alabama – where the area was hit with some of the most devastating tornadoes in US history last month. It was like something out of a movie …

The 2 videos below show just how surreal this can be … I still can’t get my head around the power of this weather.

The first video is the ‘during’, with the second showing the ‘day after’. These videos were taken in Joplin, MO – where a class 4 (Alabama’s where class 5s).

So I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in Nashville TN over the past few months … and these things have started sprouting up all over the place. Certainly makes me appreciate being back home after dealing with these little freaks of nature. They are EVERYWHERE. You drive down the freeway and they are bouncing off your car (or exploding on impact – which is not pretty). They are flying all around and it’s getting ugly. Not for those who don’t like bugs … and who the hell does?

Tina and I are beginning to explore remodeling our master bathroom. I came across this … wow!

Source: Geographic Distribution of Environmental Factors Influencing Human Skin Coloration from the Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2007.

Seriously.

Have a lot of pics and stories to tell. Give me a few days to put this all together. Sedona, Disney, Santa Monica Pier, Vegas (kind of), Monument Valley, and Speeding Tickets.

Stay Tuned.