Letter From Canada . . .

. . . "HELP! WE ARE FREEZING! 20 centimeters of snow this weekend! Send blankets or warm clothing! Miso Ramen and Chanko Nabe also appreciated!! You can send Oden, but only the eggs and sliced daikon. Whatever you do, don't send the konyaku, cuz there is no winter cold enough to make me eat that... gross!"

Got Milk?

Ah Goooood!!!

Superman Learns to Fly. . .

AND HE LOVES IT ! ! !

Yet Another First...

He still tips over more times than his Daddy on New Year's Eve, but it is a fine start.

November 11, 2006

Remembrance Day has never meant more to me than it has this year. To all those who have fought and died to keep a face like this smiling, you have my everlasting gratitude. Thank you.

Triplets Seperated at Birth ?!?!?!

Amazing!! These three Pop-Culture Demigods possess almost the exact same innate ability to strip the average consumer of their money. While they are from three separate races, I INSIST that they are siblings and have been separated at birth!! How else could they come up with such clever marketing strategies as these:

- One brother changes existing product graphics and designs (not his own) in the smallest way that would evade trademark infringement lawsuits.

- One brother is a phenom at changing HIS OWN existing products and convincing his customer base that they need to buy EVERY update (hey, that sounds familiar... maybe the father is working at Microsoft?)

- One brother just tells his loyal fan base that he is retiring and won't be putting out any new product. (Wasn't it only, like, two months?) Later, his own ego inflates the out-of-retirement hype like he was battling back from a fight with some terminal illness.

Maybe that is what makes these three great in the first place; how easily they have taken our money. Lord knows I have given my share to at least one of these Pop Peddlers. Normally I would be happy to just sit and fill this Blog with pictures of my family, but in being at the age when I am, like it or not, graduating from the world that helped define me for thirty years, I felt that if I had learned anything from all that wanting and spending, I had to say it. Now if you will excuse me, I have to line up for my new PS3....... :-) just kidding(?)

Happy Halloween 2006 ! ! !

A belated Happy Halloween to everyone!! This year's festivities were such a cheerful change from last year's nightmare (you may remember it, my wife was possessed by the puking, gurgling demon of Morning Sickness). This year, Maxwell was dressed up in his little Fire Devil wig - with a gallon of drool for good measure - and while the weather was chilly, we are pretty sure he enjoyed his first trick or treating experience. Actually, the people who were at the houses we trick-or-treated at kept asking whether the candy was for Kotomi and I, or for him. Hahahaha.. smart-asses.