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short story

I've talked with some of you about my recent efforts at writing stories, and it's been a lot of fun to do it. Here's a link to one I've finished and of which I'm pretty proud. I'd love for anyone to read it and let me know what they think (don't worry Matt; this one's not a fantasy story). It's called "The Show Must Go On," and is about 3500 words. Peace!

Joseph

wild things have hearts too...

I'm sorry that I missed two weekends ago and that I am late for this past one. As you can tell, Elaine wears the "blogging" pants in our marriage.

So I hope everyone knows that I have a new friend that lives outside our appartment. Toby is a beagle. One of my favorite things about being friends with Toby is how encouraging he is when I come home or leave in the morning. It's so great to have this great dog who is so glad to see me. He sort of looks like this...

Most Saturday mornings I take him for a walk to Crestwood park. We are working on playing catch. He can't really look up well so if I throw it up he won't chase it. We're working on it. Anyways when I put him back up after the walk is over he goes through this routine where he howls nonstop for 15 minutes. It's really pathetic but it sort of makes me feel good inside. I feel like he's saying, "I had so much fun and I don't want it to end." I appreciate that.

So that's where Where the Wild Things Are comes in. I LOVED the part at the end when the wild things howled for Max. It communicated so much that words would have left out. There is just this deep groaning that needs to get out.

All this to say that if I start howling when you say you have to go home after an evening of hanging out, know that I'm not angry at you but it's my way of telling you I think you're awesome.

Killer Bunnies.

I just played this game:

and we would all love it. It looks ridiculous... and it is. Wonderfully (and morbidly) so. All I'm saying is... it might be more enjoyable than Settlers. Big words, I know. So think about trying it out, do some research here, and pray about how you feel about inflicting unspeakable acts of violence against little bunnies. That's all.

Why soccer is better,

A typical broadcast (185 min.) of a football game on TV consists of:

-65 minutes of commercials
- 75 minutes of players huddling, standing at the line of scrimmage, or just milling around.
- 34 minutes of random stuff (ref, injury, or coaching shots, other games, etc.)

and...

11 minutes of action.

I'd hate to see the stats on a baseball game.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575002852055561406.html

Vulcan Family New Year's

So... the quality of these tracks leaves a lot to be desired (my apologies), but, for anyone who wants the sweet music we made (pun intended) ringing in the new year, go here & download the zip.

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Pocavatantas?

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Here's what happen when you give a couple of stoners $100 to do a commercial in Birmingham

Merry Christache Friends!