The Chalk

This was .25 seconds before I dove back from the boy trying to mark the camera lens. He clipped the outer casing. No harm done.



Notice the lower jaw... out and to the left.  This roughly translates to pure evil. 

The Bike

Calvin had I have been in a bitter battle over his learning to ride a bike. While after a few knock 'em down drage 'em out brawls to start the summer he's been riding the bike he got two years ago... as slowly as a bike can be ridden (actually he's been going even slower than you just pictured).



As of today he is now biking at a normal speed that you would expect of a human child. Thank god for the phenomenon known as skidding.



Next on the agenda is getting the above beaut ($5 garage sale style) in operation. Tonight he was willing to get on it just so I could check that the seat was the right height. Calvin thinks I'm one of those Dad's who would just let go when he gets some speed up.

A straight right from Lowe's followed by an uppercut from Target

So for the past month or so I've been spending my free time getting the house prepared for baby number 2. Given that babies bring a lot of crap into your house and our house was already at its capacity for crap this has meant a room by room reorg. Anything we didn't want to need is being eliminated. I thought that I'd be finishing all this Sunday. I was wrong.

The last thing for the babies room was the wall hangings. I'd gotten a couple of shelves to hang on the wall from Lowes. I installed the first one no problem... then I open the second one and it is missing hardware. Annoying. I go back to Lowe to return it and that item is now on back order. Annoying. The woman even had the gall to ask if I knew were the Stillwater store was to go get the new shelf there. The idea of spending 6 bucks on gas and over an hour of my day so I can get a $13 shelf THAT I ALREADY BOUGHT is infuriating.

I get back home and I figure I'll assemble the high chair. I take the pieces out of the box to find out the wood is cracked. I take it back to the store to find out that it is now out of stock. Annoying.

It was annoying enough to drive around buying the shelves and high chair the first time. Now I've made a 2nd trip(for each item) and still don't have the tasks completed.

The baby is due Feb. 13th. It is a boy. I refuse to finalize the name until I see it to annoy the misses. I'll keep you posted.

I'd guess you'd call this a driver

This shot is epic to say the very least.

And I was a fan...

Please scroll down to the section on Andre Agassi in this bbc news story on Wimbledon dress code.

This is quite possibly the trashiest any athlete has looked actually playing their sport.
Mullet - check
Harry upper chest complete with necklace - check
WWF style Oakley's - check
Layered biking shorts under outer shorts - check
JEAN SHORTS!!!!! - check

As of now I'll be revising my history....

Boy did I love to watch a classy and fascinating player like Pete Sampras and boy did I route against the ego driven Andre Agassi. 130 mph serves and 2 volley's at the net per point what made me love the game. Ok time to go to Chipotle.

Game, Set, Match Chipotle

This week we received a great piece of junk mail... a free Chipotle burrito. So for dinner my wife grabbed herself a burrito bowl and a I got a Carnitas Burrito. Because I was starving after sitting out in the baking sun watching Calvin at the park I downed my burrito in like 85 seconds.

Uggg. I could immediately feel like something wasn't right, but I sucked it up and took Calvin out to his little yard pool to wear him out.

PHASE 1: nausea and more...

I forgot about my intestinal issues when I was outside but upon following the boy up the stairs to get get him ready for bed I could feel the color draining from my face. I struggled to get him in the bath and then went to my bed to concentrate on my heavy breathing. After twenty minutes of this I get the boy into his PJ's and we go down for his snack... as he's eating his cookie I make my dash to the bathroom.

Notes:
1. Food shouldn't be completely intact when it is coming back up. Next time I'll have think about chewing.
2. Chipotle is so good it makes for a solid reversal of fortune after taste.

PHASE 2: Green Cloud of Death

My stomach has now settled but now it appears that nasty bacteria are double timing it in my intestine. I have two statuses for the rest of the night... holding a fart and releasing a fart. After I'd moved across the room to spare Calvin (while I was reading to him) he turned his back to me and moved to the far side of his bed to try to avoid the blasts. I noticed that sitting on a wooden toy chest increased the farting decibels by about 30.

The wife entertained the idea of booting me to the couch. And said that she "couldn't drink her water with the nasty taste that was in the air." bahahaa.

Meat at it's best

Last week I made it to Fogo de Chao, a new Brazilian Steakhouse, for lunch and it was dazzling.

You start off with a salad bar that besides a great salad contains whole fresh balls of motzerella (amongst other very good cheeses), bamboo shoots, artichokes, proschutto, salami and some good red peppers. Besides the salad bar spread they hit up your table with some grilled bananas and fried plantains (which taste pretty much just like cheese curds).

Once you've had your go round at the salad bar spread it is time to take the little round card you have an flip it to green. That is when the real fun starts. We had server after server flying up to our table each with a skewer of meat to be had. Each person has a miniture tongs to grab the slices of meat that the servers cut off for you. After a whirlwind of lamb x2, chicken, beef x3 and sausage the server comes back to our table and askes us if we needed anything more... we all slowly shake our heads when he comes back with an unthinkable response. "filet mignon?" [in a thick brazilian accent (not the I'm sure what a brazilian accent sounds like but I'd certainly like to believe this guy wasn't Polish)]. To which we turn our reluctant head shacking into reluctant nodding.

After 3 more servings we drag ourselves out of our seats and out the door. Just as we are leaving we see a server exit the kitchen with a skewer of scallops wrapped in bacon... I shook my head and admitted a small defeat. Though the plus side now i know my next visit will be worth it and more.

Final Note: I went for lunch and from what I hear that is the same meal as dinner. The difference is $20 a person versus $40 a person (it is l.