- Some church just unveiled their new Jesus statue made of Legos. (Story here) That sounds almost as classy as the family nativity barns that were made from random Lego bits for years. At least they didn't add a gun to the Jesus statue. (Yes, that joke is for Jeff and Liam.)
- This guy is just amazingly talented. Possibly he could be curing cancer or solving world hunger instead of making videos, but whatever... How do you do stuff like this?
- Dustin Pedroia, some baseball player who comes from Woodland and whose family still owns a business here, called my fair city "a dump" in an interview, and then followed it by "and you can quote me on that." Well, Dustin, they did quote you on that. Now he's backpedaling and saying he didn't mean it that way. What way exactly did you mean it, Dustin? That it's only a dump when you're here? Please enlighten us all.
- Mr. Pedroia has apparently been taking diplomacy lessons from Billy Bob Thornton who, while touring with his band in Canada, said that Canadian audiences were like "mashed potatoes with no gravy". He cancelled his tour after the "mashed potatoes" began booing and heckling him. Oh, sorry, he cancelled his tour because of the flu. Right. The bigger issue here is the slander of mashed potatoes. What's wrong with you, Billy Bob? (Okay, aside from the obvious, that you're completely nuts...) Mashed potatoes are a wonderous food.
- On a related note, is baseball the most boring sport conceivable, or is there something else out there that would make you want to take a nap faster? I guess watching a bunch of overweight guys wearing tights spit tobacco and scratch themselves may be riveting entertainment for some people, but not me. At least with football they admit it's boring and plan sideline entertainment.
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Hey, the Lego Jesus sounds to be the very essence of class.
Well, Dustin, they did quote you on that. Now he's backpedaling and saying he didn't mean it that way. What way exactly did you mean it, Dustin? That it's only a dump when you're here? Please enlighten us all.I think he means it's the kind of place where people don't bother to fix gaping holes in their roof.
AFM: Well, they did only use the white Legos on the outside.
Eric: Well, you could look at it that way, or you could say that I added a water feature to the front of the house. Either way, it's not a dump. Really.
Fer fooks sake, only 1700 views of 'Dan and naD'? It's brilliant. I wrote ten lines of questionable code today and that guy makes by head hurt.
Liam does like his lego guns, but he doesn't have an antique gun under his bed w/o any ammo like the guy two comments up.
As for nativity scenes, the legos detracted from the broken noses. Did the wise men really have smashed up features or was that the result of six children wondering why all the good legos were making a barn?
By the way, I have to admit I've spend some time at a barn (okay, very little time) and none of the nativity scenes I've seen ever smelled, um, quite right. And they didn't have disposable nappies back then, did they?
I don't even have the gumption to get "Nebulopathy the Musical" off the ground (although I've already extracted a promise from K-poo to do the singing), and Dan (or maybe Dan) comes up with these marvels on a regular basis.
I don't remember the wise guys having smashed noses, but I do remember the tall one having a detachable head.
Don't forget to bring the bins tomorrow so I can gift you some horseshit.
Don't forget to bring the bins tomorrow so I can gift you some horseshit.That's a great line even if it makes no sense to anyone else.
Hmm. I wonder why my taxes aren't done...
Mashed potatoes are awesome especially when they're mashed with sour cream, butter and ample salt and pepper. Screw the gravy. Seriously, I've never bothered with gravy. White gravy on biscuits or country fried steak and rice is another story. Mashed potatoes are good on their own if you don't make them crappy.
Hey jacob, Coup ferré. I have to adamantly disagree; Apparently your mom didn't make gravy like mine.
It is the nectar of the gods. It's what makes 'giblets' a word with meaning. It is what makes some holidays worthwhile (ok, that and the stuffing).
Please pardon my attitude, it's tax night and I'm a little riled up.
Don't forget to mentally add your share of a trillion to your return, Jeff.
Jacob: I agree, mashed potatoes can be perfection, needing no added substance. The only thing you forgot in your recipe was to boil the onion with the potatoes and mash it all together, but I forgive you since you then added sour cream.
Jeff: It's nice to know that I rate somewhere below giblets as a reason the holidays are worthwhile. It clearly gives an answer to the rhetorical question "What am I, chopped liver?" And that answer is, no, not quite that good.
Eric: What line of the 1099A (since I was way too lazy to figure out how to do anything beyond the standard deduction) was I supposed to put that in?
theresa, although there is indeed a 1099A I wouldn't think it would apply to you. Maybe if you were filling out the correct form (1040A?) the lines wouldn't be so confusing?
BTW, it is important that you keep going to the family get togethers since you provide important dish washing services :)
It is truly impressive that I managed to forget the form number less than twelve hours after filling it out.
Washing the dishes allows me to drown out the conversations about investments and politics with the happy sound of water running. It has its place in family gatherings.
And, as we know, after a holiday meal Jeff always manages to drown everything out with the happy sound of water running as well.
It certainly is true that during his younger years Jeff took post-prandial refuge in the smallest room of the house every holiday in order to avoid the cleanup duties.
However, I've noticed that in the last few years he's comfortable openly lazing around. See, people really do change.
Well, I suppose it's easier to start a conversation about investments or politics.
On a related note, is baseball the most boring sport conceivable, or is there something else out there that would make you want to take a nap faster?
Cricket. Imagine baseball with only two bases, enough runs so you don't actually care about any of them, and a game structure that means the game could go on for two days.
But at least with cricket you can be semi-entertained by the silly language. Sticky wicket? What?
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