Oh the good times

Careful Kevin, one day your face might freeze like that

Payback time for the bruins

The caps v bruins game at the verizon center in dc left a bad taste in my mouth going into the inauguration. Now, finally, in bruin country it is time for some paybacks. Ovetchkin os good, but he will never get a puck past tim thomas.

This picture should give an idea of what's happening here. Car bombs after dinner. BKDM and Kevin, not me. I'm too old for that nonsense.

My office. Seems like people here might like me OK.

It's Somebody's Birthday !

Here's a special pic of a special lady from inauguration day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY EL DUB! Sorry for outing you!


According to http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/february-20-birthday-astrology.htm
"A Pisces born on February 20 is attuned to the spiritual mysteries of life, and religiosity can become an obsession. They possess a phenomenal memory. Their intelligence is more an esoteric understanding than an analytical skill. They have high ideals. "

Wow, how did they know?



And here are some historical events that happened on this day in the past:

Tuesday 20, 2001: FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested and charged with spying for Russia for 15 years.

Thursday 20, 1992: The FA Premier League is formed and takes over as the professional league in England from season 1992&93.

Wednesday 20, 1974: Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick claims he began experiencing intense gnostic visions on this date.

Saturday 20, 1965: Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.

Tuesday 20, 1962: Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth.

Wednesday 20, 1952: The film The African Queen opens at the Capitol Theatre in New York City.

Friday 20, 1942: Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.

Sunday 20, 1921: The film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premiers.

Wednesday 20, 1901: The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.

Thursday 20, 1873: The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California.

Tuesday 20, 1872: In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.

Friday 20, 1835: Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake

Tuesday 20, 1816: Gioachino Rossini's The Barber of Seville debuts at Teatro Argentina, with a fiasco.

Tuesday 20, 1810: Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed.

Monday 20, 1792: The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.

Sunday 20, 1724: The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London.

Thursday 20, 1547: Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

Tuesday 20, 1472: Orkney and Shetland are annexed to the crown of Scotland.

Moon ova medfuh

Why am I going to work this early? Well at least it will be a peaceful commute...

Personal day

I broke a bookshelf last night . I think ill take a personal day.

We had a great time at a Valentine's Day scavenger hunt at the Museum of Fine Art. Jym found a giant baby head, although, to be honest, it wasn't really very well hidden.

We Rock Most with LuvIcon

From the folks who brought us ObamaIcon, comes LuvIcon. And I, of course, couldn't resist.
In fact, I sort of joined the two by making a LuvIcon of me and BKDM at the Inauguration.

I recognize that this is not a weather blog but we hit 50 degrees today and snow has melted. For that I'm grateful. I'm also sure there is more snow in store.

This is my route home. I am so over winter.

My long-distance entry in the chili cook-off.

We may have a (lessening) G rating...

... but this is a blog for smarty-pants readers.
Courtesy of the blog readibility test.

Movie Reviews

True Love.... and a kitteh

This is the awesomest thing ever.
From Blingee.

Glitter Graphics

Inauguration weekend redux

Here is a quick group of pictures to tell the story of how I saw the Inauguration on Tuesday.

This is the crowd walking down 18th Street, before we even got near the Mall. The crowd just kept growing the closer we got and then at one point, the most amazing thing happened.
Right at 18th and E and sort of out of nowhere since it was supposed to be pedestrians only, the cops made us stop walking. Jym, Young Kevin and I were near the front of the impasse and I (in totally unsurprising fashion) was getting a little grumpy that they had stopped us. Then, there it was. The presidential limo, looking for all in the world like a shiny black tank. I stood on my toes to get a better look (thanks, Mom and Dad, for my tall genes) and I saw a hand, a wave. The President-elect. I knew we'd get no closer than that and made a joke about turning around and going back. Thank goodness the boys weren't paying attention to that nonsense.We came out on the Mall near the WWII Memorial and my thoughts turned to my dad, who isn't here to see this amazing, historic day, but would have been so proud of our country.
We tried to get closer to the Washington Monument to meet up with friends, but realized it was a fool's errand and that we were all together in spirit anyway (along with two million others), so we stayed right in front of the WWII Memorial.
Looking backwards, towards the Lincoln Memorial, all we could see was more people, the most I've ever seen in one place. All joined together for a few moments' time to witness history and wish the best of luck to our new President.

Afterwards, on our way back up 18th Street, the throng was just as overwhelming. I couldn't resist taking a picture of the Democrat donkey, on his way back to wherever he came from.
Then after warming up at Solly's, we went to Duffy's for dinner, where I befriended some nice police officers who were on duty for 24 hours straight to protect all of us from harm.

This is most important event in our nation's history that I have witnessed first-hand, albeit from over a mile away and on a jumbotron. Nevertheless, I will cherish for the rest of my life the pride, joy and overwhelming sense of hope I experienced during the inauguration of Barack Obama.

This is history

This is just one tiny sample of the awe-inspiring scenes from this amazing day. I will never ever forget how I felt at the moment Barack Obama said "So help me God." This is a great day for America and the world. I am so glad we traveled here to be with friends to celebrate.

what a great sight to my eyes.

Today is the day that our long collective national nightmare is over. I thought I'd never see it and thanks to the love and generosity of my friends, I will be there in person. On our way to the Mall in a few minutes. Hallelujah!

Chief ikes

Adams mill closed early and sucks