Totally 2080's:

This can only end up in more NDA's...

Birthday Man

Here comes Birthday Man.

With a steely gaze and a burning need to inhale all that life has to offer, he forges ahead into the future. Yes, Birthday Man... husband... father...friend...Trojan, all a man needs to be.

Happy Birthday, man.

All My Love!

i heart astronauts

Spring Planting

It was warm and sunny last week so I finally planted my basil. On a trip to Home Depot looking for a better delivery system for my weed poison, I found heirloom tomatoes on sale. I haven't had much luck with toms in containers but for big yellow heirlooms, I will give it another try. Trevor, if you any advice, I am all ears.

So I've got basil and toms poised for summer platters. If I could find a ciabatta tree, I wouldn't have to cook at all.

Lauren will be disappointed to learn that I believe making my own bread is harder than she insists it is. I'm not going to make mozzarella or olive oil either. I am thinking about making my own pasta, though. That's just a step away from bread dough, so maybe later...

Looking forward to the first caprese sandwich of the season.

a few of my favorite 'parents'...

MY PARENTS WERE AWESOME

  Definite fave so far:

  

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Ooops

I forgot to mention it. Yesterday was the 38th anniversary of our first date. We went to the Greyhound Bus station to review the scene of a crime. Trying to impress me with his criminal defense chops. Dinner was Mexican food at Santiago's, the best tacos still.

Happy 38 Short Years, My Dear. Love you more.

Movies To Watch/Avoid

Last weekend we watched our requisite three films. Here are the thumbnail reviews:

Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - What you would expect from Terry Gilliam, a mash-up with no discernible plot. Nice visuals though. Best part was the wardrobe test for Heath Ledger.

Touching the Void - A very interesting documentary/re-creation of two friends climbing a South American mountain and how it all went wrong. Overlong but the best of the three. I have no desire to climb anything other than steps to a museum.

Where the Wild Things Are - Boring, boring, boring. We could only watch 20 minutes. But we were done with it long before that.

Zombieland

I am not a fan of horror movies. With the exception of "Shaun of the Dead", I have never seen a zombie movie. We watched "Zombieland" last night and really liked it. First, you have to get through the opening gorefest. I almost turned it off only two minutes in. But once that's done, it's a very good movie. You realize by the end that the blood and guts don't bother you at all. You have become numb to it. That's weird, right?

It's clever and funny and has an odd Bill Murray cameo.

(Trevor this is not a Swedish torture porn film.)

You do have to watch through your fingers at first. With that caveat, I recommend the movie.

Note: Dad reminds me that "Night of the Comet" was a zombie movie. True dat.

Postscript:

This guy even clashes with his environment.

Pretty Awesome

Lauren and I had a brief conversation about the website "My Parents Were Awesome". I checked it out some time ago and forgot about it. I was looking today and this photo caught my attention. In my mind, this is what David Sedaris's mom looked like. Except she would have been holding a long cigarette as well. I just finished "When You Are Engulfed in Flames", so he was fresh in my mind. Yep, that's her.

I need to add that the word "awesome" is liberally interpreted for some of these people. I guess if you are related they look pretty cool but most are just lame and unattractive. It's rather reassuring that the 70's and 80's era Europeans look as stupid as the dorky Americans.

Please let's not let big plastic eyeglass frames make a comeback - pointy cat's eyes are ok, though.