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Toys that never made it to market

Funny and cute!

Last night, the wife and I drove the kids down to Logan Airport, and they left for Las Vegas. They are spending February vacation with their biological father, Tim. Since he bought the tickets last-minute, the cheapest flights actually overlapped with some school days. They will both end up missing 3 days of school in total, and they will be gone for 13 days.

We drove into 6 pm traffic around Boston, so we were moving at a crawl from I-95 until we got to the Airport. Once we got to the general vicinity of the airport, I missed a turn and wound up having to drive completely around the place once before I could park. Its a good thing we left early.

The people at the security check were really cool. The kids were scrapping good-naturedly, as they always do, and the security people were laughing and joking with them, and with Cindy and I. Once they left, Cindy was almost in tears — she loves her kids a lot, and it breaks her up to see them go.

We drove back to Keene, and we had a late dinner at D’Angelos at around 10 pm. We were both starving, since we hadn’t eaten, so we sat right there and started devouring the large subs we had ordered. Our eyes were bigger than our stomachs, though, and we wound up only eating half before getting full. We packed up the rest of our subs and headed home.

I know, I know. . . everyone in the world is blogging about this. But its just too funny to pass up. For those of you who aren’t in the know, Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a 78-year-old Republican lawyer, who he had mistaken for a quail. It could only be funnier if he had been out hunting with Dan Quayle. . .

Dick Cheney Harry Whittington

Anyway, here is the latest roundup of Cheney shooting jokes:

From Jay Leno:
“When the ambulance got there, out of force of habit they put Cheney on the stretcher.”
“When people found out he shot a lawyer, his popularity is now at 92 percent.”

From Jon Stewart:
“Whittington was the first person shot by a vice president since Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, of course, shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honor, integrity and political maneuvering. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird.”

I woke up this morning to a few snow flurries and about an inch of snow on the ground. It was barely a dusting, and isn’t even worth commenting on, except. . .

According to Fox News Weather and many other national publications, we are digging . . . I mean Digging. . our way out of the massive blizzard that buried the northeast.

I’m sure some places got hit with a lot of snow. But if you were an outsider, you would be picturing the entire North East quadrantn of the country buried under several feet of snow, from Portland, Maine to New York City. National news cracks me up.

Okay, so I changed the name of my blog. I was looking for something a little spicier. . . something that had that sense of je ne sais quoi.

What do you think? Comments?

So. Here we are, almost Thursday already.

Things have been crazy at work. Last week one of my people was out. This week I have 2 people out. I’m fielding calls for their work while I try to catch up with mine. The phone is ringing, emails are coming in by the dozens, people are walking into my office, throwing substrates down, thrusting a magnifying glass in my face and asking “what do you think of this print?”

At home, poor Cindy has been having back problems. The back problems have replaced the sinus problems she had last month. I should start making a medical log of her ailments. Just kidding, I love her to death and she has some medical problems which we both have to deal with. Its hard to see her suffer.

On a lighter note, our dog doesn’t have cancer. We found some lumps on her side, and we took her to the vet. We were all a bit worried that it was something serious, but it turned out to be nothing much — just some fatty neoplasties (or something like that). Anyway, the dog will be fine.

I didn’t watch Lost tonight. We have it recorded though (I love DVR!!). I just hope I don’t meet anyone talking about it tomorrow at work. I hate spoilers.

Well, thats all the news for now. I’ll post some pictures next.