The Land Of The Gun

Another tragedy involving a gun and a 8 year old child happened yesterday at a Gun Fair in Westfield, MA. You know what's completely messed up about this is that there are people out there who, on one hand, are morning and saying it so sad, so tragic, this boy had to die in such a horrible accident. And then you can ask these same people who are morning the loss of this boy if there should be some kind of control on gun fairs and guns in general....well they would probably tell you "you can't take my 20 guns away, my right to bare arms is in the Constitution".

3,012 children and teens killed by gunfire in the United States per year (that is one every 3 hours). If an infant toy is found to cause death or injuries to infants, the company issues a recall and pulls the toy from the shelf. We blame the toy. But in the case of guns, the gun is never to blame. That's messed up.

Halloween At The Crossings

The 4 of us went up to the Crossings today for Colonie's annual Halloween Party. They had lots of cool stuff for the girls including story hour, cookies, cider, balloons, and Andy "The Music Man " Morse. We have seen Andy many times...he puts on a great show for the kids.

This year Maeve is a Duck and Charlotte is Tinkerbell. However, since Chris isn't done with Charlotte's Tinkerbell costume, Charlotte had to be a flower today.

Palin As President

Palin for President.Com. Make sure you move the mouse around and turn up your volume. The doors and windows move when you click on them. Classic website.

Sounds of the Debates

I'm a regular of The Free Beer and Hot Wings show on 103.9. Probably because they seam to have the same humor that I have. Below are some Sounds of the Debates that Producer Joe put together. Please note, they are obscene but funny, so I would not listen with the kids around or just use headphones.

Link to Sounds of Presidential Debate #2
Link to Sounds of Presidential Debat #3
Link to Sounds of Vice Presidential Debate

Who The Hell Is Joe

My cousin, Jessica wondered on her facebook page last night if Joe the Plumber and Joe Six-Pack were the same Joe. Well, obviously it wasn't the same Joe that lost the NLDS to the Phillies.

Between the time spent talking about Joe and arguing about negative campaigns, there was maybe 2 minutes spent talking about real issues. And people don't seamed to be bothers by this??

Another Great Trip To Lake Placid

For the last 8 years, we have always taken a trip up to the Adirondacks, particulary Lake Placid to enjoy the colors. There is nothing like it. Normally we like to go up for a couple of nights, but this year we thought it would be too tough with the girls and Maeve is going through the "separation anxiety from Mommy" stage, so, leaving the kids with Mom and Dad was out of the question. So we took a day trip and it was a good one.

We got up to Lake Placid around 11:00 and stop by the Adirondack Craft Center. After that it was off to the village park on Mirror Lake where we had lunch with the ducks. After spending some time taking in view and the beautiful weather, we did a little shopping. After about a hour, Charlotte was in a bad need for a nape so we took a ride up to Saranac Lake and then around the backside of Whiteface Mountain, via Franklin Falls Pond and back to Lake Placid for dinner. After dinner at Mr Mike's Pizza.

Although it was only one day, it was another great day in the Adirondacks. A day to relax, take in the view and forget all the world's trouble.

How do you spell Obama

Officials on both the Democrat and Republican side in Rensselaer County are saying the misspelling of Barrack Obama's name on absentee ballots was simply a typo. OK, my cynical mind is saying this is bunch of hog wash. But then, this is Rensselaer County. The County that's a half step above Scary County, I mean Schoharie County

Part of me does think this may not have been a mistake or it was a joke of bad taste that some how made it to the final draft. But the bigger question is, how the hell does a typo of this magnitude get by 3 different staff members who proof these things? Someone had to make copies of the ballot...They didn't notice? And then someone had to stuff the envelope...They didn't notice? Cummon, I know I'm a bad speller, but this is ridiculous.

A Day To Celebrate

This past Saturday, Chris and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. Wow, I can't believe it has been 5 years. It has just flown by so fast, especially now with Charlotte and Maeve keeping us busy. Normally we like to go up to Lake Placid for a couple of nights, but this year we thought it would be too tough with the girls and Maeve is going through the "separation anxiety from Mommy" stage, so, leaving the kids with Mom and Dad was out of the question.

We did however, get to go out. The plan was dinner and, if Maeve was ok at my parents, a movie. So we went to Olde Shaker Inn in Latham for a very nice dinner. Afterwards we called the parents, and as soon as Dad answered the phone, I knew the movie was out...Maeve was screaming in the background. So instead we made a qick stop to Professor Java's in Colonie for dessert and coffee and then back to my parents house. That's OK...It was still a great day

Happy Anniversary Chris...I love you so much.

Incidentaly, we decided we couldn't stay away from Lake Placid, so we are going up this Saturday (10/11) with the girls. It should be fun.

Here is a recap video of our special day.

Flowcharting

A former classmate of mine posted this on his Facebook page and I thought it was so good, I had to post it here.

Moving In Your Sleep

This is how we find Maeve sleeping in her crib one day last week. How do you sleep like this??

Now I know I've probably slept like this before, but that was after 6-10 beers.