Sunday, April 15, 2012

Ole's Big Game Bar


Traveling through Paxton, NE last week, I finally visited a place I'd heard about for years called Ole's Big Game Bar. The place was opened in 1933 by a guy named Rosser O. Herstedt, who went by Ole. Ole traveled the globe in the 30's and 40's killing increasingly exotic animals. He brought them back to hang in the bar. The collection of more than 200 dead animals is neat, though depressing. The food is good. I had the chicken fried chicken. My buddy had prime rib. Ole's has had at least one celebrity visitor - Jack Dempsey.















































Saturday, April 14, 2012

Dukes of Hazard: Every Jump

Every kid of the 70's and 80's loved this show. The General Lee is a timeless classic. Here's every jump in the show's first 6 seasons. Awesome! After every jump they retired the car and brought in a new one. They went through more than 60 General Lee's during the life of the show.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Monday, April 09, 2012

Grandpa Comstock

Here's a picture of Grandpa Bill getting his shoes shined down in Mexico.

Sunday, April 08, 2012

The Rabbit Came!

The rabbit brought a new picnic set for the kiddies along with baskets and eggs!  Elle caught on quickly and was happy to find a few eggs with the help of big brother... video coming soon.

Happy Easter!

 

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Baseball Season Opens Today!

Two big highlights from last year!

Yanks Lose!



Cards win!


Let's go Cardinals!, Tigers!, Braves, A's, Giants or Red Sox!!!!

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Would you like some spaghetti to go with your cheese?

Jack ate spaghetti with us the other night and we gave him the cheese and did a poor job of supervising what he did with it. Here's the result!

Monday, March 26, 2012

Concepts in Cats

My friend Ed voiced a commercial for a new cat specialty shop in the Haymarket called Concepts in Cats. Mullins and I each edited a video to the voice spot. Mine features Erin's cats Riley and Emma.




Sunday, March 25, 2012

Pepsi Next

In an attempt to fill the 1/2 sugar void left by Coke when they pulled C2 from shelves, Pepsi has introduced Pepsi Next. It has 60 calories a can and tastes about like regular sugar Pepsi. A good option if you can't stand the taste of regular diet cola.



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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

NCAA Women's Basketball... the bright spot for GT AND KU...

She's been a tough year for GT basketball...no home court, new coach, best players from last year bolted to the NBA. The women, however, are blazing new trails with their first trip to the sweet 16. The run is likely to end with the next game against undefeated Baylor...

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Zuchini Boxes Belong in the Pantry

And that's exactly where Jack was putting them.  While these zuchini boxes can be easily confused with Kleenex boxes it is only in the mind of an imaginative 4-year old where their true purpose is established...




Elle lost interest in it all after a while...

Monday, March 05, 2012

Photos and Random Kindness

Jack and I went to the Effie Yeaw Nature Center as part of his playgroup this week-end. It was a beautiful day for early March. Nearly 80 degrees and sunny.

When it was time to hike the kids took off with Jack and his friend Cassie leading the way. This is pretty normal so we let kids be kids and kept our eye on them from further back on the trail.

As we approached the river we were stopped by a photographer asking about the "two kids". Turns out he had gotten some great unposed shots of them and offered to email them to us. Turns out this was a professional photographer and his work is great.

Here's our favorite picture of Jack that he took:

























I had my camera and was taking a lot of pictures too. Steph signed me up for a photography class for Christmas so I was practicing taking pictures in "manual" mode. Here are a couple of my favorite shots from the morning:


















Sunday, March 04, 2012

Introducing the jPad

Jack was the "student of the week" in his class last week. This requires more work for parents than it does of kids and on Friday he was tasked with bringing a poster to school to hang up.

We decided to design this poster after the world's most popular tablet device.


22 Fake Apple Shut Down...in 1 China City!

When I read last year about a fake Apple store being discovered and shut down in China I was surprised. The surprise factor improbably elevated when I read this article. 22 imposter stores discovered and shut down....in 1 city. If that is the case that it seems like a reasonable assumption that there are probably hundreds of fake Apple stores littered throughout China.

Friday, March 02, 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Tesla Roadster Sighting

I ran out for take-out sushi the other night and saw my first all electric Tesla vehicle... The Tesla Roadster. It featured a customer license plate as you can see.

 
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Silly Questions 101

CAN YOU CRY UNDER WATER?

HOW IMPORTANT DOES A PERSON HAVE TO BE BEFORE
THEY ARE CONSIDERED ASSASSINATED INSTEAD OF JUST MURDERED?

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO "PUT YOUR TWO CENTS IN"...
BUT IT'S ONLY A "PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS"? WHERE'S THAT
EXTRA PENNY GOING TO?

ONCE YOU'RE IN HEAVEN, DO YOU GET STUCK WEARING
THE CLOTHES YOU WERE BURIED IN FOR ETERNITY?

WHAT DISEASE DID CURED HAM ACTUALLY
HAVE?

HOW IS IT THAT WE PUT MAN ON THE MOON BEFORE
WE FIGURED OUT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT WHEELS ON
LUGGAGE?

WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE SAY THEY "SLEPT LIKE
A BABY " WHEN BABIES WAKE UP LIKE EVERY TWO HOURS?

IF A DEAF PERSON HAS TO GO TO COURT, IS IT
STILL CALLED A HEARING?

WHY ARE YOU IN A MOVIE, BUT YOU'RE ON
TV?

Why
do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in
binoculars to look at things on the ground?

WHY DO DOCTORS LEAVE THE ROOM WHILE YOU CHANGE?
THEY'RE GOING TO SEE YOU NAKED ANYWAY.

WHY
IS "BRA" SINGULAR AND "PANTIES" PLURAL?

WHY DO TOASTERS ALWAYS HAVE A SETTING THAT
BURNS THE TOAST TO A HORRIBLE CRISP, WHICH NO DECENT HUMAN BEING WOULD EAT ?

IF JIMMY CRACKS CORN AND NO ONE CARES, WHY
IS THERE A STUPID SONG ABOUT HIM?

CAN A HEARSE CARRYING A CORPSE DRIVE IN THE CARPOOL LANE ?

IF THE PROFESSOR ON GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
CAN MAKE A RADIO OUT OF A
COCONUT, WHY CAN'T HE FIX A HOLE IN A BOAT?

WHY DOES GOOFY STAND ERECT
WHILE PLUTO REMAINS ON ALL FOURS?
THEY'RE BOTH DOGS!

IF WILE E. COYOTE HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY ALL
THAT ACME CRAP, WHY DIDN'T HE JUST BUY DINNER?

IF CORN OIL IS MADE FROM CORN,
AND VEGETABLE OIL IS MADE FROM VEGETABLES,
WHAT IS BABY OIL MADE FROM?

IF ELECTRICITY COMES FROM ELECTRONS, DOES MORALITY
COME FROM MORONS?

DO THE ALPHABET SONG AND TWINKLE, TWINKLE
LITTLE STAR HAVE THE SAME TUNE?

WHY DID YOU JUST TRY SINGING THE TWO SONGS ABOVE?

WHY DO THEY CALL IT AN ASTEROID WHEN IT'S OUTSIDE THE HEMISPHERE, BUT CALL IT A HEMORRHOID WHEN IT'S IN YOUR
ASS?

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks
his head out the window?

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Guess the Amount!

I took our change jar to the bank this morning. Guess the amount! (Erin and I guessed before the cash-in.)






Friday, February 24, 2012

Elle Having a Ball

Elle crashed one of Jack's playdates recently at a bounce house and had a ball - quite literally. Her walking continues to progress as you can see.

Monday, February 20, 2012

What was That?!?











It was Elle swinging her light sabre of course!  Jack has taken her on as his Padawan Learner!  And of course she's not short on pride.  (or teeth for that matter!)


Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Happy Valentines Day! School Cards

A good friend of ours mentioned this idea to us and we ran with it. All in all, they seemed to come out pretty well.

Happy Valentines Day from Jack!

















And Elle!

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Super Bowl Menu 2012

It was a Chicago themed Super Bowl! Featured item was Garrett's Popcorn, the Chicago mix flavor, in the Oprah's Favorite Things tin.









Also served were pizza and calzone snacks from Chicago's famous Pizzeria Uno.



Wash it all down with a beer variety from Chicago's Goose Island Brewery!



These plus other snacks equalled a taste of Chicago Super Bowl! Go Bears! Giants win! Pats lose!







Saturday, February 11, 2012

2012 School Pictures

The bi-annual school pictures are in. This is the dress-up series and there are some good ones. Let us know if there is one in particular that calls out to you and well be sure you get a copy.

Jack in a Tux!




















What's Cookin' in Elle's Kitchen?





















Fore!





















Fire, Fire, Fire!

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Steph's Ad of The Year

In Steph's new job as a Market Researcher she knows such things now...

Saturday, February 04, 2012

I taught Jack how to do "donkey rolls" and a few weeks later he was teaching his sister!

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