ACC Championship Tickets Available! $3.95 a Pop...

There is virtually zero interest in seeing the ACC Championship this year...both Florida State and Georgia Tech come in after humiliating losses means a big yawn from Charlotte and the respective fan bases... If you have $3.95 you can attend!  $5 gets you a pretty dang good seat!

Christmas Hug!

Today we did Santa pictures with Jack and Elle... Elle was still scared so she sat on the sidelines. She finally got into the groove once we got home.

Christmas Vacation Ornament Fraud

Many of us are fans of the Chevy Chase movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. While looking at the 2012 Hallmark Christmas ornament collection, I was excited to see a new Christmas Vacation ornament featuring soundbites from the movie. Unfortunately, I immediately recognized that the soundbites are not from the movie. Instead, they are bad impersonations of the actual actors. This video shows the scene from the actual movie, followed by the audio clip from the ornament. I consider this video a public service announcement. Beware Christmas Vacation fans! Do not buy!

To Hell With Georgia!

A friend found this on Pinterest! 

Barb's Blender Breaks

Not to worry however. Rick had a solution in place quickly.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Chair Fun!

Jack and Elle like to tip and fall in Jack's little foam chair!

Star Wars in Legos

Jack received a fancy Star Wars Imperial Cruiser lego set for his birthday and we finally built it. While it was non-trivial to build, Jack kept a positive attitude and kept commenting, Daddy, we'll get through this. Indeed we did!

Pepsi X

Pepsi has released a new product called Pepsi X in a joint promotion with the music show X Factor. The bottle describes it as a dragon fruit flavored cola. I don't agree with that description. I would describe it as a persimmon flavored cream soda. You can be sure this product is heading for a Crystal Pepsi type fate. Gone and largely forgotten. I would recommend you try it once so you can say you've tasted persimmon Pepsi.

Soccer

I think we are collectively happy to have the season draw to a close.  Two practices and a game every week is pretty challenging.  We did successfully introduce Jack to soccer though it isn't something he seems very excited about just yet... we'll see in the future.  His official picture looks good though!

Funny Fox

We missed this becauase we were watching NBC on election night....but it is pretty funny.



Poor Fox didn't know what to do when science won out over emotion and gut feels.... And if you want to watch more idiocy catch this guy!

Be careful though - he's a professional...

Go Vote!!!! (if you haven't already)

Pre-Election Day Debate Fodder

Halloween Footage!

Here's a quick video of Jack and his friends just before heading out to Trick or Treat.



And here's one of my favorites of Jack and Elle. Jack retained his cowboy costume while Elle toggled over to a Ladybug costume.

Jack's Candy Haul! Halloween 2012

We went trick or treating at more houses than ever last night and Jack came away with a nice haul. Elle, who did her best to keep up, did almost as well if not better as a lot of the kids got "extra" candy for her.

Note he even scored a toothbrush and toothpaste!