Duh.

36!

Me. 36. Today.

Dog Ugly

A colleague of mine just got a very cute Pug puppy and it's put me in the dog-owning mood. I got on a local humane society web site to see if there were any gems I could convince Colleen of going to see. Suffice to say, there were none, but I can't pass up the opportunity to show you a picture of Bruce, the front-half-vertically-challenged-long-tailed-Basset-Dalmation-Lab-100%-kick-ass dog.

Justice

Walking from the train to my office this morning, I heard a long, loud horn and turned my head to see a BMW X-5 in the left lane slowly cutting off a beater in the right lane, as the BMW tried to take a right turn from the left lane. The BMW stopped in a menacing way, trapping the beater between the curb and the BMW. 3 seconds later...WHAM! The beater driver called the BMW's driver's bluff and plowed right into the SUV's side. I felt like cheering for him. The BMW driver jumped out and walked briskly to the back of his car in a confrontational manner, but when the other driver stepped out and showed his entire 6' 5"+ frame, the BMW driver meekly motioned to a side street to begin filling out the accident papers.

Typos feels so good!

I love catching big news organizations with typos, particularly in headlines. MSNBC.com clearly has a valid excuse for it, with the tragedy in Blacksburg, VA still unfolding, but I'm still going to call them out.

Best Picture

By Steve Chen/AP

This crocodile snapped off a Tawainese veterinarian's forearm while the vet was trying to remove a tranquilizer dart. Whoops. Doctors were able to reattach his arm with 7 hours of surgery, but not before this beast mugged for the camera with an "I'm da man!" expression.

Don't Mess with the Monkey

Chimpanzees in Senegal have been observed making and using wooden spears to hunt other primates. Full story here.

Whoa

Peggy Moffit used to be a model? Perhaps she still is -- for a mask maker.

Grady and Liam are funny

• While helping Liam put on his pants, I thought I saw in my peripheral vision him picking his nose. When he balanced himself, he touched my face and I said, "Ew, stop. You just picked your nose." He said, "No I didn't, Dad. It was just an eye bugger."
• We were in NY for Easter and woke up Easter morning in a hotel room before heading over to my Grandmother's house. We hid eggs around the small room after the kids went to bed the night before, and when they woke up, they were in an egg-finding frenzy. When the eggs were all but gone, Grady was desperate to keep finding treats. He held up the wireless keyboard on top of the T.V. and said, "The Easter Bunny got us a new one of these!!!" And, seconds later, he held up a pair of Colleen's socks and said, "He gave someone new socks!!!"
• Liam was jumping on the hotel bed and got hot, so he stripped down to his underwear. He was wearing new underwear that was a bit large for him, so was sagging. His Aunt Katy was in the room and said he was wearing not tighty whities, but "baggy whities." Heh, heh.