Dude is wearing a plastic bag for a hat.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Home on the couch, the sick dude and his baby and their kitty.

I finally got around to shoveling out the fire hydrant in our front yard.

To all the neighborhood dogs:

You’re welcome.

Question:

When a couple goes to a restaurant and they both order exactly the same meal is it painfully cute?

I think so.

Jenny and I do it a lot.

Yesterday I went to the emergency room at Holy Family Hospital! WHEEEEE!

Last week I broke a tooth (another tooth). Shortly after I started feeling a little swelling in the roof of my mouth. It hurt. The tooth hurt. I assumed they were related. I tried to get a dentist appointment yesterday but the best they could do was Tuesday. I tried to talk to my doctor but was told she was out of the office for a while. I said screw it, left work and went to the emergency room.

The two things are not related. The doctor said the swelling looked like a burn or something that got infected. I don’t remember burning myself. I did eat Peanut Butter Captain Crunch last weekend, and that, in the past, would lead to me cutting the roof of my mouth… a risk yes, but Peanut Butter Captain Crunch is soooo worth the risk.

Anyway, I got some antibiotics to hopefully fight off the infection, and I have a great big bottle of ibuprofen to take care of the tooth pain. So what If I’ll be eating soft foods for a few days. My gorgeous, sweet, generous, loving, amazing, incredible wife made scrambled eggs last night. Isn’t she the best? I sure think she is. The fact that she’s the best woman ever is one of the billion reasons why I love her.

So I will talk funny until the swelling goes down. ‘S’ sounds come out as ‘sh’ sounds, and ‘t’ and ‘j’ sound a little… mushy. At least I won’t be lisping Sidney Crosby when the Bruins play the Penguins this afternoon. Syd is still out with a concussion. Pittsburgh’s loss should be Boston’s gain. No offense, I just like our chances of winning more when the best player in the league is in the press box. That’s all.

Notice how I didn’t say best player on Earth? That would be Bobby Orr. Sorry Syd, but you’ve got light years to go before you’re in Bobby’s league.

My ER bed.

What the hell is this? Suddenly the dates for astrological signs have changed? I’m not a Taurus anymore? WTF? I was perfect for Taurus. Taurus is a bull… I’m a big fat guy who is full of shit. Perfect!

Now I’m an Aries? What the hell is an Aries?

I am so mad* right now!

The New Dates:

Capricorn: Jan. 20 – Feb. 16
Aquarius: Feb. 16 – March 11
Pisces: March 11- April 18
Aries: April 18 – May 13
Taurus: May 13 – June 21
Gemini: June 21 – July 20
Cancer: July 20 – Aug. 10
Leo: Aug. 10 – Sept. 16
Virgo: Sept. 16 – Oct. 30
Libra: Oct. 30 – Nov. 23
Scorpio: Nov. 23 – Nov. 29
Ophiuchus: Nov. 29 – Dec. 17
Sagittarius: Dec. 17 – Jan. 20

*No I’m not. I’m just kidding.

Here is where I got the list of dates.