Here are some more pictures from Saturday’s trip to the Rochester Fair. It seemed like there were more animals this year than last, and less rides. There was also a sad lack of all day ride passes for the kids which greatly cut down on their ride enjoyment. The fair food was also a bit of a step down from last year, although the ice cream was good and four of us ordered what turned out to be the world’s largest pieces of fried dough. It actually required three paper plates to hold it. We’re talking massive chunks of friend dough.

Everyone had a good time though. The kids only got to ride a few rides, but the ones they picked were really fun. They loved the animals. I think I want to open a textile plant that only makes things out of Alpaca and Llama fur. Those might be the two softest substances in the known universe.

We started with the pigs. There were grown up pigs…

…There were baby pigs (with numbers painted on them, not sure why)…

…and there were posted instructions telling us how to go about eating the pigs. Yum!

There were sheep, including black sheep.

There were cows. Lots of cows. This one makes me think of Pink Floyd. (get it?)

There were also baby cows (calfs to those in the know) including very hungry baby cows.

The Alpacas were cool. Softest fur ever. I am usually more of a Llama guy (probably thanks to Monty Python) but the Alpacas won the day for me.

I like to eat. That’s why when I see this I can think of nothing but stuffing.

The bunnies were as cute as… well… bunnies. The kids said they wanted pet bunnies. I had to think of a safe way to tell them the problems that stem from owning two bunnies… and how two bunnies quickly turn into 100 bunnies.

Games and rides galore.

That is a big pumpkin. I mean, big.

Food vendors galore too.

I knew giraffes had long necks, but I had no idea they had the longest tongues in the universe. This picture doesn’t even begin to hint at the truth.

I always expect to see Kangaroo wearing boxing gloves.

The obligatory ferris wheel picture. We didn’t ride it.

Another view of rides and games galore.

Last but not least, a squinty picture of me and the girl of my dreams.

Moon over the Quick Stop… This is getting out of control, isn't it.

Jupiter over the Quick Stop. At least I think it is.

Jen woke up with a cold this morning. Talk about a bummer. That officially makes today a sit-around-and-flake day. After food shopping and running a few errends that is. (you are fascinated, I can tell.)

On the up side, I just listened to the remastered version of Sgt Pepper. It sounds great!

We got home a few minutes ago after another great day at the Rochester Fair. The pictures will wait until tomorrow. We’re all really tired.

Night Night.

We’re going to the Rochester Fair today. I would post a better picture from last year but this is the only one that doesn’t have the kids in it and this page is kid-picture-free. You have to go to the other page to see one with the kids. (they look so little!)

I’ll post pictures from this year’s fair… or course… probably three or four thousand.

Good Day!

Well, it’s finally here. Welcome to 2002 everyone!

Finally, after being the laughing stock of the smart phone universe, AT&T has activated Multimedia Messaging Services for the iPhone. I went into iTunes a little after 1:00pm and took the tiny little update that gave me the MMS option under Messages. I then had to reboot the phone (no one told me that, I guessed it) and there it was. I had MMS enabled.

I then took the most recent picture I had taken (Jen perusing the menu at The 99 the other night) and pic messaged it to Jen.

She didn’t get it.

She has an iPhone too, of course, and hadn’t set up the MMS yet. I expected her to get the usual You-Have-Received-A-Picture-Message-Go-Here-To-Get-It bullshit message we got prior to this update but she didn’t get that either.

So this functionality has been on the phone itself since June. AT&T blocked it because they didn’t think their network could handle it. They then spent three months beefing up their systems so that it could handle the additional data transfers and the very first time I try it… it fails.

Nice.

I foresee the end of a certain exclusivity deal in the near future.

They didn’t have toys like this when I was a kid…

So the fire alarms just went off. As is usually the case here we all waited about five minutes before deciding to go outside. They test the alarms so often that generally speaking the alarms are not a sign of danger, they are a sign of maintenance.

This morning when I left for work it was cold outside. I park close enough to the building that I can just scoot in without being affected by the weather too much so I left my coat in the car. A fire alarm however would require me to be out in the cold waiting for permission to go back inside. I wondered, while sitting at my desk, if I went outside I was going to be cold. If I stayed inside I would be nice and warm. Toasty warm. Very warm. Well done. ahhhhh

Then I went outside. The wind hit me and I went to my car to get my coat. I then walked back to the front of the building where the throng of fellow co-workers were waiting. There I learned something distressing. The sun is very warm today. The breeze is cold, but the sun is warn. Had I just stayed in the sun I wouldn’t have needed the coat.

Damn you fire alarm for messing with me. Damn you.

It was, of course, a false alarm.

Luckily. Even if I did look like a stooge wearing a coat.

Stupid fire alarm.

Yesterday was supposed to be the day the teeth were going to start getting repaired. That of course did not happen. The result? All day long I had really bad tooth ache pain. Much worse than normal because the meds weren’t working. I don’t think it was the worst pain I’ve had since things got bad enough for it to be a daily thing, but it was the worst since that one memorable night when I hurt so bad I couldn’t sleep at all.

I think my teeth knew what was supposed to happen, and when it didn’t they celebrated. They rubbed my nose in it.

Stupid teeth.