When I see one of these I really miss my old Thunderbird, even if it
was a P.O.S.

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So my Dentist put me on the antibiotic Amoxicillin.

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Did you know that Amoxicillin can have side effects?

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Did you know that one possible side effect is itchiness?

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Might be time to self un-medicate.

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Remember this post from earlier this month?

The one with a boston.com story giving a recipe for homemade oreo cookies?

My beautiful wife just one upped it.

Here is a recipe for cookie dough cupcakes.

When we were looking into bakeries for the wedding we ended up at the Cupcake Factory in Andover. One of their flavors was a cookie dough cupcake. We tried it. We loved it. We asked for one of the tiers of our cake to be cookie dough. They made it. We loved it. We want more.

We have the kids this weekend and were looking for things to do. I think if the kids are up for it we might have a baking bonanza and try to make both of these mouth watering junk food desserts.

I can’t wait!

She and I have been married for two months.

Happy two months sweetie!

Damn it’s rough being old and trying to function on less than five hours of sleep.

We spent last evening at my sister’s new house babysitting her baby. He was very good all night. He ate his dinner and a big chunk of Jen’s. He was smiling and playing and squirming around and being great. We had two short crying moments. First when we were changing him and then later when we put him to bed. We definitely heard two words clearly, “mama” and “dada”. We might also have heard something that might possibly have been “yes” but we’re not sure.

Lisa and Ken were at the Red Sox game which just happened to go into extra innings (after the Sox blew a nice healthy lead… the jerks). So they didn’t get home until after midnight, and they actually left before the game ended. We got home a few minutes after 1:00am and then the alarm clock went off at 5:30. Nice!

Jen and I both went to Lisa and Ken’s straight from work which meant both of our cars were there. When we left we decided to take one car and leave the other there. Which of course meant we had to leave home early this morning to go get it. It resulted in me getting to work very early, Lisa and Ken live about half way between me and work, and Jen getting there a little late. She had to ride with me way out of her way and then drive back. Sorry sweetie.

The sleepiness is taking it’s toll. I currently have an IV dripping caffeine directly into my blood stream. I must also admit to having had a Snickers bar for breakfast. Not healthy, but satisfying… as the jingle says.

Tonight there are no plans. Just staying home and hanging out with the kids. Perhaps hamburgers on the grill are in order?

Another iPhone astrophotography picture.

iPhone astrophotography (daylight edition). The (very faint) moon.

First he was Captain James T. Kirk, clearly the coolest man in history, past or future.
Then he was T.J. Hooker, the bad ass cop you wish was protecting your neighborhood.
These days he’s Denny Crane (please tell me I spelled that right) the lawyer you want to have your back.

But now he is so much more than that.

Now he is Sarah Palin’s translator.

Watch and be dazzled by The King.

Yesterday I was driving home from work and I came up with what may be the nerdiest idea for a picture post yet. I would keep my phone in one hand, with the camera on, and take a picture of anyone I saw along the road who wasn’t in a car. Walking, running, biking, standing in a parking lot, pumping gas, doing yard work, anything.

Neat idea, right? Sort of a street view/photo walk type thing with the only catch being I was moving at about 40 miles per hour the whole time.

It’s not as easy as you might think. Here are a few examples of the results.

Is that the steering wheel? Wooops

I timed this one perfectly. Look at that wonderful front bicycle tire.

There is probably some one on the other side of the car… or that thing that looks almost like a car. It might actually be the best picture ever, assuming I caught the car just as it entered warp. (Star Trek reference of the day)

I think I am just stupid enough to try this one again. Not today though.

My cousin has season tickets to the Red Sox. (lucky stiff!) As a wedding present he gave Jen and me two tickets to tonight’s game. Unfortunately I am both a fat ass and super tall. I don’t actually fit into my cousin’s seats. Besides, we are on a major debt reducing kick right now and with it being the end of the month we are pretty much broke. So we thought it would be nice to give the tickets to my nephew for his 1st birthday. He in turn gave them to his parents. Seeing how generous the one year old was, Jen and I decided to offer to baby sit.

That was before the Red Sox announced that they are going to retire Hall of Fame Member Jim Rice’s number 14 at tonight’s game. Damn, I wish I was shorter and thinner. (no I don’t… I don’t wish I was shorter)

So Lisa and Ken are going to go to the Red Sox game tonight while Jen and I babysit our nephew. I am a die hard Red Sox fanatic who became a fan during Jim Rice’s prime and will always consider him one of my favorite players… and it seems like a fair trade to me.