ethan has discovered that natalie and i dated other people before we met each other. he was asking if any of my previous girlfriends were like his mom and i noted that each was quite different.

as i considered my response i realized there were two similarities between the women i have dated. small chests and big teeth.

now i’m curious to discover what evolutionary criteria selects on those two characteristics…

for all our travels and the interesting places we have taken the kids, logan says she is most excited about our next adventure because the hotel continental breakfast may have colored cheerios…

we’ve been seeing a lot of these warnings at trail heads where we’ve been hiking in california.

If you encounter a mountain lion do not run; instead, face the animal, make noise and try to appear as large as possible.

If attacked, fight back.

while the warning is funny on many levels, it goes on to say that small children, like the ones accompanying us, are one of the mountain lions favorite targets. natalie, a mother lion in her own right, has been particularly conscious of the warnings.

so, i had to look at her twice when my wife came home after a run in the woods remarking of this crazy dog she heard bark. she surprised me again when she made the first realistic sound effect i have ever heard her make (she sangs “bang” imitating the sound of a gun).

i can only conclude from this exchange that mountain lions are a real threat when your children may be at risk, but if it comes to interfering with your morning run, they are sick and tortured dogs.

i swear this is the last thing i’ll say on the lebron issue, but this is too good not to pass along…

In addition, Fathead.com, an online retailer owned by Cavalier’s owner Dan Gilbert dropped the price of its LeBron Fathead wall decals from $99.99 to $17.41, which happens to be the same year Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold was born.

the upshot of lebron’s prime time hour long ego-athon is that it reaffirms my conviction that largest egos on the planet can be found in the nba, and now i can return to not caring a lick about professional basketball…