after bragging about its first rate in-flight entertainment continental showed “running mates”, a 2000 tom selleck made for tv movie. and the quality entertainment didn’t stop there, the return flight featured “crossfire trail” a 2001 tom selleck made for tv movie…

after visiting puerto rico last week i’m convinced the only thing they do worse than drive is prepare sea food.

over the past five years i have cleaned up my appearance and no longer look like an extra from revenge of the nerds. as a result i have received a number of compliments from strangers and interestingly enough they have all been african americans. so either i’m striving to be a jet cover boy or african americans are much more magnanimous with praise than the rest of us.

for all my dexterity, i can never get the spring release bar in place on old fashioned mouse traps and i’m certain one day to loose a finger in one. so i tried the “better” mouse trap, and it is better, for the mouse.

someone recently asked me if i had a personal theme song and i was more disappointed i don’t than i think i should be.

if i have to work at understanding someone’s english i appreciate it if they make me smile by mixing it up like ben jabituya from short circuit.

if your neighbor slaps a “my child is a good citizen at [insert local school name here]” bumper sticker on their car aren’t they basically telling you that their kid is neither smart or athletic?

the popularity of u.s. entertainment has been very helpful in bridging the communication gap with our au pair from peru, for example chucky == bad baby and pepé le pew == skunk.

jumping the shark doesn’t come close to describing how bad the west wing has become since aaron sorkin and tommy schlamme stopped producing the show.

whats with using abstract art for gender signs on bathroom doors? i haven’t gotten it wrong yet but i’ve certainly been concerned heading in.

since natalie and i have been together, she has added a second set of pillows, a fleece blanket, one three foot tall bear and a five foot long body pillow to our bed. would it be paranoid to start wondering at this point if i’m still welcome there?

the day before our son turned six months old natalie and i finally went out on our first date alone.