The Genius of Top Gear

What other show on television drag races a Bugatti Veyron against a Eurofighter Typhoon...



...and then the next week they attempt to launch the most un-aerodynamic car into space as a reusable shuttle! Brilliant!

Em and Wes

Posting several pics of the Frisco babies this morning - please send all royalties to the "Chris needs a 300 mm lens" or the "Debbie's European Vacation" foundation.





And..."definitely past bedtime" photo...



Few more before we head out for the day...

Baby Invaders

Liesl and David have a handful now - Great news this week as they ended up with Wesley being dropped off by the same stork that brought Emily.

To paraphrase Jerry Seinfeld - babies are wonderful, but let's make no mistake about why these babies are here. They are here to replace us. They're cute, they're cuddly, they're sweet,...and they want you out of the way.

Sounds like the ominous Battlestar Galactica intro - Kids...they rebelled....there are many of them....and they have a plan!

But for now, cute and cuddly covers it! They can do no wrong. We can wonder about whether they are really Cylons in disguise when they hit their teen years.

Smakolyki

"Smakolyki" - Polish for snacks! Only the "L"-type character actually has a "W" sound. But tasty, nonetheless. I'm hungry.

So without further ado, the top 10 greatest foods of all time, compiled by yours truly.

10. Hot Buffalo wings - unless you have an ulcer
9. Toblerone - with 50% of your daily saturated fat in one piece, its a winner!
8. Goldfish - must be bought in Costco quantities
7. Kinder eggs - unless you get one of those ridiculous toys like a Hedgehog in a spacesuit with a pivoting fishing pole
6. Chicken - fried, baked, Chicken Tikka Massala, boiled Gypsy-style, you can't go wrong
5. Pomegranete - makes great juice and the seeds can double as a cheap light-bright toy
4. Olive oil - great on bread, but if its rancid it moves to #1 on the worst list
3. Sprinkles - doesn't matter what type. Sprinkles are the spice of life.
2. Corn Nuts - can double as a breath mint and a teeth sharpener
1. San Pellegrino Lemonade - nothing like Italian lemon tasting battery acid!

And the worst list:

10. Guinea pigs - think about that one for awhile...
9. Dog - unless you're on a strictly Vietnamese diet
8. Horse - see number 9
7. Monkey brains from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
6. Kimchee - even the word tastes bad coming off the tongue
5. Liver - organs do not make good food...could you imagine eating Lung? Or Gallbladder?
4. Chicken Fingers from Chubby's restaurant at Parker and Alma in Plano - awful. Unless you like the consistency of beef jerky with corn flakes on them.
3. Black licorice - Debbie disagrees with me here, but I'm making the list.
2. Hamhocks - with beans, with bok choy, you cannot disguise the fact that you're eating piggy ankles...I've eaten them in gelatin!
1. Hummus - One of the oldest known prepared foods. Dirt is also old. They taste very similar.

Although I left if off the list, European digestive cookies are my fav too! Only to be found in your local Kroger in the international food aisle...next to the hummus. hmmm

Our first mugshot

Bugs in the wild

Bugs and his buddy in our backyard wilderness. Yes, we need to mow our lawn. Yes, if you call our HOA we will hunt you down. Yes, we tried to leave out carrots. No, our bunnies must be meateaters...5 shriveled up carrots still on our back porch.

Misaki's Debut

Testing out the Nikon, with our favorite subject, Misaki. Misaki, though some would call shy and bashful, insists on accompanying us to every photo-op. More to come later. Oh yes.

NOT TO 60

Not to Little Mountain in 3.4 seconds! Sorry, had to indulge my new favorite British phrase from Top Gear - Instead of 0-60, everything is referred to as "Not to 60" - feels as if I'm caught somewhere between sounding like a math professor and a car enthusiast when I say it. You either get "My Bugatti does 0 to 60 in 3.4 seconds" or... "Yes, folks that fine Corolla you see before you will go Not to 60 in 24.8 seconds..." Now, which sounds better!!

Unless of course, you find out your name is NOT in the United States! What rubbish! (Another fine British term) Makes me wonder... do I really NOT exist in these United States or maybe I've only been LED to believe I'm in the United States all these years...NOT to U.S. citizenship in 31.5 years?

Now that I've been completely and utterly marginalized (another nerdy math term), I'm going to have to evaluate what impact this has on me paying taxes in 2009.

Thanks Alex, for helping me find this link and seeing the light.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?