i remember making that sign for a fishing tournament. I guess i didn't use enough glue on all the letters.

I don't remember holding that sign. I think I would have told you it was a bad word.

Hey now NTO. That's funny. My well behaved kids would never speak to me that way but it is funny :)

not sure, just somehow reminded me of lauren and payton

Now I can rock Halloween in style! Thanks Grandma!

please keep us up to date on whether either of these houses will be reopened in time for trick-or-treating.

Then a drug bust in a house near the one that blew up. I didn't realize we lived in such an up scale community.

Wow. Wish I was with you!

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/10/12/house-leveled-by-explosion-in-moon-twp/

Knew I heard a boom. House in moon was leveled by a gas explosion.

the second one

Two Christmas presents and a Christmas stocking completed. Feeling more confident about completing the things I want to before Christmas.

forced perspective phone pic or 3 gallon margarita?

kumquat waves:

RSJ with a pace of 9:41 at the Town & Gown 5k, getting this Ohler Healthy Living Challenge started off right!

Can't wait to celebrate! Yum!

That sounds delicious. Veronica and I ate the slow-cooker pulled-pork and pineapple I made. It was a croc-pot full, so I will be eating it all week.

To encourage a celebratory dinner next week, I'll reveal last night's new found hit recipe: oven fried chicken. We used green beans instead of scallions, and it came out tremendous. The breading let the chicken cook nice and tender, and the hot dipping sauce muted by the yogurt just really sealed the deal. Mashed potatoes or rice might just have made it perfect.

current stage: carrot

ah, the campus news service....they haven't caught up yet. The award was given back in June right before I officially became full professor. I suppose that word of my becoming interim department head won't catch up with them for another year.

Wait wait wait... I thought Tracy got promoted to full professor last fall. Sorry, if I'm bringing up something I'm not supposed to, but why does it still say associate?

Also, congratulations. You inspire me.

got this one through google alerts

The aim was intentional, he just didn't stop until you closed your mouth - a bit of dinner humor for the other guests, as payment for the free saki. As for the recipe: chicken, coke and soy sauce. Let me know how that one goes. And the guy got egg in his lap because his girlfriend let go of his pocket right as the egg dropped. Just a bit of well-timed confusion.

i'm curious about the recipe that calls for 'coke with soy sauce'...

Better work on their aim if they want to keep their customers.

Made it back to Dayton and had lunch with Rita and the boys.

NTO: Sounds like you had a really lousy cook.

Bye Mommy. Thanks for visiting.

Hey Merel and I just went to a hibachi grill last weekend. I got sprayed with the saki, and Merel had to settle for getting a face full of coke with soy sauce. Could have been worse. The guy next to me got a raw egg broken in his lap.