WTF?
Doesn't anyone know what the
hell a bookmap is and how to follow it.
Holy Shit! This is incredible!
...there, I feel better already

You Are 50% Boyish and 50% Girlish |
| You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch (real fucking funny pal). Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes. You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them. You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be. |
This past Saturday my Aunt and Uncle has the annual family get together at their lake house in northwestern NJ. It's a great place. Very secluded and peaceful. They used to have another house in Vermont but they just sold that. My Uncle was an scientist for Exxon and during the 1960's developed one of the first chemicals (that I believe is still being used) to help clean up oil spills. The families (myself my brother, sister and Mom, my other Aunt, and these guys with their 4 kids and numerous second cousins) always look forward to this get together. It was a beautiful day, the weather had cooled down and there was a slight breeze. My cousin Peter and my brother went out on the sail boat for a while. The lake is a pretty good size, but only
allow sailboats, canoes and kayaks, and small motor boats with a limit of a 6 h.p. motor. I didn't get too many pictures of the inside of the house, but I got one of the porch and one of the bedrooms on it. There is also a picture of my cousin Linda's son, James. He saved up his money and bought this boat on Ebay for $400 bucks. It's way cool. He is quite a kid. My son Dylan gets along with him well even though they only see each other once or twice a year. The lake was celebrating it's Centennial this year and they had kayak races. Since James is 13, he had to race
with the adults. He kicked everyone's ass and won the trophy. He was, however, not able to kick my ass in ping pong. I was the king of the table that day. There was not a 13 year old there who could beat me! I also played my brother and my niece's boyfriend-twice. Unfortunatly, there are no photos of me kicking butt (but it really did happen, honest!) When I had my own place before getting married, I had a huge room in my apartment where I had a ping pong table. I love playing, I can't do all of that fancy spin but I would like to get another one at some point. Anyway, we had some real good food, burger and dogs and salads. My brother and I got to play some guitar together and it was a great day. I look forward to next year!



Today, Grif was doing a drawing. I asked him at the beginning of it what he was making. He said 'Look Dad, here's the Easter Bunny, see I made his ears blue'.
Monkeys are intelligent and agile, well-adapted for jungle life as they swing happily from tree to tree. As a monkey, you are a social animal who is quick to learn new things, loves to climb and is known to show off his bananna. A monkey's tiny primate features are irresistable, as is his gregarious personality!Labels: Joke
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There is this great organic farm by us that we try to go to every week. Partly to get fresh healthy produce, partly to support a local business. The people who run it are really great people. Every Autumn they have a 'Family Party' where people bring dishes they made, the farm offers a ton of food and they have entertainment. It's like this real cool Hippie Festival. I've thought of playing music there with my wife, we should do it. Maybe this year we will. The Grif and I went there yesterday to pick up some tomatoes and corn and a few other things. One thing we saw was this real strange looking potato that Grif is holding.




I remember being by my cousins house when I was about 12 and his neighbor asking me if I was Ernie from My Three Sons. I hated the man after that. Looking at the pictures now(and being a ball-buster myself), I can understand why he said that. Way back then we didn't have computers and IMing and all of that. My son has a few 'girls' that he chats with and I think he will be fine on the dating circut in a few years (many years I hope). I on the other hand did not have IMing, which I guess could have been better because I could have used someone else's picture and have pretended I was someone I was not. Needless to say, I didn't have many girlfriends at age 12...or 13...or 14...
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So, we finally got to the bottom of why Grif had a time out on his second day of kindergarten. At least this is what the teacher claims happened. You know how these kindergarten teachers are, they just take the job so they can push little kids around. We are considering a lawsuit against the teacher, the school, the State of NY, and anyone else we can think of. How dare they accuse our child of talking while a grown up was talking. Ha-ha. I'm sure there have been people on Jerry Springer who have sued. Back when I was in Catholic school, I remember talking during church to my best friend Frankie and we got caught by Sister Rita Joseph. Aside from getting the 'stink eye' from her, after church and lunch she put scotch tape on our mouths. I still remember having PBJ and potato chips too. The chips were salty and made my lips so the tape would not stick. I thought she was going to kill me. Ah, the good old days....
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They survived it. Grif had his first day of kindergarten. He had been in a 1/2 preschool for two years that had horses, chickens, rabbits and dogs. It was a great place. Now he has hit the big time with fullday kindergarten. My wife walked him down to the bus, a tear in her eye. He got on the bus ok, but our older son advised him to sit in the back 'because it's cool'. Well, I think the fumes got to him along with the bump, not to metion tha 'fat kid' that sat next to him who later threatened to rip his head off once they got to school. Gee, I can't wait to meet the parents. If it happens today it will be time to have a talkin to the teacher and to tell Grif is this kid gives him any shit, clobber him. He's a tough little dude. Dylan had a good day in the 6th grade, it's a different school for him and they have to change classes throughout the day. They also have a pool there so that is way cool. He is in the music program so that will mean getting him there early 2-3 days a week which will be my job. Here they are after a long day.
Wow, where did it go? It seems like only yesterday it was Memorial Day. This was such a great weekend, the weather was fantastic, I went to the movies with my wife, we had a playdate too. We barbequed with family today and now the kids are returning to school tomorrow. Of course there are things they need that I have to run out for now. Grif need little crayons, and big crayons plus markers. I think this really isn't school for him. He's just going to play somewhere else. Some racket! He will also take the bus to school for the first time and Dyl will be in a new school. It's exciting, I wish I could see them off. I have to go to the city for #31 tomorrow....
I was lucky enough to get tickets for the US Open tennis tournament this past Thursday. There has been this enormous ad campaign by American Express with AndyRoddick where he is 'Looking For His Mojo'. Even when we got on the number 7 subway to go out to Flushing Queens, all of the ads were about Andy's mojo. We got off the subway and walked down the boardwalk over to the stadium, and yes, even more signs about his mojo. Well, Roddick had the mojo kicked out of him the day before and he may never find it again. Anyway, my brother and I made our way to the stadium and got in line. The security if incredible at this event now. We were on the express line which meant that we pretty much had the shirts on our backs and that was all. Even then there were delays because the radiation detector that prevents people from bringing in their nuclear weapons kept going off. I hate when that happens, it's so embarassing! Once inside, we grabbed some $25 hot dogs and went to our seats. My brother was able to get $400 seats (for free) that were 8 rows back, at the end of the court. Very good indeed.
We saw Justine Henin-Hardenne play, Lindsay Davenport play and Andre Agassi play. The were good matches. I won't bore you with the details and I'm surprised if many people are even still reading this. I somehow don't see my 'readers' as big tennis fans... All in all, it was a great day. It was nice to be back at the open, the weather was fantastic and it's always a treat to go, especially when you have great seats. This photo was taken with my camera phone. It's Agassi. It shows where our seats were. Anyway, I have to go find my mojo now....