I actually read a book!!

I read a book recently. It was a book I didn't have to read. It was a book I chose. It was a book I didn't skim through at the speed of light, searching for relevant info. I enjoyed it verily. The book "Blonde Roots" offers a new and interesting perspective regarding the Trans Atlantic slave trade. The premise turns the tables with European commoners and elite enslaved by Africans. Bernardine Everisto researched the topic well and paints a logical, if temporally confusing picture of the possibilities posed by the hypothesis: what if the geographic, social, and cultural specifics of the Trans Atlantic slave trade were reversed? This book is disturbing yet funny, dark yet hopeful. If you don't mind a little gore here and there, it is an interesting twist on what we think we know. Enjoy!!

House pictures

Now that we have everything pretty organized, I was actually able to find the USB cord for our camera. I thought I would include some pictures for those of you interested in our new abode. And maybe in the future, I will actually post pictures from our life as opposed to finding lame pictures on the net, which is creepy, like leaving the stock pictures in a frame you bought. And by "you" I mean Matt Ring...

How could I forget Journey!!

You guys are awesome! What eclectic tastes! I also forgot "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen!! It totally fits into the (no pun intended) category of "perfect songs sung while wearing a codpiece". I tried to pick a song by Talking Heads but they're all so good and strange, I designated "Sand in the Vaseline" as a perfect album to be heard from beginning to end. And then there is Journey. Cheyney, thanks for alerting me to the error of my ways. "Don't stop beleivin" is most certainly, without a doubt, a perfect song. I'm also fond of "City lights". I could go on, but that would be self-indulgent. Now, excuse me while I open I-Tunes and get pumped up!!

Perfect Song?

I had a random thought; what constitutes the perfect song? I have my own standards and have designated a few for my own personal list.

Currently, I think the following songs are perfect (or as close as possible):

Try a little tenderness- Otis Redding (a little scary; not the Ducky version though)

Please, please, please let me get what I want- The Smiths (depressing but great)

Sexx Laws- Beck (come one, there is fridge/washer love in this video!!)

Its oh so quiet- Bjork (Bjork is awesomely nutty)

Among others...

My criteria are as follows:

A song must be short, infectuous, and make you wish for more when it ends. Please add your own!

Aaaaaand it begins....

I was driving with our three girls the other day. Shelby says, "Daddy?"; I say, "yes baby" (it is especially important to listen to her right now because she is really coming up with some special thoughts, I used to just ignore her and call her IT, J. K.!!!!);

Shelby: "Daddy, I'm falling in love with Sheldon........" (she's four years old, by the way)

Me: pause........

Me: "honey, do you know what that means?"

Shelby: "no, daddy"

Me: "relieved sigh"; "that's nice baby, is he nice to you?"

Shelby: "yes, I'm falling in love with him, for real"

So, it starts, my girls are getting more and more beautiful each day. And now one of them thinks she is falling in love "for real". Oh please give me patience and the ability to NOT kill teenage boys...