Finally, a break in the fantastic action!
You might be thinking that this
girl's feet are impossibly tiny. That's because the
hot sauce guys have absolutely no interest in feet.
Boobs? You bet. I recall several conversations the
first time I drew this- "This is really great.
Really. But, uhh-" "Let me guess, you'd like to see
bigger boobs." "YEAH!, I mean, yes, the boobs could
be bigger."
Yay! My pizza just came. BRB-
Okay, I'm back. A few things about Mark's Time Out
Grille, the bar at which I currently sit. First, it
never seems like it should be the right place to go,
but invariably it is. I don't know why exactly, there
are a few closer places I like just fine, but
something is always wrong with those places. It's not
like I get out a lot, and certainly almost never
without the wife & kids, so I've learned not to
take any chances when it comes to sitting someplace
drinking by myself. The music here is never something
I would pick myself, but it's always just right, They
just played the whole first disc of Billy Joel's
greatest hits, most of which I haven't heard in a
long time (mostly because I was never that big a
fan). I must say that old Billy (as opposed to the
"new" Billy songs that came out after 1982. God I'm
old) sounds better every year as pop music becomes
more soulless and generic. Can you believe that these
were "pop" songs when they first came out? Weird.
Another thing- they are totally disregarding the new
Ohio law that says there can be no smoking in public
buildings. At all. Under Penalty of Law and fines and
public stoning and all that. But there are people
lighting up all over. I actually voted for that law
(which I regret now because it's a fascist hypocrisy
and a lot of businesses are hurting because of it)
because I don't like to smell bad when I get home.
But, for some reason, Mark's wouldn't be right if I
didn't smell bad later. So that's all good. AND- the
pizza is excellent. No lie- some of the best around.
I've been on internet hiatus since basically October,
so I've missed a few things. Mostly boring things.
Xmas was good, except that Becky bought WAAAAYYYYY
too many toys for the boys. I was actually mad at her
for it, but not because of the money- toddler toys
really don't cost very much. It was just so much
stuff, they'll never play with it all. They aren't
even into opening presents yet, so Becky spent like
three days wrapping all the presents and she & I
ended up opening all of them as Ty & Casey jumped
on couches and spilled apple juice. Casey especially
couldn't care less about any of the new stuff, he
liked the abacus that was the very first thing we
opened for him and still hasn't played with any of
the other crap. And all the new toys take up so much
room in our house, you can't walk anywhere anymore
without tripping or breaking an ankle on something
plastic that was made in China or India or Mexico. I
have broken five ankles since New Year's. Of course,
Becky was upset with me because I was upset with her,
and words like "SCROOGE!" and "YOU HATE CHRISTMAS!"
were thrown around, but whatever. I have a feeling
that no matter what agreement we come to before Xmas
about a limit to what we're getting the kids, it will
be egregiously broken by the wife every year, so I
guess it's best not to fight it.
In October my brother & I took sort of an
impromptu long weekend trip to Florida to visit our
grandparents. I drove the whole way from Cleveland
and back. That was a lot of driving, but I'm a
creature of the wheel on these things. We could have
flown, but it was cheaper to drive, plus we needed an
excuse to come & go when we wanted. I love my
grandparents, but a little goes a long way, know what
I'm saying? They aren't getting any younger, and we
felt we needed to get down there when we could. It
was a good trip overall. Here's a picture I got from
their neighborhood-
THERE'S FLORIDA!
I had written a whole long thing about how awesome
and transcendent the Fiesta Bowl with Boise State
beating Oklahoma was, but then my program here
crashed and I lost most of it. I'm not the only loser
here though, NO- it is you, dear reader, who is the
biggest loser now. But, shit happens and I apologize
for nothing. It was a really inspired paragraph,
though. Lots of drama and whooping like an idiot and
whatnot. Oh well.
Now it's Tuesday and I'd better post this thing. I
leave you with the Xmas present I made for the
grandparents this year, click this for the Tyler &
Casey 2006 movie. I was trying to embed it into
the actual text here, but I haven't got that
worked out just yet. So, it's a 28mb QuickTime
link for YOU! Might take a while to download.
Patience....