My youngest nephew blew my mind when I first saw him on vacation--he'll be 13 in November, and he's almost as tall as me already!

Actually, he blew his sister's mind as well. While I was out there, she got back from a 3-week trip to Europe (regional band tour), and they came over for dinner the next day. I guess she hadn't measured herself against Dylan in a while, because when I said something about him probably being taller than her, she immediately denied it until we had them stand next to each other. When she saw that he was taller than her, she gave him a light slap across the face for outgrowing her (not abusive, just older-sistery). He got the biggest grin on his face and she mock-pouted for a bit.

(I do love the name Emaryn, it's so pretty)

We like it too! I'm really happy with the kid's names. Maybe we should have gone with a middle name that starts with 'O' for Leif though. Then his initials would be LOL and that would be SO fitting.

Just in case anyone needs a photo of some poodles (and a human) wearing Hello Kitty party hats: [link]

Ta-Nehisi Coates and commenters discuss the "nice guy" thing: [link]

Ooh! Just found out a Cuban restaurant is moving to my neighborhood. yay!

I'm thinking of Freaks and Geeks, where the geeks lament that they can't get laid. But what they really mean is that they can't get laid by cheerleaders.

This was me in high school, only it really wasn't "can't get laid" as much as "can't get a girlfriend" and the girls I wanted weren't cheerleaders they weren't all the different from the girls would wanted to go out with me, I just had a knack for crushing on the uninterested.

I actually acquired a nickname from some girls, "The Guardian" because I was the guy who would wrap you up in my coat and find your clothes that you were too drunk to locate and get you home safely.

I actually acquired a nickname from some girls, "The Guardian" because I was the guy who would wrap you up in my coat and find your clothes that you were too drunk to locate and get you home safely.

Aw. And that's why you made a great catch for the right person!

Just found out a Cuban restaurant is moving to my neighborhood.

Oooh?

First day back at running a report, and of course I include the wrong attachements. Sigh.

T-minus 1 hour to sheer craziness.

It's the sort of thing that doesn't score a lot of points with high school girls, but becomes more attractive with age. That might explain why the girls I could have gone out with in high school tended to the troubled and needy. I mean getting treatment and suicide attempt troubled, not just slightly off. Maybe not having a serious girlfriend in high school wasn't a bad thing.

I had a serious girlfriend in high school. She asked me out. I never considered asking her out because she was seeing someone. Turns out she asked me out to make her boyfriend jealous, but we ended up going out together for a year and a half. (Of course, she cheated on me multiple times during while we were going out.)