Zac And The Zoo

• He could say bison fine but, pronounced buffalo,"rubbalo."
• Said,"turtle!" as soon as he saw the African leopard tortoise.
• "Are they sleeping?" when he saw the African porcupines in their den.
• A lot of things were,"dogs" in his initial assessment.
• Including a Syrian brown bear.
• After telling him a red kangaroo was a kangaroo in a gentle but, slightly condescending tone he corrected me-"sheep".
• Called out,"goat!" when he saw the aoudad sheep.
• That one was pretty good I thought.
• Called the cottontail rabbits,"puppies".
• When he saw the train said,"bus".
• Spotted birds throughout wherever they were before me and called out,"wook- birds!"
• Right now he's carrying his little potty around which is full of golfballs saying,"Mine! mine!"
• And I'm ready to fall over dead.
• Got to shower him and then we'll both collapse and dream of our first zoo trip.

With Some Friends

At The Bakery

I knew she could bake a mean pie I didn't know how she had learned.

Taken in El Paso actual store unknown.

In The News

Not a good sign when the lead paragraph starts off something like this. "A Dallas Independent School District hall monitor is accused of waving a gun and threatening a woman in a road-rage incident Thursday morning. Bobby Strogen, 47, is being held on suspicion of aggravated assault in the Dallas County jail. " dmn

Friday's Dispatch

• There's a movie being released in June- Dead Snow. Basically some Norwegian snowboarders somehow awaken an army of Nazi Zombies.


• A movie could be great if it had zombies or Nazis.


• But, Nazi Zombies?


• Epic.


• My family is in one of those places- haven't had a lot of deaths until fairly recently, the old folks are well, getting older and of the younger ones we haven't had a lot of untimely deaths. Until recently, it was years since the last funeral I attended.


• That has changed and for a while I believe I better keep a fresh suit ready.


• It's interesting to see people at another persons funeral you had no idea we knew in common.


• Two folks mentioned my sister in law who was recently killed in a car wreck.


• Seven years after her heart transplant.


• She was still in her 30s.


• Independently, they had looked at the contacts on their phones at some point and saw her name- yes, there were tears.


• If you lose someone have a video made set to music with pictures from their life and make a bunch of copies to hand out. They are really easy to make and make all the difference in the world. Most computers will be preloaded with software to make them, you won't even have to buy anything. Also, every funeral home these days is set up to play them- if not use a laptop.

A Favorite Pic

of my children's great grandmother.
So much good natured, joyous life caught in that moment in time on that day.

Fridays Dispatch

• Above pic was taken outside a Jamie Oliver Italian restaraunt in Brighton UK.
• How did such a crazy, extremist group ever become the accepted voice for a movement?
• A local women's political organization is named something like Bush Legacy Republican Women, the following is their mission statement:
• Increase the effectiveness of our members in the cause of good government.
  Facilitate cooperation among the members & promote the welfare of BLRWW.
  Inform the public through political education & activity.
  Foster loyalty to the Republican Party.
  Promote the principles of the Republican Party.
  Support the objectives and policies of the Republican National Committee.
  Perform any lawful activity not inconsistent with the foregoing.
• Well and good, just a thought though- may want to look up the word legacy
• My baby son expects to be able to get a treat out of my backpack after work every night. Simple pleasure for both of us that reminds me of his older brother. He would expect the same from my lunchbox when I was doing construction work. To be able to eat whatever it was I was carrying I would pack an extra in the morning for him to find in the evening.
• He's 15 now.
• May be on to something big for a private military contracting job. It's just a thought really, an offer by a contracting firm owner I met to keep me in mind and me telling him I'd be open to hearing an offer but, it got me pumped, wanting to get back in the game and motivated to get prepared.
• I'll figure out a way to get myself killed yet.
• When I say I need to get back in shape people sometimes think I'm fishing for compliments.
• I could enjoy myself equally at a performance of Swan Lake at The Bass Hall or a roller derby match.
• Not sure if that makes me more of a renaissance man or schizophrenic.
• Since I've started working nights I often put a movie in or a show on hulu to unwind by and ultimately fall asleep. I've becomed so conditioned to this when I try to watch something when I'm not even tired and with friends or family I crash within minutes- can't help it.
• Pavlov would be proud.