Geared Up

Z Man when he was only 0ne but, totally got this game where gears are placed on pins surrounding a drive gear, you push a button and they spin around and music plays. He even experimented with different arrangements to see how they worked. Smart, interesting kid.

Friday's Dispatch

• Letourneau, the Seattle teacher convicted of raping one of her students met the boy when he was in second grade and they began having sex when he was 12.
• That first detail had escaped me and makes the crime seem that much worse.
• I knew one of my friends bought a mountain bike last year- I remember him saying something about it but, didn't recall any details. I saw it when I worked on a lawnmower for his wife recently. It's a beautiful Trek, probably a 1000 dollar bike (maybe more) before he started throwing accessories at it.
• Couldn't prove it by me he's ever been on it.
• For breakfast yesterday I had 4 cups of coffee and a Dr Pepper. For lunch a steak, mashed potatoes and sauteed mushrooms with buttered sourdough rolls and sweet tea. For supper sliced brisket, garlic mashed potatoes and red beans with sweet tea.
• I think my left ventricle just exploded.
• And my pancreas just fell out.
• Zac came to me with a broken toy yesterday and said," Hir, bwoke- fix- dad- pwease." Pretty good for a guy that's not quite two years old.
• Huh, "hir", "bwoke" and "pwease" get flagged by my spellcheck- that's crazy.
• Another Zacism that just crossed my mind: he doesn't like having his hair messed with sometimes and while absentmindedly running my fingers through his hair the other day he said," Uh, uh- weave my harr awone, pwease!"

From The Detritus Of My Youth

This toy funny car version of an armored car is called Funny Money.

• It's a Hot Wheels brand and was one of my favorites.

Mini-chupa loves it and selects it from his shelf of special toys 90% of the time.

Big bubba was a little bummed I think that he had to start sharing this kind of stuff when it would surface.