Eddie and Elaina's Blog

Clef Hangers 30th Anniversary

2008-04-24T22:19:00.015-05:00

Elaina and I were lucky enough to squeeze in the Clef Hangers' 30th Anniversary concert last weekend. It was by far the best Clef weekend and concert we've ever been to. Below are some pictures highlighting the weekend. Thank you to Elaina for taking most of these and for being the best Clef wife in the 30 years of Clefdom! Seriously. Best wife EVER.

Myself, Scott Morgan, his girlfriend Heather, and current Clef President Anoop Desai.

I only pretend to kiss award-winning Clef Hangers like Jason Hamlin.

Here are Elaina and I posing for a quick pic at Jon Sauls' parents [gorgeous!] house.

After a few drinks we managed to squeeze out a cross-generational rendition of Africa. Carl's directing, Tart's soloing, and I'm percussing on the right.

The next morning we all had breakfast with some of the older Clefs. Then we practiced some songs in preparation for the lunch banquet.

Lunch was magnificent! It went on for some 4 hours, but we finally got to sing together in the end.

Elaina got a nice artistic photo of my nametag and aviator glasses.

After lunch we all went to "He's Not Here" beer garden, where we ordered a plethora of Blue Cups and got pretty buzzed.

See? Blue cups. Buzzed. Yyyyyeaaaahhh.

To prove how much I had to drink, I blessed the crowd with a sweet rendition of "Aww Naw" straight from my senior year of college. Special thanks to Allen Williams for a) having the best Clef entrance ever, and b) helping with the Aww Naw duet.

After drinking and eating at the BBQ ("What do we DO at the BARBECUE if we're VEGAN?!") we headed to the Clef Hangers concert. Look at that background! Geepers.

The Clefs had a sweet Lullaby song for Eve Carson, the UNC Student Body President (and friend of the Clefs) who was killed this past year.

Shari and Noah (from the hit movie "Bend it like Becker") joined us for the show. We were also able to hang out with them the following evening which ROCKED. Thanks for the hospitality, y'all!

After the concert, we went to Goldie's bar where Noah tried to whack my kneecap because I said his beard looks "girly".

Here is the Clef class of '03 looking hot as ever.

Tart and myself also looking hot as ever. The mullet lives, and everyone is better because of it.

The next day we had brunch at Clef Advisor emeritus Jay Klompmaker's house. And yes, we sang some more.

At the end of the weekend everyone who was left put their hands in the middle to say goodbye... for another 5 years or so :)

The Kids in the Hall

2008-04-11T20:11:00.014-05:00

We got to see The Kids in the Hall at the Paramount Theatre here in Austin performing their tour "Live As We'll Ever Be". By far one of the funniest things we've ever seen. Below are some pictures and videos we got while we were there.

Yes, we printed a picture and got all of their autographs. That's right. All Five.

After the show a handful of people waited around for the celebrities. Here is Mark McKinney on the stage taking pictures of people in the crowd. Scott Thompson is in front of him chatting with some fans.

Hell yeah. Elaina and Scott Thompson.

Me and Scott Thompson :)

Elaina and Kevin McDonald.

Me and Kevin McDonald. He really gave a good side hug.

Me and Bruce McCulloch. He's even shorter in person. I love him.

Bruce and Elaina. That's right, we call him Bruce.

Dave Foley looking oh so cute.

Those are two genuine smiles. Holy crap, Elaina's hugging Dave Foley.

Some clips of the last skit. Scott Thompson and Bruce McCulloch are going to get their heads squooshed.

Kevin McDonald close-up. So funny.

Dave Foley gets a crotch-shot.

Mark McKinney ends the whole show. Best ending ever.

Pam and Brian's Disco Party

2008-02-27T20:59:00.006-05:00

Elaina and I had our first Disco Party this past weekend at Pam and Brian's. Here are some pictures their photographer took. Enjoy!

Enter Raphael

2008-01-27T14:49:00.000-05:00

Our friends, Vorani and Vahid had their first baby on January 13th this year. Below are the pictures we took 8 days after he was born, as well as a couple ridiculously cute videos of the little guy. Enjoy!

Vorani burping the wee man:

"bbbrraaAAAAAAPPPTTtttt!!! Thanks ma!"

Here is Elaina holding little Raphael. So cute!

Here we both are, somewhat confused and scared.

The proud father, Vahid, taking a break from doing dishes for a quick photo op.

And now the cute videos I warned you about. Little crying babies are ALWAYS cute:

Go 2008.

2008-01-20T18:12:00.000-05:00

Nothing terribly interesting has happened since Christmas. At any rate, here are the updates:

I started my fifth semester of class this month.

Our friends Vorani and Vahid had a baby, Raphael, this month. Congrats!!

Professor got to hang out with a girl doggy, Lola. He did really well.

We are still vegetarians. Go us.

That's about it. Hope everything's going well for everyone else!

Christmas 2007!

2007-12-25T22:41:00.001-05:00

It's like, on Christmas Eve we had this awesome tree, but not too many gifts below.

And then BAM! Santa vomited all over our house:

Elaina, knowing she'd been good this year, poses before the triumphant march to the Christmas tree.

This year we got a number of nifty gadgets from our Floridian kinfolk. Woo-hoo!! Thank you :)

I was so excited about the new printer, I fell to the ground while doing the Happy Dance.

Regardless of Apple, Inc. hitting fourth quarter goals because of us this year, we had a great time jamming out to the new iPod and iPhone (the iToilet and iStove were on backorder). Here is Elaina before she saw me taking pictures of her:

Fon and Cathy sent us some lovely almond sparkling wine and the ridiculously awesome 5-disc set of the Discover Channel's Planet Earth. We only got through like 4 hours of it today before we realized we had a ton of other things to do.

Noah and Shari sent us a couple bottles of Sophia from the Rubicon Estates Winery in Napa. Totally rockin gift. Notice there's only one bottle in this picture :)

I also got an electric shaver from the Florida folks. LOVE IT!

Professor needed a good shave, too. His rough stubble chafes my chin when we smooch.

Speaking of Professor, he got some nice presents this year, including a couple pounds of snacks from PetSense, and a new Bobo stuffed doll.

It took him literally 33 seconds to murder Bobo (left).

This Christmas turned out to be one of the best ever! Thanks to everyone for the kind gifts and warm wishes, and I hope you had a great Christmas too :)
I'll leave you with this cute video of Professor. He was worn out after a crazy day of eating and watching Elaina and I freak out from our gifts.

Creepy Moustache Party '07

2007-12-16T15:03:00.000-05:00

Year 1, 2, and 3. That moustache keeps getting classier.

I know, it's been yet another year, and our friends had their 3rd annual Creepy Moustache Party. Feast your eyes on this year's weirdos:

YT and myself. Hott.

Some of the guys looking a little too normal.

Elaina has her cupstache. Very convincing.

Will's chops were amazing. They tickled my cheek when he gave me smooches.

Brian (Ernie) and Xadam. Classy as usual.

YT and Elaina in front of the pantry.

Catalina has a 'Big Lebowski White Russian' moustache.

Someone made creepy moustache gingerbread cookies. Who knew moustaches tasted so good?

Elaina and Jennifer with their newfound edible 'staches. I was so jealous.

YT's about to kiss me. Kick butt.

Creepy Moustache parties never cease to amaze me. Here are some honorable mentions:

And last but not least, how could it be ANY party without a half-naked Jay:

My sentiments exactly.

Weekend in Fredericksburg

2007-12-15T14:33:00.000-05:00

Last weekend Elaina and I spent a few days in Fredericksburg, TX, which is a small German community about 1 hour 45 minutes west of Austin. We had SUCH a great time getting away from Austin (and work, responsibility, the dog, etc.) for the weekend. By the time we left, we were both very re-energized and rested and happy :) Below are the highlights of our trip.

We stayed at the Angels Lodge Bed & Breakfast, about half a block off Main Street. Here is a picture of the lodge from the front, at Austin Street:

Notice the cute angel there by the lamp. Here is a picture of his butt:

Below is a video of the upstairs at the lodge.

And a video of the downstairs.

Yeah, the lodge totally rocked. But that's not all that rocks about our trip. Speaking of rocks, Elaina and I went on a wee hike to Enchanted Rock State Park; Enchanted Rock is something like the 2nd largest continuous slab of granite in the world. Pretty neat. Here are some pictures:

There's the rock. It's a lot bigger in person.

I must have spooked Elaina.

We had a mountain lion take this picture for us.

A nice view from the top-- 122 meters (a little over 400 feet) from the bottom.

It was SO WINDY at the top. I don't normally spike my hair like that.

Here's a video proving how windy it was.

After the wee hike, we were hungry and thirsty. So we went to the Fredericksburg Brewery, which had a schnitzel for every occasion. It also had a bier garten:

It's a real brewery. See? Big tanks of beer.

After some shopping downtown and some more drinking, Elaina and I were starting to feel like we were regulars in the town. We thought that so much, we tried to blend in with our surroundings:

Perhaps the best part of our trip was finding the restaurant Hannah's on Main. It has some of the best soups, salads, scallops, wine, and desserts that we've ever had! Although we didn't take any pictures inside the restaurant (it was way too classy for that), Elaina did manage to take a picture of the outside patio one of the nights we were there:

We had such a great time in Fredericksburg, we're trying to figure out when we can squeeze in another weekend trip. Hopefully really soon :)

So long Las La Los San Frederickstonburgville Town Hill Villa City!

Half Way Done!

2007-12-04T23:27:00.000-05:00

I finished my last final exam of the semester tonight: Corporate Finance. Without knowing how I did, I feel that the final exam was very easy in some parts, and incredibly difficult in others. Regardless, I'm happy to be done with my fourth semester, and today marks the halfway point of my MBA career. Yippee! I have four more semesters and seven more classes before I'm done. Sweet.

Thanksgiving in Florida

2007-12-04T22:59:00.001-05:00

Elaina and I spent Thanksgiving this year with Elaina's folks in Melbourne, Florida. We had such a good time relaxing, eating, golfing, and soaking up the sun. Most of the week was spent on Melanie and Heiri's 33ft boat. At any rate, below are some fun pictures of our trip:

Here is Heiri and Anja (Heiri's daughter) in front of the boat. We met Anja for the first time and had a blast hanging out with her :)

Here is the master bedroom downstairs. Wow.

Anja and Elaina posing.

Anja and Elaina again.

Heiri posing. Look how happy he is!

Melanie posing while Anja's texting in the background.

Elaina and I going toward the bridge.

Looks like the first time we've seen sunshine in years (I speak for myself, of course).

As the sun goes down, Elaina and her mom relax at the back of the boat.

Elaina and I looking fratty. So fratty.

Weekend in Chapel Hill

2007-11-23T11:48:00.000-05:00

Last weekend Elaina and I traveled to Chapel Hill for the Clef Hangers' 29th annual Fall concert "An Autumn Soirée". Below is a summary of the whole weekend:

The evening started off early, with an alumni group dinner at the Carolina Brewery on Franklin Street. Here we all are making the famous "asshole face." Glad the picture's blurry.

DeMar eating some sausage. No comment.

Scott and his friend Heather. Breeze.

Elaina and I after having a few glasses of good 'ol Brewery ale.

We went straight to Memorial Hall. Here is Hamlin, Avent, and Rudi all waiting for the show to start.

Me, Elaina, Fon, and Cathy reading the craziness on the show program.

Finally the show started. Here's Anoop making everyone drool at how good he is. Click here for a clip of him singing Boyz II Men: Can You Stand the Rain.

Mikush singing Africa. Very solid. Good stuff.

One of the Clefs is about to get abducted by aliens.

At the end of the show, the alumni were called on stage to sing Aye Zigga. Holy crap there are a lot of us up there.

After the show, we all went to Linda's for some drinks. I think Ned's high-fiving himself?

Then the after party started at Clef House. Here is Hamlin escaping from the Paparazzi.

One of the highlights of the after party was the "Alumni Sing" in the Champagne Room at 206. It sounded horrible but it was super fun.

Not quite sure what I'm doing here-- maybe a Hulk Hogan-type call and response.

The next day, Elaina, Fon and I traveled to Chapel Hill for some nostalgia, walking exercise, and photo ops.

Here's a picture of Elaina and Fon.

Sitting down after a long day.

An excellent picture taken by Fon, right before the sun went down. Good times, good times.

A Few Good Videos

2007-10-21T11:42:00.000-05:00

UPDATE: Like a day after I posted these SNL clips, they were banned from the interweb. Ugh.
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I decided to put together a small list of funny videos I've seen online or on TV recently. Enjoy!

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"Iran So Far Away"

Andy Samberg's ode to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Police Bait Car

I found this video on CNN.com where a car thief steals an unlocked "bait" car and tries to drive off with it. Not only is the car equipped with a video camera and tracking device, but it can also be turned off remotely while locking the doors, trapping the car thief inside. Awesome.

Click here for the video.

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SNL Punched

Another Andy Samberg original.

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Austin Intensive

2007-09-08T18:28:00.001-05:00

To kickstart year two of my MBA program, we had our second year orientation at the Four Seasons hotel downtown Austin. It was a fun week: classes all day and hanging out all night. I'm pretty excited about this semester; I'm taking Finance and Entrepreneurial Growth, and both are supposed to be excellent learning experiences.

Below are some pictures from the first night out on the town:

Vasudha and I at Six (Lance Armstrong's bar)

Brian and I looking like goobs.

Jeremiah and I at Terrace 59.

Me, Erb, and Brian. Am I drinking water??

Jazz hands at Terrace 59. Ronnie, Jeremiah, and Robert giggle to the right.

Brian and I once again, this time we are bad-ass. Oh yes, we are.

3/8 of the Way!

2007-08-09T19:32:00.000-05:00

I just finished my third semester at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business Evening MBA program. Just five more to go! This month marks my one year anniversary in the program and I don't understand how another year zoomed by so quickly. In a few weeks I will be attending the second year orientation, a week-long "retreat" at the Four Seasons hotel in downtown Austin... free food and booze :) We will intermingle with third years as well as the first years: I'm going to be watching the next batch of some of the country's brightest struggle to be the best in front of a few hundred people they've never met. The second year orientation is supposed to be the best because we all already know each other and we don't have any major projects due (like the third years), so we're just taking it all in and relaxing while everyone else is panicking.

I can't believe how much I've learned in the past year--things about business that, at times, seems like common sense, but I never knew I knew it until it was pointed out to me. I've also already learned a number of tools in my classes that have already helped me in the business world. Here are the classes I've taken so far:

Financial Accounting
Managerial Statistics
Managing People and Organizations
Economics
Marketing Management
Operations Management
Art and Science of Negotiations

My two favorite classes were 'Economics' and 'Negotiations' because the professors were amazing and the material was easy to grasp. I'm going to be taking 'Finance' and 'Entrepreneurial Growth' this next semester. Oh joy!

End of Semester #3

2007-07-23T16:56:00.000-05:00

It's the end of my third B-school semester and I'll be spending the next couple weeks studying and preparing for exams. I should have some more posts after that.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Ace and Gary

2007-06-23T17:32:00.000-05:00

Elaina and I have two new additions to the Howard family: Ace and Gary. These are two mice that escaped from Elaina's lab before any tests were done on them. They were later caught in a humane mouse trap, and instead of euthanizing them, we brought them home to pester Professor.

They are asleep in these pictures below. Maybe I'll post some new pictures when they're awake :)

They are SO TINY!

That's a toilet paper roll to the right--they're itty bitty.

Florida Trip

2007-05-30T21:01:00.000-05:00

For our 2nd anniversary and Memorial Day getaway, Elaina and I went to Melbourne, Florida to hang out with Elaina's mom and dad (Melanie and Heiri). We had such a great time! 95% of the time was spent RELAXING, which is exactly what we needed after a stressful first half of 2007. Below are some highlights :)

The condo was about 30 feet from the ocean. The weather and ambiance were perfect.

Every morning and afternoon we all went on walks along the coast. Look how happy Heiri and Elaina are!

Inarguably the best part of the trip was meeting Heiri's daughter, Michelle, and her boyfriend Patrick, who flew down for Memorial Day weekend. Look at the interesting conversation they're having!

Michelle and Patrick made us drink a lot of alcohol.

See exhibit 1. A $300 margarita maker.

We drank so much the kisses started flying....

See?

Although we didn't take a cruise, we did get to drink a lot of beer before waving our asses off to the departing cruise ship.

I don't know why they had to put up a sign like this. I mean, everyone knows to poke out the eyes of a carcass before throwing it away. Remind me again why Elaina and I are now vegetarian??

Patrick and I were the only ones needing Burn Relief. Damn, that sun is hot!
And in case you were wondering, it does not say 'Bum Relief' on the front.

Every morning Heiri galloped through the condo ringing an authentic Swiss cowbell. If we were lucky enough to hear it, we got to see some amazing sunrises:

So long Melbourne! Until next time!

The Lynda Malone Foundation

2007-04-28T09:36:00.000-05:00

In memory of a close friend who recently passed away to lung cancer, some friends and I set up a foundation in her name. We are collecting funds to donate to cancer research, with the goal of collecting $10,000 to begin an endowment fund that will donate yearly proceeds to further cancer studies.

The website is www.LyndaMaloneFoundation.org and it has an area to donate money online, or an address to send donations, as well as a biography of Lynda Malone. Please take a moment to donate $5 or $10 so that we can reach our goal of $10,000. Thank you!

Hot Fuzz

2007-04-25T22:02:00.000-05:00

Holy crap this movie rocks. Hot Fuzz director/co-writer Edgar Wright and actor/co-writer Simon Pegg have successfully made a cop movie that makes fun of everything I hate about action movies. Every scene is edited together like the most absurdly over-acted chase scene you see in every crappy "Fast & the Furious Bad Boys II Gone in 60 Seconds Point Break"-style movie. This goes for every scene, including those with swan-chasing and paperwork filing.

Trust me, if you liked any scene in Shaun of the Dead you will love this movie. There are a few gory parts, but you'll be laughing so hard you'll hardly notice them. Also apart from the two main actors in Shaun of the Dead, the Hot Fuzz cast includes Love Actually/Pirates of the Caribbean's Bill Nighy and James Bond himself, Timothy Dalton. Almost every word spoken in this movie made me laugh out loud... those damn Brits are so funny.

Go see this movie. Thank me after you see it.

Professor Likes a Good Cuban Cigar

2007-04-14T13:27:00.000-05:00

We knew he had good taste, but recently we've seen Professor lounging around the house, smoking only the best Havana Cigars. We're not quite sure where he got them, and we've learned not to ask. We did, however, manage to get a few snapshots of him before he put on his smoking jacket and lit up another Cosacos Partagas Astorias -- hailed for being a "strong" cigar.

Professor added, "The Astorias have a good draw and even burn with espresso, cocoa, vanilla and cinnamon flavors; they make this cigar a real treasure if you know how to age it properly."

I heart Farfegnugen

2007-03-17T21:25:00.000-05:00

Last week I paid the last payment on my undergraduate student loan. This week I bought a car:

That's right, no more driving around in the '97 Ford Contour deathtrap (sorry DeMar). We are so excited because this VW is the first new car I've ever owned and it comes with a ton of cool standard features including:

Air conditioned glovebox
Keyless entry and alarm system
Automatic transmission with optional manual shifting
One-touch power windows on all windows
Blue/red lighted display for night driving
Groceries hanger in the trunk
Inserting key in door can roll down all the windows
Passenger side airbags

Anyway it totally rocks; here are some pics:

Good Times

2007-03-01T20:59:00.000-05:00

Last weekend our good friend DeMar came into town to audition for grad school at UT. We had an awesome time including some highs and lows:

Highs:
-The best dinner ever at Traxx, which is run by our friend Jerry
-The best lunch ever at Las Manitas on Congress Ave.
-Hefeweizen beer at the Scholtz Garten beer garden
-Great Austin weather
-Endless hours of foosball at the house
-The best brunch ever at La Madeleine
-Playing Fusion Frenzy on the XBox. One character made asshole face as you can see here:

Lows:
-DeMar's lost luggage that arrived 2 hours before his audition
-My boss making DeMar sing an opera song in front of other people
-DeMar going back to Boston :(

Good times, good times. Looking forward to next time!

Elaina's Ashtanga Blog

2007-02-16T18:39:00.001-05:00

So, I don't know how interesting any of you will think it is, BUT, I've started a blog about yoga.

So, while this blog will still chronicle Eddie and my adventures together, it will be mostly his blog, and since most of my adventures are yoga related anyway, this address will be my blog:

stilltheturning.blogspot.com
(You can just click the link to the right ;) )

Enjoy!

Fun in NYC

2007-02-11T21:47:00.000-05:00

I recently had the opportunity to travel to New York City on business. I spent the week working 14 hour days, and the nights were spent hanging out at bars with NYC co-workers. The best part of the week was hanging out with Scott and Carl the Friday before flying home. Typical of Scott, I told him about being in NYC on Thursday, and he bought a flight that day, flew out on Friday, and flew home Saturday morning.

Hanging out with Clefs in the city is fun, even for an hour.

So the funny part is that apparently NYC brings out the "finger-giver" in me. Every picture taken of me includes my middle finger. I wasn't mad... I just really like flicking people off in New York.

So long New York City! Until next time!

Meez.com is fun!:)

2007-01-04T20:47:00.000-05:00

I (Elaina) found this site called Meez.com. You can make a personal avatar by choosing hair color, eye color, nose shape, background, clothing etc....you know you want to try it! You know you want to post the link to yours in the Comments section so I can look at it:)

Here's mine:
Here's Eddie's:

Merry Christmas '06!

2006-12-25T16:27:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas!!

We hope everyone got lots of toys and alcohol for being so good this year.

Among other things, Elaina got a "Yogi" gingerbread man in lotus position.

We accidentally made the Grinch on a homemade sugar cookie.

And luckily we were visited by the Christmas T-Rex! He brought us lots of toys and goodies...

...including really hip clothes from Metro Park...

...a cordless vacuum cleaner...

...a digital photo frame and Lacoste shirt...

...a Manduka Black Mat for yoga...

...a big homemade sugar cookie...

...a generous Crate&Barrel gift card...

...and an elf hat which Professor... loved?

And for as long as this link lasts, see what happened to me when I made fun of an elf:
http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=5a2dfae20f9431e87c212adG06122408

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Best wishes for 2007!!

Creepy Moustache Party 2.0

2006-12-17T15:32:00.000-05:00

On Saturday, December 16th, Elaina and I had the privilege of attending the second edition of the Creepy Moustache Party. As you can expect, this year was creepier and moustachier than last year. Take a look:

A highlight of the party was Marty, who last year came as Ned Flanders, and this year came as a police officer:

Well done, Marty. Well done.

So until next year, rock on Creepy Moustaches everywhere. Rock on like Slayer. 1984 Slayer.

One Semester Down...

2006-12-06T15:48:00.000-05:00

As of Tuesday night, I finished my first semester of the Evening MBA program at the McCombs School of Business! Woo-hoo! All things considered, this has been a great semester and I can't believe how much I've learned in a matter of months. I had three classes this semester: Financial Accounting, Statistics and Decision Analysis, and Managing People and Organizations. Out of the three, Financial Accounting kicked my butt the hardest. Having never taken an accounting course, many of the concepts and verbage were foreign to me, so I struggled to keep up with the course lessons. The final exam was probably the hardest final exam I've ever taken in my life. Luckily I wasn't the only person lost--in fact, half-way through the exam the professor made everybody put their pencils down, take a deep breath, and then he apologized for making such a hard final exam. As a consolation, he gave us 15 extra minutes to work on it (out of three hours). Hah!

Next semester: Managerial Economics and Marketing Management. Hell yes.

Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black

2006-10-25T21:54:00.000-05:00

Saturday night Elaina and I went to Emo's to watch Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black's stand-up show! You may remember these two guys from The State on MTV (over 10 years ago), Wet Hot American Summer, Stella on Comedy Central, Ed, Reno 911, Best Week Ever, and Celebrity Poker Showdown.

This was the funniest comedy show I've ever seen, full of R-rated jokes and pictures. Michael Showalter showed us a picture of a '70's Porno Smurf, along with genitalia (seriously) and Michael Ian Black asked a couple in the audience if they've had anal sex. Holy crap it was funny. Keep an eye on these two guys, and go see their show if they go on tour again. Click here for Michael Showalter's website.

The Science of Sleep

2006-10-08T23:19:00.000-05:00

Writer/director Michael Gondry's brainchild, "The Science of Sleep" (originally La Science des Reves) is a strong contender for one of the best movies I've ever seen. If you appreciated his direction in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," you'll find this movie is not only more openly disoriented, but it also embraces its derangement. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal (Y tu Mama Tambien, The Motorcycle Diaries), the pace and simplicity of this film are a perfect balance, and makes you very aware of the nonsense of dreams (and reality).

Without giving anything away, I highly recommend that you see this movie. And let me know what you think!

No Time for Nothin'

2006-09-10T19:59:00.000-05:00

Whoever said Business School is a huge time commitment was absolutely right. Each week I have had an assignment in two (and sometimes three) classes, each of which could easily take up my whole weekend. Having multiple grandiose assignments has been quite the challenge.

With that being said, I promise to call everyone who has left me voice messages the past few weeks. It may just take me three years to do it :)

3rd Quarter Updates

2006-08-23T10:47:00.000-05:00

As we gently pass the halfway mark of 3rd quarter 2006, I thought I'd update everyone with the goings-on in our lives. I'd like to start off by saying the 3rd quarter started off well when we ran into Lance Armstrong and Matthew McConaughey in downtown Austin a few weeks ago. We didn't have the guts to disturb their dinner together, but we did order drinks and stand at the bar for an hour staring at them.

Elaina got published in the Sept. '06 release of "Neuropharmacology" which is a prestigious journal that publishes high quality research within the discipline of neuroscience. The title of her paper is, "k-Opioid receptor modulation of accumbal dopamine concentration during operant ethanol self-administration," which obviously means "We got rats drunk until they passed out, then wrote the word 'BALLS' on their foreheads and took pictures." Very interesting research. Seriously though, this is a big accomplishment for her and we are very proud of her hard work. You can search for her on PubMed by clicking here:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed

Also, she has finished her coursework and will spend the next 2-3 years focusing on her research. From an elated Elaina, "I never have to take another class in my life. Ever!"

I am working on my 4th week at my new job and am absolutely loving it. My role consists primarily of handling certain accounts that have purchased our software, to make sure their questions are answered and that they are fully trained. Good stuff. Also, I will soon be taking off a week of work for my MBA orientation, which officially kicks off the start of my 3 years of evening MBA classes. Many advanced apologies for not returning calls or emails.

Professor has gone about 5 weeks without using the bathroom in the house. Kudos to him for doing that. I guess the intervention really helped.
What we've learned: crate-training works.
What we haven't learned: how to keep him from jumping up on anything that moves.

That's all for the 3rd quarter '06 update!

King Kong Sucks

2006-08-13T16:34:00.000-05:00

I'd like to start by saying we never wanted to see Peter Jackson's vomit of a remake, King Kong. However, my credit card company sent me the DVD as a free gift, and we took it as a sign to watch the movie and sell it if it sucks.

King Kong SUCKS.

I don't even know where to begin. Anyone who said this movie was "okay" must have watched a different movie--or was plain drunk. A movie over three hours should probably have three hours worth of material for it to be that long; King Kong could have been summarized in about 20 minutes, but dumbass P. Jackson decides to draw things out much, MUCH longer than anyone wants to watch.

This brings me to point #1: there is a scene where about eight (8) brontosauruses are running down a narrow path, running alongside some 30 "explorers" on this ancient "SKULL ISLAND." NONE of the explorers gets squooshed, even though it's terribly obvious nobody would live through this thing. The scene lasts for about 5 minutes too long and is completely unbelievable. The rest of the scenes in the jungle are even worse... they are chased, attacked, dropped, slammed, and flown, and barely anyone dies. Now I can suspend my disbelief like anyone else, but this was so ridiculous, I almost thought Peter Jackson was making fun of King Kong. Who would have thought this crap was a good idea?

Point #2: Peter Jackson knows how to make good actors seem like 10th grade drama students. You know it's bad when a 30 foot gorilla is the best actor in the whole movie.

I have many more points but don't want to think about this movie again. Please let me know if anyone out there thought this movie was worth watching. I'm so mad I wasted some three hours of my life on this movie.

Change is a Constant

2006-07-14T11:17:00.000-05:00

From Eddie:

I have resigned from my position as a Product Manager at my current company, Milum Corporation. I will stay thru July 26th to help the transition, and will be starting with my new company, SkyList, on July 27th. My two years with Milum has been an incredible learning experience not only in sales/marketing but also in computer technology and software design. I am sad to say goodbye to such good people, but am very excited to work with a younger, more dynamic company.

SkyList was recently acquired by Datran Media in New York, NY, and has been continuing to grow steadily since its inception in 1996. My role will focus on post-sales customer accounts and helping them make a greater profit by better utilizing SkyList's flagship software, StormPost. This is a great opportunity and I look forward to more posts on my progress!

Update: SKYLIST Ranked Among Best Places to Work in Central Texas!

The Professor

2006-07-02T20:43:00.000-05:00

Enter "The Professor"

Holy crap he's cute.

We rescued him from the Boston Terrier Rescue of Greater Houston. He is about one year old, and was sent to the rescue center with his brother, who was adopted the day before we picked up The Professor. He is a slight spazz until he has a few minutes to settle down. He's sleeping on my feet and snoring right now.

The most amazing part is that we have yet to hear him bark. We've seen him romp around with other dogs and even took him on a 3-hour car ride back to Austin, and he hasn't so much as whimpered. Smart dog = The Professor.

Click the link below to see a few videos we took with The Professor.
Professor Video 1
Professor Video 2
Professor Video 3
Professor Video 4

Jake & Kaori's Wedding!

2006-06-29T12:13:00.000-05:00

Elaina and I had an awesome time in Napa, CA for Jake and Kaori's wedding this past weekend. It was so good to see everyone that I haven't seen in years (and to meet Kydon for the first time). Can't wait to do it all again!

Trip highlights:

- Downtown Napa on a Friday night
- Dinner and dancing at the Bayleaf
- Full service KFC in San Jose, CA (no joke)
- Drinking and hanging out at the "Hideaway" all weekend
- Telling stories, and then correcting Dave's version of them
- Seeing Katie and Nina for the first time in like 5 years
- Giving Ewald a noogie
- Testing out Mik's GPS navigation system
- Coppola (now the Rubicon) Winery with Noah and Shari

If anyone has any pictures, please send them to us!! I am an idiot and forgot my camera...

First Anniversary in Italy

2006-05-29T16:47:00.000-05:00

Elaina and I just got back from an 11-day anniversary vacation in Villasimius, Italy (on the island of Sardegna). Elaina had a neuroscience conference there, which she attended for the first three days, then we spent the rest of the time celebrating our first year of marriage :)

Trip Pros:

Sardegna is GORGEOUS! Click here for a quick video at our hotel
Food in Italy is better than most food in America.
Tops are optional on all the beaches and pools. Here is a non-nude beach clip
We found an empty beach (which we decided was a nude beach)
The town of Villasimius is 100% pure Italian, no tourist traps or Americans with fanny packs.
We randomly found an amazing church in the town of Cagliari. Click here for a video
Driving is easy in Italy because nobody pays attention to traffic laws.

Trip Cons:

Some Italians do not like Americans.
We know about 2% of the Italian language.
Our airline, Alitalia, stopped flying to Sardegna the day before we left. Figuring this out in Italian was not easy. This also caused us to miss our connection to New York. Alitalia paid for us to stay in Rome with full room and board so we could fly back the next day.
Driving is hard in Italy because nobody pays attention to traffic laws.

Click here for some pictures!

Congrats to Elaina!

2006-05-29T15:17:00.000-05:00

On Tuesday, May 9th, Elaina completed her PhD qualifying exams with an "Unconditional Pass." The qualifying exam is a 3+ hour-long oral examination where Elaina had to present her doctoral thesis to a panel of specialized doctors, whose sole purpose was to question everything she knows about Neuroscience. Ask any grad student -- qualifying exams are much harder than defending your thesis.

A clean pass is rare, and is the highest ranking available :)

She is now officially considered a doctoral candidate, and must complete the experiments she proposed in the exam to graduate. Congratulations!!!

And now for a corny picture of a happy Elaina:

Eddie's Getting His MBA!!

2006-04-29T22:22:00.000-05:00

Today I found out I was admitted into the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas here in Austin! The McCombs MBA program is ranked #18 in the nation by U.S. News.

Elaina and I went to Mirabelle Restaurant to celebrate :)

Here is the "welcome box" I received from McCombs:

Divine Intervention

2006-04-23T14:46:00.000-05:00

It's rare these days to find evidence of a higher power, especially on a pizza box. Who knew that a delivery pepperoni pizza from Papa Johns would double as a delivery from the Lord?

Thinking back on it, the pizza was pretty good: it wasn't too greasy, it didn't make me bloated and farty, and the garlic butter dipping sauce wasn't already slightly open when I started shaking it. Truly divine intervention. Papa Johns? In my book it's Papa Jesus.

You can click on the picture to enlarge it.

Noah & Shari's Wedding

2006-03-29T19:26:00.000-05:00

This past weekend Elaina and I hopped a flight out to Raleigh, NC for Noah & Shari's wedding. We had a great time with good people, free booze, and plentiful food. Great job, Mr. & Mrs. Becker! Below are some pictures of the highlights.

Here we are with Mom, Jake & Kaori. Look how cute everyone is!

The happy/devilish look of Noah.

Shari surprises us all by flanking from the left.

...I... promised... I... wouldn't cry...

Holy crap they look cute. This is at the reception, and is the only decent picture I have of the newlyweds.

Happy Noah :) Well done, sir.

Before and After

2006-02-21T21:38:00.000-05:00

Three weeks after purchasing our house, Elaina and I have made some massive changes to the place. Here are some before and after pics of our progress. We painted the house ourselves.

Office Before

Office After

Guest Bedroom Before

Guest Bedroom After

Master Bedroom Before

Master Bedroom After

Master Bathroom Before

Master Bathroom After

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

Living Room Before

Living Room After

We Are Homeowners!

2006-01-27T19:15:00.000-05:00

As of Thursday, January 26th at around 5:00pm, Elaina and I became homeowners! We are so freakin' excited because this place is a dream. We are going to slowly move in over the next month, so if you have a truck and live in Austin, give us a call! We will provide beer and steaks as payment ;)

Elaina's Abstract for Italy

2006-01-15T12:32:00.000-05:00

This past week Elaina submitted her first "first authorship" abstract for a conference she will be attending in Italy. The abstract is titled "Intravenous Ethanol Infusion Effects on Dopamine Response in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and Shell." This is a big deal because although this isn't her first abstract, it's the first one where she is the main author and scientist behind the work.

In case you don't know, an abstract is basically a preliminary summary of study data that is presented to colleagues all over the world, so they can see what studies these scientists are doing that may impact their future research.

To view her abstract, click here: www.unc.edu/~eahoward/abstract.pdf

Merry Christmas!

2005-12-25T22:51:00.000-05:00

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas (and Hannukah)! This year we had an amazing Christmas day, full of mimosas, video games, green bean casserole, stuffing, pictures, and crazy antics.

Here's what Eddie got: MP3 player, liquor decanter, lumbar support pillow, Prince of Persia 3 for the XBox, "Shaolin Soccer" on DVD, a bunch of money, and a box of marzipan :)

Here's what Elaina got: Palm Tungsten E2 (with bluetooth), digital camera (well, for both of us), "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" on DVD, gift certificate for shoes, centerpiece from Crate and Barrel, a bunch of money, and some of Eddie's marzipan :)

Some pictures:

Elaina wearing Eddie's stocking.

Elaina talking to her mom.

Elaina and her Palm Tungsten E2 (with bluetooth).

Eddie posing with his MP3 player.

Eddie and the "Prince of Persia: the Two Thrones"

Our lovely Christmas tree :)

Creepy Moustache Party

2005-12-18T18:59:00.000-05:00

This past weekend Elaina and I had the honor of attending Austin's own "Creepy Moustache Party." The theme is simple: if you can grow facial hair, do so for about a month and then shave it all except your moustache. If you can't grow a beautiful moustache, one will be supplied at the door.

A full slideshow of pictures can be found here: http://photos.yahoo.com/eddie_a_howard

In the meantime, feast your eyes on this:

Chronic of Narnia

2005-12-18T18:57:00.000-05:00

If you haven't seen it yet, this clip from Saturday Night Live is probably the funniest thing they've done in 20 years:

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=zLElfJ9YCh0

Prequalification

2005-12-16T20:20:00.000-05:00

Here's a fun story (sorry it's long):

Elaina and I are planning to buy a house in mid-to-late March '06. We met with our realtor, Elle Klein, a couple weeks ago, and she turned out to be one of the coolest, competent people we know. She recommended a good mortgage broker, David Beverly, who happens to work in an office about 20 feet away from her office.

I called David on Tuesday morning and left a message for him to call me back. By Tuesday afternoon, I hadn't heard back from him so I emailed Elle to see if he was out of town. Not 5 minutes later, David called me and apologized for taking so long to get back to me. No big deal. We arranged to meet at 8:00 am (yes, that is early for us) on Thursday. At 8:00 am on Thursday, Elaina and I are standing outside in 30 degree weather in front of David's office door, knocking. I finally pull out his business card and call his cell phone. Here is the conversation:

(EH) Hi David, this is Eddie Howard. We were supposed to meet at 8:00 am this morning.

(DB) Hi Eddie. Yeah, okay. Okay. Listen, I'm on my way there, I'll be there in 3 minutes.
(EH) Umm... okay. Bye.

No less than 10 minutes later David drives into the parking lot, chatting on his cell phone. Probably 3-4 minutes after that, he FINALLY gets out of his car and walks towards Elaina and I. He starts walking up the stairs towards us and TRIPS and almost busts his ass. Way too funny.

Long story short: we answer a ton of questions for him, provide W-2 forms, bank statements, and pay stubs. He leaves the office and makes copies of said items. 20 minutes later, he comes back to his office and says, "Good meeting you two, I'll get in touch with soon." He doesn't shake my hand as I leave.

At this point Elaina and I are dying to know how much we will be pre-approved for. All day I wait for a phone call or email from David Beverly to let us know how the prequalification is going. No response. Finally at 4:30pm on Thursday I email him with a simple, "Hey David, when should we expect to hear back from you about our mortgage loan?" A few minutes later he writes back, "I should get you your approval letter tomorrow."

Today is tomorrow. I have waited all day and nothing. I emailed him at around 2:30 pm to see if we should expect to hear back from him today. Does he respond to me? No.

Lesson learned: people are annoying. How long does it take to pre-approve someone for a mortgage? Fifteen minutes. How long does it take a retarded mortgage broker to respond to a client? More than two days. Our dilemma is if we should tell our realtor, Elle, how horrible David is.

What do you think?

Airports Suck

2005-11-22T21:40:00.000-05:00

In a recent trip, Elaina and I decided NOT to check our bags. Waiting at the carousel for your luggage--with the constant fear that your bags may not have made it--was not something we wanted to put up with. So we packed modestly and carried our bags with us everywhere. That is, until our connection flight was "too full" for us to carry our luggage aboard. We were forced to check the bags right before hopping on the plane.

When we got to our destination, we had to wait for our bags at the baggage claim, which was pretty annoying.

The MOST annoying part is that the next day I reached into my bag to pull out our digital camera and noticed it wasn't in the front pocket where I packed it. In fact, neither was my MP3 player that Elaina got me for my birthday. Holy shit I was mad. Our $300 digital camera and $100 MP3 player were STOLEN somewhere between where the bags are thrown into the plane, and when they are taken out.

We went to the Delta office and told the lady behind the counter what had happened. She said they are not responsible for any stolen goods under any circumstances, and that we were completely out of luck. NO WONDER some sketchy asshole stole our equipment--there are no rules in place to reprimand him if he does.

Lesson learned: don't check your luggage. If you do, carry your expensive items on you at all times. Oh yeah, and don't fly Delta.

Superhero

2005-11-10T21:17:00.000-05:00

I scored Lara Croft. Does that make me gay?

Elaina scored Captain Jack Sparrow. Does that make her gay?

Anyway, I wanna switch.

Cutest Animals Ever!

2005-10-24T18:24:00.000-05:00

Elaina and I have come across a collection of the cutest animals in the world. Let us know what you think of them!

PS. If any of these animals (or pictures) belong to you, let me know so I can give you proper credit ;)

I am a dork

2005-10-15T15:48:00.000-05:00

So now that I've finished applying for the UT MBA program, I have plenty of time to sit around and do nothing. Luckily, my brothers have asked me to join them in a weekly online gaming program. I agreed, seeing no harm in this.

That is, until Elaina took these photos:

What has happened to me??

A History of Violence

2005-10-02T15:31:00.000-05:00

David Cronenberg's A History of Violence is probably one of the worst movies I've seen the past 5 years. Don't worry, I'm not going to give away anything about the movie, but it's not because I don't want to--there's NOTHING to give away. This movie is horrible!

Okay, okay, I'm being too hard. The movie almost has a great plot, and the first hour of the movie--although terribly weak in many areas--plays up the plot's strong points. I'd be lying if I said the movie started to suck after that first hour... that's because it started sucking about 10 minutes into it. The weirdest thing is that Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 90% rating, which is the whole reason we went to watch it.

Pros: a strange, if awkward tone about the movie. We always felt like something bad was going to happen, which was probably the most successful thing to come out of this movie.

Cons: horrible acting by 95% of the cast, a plot that goes nowhere and leaves everything unresolved, gruesome bloody close-ups that add nothing to the movie, two pointless and gratuitous sex scenes that each last about three minutes too long, William Hurt, seeing Viggo's somehow flabby asscheeks, and a screenplay written by an eight-year-old.

E-squared rating: I wish we'd spent our money doing anything else.

Hurricane? What hurricane?

2005-09-25T12:24:00.000-05:00

Can anyone say false alarm? Hurricane Rita brought Austin some of the BEST weather we've seen since the past year. Austin City Limits (the annual music festival) went off this weekend without a hitch, and we didn't receive even one drop of rain or gust of wind.

Hey, at least our pantry is stocked for a month :)

Hurricane Rita!

2005-09-22T22:49:00.000-05:00

We are going to be staying in Austin as Hurricane Rita comes for a visit. Just so you know, Austin is a good area to be in: it's in the Texas "Hill Country" and our area does not get tornadoes very often. We have stocked up on all sorts of food and water, but we're not expecting anything drastic. Thanks for all the phone calls and emails!

Can't Wait to Get a House, Part 1

2005-09-18T19:32:00.000-05:00

The past few months Elaina and I have been looking for a good area to buy a home. Since our lease is up in March, we have plenty of time to find a good neighborhood, and in light of recent blogs, we are taking our time to make sure it's not ghetto. However, as each day goes by, our apartment complex becomes increasingly more annoying. In the next few months, we will be posting why we can't wait to get a house.

A few months ago our apartment complex had a hail storm. Some six months later, the apartment decided to refurbish each building. What does this mean for us? That's right, dirty people working on our building all hours of the day, including weekends. The past few Saturday mornings Elaina and I were rudely awoken by the clanking and clammering of ladders, Mexicans, and big power tools.

I almost shit myself when I opened my blinds to see this:

I mean, they were right outside our window. I was standing there, butt naked and these guys were painting the side of our building, which, by the way, was never even touched by the hail.

Unfortunately, we did not get pictures of the sketchy guys staring at Elaina every morning when we left for work. Maybe we'll get some of those soon.

Needless to say, we're very excited about getting a house so we won't have to deal with this.

Movie Reviews

2005-09-03T19:07:00.000-05:00

This weekend Elaina and I saw two movies: Red Eye and The 40 Year Old Virgin. They were both great, but in very, very different ways. Here are our thoughts on the two (without giving anything away).

Red Eye
It's a short movie, only 80 minutes long...but it feels even shorter. If you like a psychological thriller riddled with plot holes then this movie is for you. Actually, Elaina and I really liked it, but as Elaina said, "I feel like a 14 year old who just finished a hundred page fiction novel over summer break." The problem is this: Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams are too pretty to be in this movie. His pretty blue eyes do not make for a bad guy, and her curly bangs do not make for... well... her character in the movie. All that aside, they both did a great job. Cillian comes across as a sweet, witty young chap until he lets her in on his little secret. Rachel probably could have been played by any actress in the world, but someone that darn cute demands attention.
E-Squared rating: 4 hugs and a pat on the back for trying.

The 40 Year Old Virgin
I've never heard the word "fuck" so many times in my life, and I don't think we've ever laughed out loud so hard either. Steve Carell is a comic genius; paired up with Paul Rudd and a couple other funny-ass people, this movie couldn't be bad if it tried. Con: it's a long movie, over 120 minutes. Pros: funny as hell, over the top jokes, physical humor, Jane Lynch (from Best in Show), Steve Carell's nose, the quote "You need to keep your bitch on a leash."
E-Squared rating: 5 and a half knee-slaps and two spit-takes.

Napoleon Dynamite Party

2005-08-28T20:27:00.000-05:00

Once a month Elaina's lab gets together to have a Dinner and a Movie night. Each month a different person hosts the event, comes up with the theme, and provides all the food. This month it was Elaina's turn.

In a stroke of genius (which happens quite a lot to these neuroscientists) Elaina decided our theme should be Napoleon Dynamite. We made steaks, ham, green bean casserole, and of course tater tots; but first, everyone had to take a "Glamour Shot" in front of a wonderful work of art. Click here for pictures.

Christopher Walken for President

2005-08-15T21:51:00.000-05:00

I've never crapped my pants over somebody running for President before, but that's because Christopher Walken has never run for President. And if I just implied that I crapped my pants, good, because I totally did. I don't know if you know this, but Christopher Walken is one of the greatest humans on the planet. Besides killing terrorists with his bare hands and curing life-threatening diseases, he's also kicked Hitler in the face twice. I want to live in a world where the President of the United States is Christopher Walken. It might end civilization as we know it, but imagine the President saying to the British Prime Minister, "I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell." You can't put a price on that. Even if you tried.*

Don't know if any of this is true, but damn, that would rock.

*courtesy of The Superficial

New Couch!!

2005-08-13T17:08:00.000-05:00

Elaina and I just moved into a new level of maturity: we bought a sofa! It's decent quality, a style called "Tahoe" from Sofa Mart (part of the Furniture Row company), and came with cute pillows.

It replaced our futon, which was the biggest eye sore in our apartment. We sold the futon today to a creepy guy with "child molester glasses" who (and I'm not kidding) has some sort of futon fetish.

Let me know what you all think of our new sofa!

The Aristocrats

2005-08-09T20:12:00.000-05:00

There's a lot of hype about the new movie coming out called "The Aristocrats." This movie is the taping of a collection of comedians telling one joke over and over. The genius is the comedian's take on the joke.

Apparently there is an underground joke known to the best-of-the-best comedians, the beginning and ending of the joke is a constant, but the middle changes based on comedian.

But that's not it.

The gist of the joke, perhaps is only purpose, is to be as vile, crude, disgusting and perveted as humanly possible. The beginning is that a family (father, mother, son, daughter and dog) goes to a talent agency to show the agent their family act. He lets them perform--the performance is the bulk of the joke--and the joke ends by the agent asking what the act is called.

Click here for the South Park interpretation of "The Aristocrats"

Read more variations of The Aristocrats here.

Says Jim Lewis of Slate, "The joke is perfect because the joke sucks—in fact, it's nonexistent. You get to the end, and it proves to be nothing, nothing at all, but an excuse after the fact for comedians to get as stupid and as clever, simultaneously, as they possibly can."

In Memoriam: Arty the Retarded Mouse

2005-08-07T10:23:00.000-05:00

We finally got a pet Wednesday. A mouse was born in Elaina's lab and it was different from the rest: his head was shaped like a cone, he had a buffalo hunchback, and unlike the other mice in her lab, he didn't bite you when you picked him up. That's right, he was retarded.

Instead of sacking him like the rest of her lab suggested, Elaina thought he was cute and wanted to make him happy, so she brought him home. Hence, our first pet. We named him Arty Retardy, or Arty for short.

Arty didn't eat much, so we decided to give him treats. All rodents like treats. We tried Froot Loops, Corn Pops, and cooked chicken, none of which made him happy. Finally, Elaina gave him a piece of cheese, which he leapt onto and started eating in giant chunks. Who would have thought that mice actually like cheese?

Now, Arty was developmentally mis-shaped, his little body wasn't made to last very long. Elaina wanted to give him things he couldn't have as a lab mouse. She made him a house, gave him a tube to play in, bought a toy mouse for him to cuddle, and got a plastic ball for him to roll around the apartment in.

Arty passed away this morning. We love you and miss you, Arty.

Yes, we've hopped on the bandwagon

2005-08-06T13:25:00.000-05:00

So this morning Elaina and I were talking. We were talking about blogs... and how we're jealous everyone has one except us.

Maybe we're not the first to be hip, but whatever.

Enjoy the postings!