American Idol?

First it was Chris Dautry...





And now Blake Lewis...





Meanwhile, UJ has a shirt in his closet that reads "American Idle". [seriously]

Beware of Hoarding

Junk Filled House Condemned by Town

Should anyone in our family be worried?



Above is a YouTube clip highly recommended by DrTom.

We should all just be happy that the otherwise complete Luddite is online and progressive enough to have been on YouTube. But I will say, that instead of emailing a link to me, he scribbled "senor wences" on a piece of paper and handed it to me.

Baby steps...

Family Dinner at Anne and Wayne's

Another wonderful dinner by Anne and Wayne!!!

Though last night's guests numbered above the average, the hosts didn't miss a beat. Turkey, mashed potatoes, veggies, fresh bread and wine - both bottled and boxed (for Vanda).

As usual, most of the blog content was provided by DrMark.

First, he was going to bring along his new girlfriend Lara but luckily one of his life coaches (KevinM) advised him against the foolish idea.

DrMark also announced he was condo shopping because he finds it tough to impress the ladies while being 35 years old and still having roommates. This of course means real estate has still got a long long way to fall.

As for DrMark's "burgeoning" personal obesity epidemic, he insists the blame is all on his "bad genes" and not the 11 hours a day that he sleeps. Really, he's just a few inches short for his weight; in his defense, he has slimmed down noticeably.



At Christmas I had to turn my camera to "panorama" to capture his full corpulence. But yesterday, from only 50 feet away, I could fit him in a vertical shot. Also, he seemed to be waddling with a lower amplitude - another positive sign.

Now as for the newest member of the extended family, Devin, the subject of godparents came up. Apparently DrMark was miffed that he was turned down or "passed over" for consideration AGAIN. Devin will actually share godparents with Brendan because of DrMark's heathenism. I guess worshipping trees and hybrid cars isn't enough to get a letter from a priest saying one is a "Catholic in good-standing".

The good doctor waxed curious about the whole godparent criteria, "I thought it was just a position of social-standing..." Perhaps he has watched one too many Mafia movies?

It turns out, that DrMark already is a godparent to a child of one of his high school classmates. But the funny thing is, he doesn't even remember the poor child's name!!! (this is no joke)

Lastly, due to space limits on the world wide web, DrMark also announced that he played golf in Hawaii and SHOT A 119.

Also I have finally received these fetal pics from KatieWA,



Thumb-sucking above and smooshed face below.



KatieWA writes,

Due Date is June 5th, And dont hold your breath for the pic of the fat belly.

I heard she was up to a size 2 already - but that is unconfirmed.

One other item, Grandpa bowled his age the other day, 93. Way to go Grandpa!!!

For reference, remember that TimL bowled a 20 in December.

Now, some unnamed killjoy suggested that everybody (me?) stop picking on DrMark.

My retort,

It's okay because he has VERY THICK SKIN.