Hip Hip Hurray! Just in time for St. Patrick's Day!



I've been training Alexander for weeks to go poop on the toilet. I told him, "Alexander, when you have to poop, what do you say?"
"poo poo" was the response.
No, no, you say "Toilet, Toilet."

He's been peeing just fine on the pot, but the poop was always a no-show. I even offered him marshmallows!
And then i come home yesterday, and Sarah, with a gleam in her eye, informs me of the first successful drop. "It was so easy!" she said.
It took me weeks of training for the big moment. WEEKS! And he poops for her!?

Well, i for one am proud of the little guy. (Alexander, not the poop.)
One of the top 5 banes of child rearing is wiping poop off of your child's bottom daily.

So, here's to a clean and good smelling future!

Our latest dead celebrity: Corey Haim



They're dropping like flies.
Casey Johnson age 30, prescription meds
Brittany Murphy age 32, prescription meds
Jennifer Lyn Jackson age 41, drug overdose
Andrew Koenig age 42, suicide

This all may sound cold, but i'm getting real sick of these self-absorbed actors' sob stories of how hard life has been for them. They starred in a movie or show when they were young, made more money in a few years than most of us will ever see in a lifetime, and then piss it all away on drugs until they finally go bankruptcy. Going in and out of rehab, they'll almost do anything to stay on the front page. The problem is that they have this one 'star' role to which they cling to for the rest of their miserable lives. No other accomplishments are needed!
"Ooh, look at me, i'm Corey Haim! I'm super famous for a stupid movie i filmed in grade school back in 1984! Love me!"
Well, i for one am not buying it. And obviously enough people agreed to make this particular 'teen idol' completely irrelevant to the point of ruining his own life. You know, life is hard enough as it is without your arrogance and sense of entitlement leaking all over the place. Get a job like the rest of us and do something with your life. Or at least try to set an example.
You had a chance, and a great start.
what a waste.

I just ran into this absolutely ingenious contraption on the internet.



How is it that it took until 2010 for someone to come up with this??!

After a bit of rain here in the south bay, i was doing a little weeding around the yard when i ran into this massive beast hiding waaaaaayy in the back corner of the property. It's friggin' HUGE!!



Get it Alexander, get it!