Word of the week..

Apparently the word of week is "butt". Anything and everything that has some form of butt in it.. even it if makes zero sense is apparently the funniest thing in the world... at least to a 5 and 3 year olds...

Super Suit!

I'm now the proud owner of my very first suit! It's awesome! It would be more awesome if it were not for the circumstances surrounding my need for an actual suit. My employer is closing our site in Salisbury at the end of August. Fun!

I've worked here for almost 10 yrs now so its a bit of a scary thought on figuring out what to do, especially with my wife due with our third child in October. There has been talk of possibilities with the company still, but nothing I can really consider at this point other than knowing when my last day is. So.. if anyone (besides my wife) actually reads this and knows a decent IT related job... let me know!

Now.. back to suits! I almost bought a "Supersuit"! No joke.. that was the name of the suit! I should have bought it just so I can go around quoting stuff from the Incredibles.

Frozone: Honey?
Honey: What?
Frozone: Where's my super suit?
Honey: What?
Frozone: Where is my super suit?!?
Honey: I uh - put it away.
Frozone: Where?
Honey: Why do you need to know?
Frozone: I need it!
Honey: Nuh uh! Don't you think about leaving to do some derrin' do! We've been planning this dinner for two months!
Frozone: The public is in danger!
Honey: My evening's in danger!
Frozone: You tell me where my suit is woman! This is for the greater good!
Honey: I am your wife! I am the greatest 'good' you are ever gonna get!

Pork and Beans!

I've been trying to put gutters on our house after saying we need them for the last seven years. For practice, I decided to start with the lower front porch roof. Hanging guttering is one thing. Hanging it straight is another. Hanging it so that it has a slight grade to the downspout while keeping it from looking too crooked on a roof that slopes the wrong direction is a feat. Contrary to what I believed, long strings of swearing do not help it hang straighter. Its a common myth. At least when this section is done, I'm certain I'll be an expert and ready for the two story parts. I've already got some really good strings of cursing saved up for it (just in case!).

On a complete side note, Weezer is awesome! I love the Pork and Beans video from their new Red Album. It's a very creative use of popular youtube videos. They actually flew in all of the orignal people for a 4 day video shoot too. I totally need more youtube videos of myself so I can become famous. I wonder if Weezer could have used someone standing on a 12ft ladder swearing at guttering in their song.

Kid free!

So.. my wife's aunt offers to keep the kids overnight yesterday. Awesome!! Kid-free evening! What do we do on our kid free evening you might ask? Well... we eat dinner on the living room floor watching tv. Then we go out to the mall where we end up shopping for our kids. I'm pretty sure I read that one in a book once... "You might be a parent if..."


On a completely side note, I think I achieved a new level of white and nerdy today. All I can think of is Weird Al's White and Nerdy themesong now to describe it.

It could happen..

My wife thinks I'm such a geek. Playing a DnD computer game online in a make believe world with a make believe character to influence events and write history for this world doesn't make me a geek... does it?

If only I really WAS allowed to walk around in full plate armor carrying a sword fighting demons and dragons... I'd definitely not be a geek then!

Don't start without me!

So... I finally caved and decided to start a blog. Everyone else is doing it, why should they have all the fun? Plus, if I am going to take over the internet, I have to start somewhere. So, I now officially stake a claim to a tiny tiny speck of the digital world!

I guess now would be an appropriate time to give a quick intro to get all the awkwardness out of the way. Umm.. my name is Doug. I'm married to my beautiful wife, Melissa. I'm the father of two amazing little girls and a 3rd daughter on the way in October (yeah, I'm soooo totally screwed its not even funny *sob*). Let's see.. I work in IT as a systems administrator and I'm probably considered geeky by most people including my wife. I don't care what they say though, playing DnD, computer games, and liking math/science does not make you geeky! I'm probably not helping my case much here. I'll add that I love playing with my kids, playing soccer, working on cars, playing guitar and about another fifty hobbies that I move between in a completely aimless and random fashion.

Now that the awkward intros are over, its time to celebrate my initial step into the blog world with a rave! I've even included a video to teach everyone here how to dance. I'm partial to the more advanced combinations like "Tjernobyl Child, Lost in the Woods (with a bewildered stare)" I don't know that my coworkers appreciate it as much when I stand up randomly and break out the advanced moves in the office. I think secretly they're jealous...

Time to start the party!