Friday evening, Megan had a sleepover birthday party with 3 friends and I performed a short magic show for them. I set up a video camera to capture it, but some of the show is lost because of the position. However, it went fairly well, I didn’t bork anything up, and the girls seemed to [...]

I remember owning this Disney album of spooky sounds! What a wave of nostalgia!

Bacon makes everything better… except cholesterol and blood pressure. Overlooking that (negligible) downside for the time being, what do you get when you mix 2 pounds of thick-cut bacon, 2 pounds of Italian sausage, and some barbecue sauce? You get the Bacon Explosion… bacon and sausage wrapped up and barbecued for an artery-clogging feast fit [...]

I watched Obama’s acceptance speech this morning and as he walked out onto the platform in front of 125,000 supporters in Chicago’s Grant Park, I joked with a co-worker that he’s walking out there thinking, “Wow… I won! OMG NOW WHAT?!?” I doubt if he was actually thinking that, but that joke and an interview question [...]

Yes. I am a registered independant.