Another baby boy is on the way! I'm having fun trying to influence Lilly in the choosing of the name. Of course, naming him after Grandpa wouldn't be a bad idea... I guess I'll have to count on Marie to have a daughter some day to name after me. ~grin~

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My newest Christmas/Birthday/Just Because You Love Me gift request.

Thanks for the link, Sarah!

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Calvin is authoring a rebuttal to my "Books is Stupid" entry. He claims that he has evidence to support his point of view and will therefore sway public opinion his way.

I told him that I wanted to be very sure that his message came across exactly the way he intended it, so I would not be spell checking or grammar checking his submission. A fit ensued.

Heh. Of all of Calvin's opinions and behaviors that I've documented on the website, this is the one that he wants to respond to.

I can hardly wait to read it. This is too much fun. Perhaps this will spur more guest entries from him in the future. Goodness knows I've been asking him to write one for the longest time.

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My manager told our group at the beginning of the year that if we met and/or exceeded our cost savings goal for the year, he would eat a balut.

We did. He did. Today. It looks like this:

It was the most singularly disgusting thing I've ever seen. It looked even worse than this picture. Actually, this site has more accurate pictures, as well as a description of the, uh, food. It was pink and veiny and all jiggly inside this membrane thing. GAH.

He cracked it open, gazed at it for a minute, showed it around to those of us present in the conference room to witness his feat, poked at it and jiggled it a bit, then sucked the WHOLE THING into his mouth. Paused. Blinked. Bulged his eyes. Worked it around in his mouth. Swallowed. Bulged his eyes some more. Turned pale. Then green. Then pale again. Delicately chewed a little. Swallowed HARD. Then stuck his tongue out to show us all his empty mouth, ala "Fear Factor". And then drank some water.

Eee. Yew.

I understand that balut - a weeks old duck egg with a fertilized embryo - is considered a delicacy in some cultures. Not in mine, man. Not in mine.

~shudder~

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Another Calvin bafflement. Thanks for reading!

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I've posted my belated contribution to September's Storyteller topic. Now on to October!

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My new favorite song is "All These Things That I Have Done" by The Killers. Awesome band. And "Hot Fuss" is an awesome CD. It's not often that I find a CD, by any band, on which I like all the songs. I think the last one was Ben Folds' "Rockin' the Suburbs".

I must drink coffee and clean the house now.

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There are two new entries up on the journal; here, and here. Playing the catch-up game.

Thanks for reading!

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