I walked into my sisters house last night and was greeted by my hyper 7 year old nephew.
“Uncle Keith, Uncle Keith, Did you know in Madagascar there is a lizard that doesn’t have any eyelids. He has to lick his eyes. Isn’t that cool!?”
Dude, I love the way kids think.
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Got to work this morning, and heard that cute little chirping sound that a racoon makes. I followed the sound, and sure enough I could hear a racoon trapped in our dumpster (this happens alot). So I decide to poke my head over the edge of the dumpster to say “Hi little racoon, I’m here to save your life!” As soon as I make eye contact with the little rat, I realize that we have trapped Satan. He starts growling hissing and lunging for me.
So, I start lowering a 2×4 in trying not to hit the evil critter in the head. Before it even touches the bottom of the dumpster, the coon is scrambling up the beam. I drop it and back up - I don’t need a racoon bite today. He climbs to the top, looks over at me, and throws one final growl and hiss at me before heading to the woods.
I have just unleashed evil unto the world.
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Lori and I were watching some of the Louisiana hurricane disaster footage last night. The on-scene reporter did a story on a familiy that decided to ride out the hurricane. They sat by the window and watched the neighborhood get blown away. They lost most of their own house too, but somehow they survived.
The reporter continued “This amazing family has managed to stay incredible upbeat and positive in light of these events.” The camera pulls out to reveal the family standing next to the reporter. I’m expecting to see this happy family with ear to ear smiles. Ya know - the “we just survived a hurricane and are now on national tv” kind of smile. But instead they show this odd backwoodsish family with the deer in the headlights look that kept saying “well not like we could leave anyhow, since we got no gas” & “we just makin’ tha best of a bad situation.”
I feel really bad for the victims of the hurricane and floods - but I think maybe the news channel could have made these people look a little less pathetic.
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Oh, and finally - My brother stole my joke!! and posted in his blog before I could… the nerve.
http://www.ransackery.com/embrace-change.htm
thief.
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