Ok so I joined weight watchers on-line...

Not wanting to wait and join all the other losers that decide to join weight watchers on January 1st as their new years resolution, I joined weight watchers on line ..... again....... a few days ago. I just finished my first week and posted my new weight Friday. I was impressed with the immediate high tech text message I received from WW: " So big boy, it looks like you gained a bit this week. Is this what you expected?  It looks like you were eating for the winter and trying to see how much body weight  you could actually put on before the next freeze?  Do you live north of the Arctic Circle? We are just sayin that perhaps you don't understand the concept of Weightwatchers?  The  game plan is to LOSE weight each week not GAIN weight each week. Are you with us on this fine point? And we are just wondering ,if you  have some ideas about what to change for  the weigh-in  this coming week? If you’re not sure what happened, look back over the last week and think about what you might be able to change.(We mean come on man, you are allowed 40 points a day and you averaged...yes we said .AVERAGED 75  points a day. ) Are you serious? Can you do it? Will you?

PS: We suggest that you reevaluate your membership commitment from a three month payment plan to a day by day plan.

Papa, where do reindeer come from?

Went to a neighbor's house for cocktails-n-cookies tonight. On our way home, well, it was actually out of the way by a half-block, we visited the reindeer display at another neighbor's house. Jay, having had a few too many rudolphs, decided to give baby Grayson a mini-lesson in livestock husbandry. A photo-opportunity if there ever was one, kids.

Oh, my!

Is america great or what????

As the Tim Tebow legend has grown, some wags have spoofed on his religion and miracle-making ways and said they won't believe in him until he performs a Jesus-like feat and turns the Gatorade into wine.

Well, how about beer?

The Bonfire Brewery, according to its Facebook page, is on the case. The Colorado brewery today posted an image of a kneeling (or "Tebowing") Tebow lookalike, in silhouette, holding a beer mug. And made this accompanying announcement about Tebrew beer:

"Tebrew Sunday Sipper -- a barleywine from Bonfire -- is almost here. In the style of 4th quarter heroics, we're waiting until the last minute to serve it up -- the moment the 10 oz. glasses arrive, the real games can begin. Stay tuned."

Rats have feelings too...........

I really don't give a rat's ass if you care about rats or not....but this story on NPR the other day was very interesting.......something to think about when you are done with all your chores, relaxing in the big chair in front of the fire place:

 A new study found that rats are actually quite willing to come to another rat's aid, freeing a rat trapped in a container. And they're not just doing it for a dose of sugar water or some other reward; they're doing it out of empathy of the other rat's plight."


http://www.npr.org/2011/12/09/143453479/rats-show-empathy-by-freeing-trapped-companions