Grrrrrr!

I love the Prius, I do. But let's talk about horsepower for just a sec. The Allroad had almost 300hp. The Prius has 110hp. 110? Are you freaking kidding me? Do you have any idea how frustrating it is to drive the mean streets of Houston with 110hp? People tailgate, cut me off in traffic, yell obscenities at me. . . a senior citizen gave me the finger while whizzing past me on a Segway. . . Do they think I WANT to go this slowly? It's so maddening! It hurts my feelings! I get so ticked off, sometimes it makes me just want to. . .

do you know me?

I found this photo in one of my computer files.

• Knock knock
• Who's there?
• I really have no idea. Seriously, who the hell is this?
  

somebody's baking brownies

Disconcerting: At this moment, the ladies' restroom in my office building smells like freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

how awesome would this be?

Peanut butter flavored milk? That would totally hit the spot.

what you swattin' at?

In the last couple of weeks, I have noticed several telltale harbingers of Spring. Wildflowers are in bloom, families crowd the local parks, baby animals abound, and angry mama-birds have once again taken to dive-bombing me and Cricket on our walks along the hike-and-bike trail. Alas, I have yet to discover an effective way of communicating to these mama-birds that "WE DON'T WANT YOUR LITTLE BABIES, SO PLEASE STOP PECKING AT MY EYES!!!" Because she is from the streets, Cricket is completely at ease with being dive-bombed -- even when the blue jays and mockingbirds (the crips and bloods of birds) actually swoop down and peck her on her butt with their sharpened beaks. I, on the other hand, completely lose my sh*t. Blaine, on the other other hand, completely and totally loses his sh*t. We call his reaction "the windmill," because he looks exactly like a windmill, if windmills could run in zig-zags and thrash their heads around while screaming.

in the living room

Signe Grushovenko works with her husband to create these paintings, which are based on old photographs. Her husband first applies a colorwash to stretched linen supports, then she uses pastel crayons and oils to draw and paint the final images. We bought this one:

Greece vs. Turkey

YOU decide. . .