my wife and i were at Ikea yesterday looking for some ideas for things and to just see whats new. we don’t get out there very often but we thought we would this time just for fun. while walking through the lighting section i happened upon a new item. a floor lamp. or was it? the sign said it was but than had a big “NOT” on it as well. this brought me back to the 1990’s when it was cool to say “NOT” after something that was not true. example: “Nirvana is the worst band ever… NOT!” like that. so is it a floor lamp or isn’t it?

here are a couple of things Miles has learned recently… enjoy!

my wife and i were walking through the drug store today while we were waiting for a prescription to be filled when we saw the oddest thing. it was an air freshener in the shape of a fish. for fisherman i guess. i am not sure what it would smell like but i can guess. somethings should not be used as a model for an air freshener.

ah spring. its been a long winter and i am ready for spring. we have had several days where it has been around 70 and it has been glorious! Last week my wife and i had a nice lunch outside int he back patio. that is one of our favorite things to do in the warmer months! well that and have a nice fire with an occasional adult beverage.

Since my wife works in the afternoon twice a week i get to spend time with my boy and now that is is warm out we can go explore and have fun. the other day we put up the hammock in the back patio. we had fun sitting in it. it is great to see his little personality develope and it is really fun to see that he is turning into a little me! we tend to make the same goofy faces as well as the same interests. The past few days we have started drawing and coloring together. those pieces of art are on our refrigerator for all to see.

this is just creepy. the artists over at pixeloo has created a series of renderings of famous fictional animated characters called “untooned”. From Mario to Homer Simpson to the latest of Jessica Rabbit from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”. they are really well done, but they make me very happy that these people do not exist…

we went to como zoo this weekend with our best friends.  it was a lot of fun.  como is a nice zoo for a free zoo.  they have monkees and giraffes and lots of animals!  we actually saw one of the gorillas up close just taking it easy.  this does not happen often.  usually they sit back and do nothing this time of year because it can still be a little too cold for them to be outside.  oh well, it was still fun.  there is also a brand new baby orangoutang named Java!  it is very cute!  (i wish that i could have gotten a photo).  it was also amazing to watch the mother orangoutang and see the parenting skills that she has.  just amazing.  

right now I’m just sitting on my sofa in my living room, blogging from my iPhone and listening to a Bluegrass radio station from my Apple TV. it is nice music to listen to in the morning and it great that we can listen to Internet radio now from the Apple TV.

Any way we got a big week coming up. My wifes mom is coming to visit us for two weeks. Its should be fun for them. They take this time each year to garden and have mom daughter time. As for me I tend to go with the flow as I have my own stuff to take care of.

its been a few days since i posted.  oh well.  just had stuff to do.  today i had a job interview at Conus Archive for a video archivist job.  i think it went really well.  i hit it off with the guys i would be working with and we seemed to get along well.  the job would be wonderful!  it will involve archive old footage as well as putting together footage for various tv programs, movies and news stations.  hopefully i will have an update soon!

man the weather has been fantastic the past couple of days! yesterday i broke out the grill for the first time this season and made Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches! MMMmmmMMM. yesterday was really windy and i ended up haveing to get on the roof the take care of some things, like taking the Christmas lights, that normally are supposed to stay on the house, down because the wind pulled them off half the roof. While i was up there i cleaned out the gutters from winter debris. not much there but there was enough.

Also with this nice weather, the bugs come out. and since my office in the basement the spiders start to crawl around the walls because it is a little warmer in here now and i think they live in one of the corners. something will have to be done soon i think.

its time to support someone you can trust! Harvey Dent is that someone! The following is taken from his website…

Harvey Dent is the one man with the courage, the guts, and the steel to stand up to the violent mob gangs that are destroying Gotham.

Why Harvey Dent?

We all know about the crime that makes us scared to walk home at night, scared to take public transportation, scared sometimes even to leave our own house.

Harvey Dent can stop the crime wave. Because Harvey Dent is the one man who can target the real sources of the violence – organized crime and corrupt cops.

Harvey Dent Put Dirty Cops Behind Bars

When nobody else had the guts to do it, Harvey Dent took on the dirty cops – and secured 11 guilty verdicts.

And he’s not stopping there.

When everybody else was throwing up their hands about massive police corruption, Dent started a public tip line for citizen complaints about corrupt cops. The tip line has received thousands of calls – and let citizens fight back against corruption.

Harvey Dent vs. The Mob

Harvey Dent is taking aim at the Mob kings that are feeding off the misery of Gotham citizens.

Dent has sworn that if he is elected District Attorney, he’ll go after the worst mob kingpin first – Sal Maroni.

Harvey Dent Can Stop The Crime Wave

Take one look at these numbers:

Crime has skyrocketed 97% in Gotham over the last 4 years.
Murders up 78%
Armed robberies up 76%
Rapes up 58%
Violent attacks up 97%

Isn’t it time for a change? Isn’t it time to support Harvey Dent?

(i love viral marketing, and the marketing for the new Batman movie “the Dark Knight” is brilliant!)