A Week in Pictures

A rose from our garden

Blackbird Cafe in MPLS

We saw a wedding at the park

A lovely afternoon stroll

This guy caught a carp, took a photo and then threw it back.

Mama duckie and her chicks

The end.

Say What?!

Laxative-free colonoscopies you say?!?

Mental Note #375

When wearing heels, the distance from standing position to the toilet seat is further than usual. Proceed with caution.

Life

Today I saw a beautiful pale yellow butterfly.

It's probably covered in disease.

Shaq Fu

 

I have recurring dreams that I am best friends with Shaq. Yes, Shaquille O’Neal, the 7 foot 1”, 325 pound (according to Wikipedia) former basketball player. 

I recently told this to a group of friends and they wanted to know if it was because I was somehow latently attracted to Shaq. 

However, these dreams are not even remotely sexual. I just truly believe that Shaq is probably an awesome person and it would be great to have him as a best friend. In my dreams, our schtick is the fact that he is so large and I am so small. It’s hard for me not to see Shaq on television without picturing my diminutive self next to him. 

Let’s look at the reasons that I presume Shaq to be so full of awesome: 

1.     He got drafted to the NBA and got some spotlight on him for his size as well as his skill, winning Rookie of the Year in 1992-93. He led his team, the Orlando Magic, to the NBA Finals in 1995. 
2.    With his fame, he decided to release some rap albums as well as star in some movies. His first album, Shaq Diesel, went platinum. He even had a guest rapper spot on a song with Michael Jackson.
3.      Shaq pursued an acting career with credits including: Blue Chips, Kazaam, Curb Your Enthusiasm. 
4.    He has appeared in numerous video games 
5.    He majored in business at Louisiana State University, but left after his third year to pursue his career in the NBA. He later returned to complete his bachelor’s degree at the request of his mother. He completed an MBA from the University of Phoenix and most recently, completed his PhD in Education at Barry University. His thesis: “The Duality of Humor and Aggression in Leadership Styles.” He told an ABC reporter that he plans to pursue his education further still by attending law school. 
   His pursuit of education shows that he is well aware of his inevitable demise as a celebrity. He knows he will have to have some sort of skills to survive in the real world. Good for him. 
   
   
   All in all, I admire the guy. He got famous and attempted to do everything his little (ginormous) heart desired: rap, act and be educated. 
   
   
   Good for him. Let him be an example for all of us.
   
   

Supermoon...and then some.

Cinco de Mayo Supermoon

Did you guys see the Supermoon Saturday night? It was pretty beautiful. I drove around the Wildlife Prairie Park area to get away from the "city lights" of Peoria and saw a shooting star! I took it as a good sign of things to come.

UPDATE: That shooting star was full of shit. My run of "good luck" lately has included the following:

1. Passing out at the eyeglass store and being taken away in an ambulance
2. Getting a speeding ticket 2 seconds after pulling out of McDonald's
3. Spending 24 hours worried that I was losing my vision after a stupid optician told me my retina was about to fall off
4. Confirming that there are indeed abnomalities in my retina, thus signaling that I am on the precipice of rot and decay