Happy 50th Mom and Dad!

Random Jilly-related quotes

• Whatcha lookin' at, punk?
• It's not funny, it's angry time!
• Milkshake for Doofenshmurtz...
• You're lucky that I can't reach you.
• TacoCat backwards is TacoCat
• Shut-up

movies

• Girl with Dragon Tattoo
• We bought a zoo
• Descendants
• The Artist
• Drive
• The Way
• The 5 year engagement
• Avengers
• Marley
• Rock of Ages
• Brave
• arbitrage
• Nemo 3d
• Chasing Mavericks
• Wreck-it Ralph
• Skyfall
• Life of Pi
• this is 40
• les mis

books read this annum

• Lost in Shangri-La
• are you smart enough to work at Google
• Let's Pretend This Never Happened
• 50 Shades Trilogy
• one last thing before i go
• Divergent
• A working theory of love
• the Alchemist

Uh....nevermind

Well, it looks like we are still here.  Which is more than I can say for Twinkies.   And who wants to live in a world without Twinkies.  Not the Zombies.  Wait, they're undead.  I do, that's who.  At least we still have Leucadia donuts!

It might not be the end of the world, but it is looking like the demise of the blog.  The trilogy is complete.  Posts have been few and far between.  Life keeps getting in the way.  Speaking of life, big things coming.  The p's 50th, Josh's bm, Jilly's 10th annum, and a speedy recovery for The Peeper!

Anyway, it's almost a new year.  2013:  The End of 2012.  Dun, dun, duhhhhhh.....

Uh oh...

My daughter the marketing genius

Took a trip to Chicago last weekend...

Flew in, ate Potbelly's
Checked in, ate Lou Malnatti's
Saw Dro
Drove to Zac's bar mitzvah
Ate Potbelly's
Party
Saw Ron and Ellen
Breakfast with Orrin and Char
Hancock and Foodlife with CC
Tornado-land for some quality time with brothers and
ate Potbelly's

Cousins...by Eliza

Zombieland - It's all coming true...the end is near

Happy Veteran's Day

Photobooth App

Bo Obama: 4 more years!

Not Cubby


....or at least until the world ends...

Daylight Stupid Time

I'm slaving away - going to work in the dark and coming home in the dark; while my dog (who became an Uncle today) is enjoying a day at the beach!  I'm doing something wrong.

Doggie at dawn.

Mo-vember

The end is near...

Hurricane Sandy.  Sharks falling from the sky onto California Golf Courses.  Well played Mayans!

All Hallow's Eve

Jilly the Junior

Girl scout bridging ceremony.

Reflections Art Ceremony

Happy Bday to my Baby

Another spectacular, delectable celebration at Eddie V's in La Jolla.  Yum!

My life

Woke up.  Got out of bed.  Got to work by 6 am.  submitted 5 deals.  left work at 6.  sat in traffic.  ate dinner in my car.  watched Jilly rock at volleyball.  watched a little tv.  in bed by 9

At least it was a steak dinner.

Exile Octoberfest at Balboa PIer

Cancel the Apocalypse

All is right with the world.  The Flubbies have spoken.  The 2012 regular baseball season is over.  Although for the Cubs, their season ended closer to June 1.  Lovable losers - not so much - just losers.  They went 61 and 101 for their most losses since dropping 103 games in 1966 - and that turned out to be a banner year!

Ready for the Apocalypse

Creature from the creek

Meme by Josh

seeing stars

Went to Hollywood to see Nemo 3D at the El Capital...with my new baby: iPhone 5.  Yah!  Pastrami at  Langers.  Yum

...and we all challahed, "Happy New Year!"

Eddie V's with the P's...

...there was incredible decadence, there was bloodshed, and there was small children trying crab and oysters for the first time.  And...what a view!  "Take that, Steve and Joy"

At least my parents didn't have to set their Tivo's

Went apple pickin' in Julian...

...beats nose pickin' in Jillian.

Back to School Fools

End of Summer/Back to School Feast

Chuck Norris warns that Obama re-election will bring on the apocalyspe

Bring it on, Chuckie...

Labor Day

Today we celebrate labor day.  Commemorating all the Mom's that went into labor in order to deliver their offspring.  But why just celebrated the Mom's.  I did a lot of the work (holding up my wife's head and legs) and taking most of the abuse (without any of the benefit of the pain medicine).  No wait...this can't be right.

Today we celebrate labour day, commemorating the central-left U.K. political party.  No wait...

Today we celebrate the small Slovenian village of Labor.  No...

Actually, we celebrate the American worker.  Of which I am one again.  And boy have I been working...60+ hour weeks.  But it has been enjoyable, stressful, but enjoyable.  And hopefully soon, fruitful.  Cause I like fruit.

But really, today marks the unofficial end of summer.  The summer of Josh and Jill and unlimited freedom (and Minecraft and Animal Jam).  They spent quality time with their friends and  grandparents and even Neil Diamond (talk about a man who continues to labor...he rocked Anaheim).  Junior Guards and Camp James.

But thank the lords of Parliament that school starts up again this week...or it would be off to Labor, Slovenia with the both of them.

Girl knows how to party

Usher

Annoying Orange

YOLO

Cool Cali day:  Leucadia Donut Shoppe, Carlsbad to back school shop for Jilly,  haircut for Josh, surf shop, and Schwack for a tasty linner.  Now to chillax and ease into the work week (aka the final week of the kiddo's summer vacay).

Favorite Songs by Neil Leslie Diamond, America's greatest living singer/song writer, in no particular order

1. Holly Holy
2. Play Me
3. Longfellow Serenade
4. Beautiful Noise
5. Soolaimon
6. Delirious Love
7. Morningside
8. Hell Yeah
9. Dry Your Eyes
10. Skybird

Least favorite:  Heartlight

Olympicopalypse

Ridonculous -- how high above the beam she is!

So, it wouldn't be a blog about 2012 without a mention of the fabulous London games that just finished.  I am going through withdrawals.  Some memorable things we'll probably not see again in my lifetime (or at least until Rio):

• Michael Phelps winning 23,000 medals in swimming
• Kerry and Misty Mae three-peating at beach volleyball.  It is amazing how they cover the entire court on that thick sand.
• Usain Bolt completing a double - triple, looking like he never even reaches full speed everytime he runs.
• Gabby Douglas becoming the first African-American to win all round gymnastics gold
• Aly Raisman sticking up for Jewish olympians everywhere
• The Spice Girls re-uniting (at least, I hope we don't have to see this again)

Josh and the World Champ

Who will survive....

....the year of the Dragon?  Dunh, dunh....dunhhhh

Submitted first mortgage loan today

Apocalypse Update:

Today there were two, not one, but two earthquakes.  And my old blog post "Yiddish words for penis" is trending.  That is all.  Carry on.

My Grampa Sam once said:

There's nothing like a chunk of sharp cheese and a cold beer...



...he also liked rye bread dipped into sour cream and garlic.

Yappy hour again

Go #7

Greene's to Cubs for Dempster/Johnson

The most interesting men alive

Soup-er Jilly

More Marble Columns!

Eating their way thru Chicago

Culture

And they're off...

...to their annual trip to the "land of plenty."  Having fun in Chicago while Daddy works the new job and misses everyone terribly.