All action, all of the time

    - the California state motto.

Earthquakes, aftershocks, and tsunamis, oh my.  Haiti, Japan and Chile.  More torrential rains and mudslides locally.  Jilly falling asleep (how does one sleep with all this action?) on her brother in the car.  And Josh letting her.  The apocalypse is near.  Could 2012 be accurate?  Begs the question:   why bother blogging?  To leave a written record for a future master race of armadillos or something?  Why is it that Mother Nature reacts so negatively shortly after The Amazing Race or Survivor film on location?  Maybe somebody really doesn't want my little league team to practice.  I'm just saying.  Jilly wonders, "Do they have earthquakes in California?"  Afraid so.  But no hurricanes, blizzards, or ha-boobs.  I could go for a hurricane from Pat O'Briens, right about now.  Jilly would like a blizzard from Dairy Queen.  Nobody wants a ha-boob.  Are the volcanoes and asteroids taking the day off?  Where is Super Cubby when you need him?  Oh yeah, aliens... Confused?  You won't be after this episode of Soap!

The Major: Let's synchronize our watches. It's now... 3-ish. 

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Ingrid Svenson: You think I'm finished? 

Jessica Gatling Tate: No, Swedish. 

And now, a poem:

Earthquakes and tsunamis


Birth makes for new mommies


Haiti, Japan, and Chile


Fate can be awful silly

Spinning squid, twirling starfish

World like a whirling dervish

The week in review

The lovely bride's SUV, of the 2004 vintage, hit 170,000 miles today.  That's a lot of miles.  If you laid them from end to end, it would cover 170,000 miles.  Going to need a new car or three someday.

The good news this week is that I might have secured a sort of job.  One that gets me out of the house and meeting new guys.  Day trading with a group.  Could be interesting.  Bad news, I might have to skip out on my upcoming trip to AZ to see the P's and a Cubs spring training game.  Went to get fingerprinted today and they copied my license and social security number.  Kind of scary from an identity theft point of view.

Ran a good ll practice earlier in the week.  One of the coaches was overstepping a little bit, but I can deal, especially if he's going to sub-manage for me in the future.  Got a practice tomorrow and our first game that counts on Sunday.  Looks like a rainy weekend.  Come on rain!

License plate du jour:

So, wife and son were driving home from L.A. today, where son might have a second extra role on an upcoming Modern Family episode, when the I-5 was shutdown near San Clemente due to the following explosive news:  a grenade was found on the highway.  It's always something.

UPDATE:  The grenade has been detonated...purposely by the police.

Just another day in paradise

California - the action state.  Motto:  all action, all the time (said in a Schwartzenegger accent).  Today we had hail, flash floods, mudslides, tornados, waterspouts, serious surf, and gusty winds.  Did I mentioned that it rained.  Gotta get going on that ark. UPDATE: We also had an earthquake.  More of the same expected for today.

Also, got rejected by Chase today.  At least they had the courtesy to call.  Thanks.  Decided to go with someone else.  Thanks for nothing.

Off to the little league baseball draft.  To draft Josh or not?