Ok... now there's something you don't see everyday.

I've tried to think of so many different spins on something cute to say here, but it just defies imagination. It is what it is. Here is a link to a man playing Angels We Have Heard on High on an ocarina made of broccoli.

YouTube - Big Broccoli Ocarina:Angels We Have Heard On High

Yeah I know...

If they develop one that impacts Mobwars I'm up a creek.

Just a quick note for friends and family that Facebook. Aparently the leet haxors of the world have decided that you were having too much fun, and that no internet experience is complete without someone trying to steal your credit card info:

BBC - Newsbeat - Technology - Facebook users hit by virus

It never gets easier :(

We had to say goodbye to some good friends of ours today. They're moving to Grand Junction... new job... their first house. We've known it was coming for a while, and I'm sure everyone has had that surreal moment when you realize that a group of people you hung out with every weekend just pulled out of town and if you're lucky you'll see them once a year.

I was a military brat. I had scores of friends come and go over the years. When you're a military family you learn to make friends quickly, and never take them for granted, because in a year or so they could be anywhere from Korea to Minot, ND. Being a brat I'm not usually a big one on goodbyes. I've made the promises to write, and that we'd meet up stateside somewhere. It's happened with a few friends, but most simply vanished (until they suddenly add me to their Facebook friends list ;) ).

This was the first hard goodbye in a while. Tears and all. Gabe was really stoic until the truck pulled away, then he bawled harder than all of us put together. Just goes to show you, you never know who the sensitive one is.

Hopefully she's not the next Sarah SIlverman.

Just a short update for a quick story.

Kate climbed into bed with us Thursday morning, and while she was cuddling and bouncing on her mom she passed gas. Amaryllis was teasing her about it, and made the comment, "That was a real firecracker," to which Kate responded, "More like a buttcracker."

Amaryllis and I laughed hard for a good few minutes...

And with that, kids around the world decided they don't want to be astronauts anymore

Hmm... even knowing a little bit about wastewater reclamation, this just sounds wrong:

BBC NEWS Science & Environment Urine passes Nasa taste test

Sky diving... oh and a wedding.

We just got back from Dan and Wendy's wedding. It was an incredible vacation, and probably one of the best we've had since we've been married.

The ceremony was simple and beautiful. It was the most touching profession of love I have ever seen. I stood in as the groom's witness/best man. I was so honored to be there. Of course I wish someone had given me a head's up about when to genuflect, and how ;)

My brother and sister-in-law went out of their way to fill the days with fun activities, from Dan teaching the boys how to shoot (and buying them their first rifle), to launching rockets, and jumping on the trampoline. Kate loved her shopping trip with her mom and aunt.

Of course the big kids had fun too. My brother took me on my first tandem skydive. It was SO AWESOME. We jumped from about 14,000 feet, giving about 1 minute of freefall. Of course there were nervous moments. Hanging your feet out of the door of a moving airplane was definitely interesting, and it weirds you out a bit when the instructor starts adjusting the harness (and unclipping a couple of things) after the canopy opens. The first second as you have the sensation of falling, after that it's just a thrill ride.

Bending the tandem rules a little bit, my brother and I met up in the air, "bumped" knuckles, and spent a moment grinning at each other. Per her request, we also dispersed my mom's ashes. They were folded up in Dan's chute. My tandem instructor timed our canopy opening so I got to see my brother deploy his chute and release the ashes. It was an incredible addition to an already thrilling moment. I hope mom was watching, and enjoyed it as much as we did.

I'll post pics later...

My wife has only killed me in Mob Wars

For those of you fervent Facebookers, you might want to remove your homicidal estranged spouse from your friends list before making profile changes. See link below:

BBC NEWS UK England London Man killed wife in Facebook row