One Down, Many To Go

New Season, new coach. Desert Doggies 6, Kings 3. HOWL! Lets hope I howl my voice out during the next 6-8 months. It's only one, but it's better than none. Once again HOWL! Oh, the Lumberjacks won too! But... The Buffs lost on Thursday and the Rams trail Idaho as I write this.

Has it really been this long since I added to this blog? I guess so. I often think I have nothing to blog about, but when I get going there is little one can do to stop me. About 2-1/2 months ago we cleaned our daughter's fish tank as usual, but I probably added too much algicide and the two fishies were dead the next morning. For the previous year, Kim has been asking "When my fish die can I get a hamster?" And we would say "No." and enumerate the reasons why - including the noise, odor, mess, and general pain in the buttness of having a hairy rodent in the house. Anyway we were now victims of the question: "Do I get a hamster now?" I responded with a "How about a lizard?" as I braced myself for a "Ewwwwwwwww, NO NO NO NO NO! I want a hamster!" I did not get that. As we were due to go a vacation in a few days, an immediate replacement was out of the question, but we did go directly to a pet store. Within half an hour she had decided on a bearded dragon, AND picked the name DAKOTA. Dakota has been a great addition to our house and I hope to write about the reptile often.

Splish Splash

A whale of a good time at Seaworld!

Coolness in Carlsbad

I usually avoid things that I think might be cheesy like the plague, thus it was with much trepidation that I allowed myself to enter the SEA LIFE AQUARIUM associated with LEGOLAND and located just outside the main gate to the monument to Danish building blocks. The anticipated curdled aged milk quality of the edifice waned as soon as I came across the tank of shark embryos. (expletive deleted) COOL!

The Little Young Lady From Carlsbad

One of our daughter's favorite things at LEGOLAND was the cars that kids get to drive. There is a course set up not unlike the courses we had during driver's ed classes in the seventies. The difference is that someone dumped money into this one so there are actual curbs and traffic lights. That and the kids cars are battery operated and go slow. Anyway here she is a few moments before getting her laminated driver's license.

You Could Complain, But That Would Be Piddly!

Yesterday I blogged about the detail of the displays at LEGOLAND. Today I continue this string. As many of you know, I played volunteer firefighter for a number of years, and although that chapter of my life is closed, I still am drawn to things firefighter. I am also drawn to juvenile and crude humor. This explains why I loved this particular lego construction of the quintessential dalmatian and hero firefighter.

Then I got another view and loved it even more.

Seeing is Believing

During our trip to LEGOLAND we we impressed with the displays made out of legos. I fund some of the attention to detail particularly fascinating; not only were the people in the stands good, but the side of the Capitol had an added element that many would overlook.

The Port-a-Potties! With people waiting to use them!