Yay!

My dad, who had a minor stroke last Wednesday and has been in first the hospital and then a rehabilitation facility, has been given a release date of next Wednesday. Yippee! The initial estimate is that he’d have to be at the rehab facility for 3 weeks, so this is much better than we could have hoped.

I guess my niece thought it would be fun to sit in the refrigerator

So she did. I like that kind of follow through, although it made for a lot of “Porkchop in the fridge” jokes.

Not at all suspicious

Oh, Republicans of the Missouri House of Representatives. You have to know that if inducting Rush Limbaugh into the Hall of Famous Missourians requires a secret ceremony, you might not be doing the right thing. Especially if you 1) don’t invite any of your Democrat colleagues and 2) only tell reporters a half hour before the event. Guilty much?

A really awesome dinner I had the other day

Paul and Mari, two of my more fabulous friends, took me out for birthday dinner a couple of weeks early. We went to Smoke Chophouse, a steak restaurant across the street from my job. I’ve worked here for nearly five years, and I’d never before eaten at that restaurant. Big mistake. On Mondays they have $15 lobster (total, not per pound), and Mari and I really enjoyed ours. Paul got an Angus burger, which he said was very good. Tuesdays they have happy hour, so I think that Luz and I may have another happy hour to add to our rotation.

Now you know who’s [NOT whose] to blame

It’s not my fault! Teaneck public schools made me this way!

But he’s still responsible for Charlie Sheen

President Obama might have had a nice day today, but I saw everybody’s favorite tv president, Jed Bartlett, today in Port Authority. Martin Sheen might very well be awesome, but having fathered Charlie Sheen knocks him down to just aight.

This is why Atlanta rocks

(Written while I was still in ATL, hence the present tense.)

Why doesn’t stuff like this happen to me at home?

I’m in town to hang out with the fabulous Joy and take in an Ingrid Michaelson show (omniscient future-living editor: it was awesome). This is what we encountered at our pre-show meal.

The opening act was Scars on 45, who were really good. I didn’t know their name, but recognized one of their songs from an episode of The Vampire Diaries. Best show on tv right now, and you can just keep it to yourself if you don’t agree.