Carebear Countdown...

Halloween at work. I was the reigning costume champion from last year, but unfortunately the Sesame Street Aliens won.

Langenburg, SK

Seeing how Yuriko and I have no family left in Canada (with the exception of Yuriko's brother in Vancouver), we spent Canadian thanksgiving with Kent. He has just moved out to Langenburg where he is the town Veterinarian. He is settled - bought a house and got a dog. His dog's name is Stanley and he is 8 months old. Here he is with Kent, and with Chaco and I:



Note that Chaco is 2 years old and Stanley is an 8-month old giant (half St. Bernard, half Newfoundland). We had a great time with Kent. We cooked a bird that we had in our freezer, which turned out to be a chicken, and we went to a super nice restaurant in Langenburg (town of ~1200). It was called conversations, and it is open only on Saturday nights by reservation only. Also, when you reserve a table, they reserve it for the whole night - so you are not rushed. We had a 4 course meal that was incredible. You order the main course a day ahead so they can buy fresh ingredients. If you are ever driving through Langenburg on a Saturday make sure you reserve.

Floaties

We were talking the other day at work about Orbitz. It was a great drink that came out in 1996 and was out of business I believe by the next year. It was a fruity drink with little gelatin balls floating around it - so good. If you want to join the fan club it is here.

Cobwebs and Umbrellas

The streetlights in our parking lot:

Missed the point...

The Movie:
Yesterday Yuriko and I went to see Wall-E, Pixar's new animated movie. It was a really good show I thought. Wall-E was a great character. He is essentially a robotic garbage compactor that has developed a personality, and the first 40 min of the show is almost dialogue free, but the best 40 minutes of the movie.

The Moral:
The whole movie is based on the fact that humans, through over-consumption and lack of regard for the environment, have filled the earth with garbage to the point where it is uninhabitable. Humans are therefore banished to space where they live lazy unfulfilling lives.

The Response:
Yuriko and I hung around for the credits and when we got up, we looked at the floor. I wish I had an iPhone to take a picture of it, but the floor was just filthy...ridiculously dirty. They finished watching the movie, sipped their last sip, said "that was a great movie," and threw their cup on the floor. It was like I was still watching the film...

Fierce Beast

We have folks who live in our townhouse-plex that are deathly afraid of dogs. They will see Chaco from 7 doors down, frantically grab their kids and dive into their house, slamming the door.

But seriously, how could you be afraid of this dog carrying a teddy bear:

A Bigger Diagonal

We finally gave in. After owning a 13" TV for so many years we got a flat screen. Mike Brown is living with us now and he has a Nintendo Wii. The 13" just wasn't cutting it. We upgraded to the 40" Sony.


Thomas Le and Mike Brown helped christen it for us with some Mario-Cart: