Conan O'Brian never fails

My little brother Russ is getting smarter

30 years old and he can almost spell my name correctly.

"Do you like what you see?"

My nephew Ian does this dance from the movie "Hot Rod" perfectly. My family has this obsession with watching totally dumb, yet funny movies over and over again and this is the end result of what happens to us.

Ian:




The original version from the movie:

I take so much crap at work

I am, literally, out of 200+ people, the only BYU fan here at work and I take a lot of crap for it. I've been fortunate the past two years, for BYU to have won and to come back to work on Monday with a smile on my face. This year, I can only hope we win. I don't have a lot of confidence, but I think we're capable of it.

I doctored up my co-workers sign hanging outside her cubicle. It didn't last long.

Henry's adventures

So, last week we found that Henry was no longer in his cage and it was clear he got out. He is kept on a countertop in the laundry room that sits about 42" off the ground. That has NEVER kept him from escaping if he could. In the past he has jumped of such heights in order to attempt to escape. The last time he escaped, we put his cage on the ground, filled it with food, and by the next morning we found him napping in his bedroom sound asleep. I did that this time, but he never came back.

After close to a week I figured we were doomed to start sensing the putrid smell of a dead hamster carcass, but as I was playing the xbox with Caiden, I had him run downstairs to get ready for FB practice and when he came up he said, "daddy, I just heard the most amazing sound coming from the laundry room: Henry". At first I thought it was wishful thinking on his part, so I didn't do much about it immediately (I was trying to finish a round of Call of Duty 4 on Xbox live). When my round was over, I gave Caiden the controller and went downstairs just by chance that it really was him. I walked in the laundry room and low and behold, I heard some shuffling around. I started pulling things out close to the wall and still could not see where he could be. Then I heard the noise in the trash can and I saw his little head poke up. He made a hissy/whiny sound toward me, as if he needed some serious help. I immediately grabbed his water feeder and he practically snatched it out of my hand and went to town sucking down water.

So, what must have happened was the trash can must have been out in front of the ledge of the countertop enough for him to land in there. It was loaded with a lot of dryer lint and blown insulation we had swept up from the last project we did a few weeks ago. He must have survived in there eating something, but I'm not sure what it would have been.

Anyway, here are some more pictures of Henry in the trash.

This is what the trash can looked like when I heard him shuffling around.




This is him guzzling down water

Suspicious Cat

So a few weeks ago we went over to our friend James's house to have a little dinner and watch a movie. We ended up watching Across the Universe, which was a good little flick full of Beatles music.

At the conclusion of our visit, we were introduced to one of the quirks of one of their cats, who was always suspicious of the DVD player as it ejected. Enjoy these videos and for a fun little treat, be sure to watch the end of the 2nd video.

Stonehenge

Spinal Tap is one of my favorite all-time comedies and as I was perusing youtube for some Spinal Tap clips I came upon this high school talent show of some students doing Stonehenge (followed up with a Freebird cover). These kids are actually pretty good. The sound quality isn't the best, but they did their best to convey the actual scene from the movie.

Watch the original one first, then watch the talent show version (warning, some curse words on the dialog for the original movie)

This is a GREAT video

I don't know anyone in it, but my friend RyRy's brother was part of it. I think it should be shown at all BYU orientation days or something.

People should not be in such a rush to get married. Forget the culture. Forget about "everyone will be taken". HAVE FUN. Don't think that since you kissed someone, they're going to be with you forever. HAVE FUN.

We are the world (in Japan)

I really want to post about how excited I am about having a daughter, but that will take more time/energy/thought, so I give you this (which only takes a copy/paste):

Man, I miss Chris Farley

I think I'll miss him most because he reminds me so much of myself at times. This is a great commercial and is likely exactly how it would be for me if I were to try to "re-enact" the actual shot that Laettner made to win the game.



For those not familiar with what he was trying to re-enact, here is the real shot that was made.

"Dear Sister" (SNL does it again)

I'm shocked this isn't a classic. Word is that it was filmed just before the shootings at Virginia Tech, so they did not air it. I LOVE how they take a parody of "The OC" and put all the drama and ridiculousness of that show (not that I've watched a whole episode or anything) into one sketch.

Here is the OC's version (be patient, the part they parody doesn't come until the end)



Here is SNL's version



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Dude, this get's funnier and funnier every time I see it.

This man is a PERVERT!!!

I love this poster. If you're a fan of the office, call the number on the flyer. It's hilarious.

If something makes you laugh un-controlably

You have to share it with your friends.

Friends, be prepared to laugh un-controlably:


Laugh, uncontrolably

I hope our new baby get's into this show

I've never watched a whole episode, but this youtube clip has convinced me I'd rather have my kids watch this than Barney.

Russ and I in winter gear

My new look

Ninja parade a huge success

LOL!! "The best part of the parade is when I found this candy in my pocket. The ninjas must have snuck it in there".


Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again

If I were a toy........

.......according to my nephew, this is what I would look like. Lanik named this particular toy after me on his trip from CA to UT.

If Alene and I were Simpsons characters

Alene created these. I had no idea I'd be so good looking as a simpsons character. I figured I'd look more like Barney.

Singing to Yanni

For most people that REALLY know me, they'll know that I have a guilty pleasure of listening to Yanni when I want to relax or calm down. People laugh at me and think it's hilarious (It's NOT! In fact, it's pretty un-funny!) However, I had to laugh at myself when I saw Ed Helms (Daily Show, The Office) stating that he too loves Yanni as a guilty pleasure and even goes to the extreme to add lyrics of his own to the songs.