Zombie Dinosaurs

A few weeks ago, I said, “Hey Marin, you know what would be funny? A version of Lonely Island’s I’m on a Boat, only ours would be about a Christmas tree. We could call it, “I’ve Got a Tree.”
As usual, I considered my contribution to the project complete; I had the brilliant, million-dollar idea, and […]

Like much of the US, we got hit with a massive winter storm here in the Pacific Northwest. It put our plans to visit Portland “on ice,” as it were, and made the whole Christmas vacation somewhat unusual. Keep in mind that in the five years we’ve lived here, we’ve gotten a total accumulation of […]

 
…that Muff probably regrets peeing all over our floor.
As an aside, I’m pretty sure this is the most snow I’ve ever seen here in the five years we’ve lived near Seattle. Reminds me of Colorado, almost.

I’m not sure why, but our dogs have never felt they should be bounded by human conventions like yards and fences. So a few years ago, we added an invisible fence to keep the dogs back from the actual fence, and that generally works pretty well.
There are some caveats, though. Our late Husky, Tumanna, […]

While visiting my parents in New Jersey last week, my sister took me and the kids out to dinner. Marin pointed out a game on the supposedly kid-friendly placemat which, in our collective opinion, is the creepiest thing, well, ever. I might never get a good night’s sleep again. Who designed this thing – Harlan […]

Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.

I’ve done it! I have finally transferred my collection of radio show tapes from cassette to MP3. Another pointless chore accomplished.
I’ve been trying to covert all my old 20th century media to something that, if my kids are so inclined, they can use in 25 years. I copied my old home movies of Evan and […]

Nah, not the classic 1968 Bee Gees song. I’m referring to those fridge-magnet-word-poetry thingys. This week, we stayed at a little cabin in Mazama for the weekend, and the fridge was pre-stuck with words, glorious words. Evan, Marin, and I spent hours creating little haiku-like poems for each other.

 Now, I’m not saying these things are […]

While the rest of the world breathlessly awaits a stupid music phone that only has 8GB of storage (there are Yes albums that probably take up more space than that) here in the Johnson household, it is Simpsons Movie Anticipation that is running high. 
If you’re in the same boat, be sure to pass the time […]

Marin got this at a camping trip last weekend:
 
Evan wanted to know the answer to the obvious question:
Why is a dog-headed parakeet eating a walrus, and what does that have to do with Girl Scouts?