dragging ass

dragging ass, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

that bike wheel is scraping the highway

anybody tired?

survival and evasion tips

i'm reading a field guide put out by the US Army in 1969 called "Survival, Evasion & Escape" full of tips for soldiers who found themselves trying to survive behind enemy lines. here's a couple things i picked up:

• when dealing with natives, leave a good impression. other men may need this help
• if caught in an avalanche, use swimming motions to stay on top
• take care when crossing thin ice. distribute your weight by lying flat and crawling

festive

festive, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

nothing like a good old jewish wedding to spice up the weekend!
bunches of nice long islanders, marble halva from brooklyn, hava nagila chair dancing, a FUNky dr. seuss wedding cake, appearance by batman, blessed challah bread, lots of friends and lots of love.

white brown black

white brown black, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

here's a cute picture of behaving pups to balance out the pissiness of the last post.

devil dogs

holden kowe nacho, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i'm dogsitting this weekend for friends who are getting married, kowe is 1 and a half and full of energy. she and nacho are on the same wavelength. they're all sweet, they look like demons here. her face whiskers are amazing. she's always had a dog door, which i don't have, we'll see how this works out.

fall

it feels like fall already here. is it just me? it might be the angle of the sun or the strength of the sun or the humidity or breeze or how blue the sky is but something here feels like fall already.

i woke up full of vinegar ready to snap
i've seen only the worst greediest bastardliness in everything since then
dont try this at home

last week my neighbor brought over peaches from her mom's tree in tennessee that were so juicy i had to eat them over the sink

that was good

i love to dance

langhorne slim + trombone - guitar strap in brooklyn, 'i love to dance'



talk about crowd pleaser

99notebooks.com

99notebooks.com, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i got a blank notebook in the mail and i just wrote in it.

it's part of a project my friend spencer is doing called 99 notebooks.

if somebody gives you one of these notebooks you have to do 3 things - read everything in it, write something in it, and pass it on.

check out www.99notebooks.com for more details, and watch as 99 marble notebooks make their way around the world!

quissy's engaged!

2.6, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

my little brother proposed to his wonderful girlfriend angela in front of the eiffel tower and she said yes. they are spending the next 5 weeks walking 500 miles along the camino de santiago de compostela pilgrimage route through northern spain.

(this photo is not angela, it's tina from the cherokee trading post in clinton, oklahoma)

update - thanks MOM for the photo of the real chris & angela - and an email update from chris on the santiago trail =
"she going to be Mrs. Bugs Bunny...

walked 18 more miles today and tomorrow to Pamplona...little tired but trekking like champs so far."

struts and frets

i've come to think that drama is a choice. as in - you can choose to create it, maintain it, encourage it, or you can dispel it, be transparent and real and honest, and rise above & not allow it to continue. yell cut.

i think a lot of misunderstandings turn into major grudges because they are not either aired out completely at the start or risen above. you can't let them fester. it gives a negative issue too much power in your life. life is too short to worry about what someone might have meant when they wrote or said or did whatever it is. either tell them they hurt you and ask why, or take a step back, understand where they may be coming from, forgive them whatever their intent, and get past it asap.

i think a lot of us go through life like it's a 'three's company' episode full of misunderstandings and miscommunications, secrets and deceptions, pretending to be gay so the landlord lets you stay. and it's not really necessary.

in my experience some misunderstandings turn out to be funny when both sides realize where the communication broke down.

and tragic when they don't.

so do your best. and follow the golden rule, and if everyone does good will be done to you.

secret fluff safe

secret fluff safe, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

it was just a matter of time. i made a couple marshmallow fluff safes to go with the peanut butter safes i've done. now it's possible to make fake fluffernutters while stashing stuff.

in related news, a human being can eat nothing but 3 nectarines and a half a jar of marshmallow fluff in a day and still wake up the next morning.

mini me's

a lot of my friends are procreating, and damn their kids are cute!

here is liam and dan's kellen -



and here is chris and erin's casey -



heartbreakers!