Misc.

Last night, during a bedtime reading of the timeless classic "Go Dog Go," Adam (our three-year-old) pointed at a group of dogs and pointed out the following:

Those dogs don't have pee-pees!

Now THAT'S news you can use.  Later, he told me that the dogs in the book "like to pee everywhere."  And later still, he pointed to a picture of a dog on a unicycle and informed me that I, too, should buy and ride a unicycle.

Now I've been accused of any number of nefarious acts in my life, but given what we know about unicyclists, I took this as the unkindest cut of all.
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How goes the merger, you ask?

Well, there are probably about 15 things that need to be done before JK and I are truly at one with the blogiverse.  So far, I've accomplished exactly none of these things.

However, I do have some time off in the next few weeks, and hopefully by the middle of July you'll see the new and improved Marvel Team-Up-style joebob site.  We still need a name, and are open to suggestions.

One other thing might help speed us along.  The ever-helpful and stunningly attractive folks behind the Pittsburgh Bloggers organization are holding a BlogIn this Sunday, from 1-5 pm, at the Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill.  It's designated as a time for wannabe bloggers to learn how to dive in, as well as a time for existing bloggers to perform any necessary maintenance and learn some new tricks for their sites.  Yours truly may or may not be attending, but if you're interested, here's the complete poop.

Oh, and if you've been waiting for the perfect time to jump in on the dementia that is Mary Worth, now's the time.  The storyline has just shifted gears, and trust me when I tell you that if you start with this particular strip, you'll be up to speed in no time.  But if you feel you need a little background, here's something of a Mary Worth primer that I did a few months back.

Comments

[Anthony]

Luckily, the lad is only three years old and doesn't understand what he's saying. It's like when a young child tells his parents that he hates them, only worse.

Keep in mind that if you should be tempted to succumb to your son's wishes, the word on the street is that owning and operating a unicycle will most likely jeopardize your chances of ever winning the highly coveted Bronstein Award.

[deadlytoque]

What is it with people and unicycles?

When I was at law school, I would see this one guy on campus every day, riding his unicycle to classes as if it were a mode of transportation, rather than a useless novelty item or a device used to torture bears.

Every time I saw him, I would think "I bet in his last year of high school, that guy thought he needed a cool skill to pick up girls, and he couldn't do coin tricks or play guitar, so he figured unicycle riding was 'quirky' and 'cute' enough to give him an edge. Now the poor bastard is just so invested in his gimmick that he can't give it up. It's too bad his friends don't have the heart to tell him that he looks like an idiot."

But, with your virility no longer in question, perhaps now is the perfect time to take up the unicycle! Adam will get invited to every birthday party on the block, as long as he brings his unicyclin' dad.

[deadlytoque]

Err, as will Katie. Crap. I really didn't mean to leave her out, I was just trying to contextualize the comment... and... crap. I'm just digging in deeper here.