Just wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year.

Everything is going well here. Sophia greatly enjoyed her Christmas. I still say that she had more fun with the wrapping paper and boxes, but she LOVED her toys.

I'll post pictures and more details soon. It's been busy to say the least.

Anyway...

I just wanted to wish everyone all the best for 2007 and remind everyone that a little bit of kindness goes a long way in this world.

- Jeremy

Sophia turned one year old today! As of 11:02 AM today my daughter is officially into her second year of life. That's just crazy to try and wrap my head around it!

I can't believe that a year has passed already. It feels like yesterday that we were struggling to figure out how to be parents.

Here is a picture from her birthday party this past Sunday.



Click Here for the rest of the pictures from that day.

- Jeremy

If that face doesn't make you laugh I don't know what will.

BTW - Someone is going to be a whole year old one week from this Wednesday! Holy crap, where did the year go...

- Jeremy

"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes."

On the way back from helping my father move my grandmother into her new apartment I decided that I would grab a snack while at the gas station before leaving Horseheads. It would be the WORST food mistake I have ever made. Now, I like Slim Jims...it's no secret. There was a whole rack of different varieties to choose from. I picked up a beefsteak (always a good choice) and after much deliberation I chose what appeared to be just a really thick stubby Slim Jim. It was called the Tijuana Mama Pickled Sausage. Little did I know that it was pure evil in food form wrapped in plastic.

I ate the beef steak first and about a half hour down the road I decided to test my luck with the Tijuana Mama. So, at the next stop light I opened it up and when I started moving again took a bite. I gagged. It took every ounce of self-control that I could muster to not crash the car. I swear I thought I was going to die just from the smell. There are only two ways that I can think of to describe the rancid insidiousness of this vile snack...My first thought was "My god! It's like blowing a dead pig!"...this is the first time a food has ever made me feel violated. My final analysis however is that this thing...this horrid excuse for a snack is, simply put, a big smelly spicy pickled turd. I cannot imagine who on earth would want to eat one of these things. I really think that the makers of this snack intended it to be a complete and unfunny joke. They are evil and should be destroyed. I cannot understand how this could be considered a "food" and allowed on to store shelves by the FDA.

So my advice to all of you is simply this...if you see this "snack" in your local grocery or convenient store...RUN...run screaming out of the store and return later with the largest angry mob you can find and burn the store to the ground! Believe me, you'll thank me.

- Jeremy