OOoh!!!

I found a list of the 10 geekiest T Shirts today!

I want them!!!!

Well, actually, I don't want ALL of them.

Just 8.

Kudos to anyone who can guess the two I don't want....

Milestone night!

So, tonight was a milestone night in the Cohen Household.

First, Grace was due to move up in ToShinDo, from her yellow-black belt to her blue-white belt. She was VERY excited -- this one wasn't just getting a new belt, but was moving into a new level, too.

She did a good job during the test part of the graduation, then got her new belt and certificate. Oh, and the list of things she needs, now: a book, a wooden knife, a wooden hanbo, a foam sword, a helmet, and padded gloves. Oh, and a DVD! And a bag. Sheesh.

Peter also had his first Scoutmaster Conference and Board of Review for Scouts, to get his Tenderfoot Badge! Boy Scouts is very different from Cubs -- the boys aren't required to do the requirements on their own (there's tons of adult help), but they're expected to do them under their own initiative. So, yeah, Mom, Dad and the Scoutmaster aren't going to reming (too much!) or force a boy to do anything.

The boys are also required to set up a Scoutmaster Conference and Board of Review for each rank. Now, these are pretty easy to set up -- Peter basically went dressed in his class A, and was able to do it tonight.

So, yes, I now have a blue-white Belt and a Tenderfoot in my house!

You've got to pay attention...

So, coming home from ToShinDo tonight, here's a synopsis of the conversation I had with Grace.

Background info: Grace has two friends named Rachel, both from preschool. One also goes to her school now, and goes to the same church we go to, so Grace sees her nearly daily. The other we see every year or so.

Coming up Raleigh Road:

G: "This song is Bring on the Dan!"
M: "Actually, Bring on the Dancing Horses" (we were listening to XM Radio)

(As we're driving past the Bell Tower):

G: "What road is Gimghoul Castle on?"
M: "Gimghoul Road"
G: "Where's that?"
M: "Near Playmaker's Theater"
G: "Where's that?"

I tried several ways to explain where that was. Finally I said:

M: "Do you know where Carolina Friends School is?"
G: "Yes"
M: "Near there"

She was satisfied with that, and we were quiet for a bit. Then:

G: "Rachel must hear SPOOOOOKY noises, then!"

I correctly interpreted this as a reference to Gimghoul Castle, but as the first Rachel that I think of is, oh, I don't know, the one she sees DAILY, I said:

M (quizzically): "Rachel?!?!?!"
G (Condescendingly): "Yes! She DOES go there!"
M: "What??? Oh, Rachel C!"
G: "Of Course! Rachel M. goes to MY school!"

I didn't even bother trying to explain, but just sat quietly. About 2 minutes passed, then:

G: "Here comes the R"
M: "What?"
G: "Here comes the R"
M: "Did you say here comes the R?? What does that mean?!?!?!?!"
G: "This song! It's called Here Comes the R!!!"

It was, of course, Eurythmics, Here Comes the Rain Again. I didn't even bother explaining.

She keeps you on your toes....

Um, you're off by a few months...

I swear, someone decided it was April Fools' Day, and didn't tell me.

Here are some of the news stories out there today:

• Jon Gosselin thinks that being on a reality show in the midst of their parents' breakup is detrimental to his children. Nah, you think????
• Someone tried to extort money from Letterman for sleeping with women. Before he was married. Consensually.
• Ted Williams' head is in a cryogenics facility (weird enough right there), and is supposedly being "abused", including having a tuna fish can that was stuck to it (a flaw in the freezing process, perhaps?) beaten off with .... a baseball bat

and best of all...

• Jacques Chirac has had to give away his dog, a Maltese Terrier (little white ball of fluff) because it has become "violent". Apparently the dog has bitten Chirac three times, once in an "unnamed body part". Chirac's wife says the dog is depressed, and is, "finding it difficult to come to terms with leaving the Palace Elysee".

OK, please people. It's just October!

I'm not a doctor...

But my email apparently thinks I am.

I got a GREAT job offer today! High 500K salary, less than an hour from a major metropolitan area, with international airport, opportunity to life on a golf course OR a lake!

Problem is, they want a cardiologist.

Yeah, not so much.

I share a last name and first initial with a cardiologist at UNC, and the cardiology clinic is in the same building as my office, so I periodically get mail, of both the e and the snail varieties, that are meant for him. Typically it's junk, as the job offer today -- it was one of those ACT NOW!!! offers.

But my favorite was the letter asking me when I would like the jet to pick me up to fly my to Rocky Mount for my presentation? LOL! THAT one I forwarded on!

I knew I should've take more science in college!