Origin and 1st Appearance: The Bax

forwarded from my pal Zim, scanned from an unknown comic.
More refutation of Baked Tatum's baseless slander of my undeniable charisma and fasion sense (note the stylish purple shirt my comic avatar is sporting!)

Tales of the Niece

a verbatim conversation between my wife and niece, who calls me 'Teeb'.
(this becomes important later)

wife (to niece): you are so beautiful! do you know how beautiful you are?
niece (pauses, smiles): Yes.
wife: is there anyone as beautiful as you are?
niece: Yes.
wife (taken aback): who?
niece (loudly): TEEB!


Hah!
How about them apples Tatum!

My Dog is Tom Cruise

In an effort to assuage the wounded pride of Mr. Dread Shirt Hating Tatum, I offer up this link he sent me 100 years ago, which I shamefully ignored until recently.

Enjoy!

Apple Computers: partying like it's 1999......in 2005

So Apple finally stopped issuing buggy whips standard with every new car and updated its mouse.

Woah, a multi-button mouse with scroll wheel functionality?
The sky's the limit for those crazy dreamers in Cupertino!

Prettiness

Here's the pretty shirt Erin bought me today.
I wanted to see what it looked like run through the scanner.

Not bad!
You can clicky on the picture for a larger version, if you have the urge.

Time of the Apes

Revenge of the Research Monkeys

"At first we all thought it was cute," said Vasquez, 60. "Then it started tipping over all of my plants in the balcony and growling at me."

Politics: Recess Appointment

I figured I'd tag this one 'politics' so the more right-leaning of my e-pals can just skip over it and avoid taking their blood pressure for a ride.

So, Bush did what everyone thought he was going to and appointed the abusive, maniacal John Bolton to be our envoy to the United Nations.

The guy they were afraid to put up to a vote in the Republican-controlled Senate gets slipped in the back door when all the grownups are out of town on vacation...I'm sure the circumstances of his appointment will do wonders for his credibility within the walls of that august body.

Ah well, just another example of the Bush administration's habit of promoting failure and circumventing rules when it suits their needs.