Finally!

"Cling to my back, Bella and I will climb with you to a spot where it is safe to oogle."

That's right. It's finally time to take another shot at Twilight! I know that as soon as my wife reads this post, she's going to put her fingers to work, punch a few keys on the keyboard and send this post to the land of never-to-be-seen-again copy (the non-verbal-written-word bone yard.) But until then, I'm going to take a second and do something really, really fun: Poke fun at Twilight.

To be fair, I haven't even seen the movie yet. And, there's a seriously good chance I never will. But if photos, like the one posted above, keep popping up on the internet, I won't need to see it.

You know, more than anything, the best fun a guy can have is to stand close enough to hear the chatter from Twilight lovers. Check out a few lines I've heard from the local womenfolk and see what I mean. "Bella is so undeserving of Edward." Or, "Edward's hair is so beautiful." Try out this one, "When Edwards looks at the camera, it nearly stops my heart." Okay. Okay. I can't help myself. Try out one more. "They are so romantic. And so magical," followed by a long, long sigh.

See what I mean?

Here's to hoping that sequels are coming down the turnpike. And for all the right reasons!

Writing More. Thinking Less.

I've got to confess that I've been really tired lately. And for me, it's a weird kind of tired. It's the kind that happens when your brain is engaged far too long. I know if you are reading this, you've got to be thinking to yourself, "that's guy's brain hardly ever even wakes up for the day. What's he complaining about?"

You may be right. Just don't tell that to either hemisphere of the orb that is sitting between my ears. For some reason, it thinks it's getting a good workout lately.

To be fair, the mental gymnastics I've been going through don't have anything to do with hard math problem or figuring out exactly how to help with my daughter's physics problems. The mental energy I'm spending seems to be more along to lines or quantity versus quality.

But even then, I've got to be grateful. I still seem to be able to make a few rational decisions now and then. Just don't be too hard on me for the ones that are a little upside down.