11/28/2010

We missed a week--sorry about that. You see, the snow started falling last Sunday night, and the excitement was just plain high. Teddy had the week off from school officially for parent/teacher conferences, but I (Willie) had to go to school Monday thru Wednesday. Well, that was the plan anyway. So a call came in from the school at 6:30 Monday morning that school would let out 2 hours early. What? I've still got to go to school with snow on the ground? Unprecedented I say. Okay, so I went to school, and got home two hours early, and good thing I did because that's when then snow, and the temperature, really started falling. Before we knew it, there was 6 inches of fluff on the ground, and the temps were in the 20's. So then Tuesday school was cancelled, and the parent/teacher conference. Then Tuesday night, Wednesday school was cancelled. You probably know the rest of the story.

The rest of the story: Thursday was Thanksgiving. Good thing papa got out on Monday before the real snow hit to do his shopping, otherwise it would have been chili and corndogs for thanksgiving dinner. Our friends came for dinner, and what a feast it was: Smoked turkey (on the rotisserie BBQ) and ribs (in the new barrel smoker), stuffing, roasted potatoes and golden beets, fresh home made no-knead bread and popovers, cranberry sauce can, salad, and DESSERTS--slab apple pie, pumpkin pie and CHOCOLATE MALTED WHIPPED CREAM!!!!!!! So as you can tell, not much of this stuff excited us, the willie and teddy set. I (Willie) ate ribs, potatoes, bread, popovers, and CHOCOLATE WHIPPED CREAM. Mommy made some curry chicken so Teddy had a good meal too. We played Magic for a long time with our friends and stayed up way too late. All in all, a very successful holiday.

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Do you ever get the feeling that you are being watched? I do, and you know, it's just creepy.

So, those of you who don't believe us about the snow, check this out. The snow on the table got to about 6 inches deep, and the wind was so fierce, the snow got everywhere--even covered the porch and got right up to the front door.

One of the best things that happened was we had marathon sessions with our new favorite game--Angry Birds. Papa broke down and spent 99 cents on the game. He was having too much fun slingshotting birds into big pigs who had stolen their eggs.

 Take that you egg stealing pig. SMASH!

 And that, and that. And that. You get the idea. Snow + no school + iPod touch = happy campers.

So usually papa would get out and at least dig around grey car and put on its chains just in case he needed to get somewhere in the car. Not this time. He just figured with the thanksgiving holiday and having done all of his shopping already, we were all in for the duration.

 Sounds good to me. Pass some more whipped cream.

 Whipped cream? Mine! (says Noah)

Not if I, Willie the human whipped cream vacuum beat you to it. SLURP!!!!!!

11/14/2010

So here's what's good: Cayenne pepper. I (Willie) can't say that Papa has been right about too many things, but cayenne pepper is one thing he was more than right about. It's good on everything--french fries, chicken nuggets, hot sausages, hamburgers. I'm trying it on everything. I was sniffing his 'rice bowl' lunch today and I said it smelled pretty good, and he gave me a taste and, whaddaya know? It was good. Kind of spicy sweet. Then he told me it had hoisin sauce in it. I always hated hoisin but I guess I have to think about it. I also tried some veggie chicken vindaloo. The fake chicken was too rubbery for me, but the vindaloo was really good. Speaking of vindaloo, we started watching Red Dwarf. It's pretty hilarious, especially some of the stuff the 'Cat' says. Teddy laughed a lot also, but will never admit it. Another thing about this vindaloo that was really crazy (and we can't figure out how Yves--the maker--got away with it. So it says on the package Vegan and O-U kosher pareve (a word which means neither meat nor milk), but on the back of the package under ingredients it says may have egg or dairy. WHAT?!? I don't think the O-U people are going to be too happy about fake pareve chicken vindaloo having dairy in it. You guys are gonna be in trouble.

Teddy had a band concert this week and his trumpet playing is getting really good--not just the random blatts but the stuff that actually sounds like music. Good going Teddy--you'll be blowing like Miles Davis any time now.

We got to see Tante boo boo for a little while tonight and she shared some origami links with me. Thanks Tante.

It was math night at middle school this last Wednesday and me and papa went to see Mr. Pounder in action, and he did not dissappoint, getting off one 'annoying child' and a couple of 'get moving son's. If you want the really inflammatory stuff he says, you'll have to contact me directly because I shouldn't post that kind of stuff on the interwebs.

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 Ya ya, origami, fold, spindle, mutilate.

Mmmmmm, cayenne. More. More. More.

Just keep your hands and feet away from his mouth, and that cayenne bottle. [Ed. note: it was fun watching willie power down the Louisiana hot sausage after his two hamburgers--it was so hot I thought he wouldn't finish it, but I was wrong.]

Pay attention to me. Me, that's me in the yellow shirt. Pay attention to me. Little brother talking. Hello, cute brother over here needs attention. Att-en-shun. Yup, that's what I need. Gimme some attention. You know you want to.

 Please, I need need need need some uh-TEN-tion!

 Ha, I've escaped his clutches and can now read in peace. Finally.

Until next time anyway.

Copyright 1997-2010, The Berman Brothers, Willie and Teddy. All rights reserved.

11/7/2010

Not much going on here. We did get to watch the Simpson's halloween specials from last year and this year, complete with commercials, but as usual, papa was quick on the remote so gunplay and such was on the entertainment menu for us.

Papa's been monkeying around with the internet connection and we occasionally find an open connection so we listen to video game soundtracks from youtube whenever we do. Yes, we know how to have fun. We've also been experimenting with Voice Control over Willie's iPod touch, and it plays the darndest things when you ask it to do something else. For example, when Willie says "what flavor is my ear" the iPod goes and plays some Lord of the Rings stuff. What does it mean?

The big internet news is that our 6 month experiment with Clear wireless broadband is over. They are one company that is clearly not ready for prime time. We give them 3 months until they declare bankruptcy based on their crappy service. So it's back to DSL for us, albeit at a higher speed, complete with our tails between our collective legs. But Papa's not done tinkering yet--he's working on some VOIP thing called Ooma (no, not Uma, but he can wish) that is part pyramid scheme and part miracle cure to the phone company's stranglehold on our phone line. We'll see how it works over DSL, cuz it didn't work well over Clear, but then nothing really worked well over Clear. Wouldn't that be ironic if the phone company's DSL line allowed us to cut our landline connection for phone service? Here's hoping.

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Behold, it's Annoying-Man to the rescue of this otherwise dull and dreary evening. Posing as a mild mannered, innocent younger brother, our hero prepares to leap into the teeth of danger.

Here's our hero poised behind his prey. Yes, Willie has little to fear to from our hero's mild manner, or does he?

BUNNY EARS! Yes ladies and gentlemen--Annoying-Man has struck again! Just when you least suspect nefarious activity is afoot, you too might be the victim of mirth and mayhem. A further word to the wise--don't accept so much as a jelly bean from this pajama'd crusader. The last fellow who did got 'skunk scent' disguised as licorice. CONSTANT VIGILANCE!

Copyright 1997-2010, The Berman Brothers, Willie and Teddy. All rights reserved.