Accidental Deliveries

Look at the size of my pizza!

I just returned from 4 days in the Colorado Rockies. I love the mountains!

While I was there I got to do some skiing, see some sights and eaves drop on foreign ski instructors as they point out the size of their pizza.

Here are some photographs from my trip.

Did I mention how much I love the mountains?! I love the mountains.



































The Sculptured House

The Woody Allen movie, Sleeper, was filmed here in 1973. I have not seen the movie but it has been categorized as a science fiction comedy. I am intrigued. It will be added to my Que!








































View: Day 4


















FYI-Outdoor hot tubs rule!


































Ullr Fest Parade

If you love dressing up like a Viking and drinking a ton of beer, then you will love Ullr Fest! Imagine a bunch of ski bums and bunnies whoopin' it up in the name of the Viking Snow God, Ullr.

Whoa, Brah! This party is rad!!

Refrigeration Appreciation

Pre Wii

In 1930 the British anthropologist Sir Flinders Petrie and his team of archaeologists discovered all sorts of primitive bowling balls, bowling pins and other materials in the grave of an Egyptian boy from 3200 BC. It appears that the ancient Egyptians played a primitive form of bowling and that bowling is more than 5200 years old.























One of the biggest appeals of bowling is that you get to throw something in order to try to knock down other things, and nobody yells at you for it.























My cousin Brad, in visiting from 28°32′01″N 81°22′33″W / 28.533513, -81.375789. Orlando, FL that is.

29 Years and 0˚ Later

In honor of my Birthday, the night before, Jeff and Alison take Rip and I out for breakfast. The wait for a table was an hour and a half. Yea, that's awhile to wait. We get our name on the list and the four of us head to the nearest bar for Diet Cokes, Newcastles and the best Irish coffees around. While we wait, Rip and I show the Allens our new sunglasses.




















Alison insists she try on Rip's new "Fit Overs". They are specially designed to fit over your prescription glasses. How very elderly chic. No?



















Jeff gives the "FitOvers" a whirl. It is concluded that they do, indeed, fit over glasses AND block out the suns harmful UV rays.


















We head to Crystal's to ring in the New Year. The night starts with a friendly game of analog style celebrity catch phrase. The folks at the party had no idea that I am a closet celeb gossip scholar. Unfortunately, even with my expertise, my team, Wearable Leather, loses by 1 point to Werewolf Nine Eleven. Damn it!



















Happy New Year!

You gotta love fireworks in the dead of a Minnesota winter!























Holiday lights in the bathroom. A necessity for any New Years celebration!


















Get a load of this!

Rip jumped into a frozen lake at approximatly 10:30am on 1/1/2008.

True story.

Last year, our buddy Jeff and Alison's Uncle John took this plunge. Jeff somehow convinced Rippie and Alison's brother Mike, to join them.

They did.

So cold. So so cold!


















From Left to Right: Walleye, Minnow, Minnow.