City street – Salt Lake City

I ran across the street this morning to get bread for tomorrow. As I was leaving the bakery, an attractive younger man was watching me intently.

In earlier days, I would have thought he was cruising me and I might be getting lucky!

My first though this morning was, “Rats, my pants are unbuttoned.”

I have no idea why he was staring. My pants were buttoned and I didn’t get lucky!

Jazz game

Okay, I know you are all thinking, “What the hell is Mac doing at a professional basketball game, especially one that doesn’t include the Trail Blazers?”

Well, it was a family thing. Just a chance to bond. A good thing.

I did learn the hard way that clapping is not good for my right hand. I am wondering how I will manage the Duck game!

A walk around Salt Lake City

Temple Square in the snow.

City Creek Mall

And everywhere, a little reminder.

Hiking in the Wasatch

My niece and two nephews took my brother-in-law and I on a trek through the Wasatch Mountains. Abby, Steve and John were kind enough to keep the pace at a tolerable rate so that I could keep up. I only had to ask them to stop once. 

Before leaving on the walk, I was afraid I wouldn't make it. I was scared that I would have to be carried out. But I made it out on my own volition. I really am pretty proud of myself! 

Having a great time!

December 26

The Battle for Tommytown

The fighting was fierce as the evil enemy stormed the Tommytown Hilton. You will note that the Tommytown Cafe is not there anymore. It was destroyed in a previous assault!

Obviously the force of evil planned to occupy the Tommytown Hilton for a significant period of time.

With little other recourse, the residents of Tommytown retreated to their citadel atop Mt. Icebox.

Just a bumper sticker

That I found at Artifacts in downtown Hood River!

No idea why I thought it was funny!

Maybe if you don’t live with a cat or two this isn’t that funny!

Thank you, Darby Conley.

And an interesting side note, Max is banned from flying on international flights.

Oh, come on... "He's a cat, Rob! It's not a far drop!" Admit it, you wish you had written that line, too!

π Day Celebration

Here is a totally cool fact: the π Day celebration in Princeton, NJ not only includes the full gamut of traditional π Day activities, but also features an Albert Einstein look-alike contest! (Albert Einstein was born on March 14^th and he lived in Princeton for a couple of decades. It all ties together, trust me.)

Now, if my hair grows back like I hope, I will be a shoe-in for first place.

Meet me in Princeton on 3-14-15 and we can argue π’s irrationality!

12-13-14

It will be almost 20 years before we once again have a date with sequential numbers!

(1-2-34)

I will probably be an old man by then!

MARCUS, MARCUS, MARCUS!!!

Marcus Mariota wins the Heisman!

18 years

The newspaper is showing its age. Thank the gods, I'm not!

Okay, I stole the picture

From the Facebook St. Bernard webpage.

But isn't he just the cutest thing you've ever seen!

Guess I'm missing my Ralph and Trixie (and Claude and Hazel)!!!

Ice Storm - Day 2

It never got above freezing yesterday, so we enter day two of beauty!

There's been no damage that I know of, and the sun should melt it all away today!

Quack Out Loud!

Quack like you mean it!

Ice storm

No, not the worst ice storm ever, but I decided to be the cautious one and stay home.

It really is quite beautiful.

Dining in Tommytown

Apparently the cuisine is the cat's meow!

Cute?

Or absolutely adorable... it's your choice! 

Semantics can be so important!

Crisis in Tommytown

Intruder alert, intruder alert. Man (or cat) the battle stations.

World AIDS Day.

Join me and take a moment to remember (and salute) the estimated 39 million people who have died due to AIDS.

It isn’t over.