Xerxes the hamster

Here are a few pictures of what I have been entertaining myself with recently. thats right I got a small fluffy creature. His name is Xerxes and hes a hamster. Miriam and I were talking about getting another pet but we didn't want a dog so we decided to get a hamster. Hes has allready bit me pretty good once, been swatted by the kitty, ate a hole in my favorite blanket, peed on both Miriam and I, doubled in size and tried to use jedi mind control to force me to give him popcorn.


This is his lovely cage where he runs on his wheel anytime past 1:00 am and eats and sleeps


Here is a picture of him trying hard not be eaten by cleopatra
This is a picture of the little Crystal light container he sleeps in.

here he is the day after I bought him

This is Cleopatras favorite past time these days.

I hope you enjoyed these pictures more to come.

Cartoons!

Recently I have been messing around in my spare time with the microsoft paint program. Here are a couple of the cartoons I came up with, let me know what you think.

This one is of an old idea I had for a cartoon in college. The original caption was a thought bubble above grandmas head that said "Goggles, check: Rocket skates, check: Bengay, check!"

This one is a recent idea I came up with when my wife Miriam was watching some Sesame St. videos on youtube. I noticed how in the "Rubber Ducky" song Ernie calls his ducky chubby every verse and this cartoon was born.

If any of you have made cartoons post them, or if you allready did let me know in the comments.

P.S. If you can't read the caption or you can't see the picture just click on it for a larger view.

Hunting!

So I finally went hunting for the first time in my life. now i know your probably all thinking, "what?? Hes never hunted before in his life??!" Yes I know I have lived in Ohio most of my life and I was raised in a family that hunts a lot, but alas, this was my first time.

So how was it? It was very nice. I went with my father-in-law in carrolton (spelling?). It was kind of interesting at first I was thinking that we would be togeather all day hunting side by side. But the first thing we did was split up. So I was on my own. So many thing were going through my mind like,
I wonder just how quiet I need to be?
should I walk right through the middle of this field or sneak around the edge?
Uh oh, these boots are NOT water proof.
Finally I saw a squirrel. I was standing in one place being very quiet when suddenly it came walking along searching the ground for food. I stood as quietly as I could and it came within a few feet of where I was standing. eventually it went on its way and I continued on. I finally did see some deer but I didn't shoot. I dont know if I was just too new or if I just didn't want to kill the beautiful things. all in all it was a very enjoyable day with several amusing little misshaps including making the dumb decision to try to walk through a thorn patch. Also there was the psych out moment when I thought I saw a deer laying down in some tall weeds but it turned out to be an old rusty oil drum. Do any of you have a funny hunting story? let me now!

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I'm baaack!

Well I have finally gotten settled in here in ohio and I am very happy that I have internet as well. There will be pictures soon but you will have to give me a week or so. Recently I have been entertaining myself by rubbing shingle grit into the palms of my hands and wearing off my finger prints through hard labor. But I must say that life is good now that I have finally escaped the doom trap that is Florida. I promise that I will start blogging more now that I have internet so check in every week.