Go After The Ball

"Good game today, Bud."

"Thanks, Mom. But why does the coach yell stuff to me through the whole game? He doesn't yell that much at anyone else."

"I think it's because you're tall and he sees potential in you to be a better player so he's coaching you a lot."

"What's potential?"

"Potential is when it seems like you could be really good at something."

"I think I'd feel better with a little less potential and more baskets."

Smacksy Sunday Links

I'm thinking I might take lessons.

Some good reminders about how to look after yourself.

Stunning life-like paper birds.

And a cat playing the piano with a chamber orchestra. 

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Saturday Photo: Retro Bob

This is one of my favorite tour photos of Bob, sleeping in his noise canceling headphones. Mr. Rosenberg with Lavender Diamond were touring with The Decemberists. This was taken by a photographer from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, in October of 2006 at The Tabernacle theater in Atlanta.

Inside the Teddy Mind

Most of the time he just watches: the joggers, the dog-walkers, the skateboarders. The barking is reserved for the usual suspects: the mailman. the UPS guy, the meter-reader from the gas company. Every hour or two, he will lose his barking mind at a passerby, with seemingly no rhyme or reason. What is it about that particular red stroller? Why that one chocolate labrador and not that one? Why do we need protection from the handyman on a Tuesday but not a Thursday? So many questions. The number one question is, of course, who's a good boy?

Commute

"Hey Mom, Hey Moooooooooooooooom. Listen to my new made up word again! Mcpishy mcpishy mcpishy!"

"That's too loud for inside the car, Bud."

"Mcpishy!"

"Bob, the combination of this traffic and your craziness is making me nuts."

"Mcpishy mcpishy mcpishy!"

"Seriously, put a lid on it."

"What does that mean? Mcpishy?"

"Can it, Sir."

"What do you mean by that? Mcpishy mcpishy?"

"Take it down a notch."

"Mcpishy! My notches don't go down!"

What Are The Odds?

"Mom, can you come in here while I fall asleep?"

"Why doesn't Dad get a turn?'

"Because I do eenie meenie minie moe to pick and it always lands on you."

Good-er

"Bob, now that we've seen the doctor about those big mosquito bite welts, we'll get you all lined out."

"What does that mean? Lined out?"

"Like, sorted out."

"What's that?"

"You know, squared away."

"Mom! What are you talking about?"

"Fixed up. All better."

"Why didn't you just say that? Why did you have to use all of those weird catch-phrases?"