Creepy Flash Back

This commercial came out several years ago, long before I had a Mike's Hard Anything, but it killed me every time I saw it. To this day, every time I remember it, I start laughing again. As I was talking to Dad on the phone this evening (welcome home, Daddy!), I remembered it again and decided "this is why I have a blog, so I can share pointless, weird stuff like this".

So, without further gilding the lily, the funniest commercial I've ever seen.

My Dad Likes to Embarrass Me.

By sending everyone we know things like this. Merry Christmas.

I would like to point out my doppleganger has the best moves by far.

Kind of Awesome Stuff

This is a pretty neat little video to one of the neatest songs from one of the neatest artists out there. That's a lot a neat.

And this is an awesome site that makes me laugh really hard. Hat tip to Jeromey for reminding me of it. My mother will just roll her eyes and wave her hand over her head, indicating "this is just going right over my perfectly indifferent head", or else point at me and go "Nerd! Nerd!".

Tide Thyself Over

San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio

TGIF

Sister 1: You know what's special about today?
Me: It's FRIDAY!
Sister 2: Yes! Now we get drunk.

I debated the merits of posting this, but it was so classic, I had to. I just had to.

I promise to consider attempting the composition of something more substantial in the next couple of days. I swear. I'll try.

Prayers for this family, please

A friend of mine has her own blog, on which she wrote about her friends Nicole and Matt and their little baby, Evangeline Marie. Evie Marie was born full term but sick. Her parents started a blog for her before she was born, by which they kept family and friends, and a growing number of strangers, updated on their daughter's condition.

After about three weeks of battling heart problems, Evie Marie went to her heavenly home yesterday. While I've never met her parents, I feel compelled to ask you, Dear Readers, to pray for them. We are, after all, one Church, one body.

Not insignificantly, I find myself suddenly missing "the Screamer", as she is sometimes called, even if she doesn't like me.

I Love the British

I Bet I Could Beat Him Arm Wrestling.

This kid is kind of amazing. Granted, the scale was probably tipped slightly away from "real bravery" in favor of "cocktail of imagination and lack of higher reasoning ", but hey, Spidey-Kid saved a life!

'Spider-Man' Saves Baby Girl From Burning House in Brazil

A five-year-old boy dressed as Spider-Man became a real life hero when he saved a baby girl from a burning house in Brazil.

Pint-sized superhero Riquelme Maciel stepped into the house to pull the 1-year-old to safety after he saw her mother crying.

The boy had been playing with a friend in his back yard when they spotted smoke coming from the window of a wooden house.

Using his Spidey senses, he ran to tell the baby's mother, Lucilene dos Santos, but she was too afraid to enter the blazing house.

Without hesitating, the tiny masked crusader decided he would brave the flames to save baby Andrieli from her cradle.

Santos told reporters: "He said, 'don't cry, don't scream because I'm going to save Andrielle.'

"Then I began shouting for him not to go because I was scared he would die in the fire."

But Riquelme did not think twice. After the rescue the Spider-Boy simply said: "I decided to go inside the house and save her."

Fire department's chief Jose de Macedo praised the boy's bravery, but warned parents and children about copying his actions.

He said: "It is very dangerous. This requires a trained crew and proper gear. So we pass on this warning that it is not recommended."

After his heroic act, Riquelme became the talk of the town, making it on to the front pages of local newspapers.

He says he wants to become a firefighter and save more lives - although whether he will be allowed to wear his Spider-Man costume while he does it remains to be seen.

"I Really Hate That Man"

Happy birthday to this kid, who is stinkin' 19 today.

In my short but eventful life, there is only a handful of people who have "been there" for all of it. Alex and I share the same roots and the same history, and as much as we're at each other's throats (which is hardly ever anymore! Except where we're actually in the same state. Then it's a little worse, but still it's... not constant. Well... we do sleep sometimes. We don't fight then.), that bond runs deep and strong. I can't picture my life without my brother in it (so really, all those times I tried to kill him aren't that bad, because I didn't mean it).

Besides, he is one of two people who can quote movies as well as I can. Which is pretty impressive, trust me.

Happy birthday, Light Bright!

Daggers

About half the sisters and I have just finished evening prayer. We troop into to dining room, where we find the other half of the sisters putting up Christmas decorations. I side up to Sr. Rosann, who is arranging the leaves on a palm tree for the nativity scene.

Me: Hm. I see where your priorities are.
Sr. Rosann: (Really, really, really, sharp, scalding look that causes my insides to shrivel and die a little.)
Me: Ha, I'm just teasing you, Sister. (Run away)