I'm just one big medical mystery

I think if you were to compare the number of cans of Dr. Pepper I drank this weekend to the number of hours I've slept, Dr. Pepper would win. In fact, I'm pretty sure I ate more oreos than the hours I slept this weekend, too.

How have I never had a cavity?

For that matter, why am I not 30 lbs overweight?


(Happy thought: Just 19.5 days left until the end of Semester Two of grad school. I finish my last exam at 5PM on Saturday. Yup, a final on Saturday... lame, eh? Let's see, that's just 468 hours from now.... and counting...)

Moose, Yaks, White Rhinos... whatever.

As my dad pointed out, he didn't give me Moose Tracks for Christmas. Moose Tracks is an ice cream flavor:



He did, in fact, give me a pair of YAK Trax.... not nearly as creamy and delicious, but slightly more helpful in slippery conditions:


Either way, thanks, Dad. You can send me Yak Trax or Moose Tracks any time you want.

News Flash:

"Money doesn't buy happiness."

Thank you, Reuters. Your insight is astonishing.

Spring Break!

My honey came and visited me over spring break.... Between tux fittings, gift registering, house-hunting, and budget-making, we still had a chance to get out and enjoy some fresh Colorado air, starting with some miniature golf:

The course had a "Colorado Journey" theme... ranging from the Garden of the Gods (above), to the Eisenhower Tunnel:



At the time, we thought it was a cave. Ergo, we're cavemen.




And, for some reason, bodybuilders.







Later in the week, we went hiking in the Flatirons outside of Boulder, to one of the "summits" in this series of mini-peaks.






That's as far as I could make it after setting the camera timer...










Dad gave me "Moose Tracks" for Christmas (basically, tire chains for your shoes), and I finally got to put them to use (the trail was pretty icy in spots)... we had just one pair, though, so we each only got one.




Hey! Look what I found in the forest!!!






We also took some "official" engagement photos for invitations and such... I'd set the camera timer, run over, and try to look natural...



...often unsuccessfully.




Kitchen glamor shots turned out better.


Hoping for a better background, we stopped at a nearby park, and I continued the set-timer-and-run routine, resulting in a series of very awkward shots.



The Prom Pose.




The Hunchback Boyfriend.




The awkward elbow-squeeze.



The Fiendish Smile shot.



And, finally, something a little more acceptable. :)

I guess Mendel knew what he was talking about...

My dad, many many (many) years ago.

My brother, last week.

Along with his manly good looks (and hairstyle preferences), Kelly has managed to acquire the best of Dad's leftover 70's clothes from Dad's well-stocked (and well-preserved) closet...

Which just leaves 212 more to go...

58

Bring 'em on.

22

Wow...

"Keep a Hammer in your Closet"

Granny Trapped In Closet Breaks Hole Through Wall To Escape

Woman Trapped For More Than 20 Hours

DENTON, N.C. -- A Davidson County woman, trapped in a closet for more than 20 hours, smashed a hole through a wall in desperation to finally escape. Susan Mitchell, of Denton, said she was scared when television stations in the area began broadcasting tornado watches and warnings during Tuesday's severe storms. Mitchell said she grabbed her cats and took cover in a closet."I fell asleep and I woke up and I wanted to get out and I couldn't get out," she said. Apparently, in her rush for safety she forgot the closet door locked from the outside. Mitchell said she tried to break down the door, but it was too strong. Then she slipped a note under the door that read "Help, I'm trapped in the closet since Tuesday night. 12 a.m.", hoping someone searching for her might find it.

Mitchell said she began to grow frantic after 20 hours passed with no food, water, or medicine for her diabetes. "I was just like 'oh please God let me out. I can't stand to be in here any longer,'" she said. That's when, in desperation, Mitchell, who works out at a gym three days a week, said she decided to smash a hole through the wall.

The force of her swings made a hole a little more than a foot wide. "I threw another blanket out there on the floor and pillow and squeezed through," she said smiling. "Not bad for a grandma." Mitchell was not injured during the ordeal but did offer advice to anyone who might find themselves in her predicament.


"So I say to everybody 'keep a hammer in your closet, tie your cell phone around your neck, and be in shape,'" she said.

More Facts of Life

1) YouTube videos are more interesting than biochemical research articles.

2) Whose Line Is It Anyway is a really, really funny show. (See here, here, here, here, or here...etc.)

3) Siamese ("conjoined") twins are totally rad people. Meet Abby and Brittany:

See also a video of them when they were younger, or another set of conjoined twins...