Add Sparkles to your life

If you've never seen the show, How I Met Your Mother, you're missing a pretty funny show. You can't go wrong when the show stars Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doogie Howser, and Nick from Freaks and Geeks? It's on Mondays at 8. Last week was one of the funniest ones ever! Check out the myspace page for Robin Sparkles. Her song will be stuck in your head (and that's a good thing). Don't forget to watch the video too. Canadians rock!!!

More Amazing Race than ever

Amazing Race Asia premiered this week to blockbuster ratings in Asia. Similar to the original Amazing Race, teams of 2 persons race for a cash prize. Amazing Race Asia is limited to traveling around Asia, and the grand prize is only $100,000US. It'll be kind of interesting to see how this show unfolds with the diverse cast racing around Asia. The show is in English, but most of them are of Asian descent so they speak at least another language. Will they have problems with foreign languages? Will they have problems eating weird foods? Don't they already do?

Back in the land of ice cubes

Finally back home after visiting Berlin, Dresden, and Prague. Jim and I had a great time, but it was nice to sleep in our own bed after being away for nearly 2 weeks. Everytime we go away for a trip, it reminds us that Americans have it pretty good.

What do we miss when we're travelling?
1. Ice cubes - You rarely get any ice cubes when you order cold drinks. Jim got a soda at a McDonald's in Berlin, and there were probably 5 ice cubes in his "large" 16 oz. soda.
2. Free water at restaurants - Whenever you ask for water, they always ask "with gas" (carbonated water) or "no gas" (mineral water). This means that you're getting water, and they're charging you for it.
3. Double-ply toilet paper - Europeans must come to America and think they've gone to heaven when using our toilet paper -- once they get over the shock of seeing bulk toilet paper available in packs of 24 double rolls.
4. Paper or plastic? - There's no option in Europe. It's assumed that you have your own bags when shopping at the grocery store. They just ring up your stuff and shove it down the belt. You need to ask for a bag, and you'll get charged for it too. We've finally got hipped to this a few years ago, and carry a canvas bag whenever we're out.
5. Alarm clocks - What's up with no alarm clocks in European hotels? We simply pack a travel alarm clock nowadays.

Cool T-Shirt Store

Check out VintageCotton.com. This one from Sean of the Dead is my favorite so far:




Also...we're heading off on our 12 day Berlin-Dresden Prague trip tomorrow, so postings may be infrequent for the next 2 weeks but we'll try to post some updates when we can.

Good News & Barker update

first the good news:

















Bob Barker update: I've been thinking of some replacement possibilities, along with how happy each would make me, from 0 - 100:

Seacrest 0 (no tanks!)
Tiki Barber 50 (he's got to do something after retirement, right?)
Andy Richter 80
Tom Bergeron (former host of Granite State Challenge!) 70
Magic Johnson (a longshot, but could be some good unintentional comedy) 75

Irene told me that the fix is in & that they've already picked out some cbs weather man - I hope not. I'll post some more thoughts on replacement possibilities later

Who wouldn't want this for Christmas?

Mr. Potato Head Darth Tater!