Shaq throwing the first Pitch last night at the Cards Game

I wish I had better than my cell phone to record it. Shaq is in town tapping a reality show. He challenges high profile athletes accross the country to their own discipline. So last night he was talking smacks with our beloved Albert Pujols. A really classic moment!

Pujols looks like a dwarf next to Shaq and it was funny to see the poor guy who had the seat behind Shaq during the game trying to bend left and right to catch a piece of the action. He couldn't see anything behind the big Man even though he had a premium seat!

The Wiggles stink!

I took my kids to see the Wiggles last night at the Chaifetz Center. What a waste of time!! I can't believe the show they put up. And I am an easy audience. First of all, the Arena was a fifth full at best...brrr. Then the Show lasted 1h 15min. The overall decor was plain and lame. No sound effect, no light effect. The stage looked too big at time. The Wiggles spent a lot of time doing poorly executed acrobatics - They are no Cirque du Soleil - and over 10 minutes reading the signs of the Audience. Few songs in between, lots of blablabla trying to get the kids to clap and clap and clap again. Give me a break!

Way overrated in my opinion. They looked tired and not into it at all. It looked more like a promotional Tour than a Show itself. There was no story or plot to hook up the kids. Mine wanted to go home badly after 20 minutes. Some families left early.

A disaster...

Improvement for the Pool next year: a Waterslide!!

WWSC - The Adult Party is on!!

Save the date and book your babysitter NOW! Book a sitter only if you have kids please...

Men are from Mars...

I recently joined the Ste. Genevieve du Bois Men's Club. The Club provides social and spiritual activities within the Parish.

At first, I was like " why would you join a Club like that?"
Am I going to be surrounded by some guys who just need to get out of their house to be able to have an intelligent conversation about men's stuff like cars?

Or simply to get a break from their daily routine?



Or just maybe to talk about education and kids?

Last night, I asked the President of the Club -Matt Witte- how he came up with the idea. Basically, it is a way for the members to stay in touch with each other as the kids get older and school activities dry out. Plus, the Club implements programs for the welfare of the Parish such as cutting down and hauling away dead trees, hosting Donut Sundays in the school cateteria for the parish family, co-hosting Lenten Fish Fry with our neighbors from St Agnes & the Sisters etc...

I'am really excited about our first get together coming up next week! I will keep you posted...

WWSC - Party coming up at the Pool

I have been getting quite a few emails from Pool Members to find out if another party was on the horizon.

The answer is YES, our end of the summer party is in the making. August 29Th is the date set for the Adult Party - I repeat...Adult Party...



It means, our adorable children must stay home. Work on your baby sitters now.

It is going to be a theme party - I won't tell now - let's hype it up a bit!!
I will just give you a clue...it won't be a Luau Hawaiian Theme.

And yes, I will spice it up with some Adult Games... No not like these ones:



No,no,no... The entertainment will be fun and rated PG....

So bring your "A game" on August 29Th, not like this guy:



And in the meantime stay out of trouble... more to come on this party through the official Web-Site later!

Here is one video to get you going this morning....

As you listen to Steph Davis, what is your mindset?

Size DOES matter

Here is Jamie's quick note about her encounter: (I hope you don"t mind I posted your note on the Blog as well, I love your writing style Jamie!)
"James, I was looking at the I love WW blog and I was so surprised to see a picture of a big snake! I just found a snake on my driveway not even an hour ago! Rosemary and I were playing in the backyard and I saw something black on the driveway. I was trying to figure out what had fallen off my husband's car, but when I walked closer I saw it was a big black snake. That snake was more than 4 feet long. Gaahh, it was pretty gross. I hope Rosemary doesn't decide to go pet the snake if it comes back. What's with all these snakes in the neighborhood? I wonder where they are going!"

Jamie, you rock! Your visitor is bigger than mine! Thanks for the following pictures. Click on each one to get a close-up view. Pretty cool snake!
I really dont know what to say. Hopefully this is the same snake that Brandon spotted in his yard. Although I doubt since Jamie lives on my side of WW, two streets down... Hang on, only two streets down?? I guess it is time to get my kids out of the backyard. Thanks again Jamie for sharing your pictures with us!

More snakes in WW!

Following one of my previous posts about spotting snakes in WW... here is a new one.

I almost stepped on it while I was running...

The appeal of People Magazine and other Gossip Publications

I am at the pool the other day and see a friend who reads U.S Weekly with the cover kind of folded/hidden. As I am getting closer, I greet her with a:
"Hey, what are you reading?", knowing exactly what Magazine it was.
She jumped. She looked at me like I said something like "Hey, your left breast is popping out of your swimsuit".
"Hum, nothing , really", she replied
"Oh it is U.S Weekly", I insisted.
"Is it? Oh yeah. I was just killing some time".

What is wrong with you U.S Weekly & People Magazine readers??
Why can't you admit that yes I read that Mag. because I love what is inside?
Why can't you admit that reading U.S Weekly is an addiction... and a powerful one.
When I fly to New York, at least half of the plane reads a Mag. of that kind.

I am not mocking you. I am making fun of the whole attitude towards reading it, like you are guilty of something.

But yes, you love reading this stuff. Yes it feels good to see that Celebrities have problems too. Yes Celeb. get fat, drunk, break up and get ugly divorces like the rest of us - so to speak.

Now if you go on TMZ.com today...here are the headlines:
- Audrina Patridge eats burgers
- BF Drake falls on stage
- Britney Spears was spotted driving in L.A

- Screech has nobody to lien on
- The Summer sunburn contest -yes it is a real contest where people put their pictures of their worst sunburn.
- IRS faces off with Nic. Cage

Can I live my day without knowing all this?

But wow... I must confess that once I was on TMZ.com, I had to read one so-called news, and another and another and another. I couldn't stop reading. My brain wanted more and more. I had to turn of my hard drive manually to be able to go on with my morning.

I might have to get a yearly subscription using my wife's name...