Please Vote on our Halloween Costume

What should Jimmy and I be for Halloween?

1- Beyonce and a Karate Guy (yes my hair will look like that)

2- Suzzane Somers and Richard Simmons (anyone have a thigh master I can borrow?)

3- Dwight and Angela (from the Office)

4. Jim and Pam (from the Office)

Please vote in the comments section. Thank you for your advice!

Amen Amen Amen

You've probably heard the story of the ant and the grasshopper, now this!!

MODERN VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food. America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.'
Rev. Jeremiah Wright then has the group curse God for the grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.

Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government Green Czar.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ants food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.
The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote...

In Light of Terribleness

In light of all the terrible things our country is going through (the lack of leaders, Obama debt that our grandchildren will have to pay, the turn to socialism, health care bill, natural disasters, etc) here is what President Harold B. Lee said on America:

"Men may fail in this country, earthquakes may come, seas may heave beyond their bounds, there may be great drought, disaster, and hardship, but this nation, founded on principles laid down by men whom God raised up, will never fail. This is the cradle of humanity, where life on this earth began in the Garden of Eden . This is the place of the new Jerusalem . This is the place that the Lord said is favored above all other nations in all the world. This is the place where the Savior will come to His temple. This is the favored land in all the world. Yes, I repeat, men may fail, but this nation won't fail. I have faith in America; you and I must have faith in America, if we understand the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ . We are living in a day when we must pay heed to these challenges. I plead with you not to preach pessimism. Preach that this is the greatest country in all the world. This is the favored land. This is the land of our forefathers. It is the nation that will stand despite whatever trials or crises it may yet have to pass through.
(Ye Are the Light of the World , 350-51)


Onward we go as optimistically as we can!

The Bush Man

It was hard to select which video to place for the Bush man. He was the best entertainment we had and I think we watched him scare people for half an hour. Highlights from this video: When he tells the Asian guy "Welcome to America" and when he scares the woman in the end. You can hear me and Jimmy laughing in the background. So great!

San Francisco Labor Day Weekend

Top 10 things you have to do in San Francisco:

Hang outside of the cable car and take pics

Find the "bush man" (see post w/ video)

See the seals (and plug your nose) at Pier 39

And just hang out at pier 39, watch the street performers, and eat yummy food.

China Town: My favorite quote from Jimmy "Every one of these stores is the same! We're only going to 1 more store!"

Baseball game. We saw Griffey play!

Alcatraz! The coolest tour ever!

Plus you get great views of the bridge and the city!

Golden Gate Bridge

San Fran

Riding the Trolley is like a mild roller coaster

And in Union Square there is this GREAT DUELING PIANO bar. So fun, hilarious, and time flies when you're in there! Plus you've got to go to Ghiradelli square, Fisherman's Wharf, ride bart, run from all the crazy people, give a piece of pizza to one of the hundred homeless beggers, and see a show (which we weren't able to do this time). I HEART SAN FRAN!