Tired and Procrastinating

My little girl, Lil' Miss Hiccup! What, like you expected a picture of her face? Oh relax, you readers are all friends or family of mine, so you've seen her in person anyway.

As you may have noticed, I tend to post things that help me procrastinate from work/daily life. To make myself feel better, I thought I'd try to at least be organized about it. So, whenever I have a video or game or whatever to share and procrastinate with, I'll put it under this Procrastination Station heading. (I know that technically, EVERYTHING that I post could be considered procrastination material, but that's neither here nor there.) It's not much, but hey, I've got to do something other than take care of Lil' Miss Hiccup and watch "The View" . And not necessarily in that order. File this under: Things I Wish I Had Enough Patience To Do. Cool mashup of "Toy Story 2" and "The Dark Knight" Trailer.

AAAANNNNNDDDDD....we're back! After a nice little sabbatical away, I'm back to the blog. Many apologizes, but as you may or may not have noticed, I had a baby. And boy, it's a lot different than I thought it would be (in good ways and in bad), and I'm sure there will be several posts about pregnancy, labor, and parenthood to come. It may be sporadic, it may be scattered, but I promise to keep you up to date with random thoughts, weird videos, and of course, free stuff. Speaking of free stuff, it's a bit too late today, but I all hope you did me proud and collected your free: coffee, donut, ice cream, etc. for voting. What a great day - free treats and a new change for the country! Democracy tastes good!!

I know I haven't been around lately, but to compensate and try to win your love back, I offer you this:

Being pregnant, I've come to learn that lots of people are much nicer to you than usual. More random people smile at you. Ask about your due date. Hold open a door for you. You also get perks. Normal perk: someone gives up a seat on the subway for you and your bulging belly. A little more strange and rare: Closer parking at the Rite-Aid and Babies 'R Us. Now, this comes along, which to me seems the strangest. On Wednesday, May 21st, Baskin-Robbins will be giving a free soft serve ice cream cone to any expectant mothers . Yep. They're helping us expand our bellies even more with delicious ice cream to promote that the company is starting to offer soft serve. I'm not sure a) how they'll verify some women's claims that they're pregnant, particularly if she isn't quite showing yet, b) what being pregnant has to do with soft serve, and c) what would keep a - how would you say, um...woman with a non pregnant related large belly from going to claim ...

Here's a fun little typing game . I especially like how they line you up in little VW bugs and you race just like in those horse racing games where you roll the ball up the ramp to "gallop" or "trot" ahead. Thankfully, I'm a little better at this game than the horse race. Extra bonus: Your boss will think you're being really productive today!

Irvine Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins , died on Monday, May 5th. The LA Times has a nice write-up about the ice-cream man. Working at Baskin-Robbins was my first "real" job in high school, and it's sad to see someone go who was responsible for such flavors as Jamoca Almond Fudge and Praline's 'N Cream. Although it killed me to serve samples to customers that wanted to try almost every flavor in the joint because they couldn't make up their dang mind. Just pick any flavor people! They're ALL good! Mr. Robbins, if I still worked at the 31 Flavors on Arroyo Parkway, I'd give you a 21-scoop salute! p.s. Gold Medal Ribbon: by far the hardest to scoop - that caramel ribbon hardens like there's no tomorrow. p.p.s. Don't forget, you can get free ice cream if you sign up for their birthday club! *Peanut Butter & Chocolate of course. If you thought it was something else, then you obviously have never tasted it. Silly fool.