Purple Rain!!

Prince listens to determine if anyone is as awesome as he is. He waited a while, heard no response, and resumed the show with unchecked awesomeness.




Two announcements I am (rightfully) getting flak for not mentioning before now, even though I haven't really had a lot of time to update this trainwreck until very recently:


1. As I have yet to mention it, I feel compelled (read: forced) to mention the Official Wife's career in the local show business. She is currently wrapping up a "wife" role in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which involves quite a bit of both singing and dancing. The movie version (?) features a very shirtless Donny Osmond, if that gives you any ideas. (Not those kind of ideas, Brad...)


Having some months back completed a role in The Sound of Music, this is her second full fledged theater experience. Congrats again for a job well done both times, I know a lot of hard work went into both. And yes, I did watch both shows in their entirety, before anyone asks.


2. I am officially "Uncle PB", as the Official Sister of PB (aka the Cap'n)and Cooter became first time parents very early in the morning of January 26th. In my family's continued quest to populate the world with a race of giants, baby Aly weighed in at a whopping 8lbs 10 oz, and was just a shade under 21 inches long. Not to brag, but that's still one full pound and about 4 inches shorter than than my daughter when she was born 2 short years ago. Better luck next time, kiddo. The plan is to Oregon Trail it westward next weekend to see them all in person, so I'll let you all know if and how that goes. Again, congrats all around.

Alright, well, it's late and I'm tired--I'm running on about 4 1/2 hours of sleep, I answered the phone 97 times today (literally, I actually counted), and I've got a long day of nothing planned tomorrow, so I'm out of here. Feel free to revel in the above gloriously awesome "Artist Formerly Known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince" picture I stole, who despite the monsoons put on probably one of the best Superbowl Halftime shows I've ever seen last weekend.