Outrageous

For some unexplained reason PBS said 'bollocks to tradition' tonight and is airing Celtic Woman Live at Powerscourt. It, of course, could have been worse: I enjoy Irish singing and fiddling as much as the next man and I have very fond memories from Powerscourt myself. It is a beautiful estate and a stone throw away from Ireland's highest waterfall!
Here are some pictures to make sure everybody is updated with what goes on in Casa de Erikson:

Myself flipping through a year old Newsweek

The wife preparing her Thanksgiving stuffing

Mr. Mustard enjoying having the whole of the sofa for himself

Versus...

Just got an invite to go over to North Charleston for a little shin ding. The trouble is that at 8 o'clock it is my weekly Sherlock Holmes hour on PBS. That is then followed by Keeping up Appearances, so it is more like an hour and a half of British top-of-the-line entertainment.

Dark Run

I went for my first run in quite some time yesterday. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing, and it came on late in the afternoon - so late that half way in to the run the sun set. I still managed to find my way home (there were no lights, at all!) and finish with 50 minutes under the soles.

Rock it Daddy-O

The wife and myself have always prided ourselves in being quite Rock n' Roll, we are a cool young couple who goes where the wind takes us. So today the inevitable question appeared to me: Can I be a good parent and maintain a certain level of Rock?
In desperate need of confirmation that so is the case I remembered My Parents Were Awesome, a blog dedicated to remind youths of their hip predecessors.

This picture is one of my favourites, I think because it sort of remind of my own ma' and da'.

I then realised that both of them are pretty cool still, so I think we are good...

Big News!!

Had a phenomenal birthday yesterday, everybody got just the right things, so I have loads of cool stuff now.
Although I think the wife took the cake when she informed me that we are going to be parents! That's right, there is a wee one on the way - should arrive at the end of next summer.

Cats and casks

Some pictures of things that makes life a little more fun:

Mustard getting himself tangled up in fresh laundry

In America Bulmers Cider go by the name of Magners. It is confusing because there already is a Magners back in the Old Country (very popular in Northern Ireland). The ales on the sides are awesome!

Almost 28

The ladies at work decided to celebrate my birthday a couple days early. I got a shirt and a pair of pants. Sweet.

Return of the Vamps

The wife, her sister and myself went to the midnight showing of New Moon last night. As a result of distinct lack of sleep I almost fell asleep during a meeting this morning. The film was good, it had more funky vampires and quirky dialog than the first one. Now I need to re-heat some old coffee, so I can finish the day.

BOI Strikes Again

While on the topic of funny things with an Irish accent - Here's Matt the Dragon. He may not be as cute as Jenny but keep in mind he has a flash name and a shitload of money!

Sometimes big ears are a good thing

Had a pot luck at work today, where people brought in different autumn or Thanksgiving themed dishes. I made scones.
Here is a classic: Jenny the Elf

Dreams

Had a dream last night that I pissed off little known actor Per Eggers' even lesser known Chinese looking brother and ended up on the set of 'My Name is Earl', which was shooting in a British suburb.
Obviously, in an awake state, I do not think Eggers has a Chinese like brother or they're shooting American sitcoms in Slough...

Coffee Comeback

Finally got a janitor up to the office to unlock the coffee cabinet today. I have been celebrating by not going a single minute without the bean juice.

Cat Burglar

Just tried to jimmy the lock to the cabinet that holds the coffee. I thought it was going alright until I broke off one of the paperclips inside the lock. I have now managed to get it out and given up any aspirations of having any java today...

No Coffee Wednesday

It's Veteran's Day so loads of people have the day off. I am alone in the office, which is cool. I can get some work done and at the same time space off on the Internet if I want to. The first thing I did this morning however was to accidentally lock the cabinet that has the coffee in it! I now have an empty coffee maker standing next to my desk, taunting me...

Breakfast For Dinner

Came home full of energy, planning to hit the old private gym. I soon realised that doing so I would tire myself out and fall asleep shortly afterwards and miss FlashForward again. So I made some waffles instead. Below is me taking out the crap from Mustard's litter box.

Making it Big

Charleston has been named as one of the top ten cities to visit 2010 by Lonely Planet.

Take that, everybody else!

The Tide is High

Things are starting to slow down at work, so I now have some time to update the old blog.
Some Highs and Lows:
Highs:

• Cosmic Egg, The new Wolfmother album. The closest thing you can get to real rock nowadays. The Wife and myself have been looking forward to this album for years now.
• My new job. I had almost forgot what it was like to like your job...
• V. ABC premiered the remake of the old 80's classic yesterday, pretty awesome. It will be up on Hulu on Saturday.
• Potatoes. There is nothing you can't do with these heavenly spuds, last week I made a pizza...

Lows:

• I just today realized that Wolfmother played in Charlotte, NC yesterday...
• I got some crazy strong solvent to put on my foot growth to kill it. That would have been a good thing had it not been for me spilling the stuff over my gray pants, staining them for good.

Halloween

So the weird and strangely provocative holiday of Halloween is upon us again. I was in charge of taking the nephew trick-or-treating, he was dressed up an the Dark Lord of the Sith (awesome). We filled up his bucket with candy, so out of a seven year old's perspective it was a success. I was slightly disappointed though that no one picked up on my fabulous costume as a 1916 Irish Freedom Fighter...