Gap's 2016 Summer Line

 

What is this? A couple pictures from a weirdly Edinburgh-themed clothes catalouge aimed at the white fashionable middle class?

Nah - it's just the lad and I up at Salisbury Crags.

 

 

Boy With Fence

On the way home from school one day Sean stopped and posed, as he thought this would make a great set of pictures.

 

 

Little Julius

Today there was a halloween party at Sean's day care. I think he had the, by far, coolest outfit!

 

Toga!

 

Over Sized

This is another example of what happens when I let Sean dress himself. He goes for his new, way to big moose shirt.

Hatters

Here are some fresh pictures of the most fashionable Father-Son Team this side of The Atlanic.

Casual Grunge Friday

One of all the good things about where I work is that I can pretty much wear what I want, especially on Fridays.

Not a dress, though. I have checked.

Unconfirmed sources claim a kilt would be alright, but since I don't want to wear one with someone else's colours on it that will just have to wait until I get the Erikson Clan Tartan together.

Sky Blue

I have been sick as a dog lately, so there haven't been much blogging. Haven't been much of anything really, I spent as much time as possible from Friday afternoon till Wednesday morning in bed under double blankets trying not to feel like crap.
Today I am at work, feeling a lot better and is proudly sporting my new Manchester City jersey. Considering I am probably the only person on the floor who even know what MCFC is it feels a little like pearls before swine, but hey, someone has got to show the yanks that there are other things out there than pleated khakis and pastel coloured polo shirts.

Fish out of European Water

Two things I just found out about where i am that are obviously blog worthy:

• Men here do not wear scarves. The wife just informed me of this the other day, and it made me seriously reassess the looks from dudes I have been getting since I proudly brought out the scarves a couple of weeks ago.
• You can't get NME here. Jarvis Cocker is on the cover of the new issue, which boasts that "Pulp is back!" I want to read this but since I am in a place where 'foreign' is something to be scared of, and NME's website sucks i guess we will have to do without.

Admin Jedi

I am bringing Casual Thursday to new, unexplored heights by wearing jeans and my new Luke Skywalker shirt in the office.

Rockin' Trainers

Apparently my new obsession is the limited edition Kurt Cobain Chucks from Converse.

According to the wife I unknowingly brought them up in conversation three times yesterday.

People of Walmart

While grocery shopping at Walmart yesterday I discovered they are now selling Gangsta apparel.

Fresh

Doctor's Crack

So the next thing to fail me are my Doc Marten's. They're ripping in the seems, and are slowly but surely passing the mark for what you can pull of in a respectable office environment.

Got No Time

My trusted wristwatch broke last week, so I have spent all my office spare time looking for a new one online. I have decided to go with one of my all time favourite brands - Ben Sherman. The only downside with that is that it is a bit tricky to find a flash Sherman watch over here in The Colonies. Three times I have gotten my hopes up, finding some fashionable man-bling, only to realise that the company doesn't ship outside UK.
It figures that here in America Ben Sherman is so rare that it costs a small fortune, while in the UK/Eire I could just pop down to Argos and get an awesome time teller for 20 quid!

Scrum Time

Eire will take on Italy as 6 Nations premieres tomorrow. I have now decided that my next purchase will have to be a pair of rugby cleats from Cambria. I have been meaning to get the Northern Irish football jersey, but I have now realised that that won't do anything to feed my hunger for playing rugby...

Bon Pantalongs

I got myself a new pair of jeans yesterday. They look really good and are actually one size smaller than the last pair I bought a year ago, I guess quitting fizzy drinks and run some paid off. It's hard getting a good picture of the pants since I am the only one in the office, and no one can take my picture, but here's to give you an idea.

Holiday Dioarama

Here are some photos to help describe the Erikson Christmas of 09:

Enjoying some Christmassy porter before the craziness begins

The Wife showing off one of her Christmas gifts

Myself having some puffs of the old Yule tide pipe

The family playing a New Moon trivia game, can't you just see the excitement?

Bedhair

Three Busey Moon

Woke up up at 10 and couldn't fall back at sleep, so after spending half an hour reading comic books in bed I decided to get up and make myself some espresso. I am now enjoying Frosty the Snowman on ABC, while the Mrs is still enjoying one of her two new favourite pastimes (the other one being eating).
Speaking of favourites, here is one of the coolest t-shirts I have ever seen:

Now, if only someone would make one with Christopher Walken...