Halloween Pumpkins 2008

Here are the pumpkin carvings for 2008!!!

Here are my 2 Pumpkins for Change (The before)


After

YES! Barak Obama came out better than I could have imagined!

Matt's Witch (Meghan's Brother)


Matt's Ohio State Pumkin


Matt's Scary Tomb


Nikki's Owl (Matt's Girlfriend)


Molly's Spider (Meghan's Sister)


Scott's Smiley Face (Meghan's Cousin)


Sean's Skull (Meghan's Cousin)



Last but not least - Meghan's Witch!

Meghan's pumpkin earned her the "Most Improved Pumpkin Award"

Let's take a stroll down memory lane....

Meghan's 2007 Pumpkin Attempt (I'm not sure what it was)


Don't forget to revisit the entire 2007 Collection HERE!

Cat Mania

Cat update! OK - so our 10 month old kittens are 14 lbs on their way to a full grown 25 lbs. They are basically small tigers and they are a blast! They are so cute and have awesome personalities! I am so glad we got 2 cats at the same time, they love playing with each other and are never alone!

Some cat pics:

Cats on the Counter


Cats on the Coffee Table


Cats to Scale (10 month old kitten = 1/2 person)


Manny Eating Breakfast


Brady in a Bag


Manny Sleeping on the Floor


Walk like an Egyptian with Brady


Manny can drink out of the toilet with his paws still on the floor!

Poor use of statistics: Voter Turn Out edition

From an article about the high voter turn out expected this year:

McDonald said early voting is often a good prediction of the level of turnout on Election Day, and heavy early voting indicates that the turnout this year undoubtedly would exceed the 60 percent turnout in the 2004 election.

"We have a very good chance of beating the 64 percent turnout in the 1960 election," McDonald said. "We really could be looking at a historic election in modern American history."

That race saw the highest level of turnout in American history, save for the 66 percent in the 1908 presidential election.

Which bring up the point, why not just refer to the 1908 election as the record?

PS - I am the Home Run King in baseball - except for anyone who hit more home runs than me.

PPS - This is going to be a record positive year for the S&P 500 except for all of the years that actually were positive, and then exclude all of the "less negative years"