Can you be an American Idol if you're 1/2 British?

Today's post is a little bit different. It involves an insanely cute picture of me followed by a story for which I don't have any relevant pictures, but I do have a link.

The ridiculously cute picture of me unrelated to the story:


The story:

I have two role models under the age of 10, my cousins Sandor and Sari. I've posted about them before. My Sari cousin just started Kindergarten and has been doing very well. You can read all about it here:

http://webbosfamily.blogspot.com/2007/08/welcome-to-kindergarten.html

I hope that in a million years or whenever I start my schooling, I do as well as she is.

Kinda like Everest

Supposedly, George Mallory was once asked why he climbed Everest. He is rumored to have replied, "Because it was there." We all have our Everests to climb. And climb them we must. Because they are there. Once you reach the summit, the apex, the apogee, the zenith, the pinnacle, take a second to appreciate what you've accomplished and then it's time to start getting into trouble again.


My latest Everest has been az anyam and az apam's bed.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=195813823427723677&hl=en

Sometimes reaching our goals has unintended consequences - now that I can climb onto the bed az anyam and az apam leave their bedroom door closed.

We Have a Winner

Congratulations to Shirley Neni and John Bacsi. They win the prize for the loudest and most obnoxious toy. There is no need to get me any more loud or noisy toys the contest is over. If you didn't know there was a contest.....too bad. You lose.

They won with the really loud, annoying red fire truck. It plays two songs and some other noises depending on which button I hit. I really like to hit the song buttons over and over and over and over again.

http://picasaweb.google.com/MatthewStrada/Export/photo#5107451847704770562

Remember all that stuff I was talking about sidekicks yesterday? One key thing to remember is that I am still the main guy. That means I get to ride my new toys first.

Every wunderkind needs a sidekick

Batman had Robin. Captain America had Bucky. Superman had Jimmy Olsen. The Incredible Hulk had Rick Jones. The Green Arrow had Speedy. The Human Torch had Toro. The entire Justice League had Snapper Carr. Courageous Cat had Minute Mouse. Those were just superheroes.

If you look at the geniuses who tried to take over the world, they all had sidekicks too - the Brain and Pinky, Lex Luther and Ned Beatty, Goldfinger and Oddjob. Dastardly and Muttley.

I have found my sidekick. I shall call him Kai, which is good because that is his name. His blog is here. He shall help me develop my plans for taking over the world.

I had been considering getting a sidekick for a while. Over the weekend we hung out a bit. In talking of world domination, Machiavelli and self-purpetuating autocracies, Kai pointed out the benefits of being a benevelont dictator. I was so impressed with his analysis and his climbing ability, I offered him the job on the spot. He is yet to accept, but I've got my fingers crossed.

We have to work out the details yet, but I see his job as sidekick not in a Frodo and Sam kind of way, but more like Ishmael and Queequeg. I can't wait to see his whale-harpooning ability in action.

Animals are mad crazy

Mama and Papa took me to the zoo during their visit. We saw all sorts of great animals. My interest in the zoo animals has increased quite a bit lately. I get what they are about now. I used to be all, "Yup. Right. Sure. Yeah, it's a living thing that isn't a person. Cool." But now I am totally, "Wicked cool - it's like a thing that isn't a person but is like moving around and stuff."






With the stone tiger, I was more, "What a lovely oppportunity for a group photo" than "Totally awesome - it's like a living thing that isn't a person or living."



I got to see the groundhogs from uber-close. They're not really hogs.

I then went to see my most favoritest animal in the world - the dog. I love the fact that unlike most animals, I get to pet and play with dogs.

For some zany adult reason, Mama and Papa didn't let me frolic with these dogs. I guess wolves are a bit more dangerous than your average ordinary dogs.

Science is not really what I expected

I have so many stories to tell and only one post a day to do it. I am still in the middle of last week story-wise, but I am living in now.


Mama and Papa came to visit from Canada. They were so happy to be in a more temperate zone in balmy Connecticut that they took me to all sorts of hot places. We went to a children's science museum.

There were all sorts of cool things to see. My personal favorite was a giant toilet.

I used a new, improved scientific method to understand it. Instead of getting my hands dirty and my feet wet, I got my hands wet. First we had to put on chic new lab coats. Az anyam thinks her tie-dye lab coat is cool. Pshaw, it's got nothing on the haute, plastic, blue smocks we got to wear.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4062143804473055825&hl=en

We got to take balls and drop them in a large bowl of spinning water. The balls would then disappear. It was way amusing as it combined two of my favorite sciences - splashing my hands in water and plastic balls.

Mama then tried to entice me into playing a game that the big kids were playing (usually an effective ploy), but there was no way I was getting flushed away from this bowl full of science.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4833892959470302276&hl=en