Chess Patch 4.5.2

Hm, power cards and XP sounds interesting. May need to add those to CPM2DOB whenever I get back to working on that one.

The Queen of Heaven Comes Down to Earth

Babies Have No Concept of Things Like "Not Yet".

We had plans for last week. Amongst the list of things that needed to be done the week before the baby was born:

• Monday: grocery shopping day (completely out of everything).
• Monday: laundry day (need to wash the baby stuff).
• Monday: help out with K of C Basketball Free Throw event.
• Tuesday: choir rehearsal.
• Thursday: Lector training at SJB.
• Murloc: Chiropractor appointments.
• Murloc: Haircut.
• Change Camaro's oil.
• Clean the kitchen.
• Clean the bedroom/rearrange furniture.
• Clean off my desk.
• Fill out application for enrollment at SJB kindergarten.
• Get started on various projects at work.
• Pack for hospital. (Important! Don't forget!)

Place Ya Bets!

Birthday: _______
Weight: _______
Length: _______

Same rules apply: 5 points for each day by which your birthday guess is off, 1 point for each ounce, and 2 points for each quarter-inch. Lowest score wins. Psychics, clairvoyants, seers, oracles, and divinators will be automatically disqualified.

For reference:

Damien:

July 25th (his due date)
7 lbs. 7 oz.
20"

Anthony:

July 24th (one day late)
8 lbs. 3 oz.
20.5"

Regina is due February 2nd. Given a linear trend, this would mean she will be born Feb 4th, 8 lbs. 15 oz. and be 21".

Bomb the World

If that headline doesn't get me on some sort of NSA watch list, I don't know what will.

So, over at The Pickles, Mrs. Pickles was letting us know all about their wonderful holiday fun times, which included a spectacular photobomb by Mr. Pickles (fig 1):

That is a truly spectacular photobomb, which made me suspicious. No one is naturally that good at photobombing. That level of bombsmanship requires much practice.

So I started googling around, and as I followed the bread crumbs deeper into the rabbit hole, I came to realize just how dark and massive the conspiracy goes. Mr. P. hasn't just done this before, no. I discovered that he is the ringleader of a shadowy and sinister organization that seeks to rule the world through photobombing. Behold, the totally-legit and not-at-all-fake evidence:

**IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT**

It's time for another Important Ann–

Joe's singing in an Advent Lessons and Carols concert, this Friday at 7:00pm. He will be music by Tye, Ferris, Cherubini, and Bieber.

Oh, wow. Thank you for the—wait, did you say "Bieber"?

Yes, Justin Bieber. It was on that flyer you showed me.

You mean this flyer?

Yes, right there. It says "featuring music by Tye, Ferris, Cherubini, and Bieber."

That's Biebl. Franz Biebl. Famous for the Ave Maria made popular by Chanticleer. Which is the piece we're singing.

Oh. That... makes more sense.

Yes. Yes it does.

And here I was looking forward to your rendition of "Boyfriend."

Maybe later.

But come to our concert! I promise there will be absolutely no Justin Bieber songs!

You Probably Won't Regret It!™ (Unless you're a fan of the Bieb.)

What We're Watching

Cop shows. All cop shows, for some reason.

Now that we're approaching the mid-season hiatus, I finally have enough time to stop watching things long enough to write about watching things. We were off on a bad foot to begin with this season. I had two international journeys as soon as the season started, so we were behind to start off with and are only now gradually catching up.

So here, in particular order, is a list of the TV shows we have given what could have been otherwise productive hours this year.

Hunger Memes

You know what that last post was lacking? Memes.