You know how Anytown, USA, is the generic US town? I thought of a decent name for the generic US state: Minnissichigan! (min i SISH i gun)

Missisichigan was a close second.

Went to my good friend Lincoln Hoppe's today to celebrate his birthday. Only, you know, we didn't know it was his birthday. Yeah. THAT was a little awkward. We managed to delete the important part of the message before hearing it, but tried to blame Page (Linc's wife) -- I don't think we succeeded.

That wasn't the end of the awkward-ness: Madison decided to try to take a nap using their giant Pooh doll, and she has this... this THING she does when she's going to sleep. Rebecca and I call it "rubbing", but I think the new name we'll go with after today is "awkwarding". I won't go into more details here, as this site is -- however distantly -- tied to the Church, and while we've been careful to not make Madison think it's anything to be ashamed of, I certainly don't want to use any of the language necessary to give a more coherent description. (Remind me to burn this webpage before she's a teenager.)

The capstone was when Lincoln's 3 year old went out on the patio, took off his underpants, and peed on the cement. It was particularly funny because he chose to face TOWARDS the windows so we all got a great view.

Aaron and Lauren Johnston were there, too -- we played a round of the newest Balderash, which includes movie titles. Aaron came up with one that seemed great to me: two ex-cons decide to open a bank just so they can rob it. ZING! Of course, as I figure it, they decide they can make a decent living WITHOUT robbing the bank, so all of their carefully-laid plans are for naught -- until REAL robbers hit the joint. ZING! Starring Damon Wayans and Matt Damon.