No one had a camera so this image will have to do.

This weekend we had a few friends come in from out of town. It was a crazy sleep deprived weekend. These are friends we have known for 15 years and it is always an adventure when we all get together. Things are a wee bit different then they were 15 years ago. A few more pounds, a few less hairs, jokes of jobs (or lack there of), more and more little ones, and much less stamina for staying up late. We gave it our best though. We made it through the weekend with only one casualty and luckily it was just a couch. Don’t ask. And while things change, they also stay the same. The re-telling of the night of 1000 stories, teasing to the point of tears (or with tears as the ultimate goal), talk of how it was back in our day, and of course overindulging in food and drink. As our friend Matt put it, “These gatherings happen less and less often, therefore their intrinsic value grows. You better f-ing appreciate it.” I couldn’t have said it any better.

I signed up for twitter a while ago thinking hey I like blogging, I will like tweeting too. This is decidedly not the case. I guess when I find something I want to talk about, I need more than 140 characters to do it. I suppose that puts me in the lazy category although lazy suggests I am being passive about the whole thing when I have made a decision for one medium over another. At this point the account serves as a way to follow a few people. I guess I could tweet that I just blogged… or maybe not. Graphic via

I didn’t really like the G.I. Joe cartoon all that much when I was a kid. I was more into Thundercats and She-Ra. But I did manage to take away one piece of advice from the show. Now you can have it on a tshirt. via

I have been listening to NPR Talk of the Nation podcasts on the way to and from work. I am a little behind so I just heard today that after 39 years to the day of reminding us to “Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars” Casey Kasem retired. I haven’t thought about him or American Top 40 in ages. Sitting by the radio being ready to hit play and record on my boom box just in case it was something I would want to listen to later, the long distance dedications, and waiting to find out who will be #1. Just for kicks here are the top 10 songs from 1988.

1	FAITH	George Michael
2	NEED YOU TONIGHT	INXS
3	GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU	George Harrison
4	NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP	Rick Astley
5	SWEET CHILD O’ MINE	Guns N’ Roses
6	SO EMOTIONAL	Whitney Houston
7	HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH	Belinda Carlisle
8	COULD’VE BEEN	Tiffany
9	HANDS TO HEAVEN	Breathe
10	ROLL WITH IT	Steve Winwood