Blog highlights from 2007
Looking back over 2007, I can proudly say that this has been the best year this blog has ever seen.
I started the blog last January, so I guess that makes sense.
I was reading through some old posts today and got a kick out of what were - for me - some of the more memorable lines. Some are serious, most are lighthearted. All are near and dear to my heart.
I'd be remiss if I didn't take this opportunity to thank you for reading. Your visits and comments mean more to me than you know.
Without further delay, here's some of my favorite stuff from the first year of My Best Investments.
Happy New Year!
From He's Sick
There is a very short list of things that compare to the feeling of the limp weight of your sleeping child against you.
From My most expensive piece of clothing
If I had a time machine, I'd go back to around the time Wife and I got married, and buy a nice tux with an adjustable waist. That thing would have paid for itself by now.
Of course, if I had a time machine, a lot of things would be different.
From Best news story ever
But to all my Alaskan friends, I must remind you that part of what makes this country great is that from time to time, a few are called on to sacrifice for the good of the whole. Just look at our tax system. Or Social Security. Or the first few weeks of American Idol.
From How Honda will win the war in Iraq
Apparently, it's very difficult for drivers to distinguish between a parking space that's totally empty and a space that's occupied by a ton of sheet metal, leather, rubber and glass.
From Add one more name to the Axis of Evil
We stood toe-to-toe with the Elmo balloon guy and didn't cave to his high pressure sales tactics.
From If anyone could pull it off, he could
I'll understand when my son is a teenage alcoholic. With a Camaro. And dreadlocks. And a slutty girlfriend.
From Daddy gets around
I knew when I walked in there that I wasn't headed into the Jet Propulsion Lab, but I at least thought making the association between Hot Cakes and pancakes was within reach.
From I'm a c-list invite, but I'll take it
When she was finished, I told the class a little bit about where I work and what Daughter and I like to do together. Then I explained Keynesian economic theory, currency arbitrage and hedging strategies to them. I also showed them how paprika is made.
Then I read a book about farm animals and went on my way.
From To the bird that's been anointing my car
And it's safe to say - 85% probability - that I have never evacuated my bowels on or near any of your possessions.
From Lord of the Den
Son's face is covered in warpaint. I am covered in the blood of the plump, asthmatic neighborhood kid we hunted down for dinner.
From A Boston butt is part of a pig
At 6:55 every Thursday morning, I take a big Boston butt to the face.
From I will consult for your business 20 years ago
Anytime you wrap an animal in another animal and eat it, I'm in!
From Bloggin' to the Idols, Part II
Wife is wearing a sourish grimace as we watch because it appears her beloved Blake, for whom she would trade me in a New York minute, has dyed his hair. Apparently the brown hair is ruining her crush.
Just a point of clarification: I have brown hair.
From Happy Father's Day...LIVE
I'm sure there's nothing that commands the Wife's respect and admiration more than a grown man standing in his own den swinging a remote control around while two cartoons play tennis on the TV.
From A baby on my hip would have rounded out the package
This afternoon, I walked out of a liquor store toting a brown bag with a bottle of wine in it, climbed into a minivan, and sang along to Chris Tomlin's "Holy is the Lord" as I pulled out of the parking lot.
I started the blog last January, so I guess that makes sense.
I was reading through some old posts today and got a kick out of what were - for me - some of the more memorable lines. Some are serious, most are lighthearted. All are near and dear to my heart.
I'd be remiss if I didn't take this opportunity to thank you for reading. Your visits and comments mean more to me than you know.
Without further delay, here's some of my favorite stuff from the first year of My Best Investments.
Happy New Year!
From He's Sick
There is a very short list of things that compare to the feeling of the limp weight of your sleeping child against you.
From My most expensive piece of clothing
If I had a time machine, I'd go back to around the time Wife and I got married, and buy a nice tux with an adjustable waist. That thing would have paid for itself by now.
Of course, if I had a time machine, a lot of things would be different.
From Best news story ever
But to all my Alaskan friends, I must remind you that part of what makes this country great is that from time to time, a few are called on to sacrifice for the good of the whole. Just look at our tax system. Or Social Security. Or the first few weeks of American Idol.
From How Honda will win the war in Iraq
Apparently, it's very difficult for drivers to distinguish between a parking space that's totally empty and a space that's occupied by a ton of sheet metal, leather, rubber and glass.
From Add one more name to the Axis of Evil
We stood toe-to-toe with the Elmo balloon guy and didn't cave to his high pressure sales tactics.
From If anyone could pull it off, he could
I'll understand when my son is a teenage alcoholic. With a Camaro. And dreadlocks. And a slutty girlfriend.
From Daddy gets around
I knew when I walked in there that I wasn't headed into the Jet Propulsion Lab, but I at least thought making the association between Hot Cakes and pancakes was within reach.
From I'm a c-list invite, but I'll take it
When she was finished, I told the class a little bit about where I work and what Daughter and I like to do together. Then I explained Keynesian economic theory, currency arbitrage and hedging strategies to them. I also showed them how paprika is made.
Then I read a book about farm animals and went on my way.
From To the bird that's been anointing my car
And it's safe to say - 85% probability - that I have never evacuated my bowels on or near any of your possessions.
From Lord of the Den
Son's face is covered in warpaint. I am covered in the blood of the plump, asthmatic neighborhood kid we hunted down for dinner.
From A Boston butt is part of a pig
At 6:55 every Thursday morning, I take a big Boston butt to the face.
From I will consult for your business 20 years ago
Anytime you wrap an animal in another animal and eat it, I'm in!
From Bloggin' to the Idols, Part II
Wife is wearing a sourish grimace as we watch because it appears her beloved Blake, for whom she would trade me in a New York minute, has dyed his hair. Apparently the brown hair is ruining her crush.
Just a point of clarification: I have brown hair.
From Happy Father's Day...LIVE
I'm sure there's nothing that commands the Wife's respect and admiration more than a grown man standing in his own den swinging a remote control around while two cartoons play tennis on the TV.
From A baby on my hip would have rounded out the package
This afternoon, I walked out of a liquor store toting a brown bag with a bottle of wine in it, climbed into a minivan, and sang along to Chris Tomlin's "Holy is the Lord" as I pulled out of the parking lot.
posted by Leighton @ My Best Investments at
6:29 PM
4 Comments:
Just know that you consistently crack up our little family here in Alabama.
Well, not the four year old. Because he's not really reading blogs yet. But the hubs and I think you're gold, ponyboy.
Since it's also My Best Blogging Year Eva (I started in February) and I didn't discover you until summer-ish, I hadn't read many of these.
(Wow, is that the most confusing sentence ever penned, or what?)
Thar's gold in them thar hills. Nice work, Best Invest. Happy 2008 to you and yours.
Ha! Most of these made me laugh loudly, thus startling The Baby who had been sedately sitting on my knee, eating jelly beans.
Happy new year to you!
This afternoon, I walked out of a liquor store toting a brown bag with a bottle of wine in it, climbed into a minivan, and sang along to Chris Tomlin's "Holy is the Lord" as I pulled out of the parking lot
LOL.. I laughed at this the first time you posted it, and it is still making me laugh. :-)
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