Thursday, May 29, 2008

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Thursday, May 22, 2008

The happiest days of our lives.














We had a great time at the Botanical Garden, but it was time to go...



Monday, May 19, 2008

Owned: Top Ten Injuries Sustained by the Brothers Green*

Hopefully this will stimulate some discussion. You'll notice that there's only 7. Nominate your favorite remembered catastrophes to add to the list.
*Not including Luke's SCI.

7. Apparently chainsaws actually are dangerous.
I think it was the summer of 2001 or 2002 and we were clearing the land where the house now stands. I was on chainsaw duty since I was the oldest and, supposedly, most responsible. Dad was directing operations, but couldn't help much because his heart surgery was approaching. I was cutting down saplings and the younger brothers were dragging the downed trees to the bonfire that we had going. It became apparent that trees were too long and had to be cut up in short pieces to fit into the fire. I was in the process of shortening the lumber when I looked down and noticed a hole in my jeans and a dark red stain below that. The stain was growing. I didn't feel anything. When I turned the chainsaw off, Dad asked, "What's up?" After a quick assessment I calmly informed him: "I f&cked up." Luckily the cut wasn't too deep and it only took 3 stitches to patch up. The scar is awesome.

6. All I want for Christmas.
I'm not sure when it first happened, but it seemed like there was a stretch when Nate managed to knock out or chip off his front teeth every couple of weeks. What's was up with that?

5. Beaver Creek collision.
I think that this happened the last on the slopes, Thanksgiving 2006. Everybody was skiing together on that one run that ended by the Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch. Suzanne was giving JJ an impromptu turning lesson. I was following behind. Jerome was looking really good: he pizzaed when he was supposed to pizza, he french fried when he was supposed to french fry. And then, out of nowhere, Crazy-Snowboarding-Nate slams into J-Fresh at an incredible rate. There was a loud whack which I later learned was the sound that JJ's shin makes when a snowboard strikes it. The both went sprawling down the hill. Nate was quick to apologize and Jerome toughed it out and skied the rest of the day.

4. I'll take the stairs.
Spencer+Bucket+Stairway=Fractured Arm. I guess I have to take responsibility for this one since I was babysitting. Spenny wanted me to push him down the stairs as he sat in one of those big round storage bucket things. I refused and told him that he would get hurt. I thought that that was the end of it until a heard a tremendous crash.

3. Batter up.
This one happened by the baseball diamonds behind Ellis. I think that Nate's team was playing and we were there as spectators with Mom. One of the Swank kids was taking some warm up swings on the sidelines. He wasn't playing mind you, just killing time like the rest of the audience. Anyway, he caught Luke square in the nose with an aluminum bat. It looked terrible. There was blood everywhere.

2. That finger was too long anyway.
I only heard about this one over the phone, but apparently JJ nicked off the tip of his finger with Mom's fabric slicer. Ouch.

1. From relaxing nap to horrific nightmare.
I was enjoying the natural surroundings of Northern Wisconsin when a gang of hooligans surrounded the hammock I was resting in and starting to swing it violently back and forth. They were screaming some nonsense about trying to swing me all the way around. It didn't work and I hit the ground hard. I tried to curse at them, but my mouth was full of leaves and dirt and my brain didn't work right because I had just suffered a concussion. Good times.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Temper Temper

Bill O’Reilly loses it.

This isn't really funny, but it is disturbing. Disclaimer: may include adult language.

Friday, May 2, 2008

Iron Man gets two thumbs up

wow this was a good super hero movie, i would suggest that you guys all see it. It was pretty much the best super hero movie I've ever seen.