facts about me that surprise me

I have two first cousins - our fathers are brothers - who were born and raised in Montreal. Both are girls, aged 26 and 23 or so at this writing. They are/were both star university-level hockey players. The elder holds the current record at McGill for number of goals scored in her liftime as a player, and the younger seems to be currently playing and also a high-scorer, so I guess they're both forwards. They're both mid-sized women, maybe 5'7" and don't appear to be bruisers when you meet them.

The idea of anyone sharing that many genes with me being that sporty in that kind of a sport just sort of boggles me. I am so unsporty, and if I were sporty, I can only imagine myself being, I don't know, an orienteering champion or something.

Sadly, despite some speculation that she might be tapped, the elder is not on the 2006 Olympic roster for Canada.

Yes, my branch of the family is the underachieveing one.

calling Mr. Jones...

Casper was just frustrated with mr. flea, and said, "Don't DO that! I'm gonna go call Mr. Jones!" and ran into the other oom to get the phone.

We have no idea who Mr. Jones is.

Also, she was going though the junk drawer the other day (what, you don't have a junk drawer you let your 2 year old go through?) and found a harmonica. After a tentative start, she is a harmonica-blowing fool. Perfect instrument for the minimally-coordinated and not very musical. It almost sounds good no matter what you do.