I guess he is finally getting the message. Genuine Boy just moved my glass away from the edge of the table to the top of my plate. Repetition is everything.*

*It should be noted that we have not had dinner until someone has spilled a glass of something. We had dinner tonight.

When I was young, we had a huge Himalayan cat named “Legolas”. I guess we even read Tolkien back then, before it was cool. Part of my chores was to feed the animals, and when I would run the can opener to open the food, if the cat was within ear shot, you could bet he would come running. This was always the best way to find our cat if you wanted to put him outside.

We have something occurring very similar here at my office. It seems as though my coffee grinder has the same ability to make a few workers here come running. I think that Pavlov was definitely on to something.

Happiness is….a down comforter when it’s colder than a well digger’s ass in January.

Happiness is….having a wife that sends an IM message “Meet me in bed in 10 minutes for some action”.

Happiness is….a wife that forgives you for being asleep when she gets there.

Happiness is….an extra 45 minutes of sleep because you were so excited about getting lucky, you forgot to turn the alarm on.

Happiness is….having a clean pair of pants that don’t need to be ironed when you are running late.

Happiness is….kids that cooperate all morning and are on their best behavior when you are running 45 minutes late.

Happiness is….a 30 minute commute into work so you can get caught up on your sleep(yes the road is dead straight).

Happiness is….after having thrown together a quick but horrible lunch in a bag, coming to work and remembering that your employer is buying lunch today.

Did anything make you happy today? It’s the little things.

You know the funny thing about coffee? It will still scald your tongue when it is 7 below zero outside. That’s minus 22 degrees centigrade for you metric people. No that’s not an old fashioned typewriter, that’s my teeth chattering.

I was thinking that I might start a new contest here at Genuine. I was thinking that my family of 4 toilet paper users, can go through a roll of toilet paper in our household faster than any other blogger’s home. I am constantly replacing the roll. I am certain that we don’t have a square to spare.

As you can probably tell, I was sitting on the toilet and I had this random thought as well while looking at a Mr. Bubbles canister of bubbles by Toosietoy. The canister says it is for ages 3 and up. Okay, I understand. It also says that it is not intended for human consumption. Okay, but they obviously don’t know my children. Finally, I notice that it also states that they are “Non-Toxic Bubbles”. Herein lies my thought, do they make Toxic Bubbles for children?

Is there a rule that says that all possible things that are to be placed in the trash are not in the trash can, and all things not intended for the trash are placed directly in the bottom of said trash can?

If toilet paper is a separate product from facial tissues, which is intended to be the most skin/user friendly? Wouldn’t my butt want to have equal treatment or vice versa?

Can someone please tell me how in the world you get footprints on the mirror which is at the same height as my eyes? No you read that right, “footprints”.

Yes, in case you are wondering, which I’m sure most of you were, I wasn’t in there going poop, but as stated in my earlier post, I was bawling my eyes out with the door locked.

It’s time for the masses to once again ask for my Genuine Advice.

Of course after the last post, I doubt anyone needs to get any advice on my parenting skills.

How about blogging? Anyone have any question about blogging? No I didn’t say snogging, but I guess since all you ladies need some manly advice, I could try to give you some of that too!

My son has recently developed a taste for opposites. Everything I want him to do, he wants to do the opposite. If I pour him some milk he wants orange juice. If I give him Tony the Tiger Cereal he wanted Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I realize that this is a stage, because his sister did the exact same thing.

Why do we have to go through this stage? What lessons are learned from this constant butting of heads between parent and child? Why do I have the urge to twist his head off????

Is it okay for a guy to go into the bathroom lock the door and sit down and cry?

Like most of the other sheep, I have IE for my browser. Lately I have seen and heard quite alot of praise about Firefox by Mozilla. I’m a conservative….I don’t do well with change. I am interested in being on the cutting edge of browsers since I seem to spend more time on the internet than I do sleeping eating, or any other daily function. If my life can be made easier and more efficient and protected, I’m in.

Have any of you made the switch? I have not operated any other product besides the IE that I have, and again its too much like work to learn another browser. Can anyone give me their 2 cents about Firefox?

I don’t often make rants here at Genuine, but when I see something that touches me and makes me ponder about life, I want to pass that on to you. I want you to ponder as well and to know about the greatness of a single human act of dedication to his country.

Black Five posts about the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Award.

He asks, and I joined him and agree, Pat Tillman deserves this honor. For those of you that don’t know who Pat Tillman is, you should know his story. Pat was a professional football player with the Arizona Cardinals, and gave up all of the fame and glory of the NFL, including a $3.6 Million contract to serve his country. For his sacrifice and courage, he lost his life. No questions asked, he answered the call to serve his country.

His story is truly what I hope to instill in my children and he can be a role model for all of us. God bless Pat Tillman.

I was writing this post when I found out that the SI Sportsman of the Year was the Boston Red Sox. Now I know that they deserve kudos for winning the World Series, but this was the perfect opportunity for the media and writers to show the true spirit of sportsmanship. I do give him my vote.

If anyone wants an idea of the weather I was referring to in the last post, the Broncos are going to be playing in the elements tonight and I’ll be wrapped up in my blankie!