What an incredible time last night at @TheDollyrots show. Huge shout out to Kelly, Luis, & @RikkiStyxx for making it an unforgettable night for my “niece” Tori. Rikki’s dad adopted Tori for the night, took her “backstage,” such as it is at Three Links, and she got to talk to all three in the band.

The show was joyous fun on top of all that.







Proving once again what an excellent executive producer he is, to celebrate 125 episodes of The Empowered Parent Podcast, @Ryan_North dropped off a piece of new equipment.

Like all great producers, he keeps the talent happy.



Speaking of Gabriel Allon, how fortuitous that the day after I finish @NickPetrie‘s latest, @danielsilvabook’s arrives.



Nine years after I purchased my first noise-canceling headphones, a pair of refurbished Bose QuietComfort 15s, I’ve stepped up to wireless ANCs with these Sennheiser PXC-550-II cans.

First tracks played: Stryper’s “To Hell With the Devil” and Whitecross’ “Who Will You Follow.”



Rambo?



Okay, I’m ready. Let’s #GeauxTigers! Beat the Vols!



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Rambo the Octopus Photographs Guests at the Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand

Yeah, it’s a promo for Sony’s digital camera, but still pretty cool.

A couple of hams on Flickr.

At the Texas Rangers game today.

American anti-smoking campaigns are too tame. on Flickr.

Shot in the duty-free shop of Kigali International Airport.

Introducing Nathaniel Pierre Turner on Flickr.

So I’m a few days late in posting this here, but here’s the new addition to our family. Getting his court ruling cleared and permission from the nuns to keep him overnight until, well, pretty much forever, since once the final paperwork clears, we don’t need anyone’s permission for that, pretty much made this year’s Thanksgiving the best ever.

Nathaniel was born April 1, 2011, and is seven months old in this photo. Pierre is what the nuns at the Home of Hope Orphanage named him, and is what will be his legal name on all of his Rwandan documentation, including his passport.