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Lehmans Rock!

Lauren — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:23:21 +0000

Karla, nothing has made me laugh harder after opening an envelope. You guys rule! (Click the picture if you’re new to the story).

You are in the category of ‘People who can buy exactly the right thing for someone’. My hat’s off to you!

Tired and forgetful

Lauren — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:57:17 +0000

I was very, very tired at work today. I was so tired that as I was walking away from the building – mere steps out the door – I realized that I left my camera behind, and was too tired to walk back in and get it. So, no photo today. Instead, I give to you the funniest cartoon you’ll see all day – perhaps all year! It’s from Jacob Borshard, the guy who made that ukulele video I like so much. Click on it to see it full-size, then print it out, hang it up where you’ll see it often, and it will bring you joy.

The Lloyd Gallery

Lauren — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:34:44 +0000

We all know that Lloyd is the easiest person in the world to draw, right? A long time ago I asked Lloyd to draw himself, and he made himself look like a Chinese wise dude. I also asked Annette and Beth to do one, but I have lost those drawings – they are somewhere in the many piles of paper around here. I’m sorry.

Way, way back at Lloyd’s reunion, though, we passed around some notebook paper and asked people to draw him. I’ve forgotten who drew what, but I thought it was high time that these were posted. If you’d like to e-mail your own entry, I’d be glad to add it!

Church Art

Lauren — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:34:52 +0000

It’s not what you think. No beautiful stained glass windows or banners.

At our church we have prayer request sheets in each pew, and every Sunday I am delighted by the crazy drawings some kid has drawn on the back. I’ve wanted to take pictures of them for a long time, and last Sunday I happened to have my camera phone. (Which happens to have been returned. Don’t tell us cellular guy.) So, the picture quality leaves something to be desired.

Wouldn’t a gallery of these be hilarious?

Explosion or monster on its side?

Riding a rocket or guitar?

I’m not sure what this is, but it doesn’t look too good for that one guy.

Venn Diagram

Lauren — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:13:00 +0000

It’s not easy being married to a geek. Lloyd’s so quiet – always tappity-tapping on his computer keyboard, and when he does talk, I can’t understand anything he says. He’s interested in politics, which puts me right to sleep. Then there are all the computery-math-geeky things he does – reading books about equations and programming and chess. He reads BOOKS about CHESS. Good grief! I don’t understand any of the computer stuff at all. Did you know that a ‘server’ is not a waiter? And a wireless router is not a woodworking tool?

I like tv. shows and making a mess. We’ve come to a compromise. When he starts talking like a grown-up and my eyes glaze over, we draw this symbol in the air.

Behold – “The Grape”

Lauren — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:10:13 +0000

There’s a big ol’ purple van sitting in our driveway tonight. No, we didn’t win the lottery – Lloyd is going to be the school shuttle driver on Wednesdays. It’s very exciting.

I hope the kids will recognize him. He’s shaved down from the full beard to just a goatee. I like it, but it makes drawing him a little more complicated. The all-around face scribble has to be broken up into parts.

Have you tried drawing Lloyd today? It’s as easy as pie – give it a shot! Use a black marker, because that boy’s got a lot of hair.

The jibblies

Lauren — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:53:42 +0000

Oops! Happy Birthday, Aaron!!!

Over at www.bradaptation.com they’re wondering about the jibblies. What are they? Well, to know that, you have to explore Homestar Runner (dot com).

I really can’t explain it. You either get it or you think it’s stupid, and chances are that most everybody will think it’s stupid. Lloyd and I (and Brad) happen to have senses of humor like middle school boys. (Actually, Lloyd and Brad took a while to appreciate it. I’m much less mature, and loved it right away.) My first introduction to it was when I was researching ukuleles in my early days, and came across the Luau. It’s an older cartoon, but I loved it for the uke.

More popular now are Strong Bad’s e-mails. You have to kind of think of this as a ‘Peanuts’ or ‘Garfield’ crew of today. They’re mostly clean – the worst word being ‘crap’ (which I never think children should say), references to ‘cold ones’ (but all the cartoon characters are of legal drinking age), and some boy humor.

Anyway, ‘the jibblies’ are from the Strong Bad e-mail ‘bottom 10‘. Strong Bad is…. well, Strong Bad. He gets the jibblies when he opens the closet where his brother’s creepy painting sits, whispering, “Come on in heeeere….” This e-mail is pretty long, but watch the first minute to get to the jibblies, ok?