marc proudly proclaimed that he was a doctor after wrapping the vacuum cord around his neck the other day

the duggar family announce the upcoming arrival of their 19th kid, due in january 2009 [duggarfamily]

i can only assume that these logos were designed by women because any warm-blooded man can pick out a sex-related shape, phrase, or vague likeness  in fractions of a second, no matter how obscure.

gotta watch your biznass when you’re out on the dance floor…you could end up in the background of someone’s pic without even knowing.

to the fullest!

tuesday has no identity – i’m sure i have covered that in the past but i’m too lazy to look. if you’re around me enough, you know i repeat sometimes. monday is recovering from the weekend, wednesday is already halfway to friday, thursday is pretty much the weekend and friday is just for drinking and golf. tuesday, though, has no real identity. help tuesday have identity by wasting your work day reading some of this stuff:

random snippets from women who watch porn. i think most women are open to watch but they play coy in public. maybe nsfw for bad words if your work has a content-filtering system like robert half in pleasanton where my sister works [asylum.com]

i suppose the concept of keeping your daughter pure for as long as possible is reasonable, but this is just too damn creepy [nytimes]

stop crying about $4 gas when berlin has $8 gas. no wonder they drink a lot of beer there – they’re all staying home and can’t afford to drive anywhere [nytimes]

esquire magazine shows what 75 skills that all men should have. i counted 21 of them for myself and the other 50ish are utterly lacking. don’t laugh, i can name a couple guys right now that could cover less than half of my list. if you want to know what made my list, email me [esquire]

the weekend had some pretty hot temps and so it was a good opportunity to hit up the lake’s various play facilities late into the evening, jockeying with all the asian and indian parents and their kids in fremont. it’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it seems they are all at the park every time i go. i can think of worse ethnic groups to be surrounded by.

liz came out this time to hang out. i’m gonna miss her when she’s in sd :\

let’s hope marcos appreciates his new younger brother better than this kid. i mean, if they had a bet going, then it’s probably ok, or maybe they switch off every 10 minutes. or maybe the kid on the bottom lost at rock band and that was the penalty.

still haven’t settled on a name for the new boy – any and all suggestions welcomed.

get past the 90 degree temperatures in the bay area on wednesday by staying in for lunch and checking out these stories:

these shorts will definitely get you noticed at your next family bbq or class reunion [conceptrends]

very interesting article on how girls survive in saudi arabia, a world of strict religious rules where they have to cover from head to toe in public, must eat in separate rooms from men, and have to shop in separate female-only malls to prevent mingling with unrelated men. one advantage, though, is they don’t have to deal with annoying whores like paris hilton, britney spears or avril lavigne in public [ny times]

using google street view is a great way to learn about a neighborhood without actually having to walk around in person. the quality of street-walkers in this subdivision would make me look elsewhere  [divine caroline]

woman pregnant with 18th child. no loose-as-a-goose jokes here please [yahoo]

if you live in the la area, this article shows how easy it is to get some weed – completely legally [la times]

why is this desk only for black kids? that seems a little unfair to the white, yellow and brown kids of the world.

some of the news peeps said 90’s, but yahoo weather says high 80’s.

those crafty wal-mart marketing folks are at it again…

one more to go before the weekend hits. use these stories to make your otherwise mundane lives a little more exciting.

cool close-ups of regular grains of sand [discover]

do people have a reasonable expectation of privacy just walking down the street? this guy seemed to think so [thomas hawk]

further evidence that women should stick to bossing their husbands around instead of trying to get involved with gta iv [exploding barrel]

i wish someone would just come out and speak the truth at commencement addresses [la times]

here’s the top 20 worst restaurant foods in america. outback steakhouse has more than one food in the top 20. splendid [mens health]

things i did last night [tidln]

i had to drive carefully the other day since the newest generation of doyle boys were united for the first time yesterday. cousin nathan and his family were in town from ohio and we did a little sightseeing around the bay area. isaiah (10 months) and marcos (32 months) both fell asleep on the way back. within a few years, there should be a few more boys to keep that doyle name going strong. i was going to see if they could play rock band so we could spark a west coast/east coast rivalry, but maybe we’ll have to wait till next time.