On Wednesday night of this past week I got to hang out with my older sister Kim from Chicago. She was down in FL visiting some family and was able to make it to Southwest FL for a day. Of course this included my niece Fiona & nephew Liam.

As I was shooting pictures that night, I decided to take some funny faces pics for this blog. Hope this blog puts a smile on your face. Feel free to share your funny faces as well.

Fiona	Liam	Kaylee
Dad	Mom	Kim

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Charlie	Jackie
Rob	Kara

Please note – Kara wouldn’t take part in the “funny faces” photos, so I had to snap a random shot of her to get her in the blog.

Currently listening: The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 By The Traveling Wilburys Release date: 25 October, 1990

The iSomb™	You look like a guido in your pic…Probably saying something like “This fuck-in’ guy! Wants fuck-in’ ma-yo-naise on his fuck-in’ italian sang-wich…this fuck-in’ guy!” Posted by The iSomb™ on Saturday, January 26, 2008 – 11:53 AM [Reply to this]

	Katy Katy Reiser	Fiona gets my vote for funniest. You’re second, and surprisingly Rob steps up to the plate and makes 3rd on my list…I bet he worked extra hard for him and Kara both considering Kara doesn’t ever participate in shit! Jeeeeeeze Kara! I’ll work on some pictures of John and I for this with my new 10.1 digital camera. BUWAHAHAHAAAAAA! Posted by Katy on Saturday, January 26, 2008 – 1:02 PM [Reply to this]

	**JazziLady ‘E’ **	I like the little girl to your ‘left’ in yours. She’s looking at you like…”Oh My God, What the hell is happening to HIM?”, and “Do We Kill it Now Or Later???” She gets my vote, cause it’s very honest!!! Coming in Second would be ‘Rob’, he just looks like a ‘drunken frog’ or something. You guys are all really cute though! Posted by **JazziLady ‘E’ ** on Saturday, January 26, 2008 – 1:23 PM [Reply to this]

	celena	Im hearing the “Lets make funny faces” music from yo gabba gabba, in my head, while checking out these photos. It makes it even more fun! ps. why oh why do you have a captcha for your blog? Posted by celena on Saturday, January 26, 2008 – 4:27 PM [Reply to this]

	Jackie	Oh my god.. unforgivable. Rob def went for the gold. I just wanted to get it over with didn’t have much time to think so I went for an all naturale morning look.. j/k haha. You dad and kim look all normal. Posted by Jackie on Saturday, January 26, 2008 – 6:54 PM [Reply to this]

	Kimzyn	Hey, that is not my normal face, but Rob’s is really creepy in a “I’m wearing a stocking over my face so give me all of your money” sorta way. Posted by Kimzyn on Sunday, January 27, 2008 – 7:02 PM [Reply to this]

	Shellonius Funk	your dad’s is awesome!! Posted by Shellonius Funk on Monday, January 28, 2008 – 11:26 AM [Reply to this]

!PeBBleS!***Your New Obession **F***Rz **

YOU COME UP WITH THE MOST CREATIVE AND BEST IDEAS .I LOVE IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT . PEBBLES Posted by !PeBBleS!***Your New Obession **F***Rz ** on Monday, February 04, 2008 – 6:48 AM [Reply to this]

They are sisters. Their names are midnite & skye. Midnite is very friendly and yet she is also very playful. Skye is stuck with a permanent sour face, she is also friendly when you are holding a can of wet food for her. Skye is the UBER bad one. She likes to run around and make Midnite chase her throughout the house.

I came home from work one day and my girlfriend Jackie said she had a surprise for me. She brought me into our spare bedroom and I looked under the bed. They were both hiding and were peeking out at me.

I had met them a few days earlier – someone had dropped them off at a local pet store with their brothers & sisters. They were abandoned.

They now live with us here in Bonita Springs and soon to be in Ft. Myers. If you don’t know this, I’m a cat lover and I’m really happy that we found these two cats, they are great.

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Currently listening: Light Grenades By Incubus Release date: 28 November, 2006

	Cheryl	who could abandon two gorgeous and seemingly mild-mannered cats like that?!?! I hate when people do that shit. luckily they’ve found a good home, though. Posted by Cheryl on Friday, January 11, 2008 – 2:00 PM [Reply to this]

	Iris	They make me smile I love them! I’m glad you rescued them Posted by Iris on Friday, January 11, 2008 – 2:29 PM [Reply to this]

	Bex	Awwww, so cute! You’re right about Skye looking sour, but she’s still beautiful. P.S. “Smittens.” Love it. Posted by Bex on Friday, January 11, 2008 – 5:49 PM [Reply to this]

	Jackie	Aww I feel bad that you didn’t get to participate in picking them out. You always were partial to having an orange cat but I’m glad you have accepted them into our home and you love them as much as I do…. even when they are being a pain in the ass. And you know that they love you too, they follow us around all the time. I like this picture of Midnite that Cat took.. can’t seem to find a good one of just skye Posted by Jackie on Friday, January 11, 2008 – 7:52 PM [Reply to this]

	Jackie	Posted by Jackie on Friday, January 11, 2008 – 7:53 PM [Reply to this]

	celena	They are BEAUTIFUL. I wanna nuzzle their kit kit bellies. Posted by celena on Saturday, January 12, 2008 – 5:05 AM [Reply to this]

	kattzzmeow	Awww!!! I love that sour face! They are both so shiny!! I always love to hear about rescued animals!!! Posted by kattzzmeow on Sunday, January 13, 2008 – 4:28 AM [Reply to this]

LEONERDAS

<center> </center> Marvin is my baby boy. He is soooo rambunctious. Leave your slippers in the “wrong place” he will definetly move them for you. Speaker wires under the couch neatly hidden from plain view “not anymore”. I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank Marvin for many nights of poor sleep. He plays with anything and everything. If he doesn’t have anything to play with he will make the best of it. Like one time when he thought my favorite sun glasses didn’t have quite enough teeth markes in them. I was so proud. Here’s to our Kitties. Posted by LEONERDAS on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 – 9:16 AM [Reply to this]

There is an epidemic that breeds here in southwest Florida and I’m sure it is not limited to this place. Whilst discussing this topic with my brother-in-law-2-be John,  he revealed the perfect name: The Douchebag Cape.

What is the Douchebag Cape you ask? Simply put, it is a sweater wrapped around a person’s neck whilst they are out on a day where the weather is below 70 degrees here in Florida.

Douchebag Capes come in all shapes and sizes. They are not limited to men or women.

What exactly does a Douchebag Cape reveal about a person? I’m not exactly sure about this one, however while I was on 5th Street in Naples, Florida there seemed to be an abundance of Douchebag Capes frequenting the local Starbucks. Don’t fear you Starbucks addicts, drinking Starbucks doesn’t mean your a Douchebag (perhaps a sellout though? A topic for another day *wink wink*).

*I have documented the occurence of this epidemic for blogging purposes. The following photos were taken on January 1st, 2008. Thus begins my first photo blog of the New Year…

“D-Bag Cape from behind.”
The cape is in the middle. What’s that smell?

“Women Like Cape’s Too!”
D-bag cape featured on the woman on the far left. Perhaps the girl in the middle is a future Douchebag Caper to Be???

“2 For 1″
Not only is there a Douchebag Cape featured on the man on the right, but there’s a saucesome curly mullet on the left. Love it.

“A Couple of Douchebag…Capes”
This couple was all over this place. By the time I took the third picture of them, they must’ve realized I’m the Douchebag Cape Paparazzi.

* = Please note, I’m not one to judge people on their clothing, but I feel the presence of a Douchebag Cape surely reveals a high level of Doucheness in the air.

Please feel free to share your stories of Douchebag Cape’s. Pictures are a plus.

-FOOCHUCK OUT

Currently listening: Here It Goes Again By OK Go Release date: 19 September, 2006

Stray Kat	hahaha omg. this is so funny! i love the pictures. but you should take a picture of you and jackie wearing capes too. k? Posted by Stray Kat on Sunday, January 06, 2008 – 11:40 AM [Reply to this]

	Kimzyn	I see your point. It does seem to be a phenomenon. It wouldn’t work here. The weather changes so frequently and violently that most people are forced to wear layers of potential douchebag paraphenalia and a visit to any indoor environment heated to 88 degrees can force a person to start peeling off layers for awhile. It really sucks to stroll around holding various lumps of coats and hats. Ugh, I need to visit Florida soon! Posted by Kimzyn on Sunday, January 06, 2008 – 12:20 PM [Reply to this]

	THE Tucson Goddess with Irish Eyes	HAHAHAHA, Douchebag Cape Paparazzi!!!! I must tell you that this does not only happen in Florida but in Arizona too!!!! What is even funnier than the douchebag capes is the earmuff, hat and glove douchebags here! When the weather goes below 70 in AZ ppl think they are FREEZING to death or something!!! Hope you have a great new year and keep up the paparazzism!!! Jaime Posted by THE Tucson Goddess with Irish Eyes on Sunday, January 06, 2008 – 7:15 PM [Reply to this]

	Katy Katy Reiser	Honestly, those capes do NOTHING FOR YOU. It was such a freaking nice day, there was no need for sweaters. It’s a status thing and it’s ghey. But seriously, how did I miss the poodle mullet guy??? I must have been too busy getting my soy latte fix in Starbucks. This is what I get for being a sell out. Posted by Katy on Sunday, January 06, 2008 – 7:58 PM [Reply to this]

	Big Korean	I like how you have the nice young lady in the green dress centered in your 2nd picture. I know what you were really checking out. All this Douchebag Cape stuff is a ruse to protect yourself from Jackie wrath. You dam voyeur. Posted by Big Korean on Monday, January 07, 2008 – 4:06 PM [Reply to this]

	**JazziLady ‘E’ **	Charley, I have to agree with the guy right above me, (the Big Korean)…you were just doing this for some ‘discrete girl watching’, like the girl in the pretty Green dress. She was cute! Ha Ha Ha!!! But, gotta agree with you, this fashion statement is pretentious and I’m glad your pointing these people out with your Douchebag Paparazzi!!! Good for you!!! Besides, I thought this fashion statement played out in the 90’s or even the 80’s?? Would someone Please let them know they are ‘Freakin’ Out Of Date???’ LOL! There Must be a Stop put to this…I can’t take it. Always hated this look. Pretentious bastards!!!! Maybe you should let them know what you’re doing and why, and maybe That would shame them into stopping. I’m glad I don’t see it much anymore around the Ohio area, especially in the Winter. Happy New Year Man! Posted by **JazziLady ‘E’ ** on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 – 1:26 PM [Reply to this]

	LEONERDAS	Yo this is Biff. I am the leader of the Douchebag Cape posse here in Yuppie Town New Hampshire. We are gonna come down there to Florida and give you a stern talking to and possibly even a time out. I am so disappointed in you Charles. We trusted you with our secrets and you betrayed us. I am going to get a vanilla chai late and cool down. Maybe I need a time out. Posted by LEONERDAS on Friday, January 11, 2008 – 11:57 AM [Reply to this]

Charley

lol Biff..i can’t stop LOLing. Posted by Charley on Friday, January 11, 2008 – 12:01 PM [Reply to this]

From PCworld.com:

Talk about a seismic shift in the next-generation DVD format war.

Warner Brothers–until now the only studio that was continuing to release titles in both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats–has announced it will be moving to Blu-ray Disc exclusively in 2008.

The studio’s decision to go Blu-ray means Blu-ray clearly has the advantage with regard to content: With the backing of Warner plus Blu-ray stalwarts Disney, Fox, Lionsgate, MGM, and Sony, Blu-ray Disc holds the content advantage. It’s now the better bet of the two warring formats–if for no other reason that the movies you want are more likely to come out on Blu-ray than on HD DVD.

I fully expected that if Warner was going to make an announcement one way or the other, it would be at next week’s International Consumer Electronics Show.

The company got a jump on all the CES news by putting its announcement out today, a day before the first official CES events start in Las Vegas.

Now that Warner has made its move, I’m all the more interested in watching the posturing at CES by the two camps. I know that Warner never wanted to be in the position of deciding the format war by picking a side; yet, that may be what they effectively did by coming out decisively on the side of Blu-ray Disc.

In a statement released today, Warner chairman and CEO Barry Meyer says this move “is a strategic decision focused on the long term and the most direct way to give consumers what they want. The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger. We believe that exclusively distributing in Blu-ray will further the potential for mass market success and ultimately benefit retailers, producers, and most importantly, consumers.”

Just one year ago, Warner was touting its Total High-Def dual-format disc solution to the format war. However, in spite of the company’s grandiose plans, the option of creating a disc with both formats (one on each side) was never commercially viable, and the company quietly tabled the idea later in 2007.

Warner says it will continue to release titles in standard DVD and Blu-ray. Thereafter, after a “short window” passes, the studio will continue to release new titles in HD DVD until the end of May 2008. The company’s initial statement gives no indication as to why they plan to continue offering new titles in HD DVD.

Back in August 2007, Paramount, the only other studio to release discs in both formats, went HD DVD exclusively.

Warner’s move was not entirely unanticipated, based on murmurs I’ve heard in back rooms and conversation. The studio had stated openly at October’s Blu-ray Festival that it was revisiting the practicality of releasing titles in both formats, and would be looking at making a decision on its direction by the beginning of the new year.

Although Blu-ray has ridden a high this year with regard to disc sales, the format has seen HD DVD make some inroads recently–particularly with last November’s $100 pre-holiday sell-off of older HD DVD models.

This announcement by Warner certainly gives Blu-ray a much-needed booster shot–and looks to solidify Blu-ray’s lead in the format war.

Posted by Katy on Saturday, January 05, 2008 – 10:51 AM
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