The Best and Worse This Weekend Had to Offer:

1. Best Construction Site in the Tri-State Area:

On an impromptu trip to a job site, I was amazed to find that the development that has for 2 years been living in my thoughts, actions, efforts, fears, and even sometimes my dreams is now coming to fruition in the real world of dirt and sweat and asphalt. And it is beautiful. If you are into that sort of thing. As it turns out, I am.

2. Worst Game Ever Played at a Baby Shower:

I chose the lucky #5 which won me a place in the race to see who could drink 2 oz of juice from a baby bottle the fastest. It was a much more difficult (and somewhat humiliating) task than I would have anticipated...the hole in that nipple really needs to be a little bit bigger. Regardless, I woke up this morning with a pretty sore tongue muscle and feeling a tiny bit dirty.

3. The Best Children's Book I Almost Read:

Penguin Dreams by Seibold and Walsh, a book about, well, a penguin who dreams, has insanely and delightfully clever illustrations that wisk the reader away to the land, sky, water and space of the penguin psyche. Who knew penguins had so much on their minds? Just read it through once on your own before trying to read it to a 2-year old though. The few words of the book never pick up a rhythm and confuse in the presentation. Much like a human dream.

3. The Best Bushisms (or worst, depending on one's perspective):

"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." - Trenton, New Jersey, Sept. 2002

"Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace." - D.C., July 2003

4. The Worst Cleaning Help:

At 2 lbs, Ada sure can be a hefty load of trouble. The fearless little brat lungs at my broom, tries to drink the swiffer fluid, knocks over my plants, and kicks kitty litter on the floor. Good thing she's cute...it's her only saving grace when it's time to clean.

5. The Best Comedy of the Weekend (and of the Summer):

The Wedding Crashers is wild f'ing ride. I've heard reviews referring to it as the first truly rated R comedy in quite some time. In the current world of the conservative crackdown and evangelical powerhouses, apparently there haven't been too many comedies aimed strictly at adults. I didn't really know what that meant until I saw this movie. I found myself shocked at my own shock in seeing female nudity in a comedy. I mean, I've seen plenty of movies in the last couple of years with nudity in dramas, but in comedies? Not so much.

Wedding Crashers asks Americans to get off their g-damned moral high-horses and have some fun for a couple of hours. From the hooting and cheering in the theater, it seemed like we were all willing to comply.

Go see this movie. If you don't like it, dude, you really need to loosen up a bit.