All Things Kelly

On the verge of yet another feverishly anticipated season of what I like to call “Humanities Greatest Game” I would like to tell the story of how Tim Tebow personally destroyed my lifelong passion, the game of football.  If you will just indulge me in a bit of a digression I’m sure that you will agree that Tim Tebow may just be the anti-Christ that will for once and for all be the end of Western Civilization. 

Since America seems to have gone bananas with Islamaphobia I thought you might enjoy this blog.  It is the Ramadan journey of 2 men to 30 Mosques in 30 States in 30 Days.  The best way to mitigate hate is to provide knowledge.  Enjoy!

Today’s quote on the site:

We don’t need no haters, just try to love one another. – Mary J. Blige

Truly, you can’t argue with Mary J.

Dawn and I just returned from our annual NYC US Open weekend.  As you can see by the photo we are a big fat FAIL when it comes to taking photos of ourselves. (this photo truly was the best of the options)

I know I drive you crazy with my pushy 2 cents on what you are eating, but remember I do it because I care about you and I want you to be healthy.  And one thing I can certainly say is not healthy is this Happy Meal.  A photographer has been documenting the decay (or lack there of) of this happy meal for the last 137 days. It looks exactly the same as it did on day one.  How scary is that???

How I felt when I saw the Neilsen Book on Tues evening.

When I married Shane, we created the perfect storm for TV Watching.

Both he and I grew up in TV ‘watching’ households.  And by watching, I mean that the TV was always on- no matter what, no matter who was in the room, no matter who was watching or wasn’t watching it. Some people like to have classical music playing in the background while cooking or reading- we have to have SportsCenter blaring, or CNN, or Bravo….

A few weeks ago we were chosen to become a Neilsen Family.

Have you ever taken a bite out of a protein bar and immediately spit the contents right back out?  This seems to be my reaction every time I try to ingest one of those over-priced, tasteless bricks.  I’ll admit that the concept is fantastic.  A small packaged, portable bar that is designed to fill you up and provide the protein you need to accomplish great things.  Too bad they are so terrible that I have yet to be able to experience these promised results.  I have tried brand after brand all resulting in wasted money. Recently, my beloved, Alton Brown aired a show guaranteeing that the protein bar disbeliever would be converted after trying his recipe. 

I thought you might need a few Miss E photos to get you through hump day.  This is just a hodgepodge of the last couple of weeks.  Enjoy!

I have been trying to figure out these last couple of weeks  what time frame does Glenn Beck want for his “Restore America” time machine?  I never trust people that live in the past.  And I can’t quite get a read on when he thinks America was so great.

Leon had 2 fantasy football drafts this weekend and in case you are not a football widow this is truly an important occasion.  I would guess he ranks this time of year up there with the birth of Eloise and our wedding.  Honestly, I bet it likes it more than our wedding.  But being the wife I have some insight into what is really going on and I am going to out him on a couple of his tricks. 

I like to get my news from the best sources possible, so The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are among mis favoritos!  During a recent program Mr. Colbert had author Wes Moore on to talk about his book, The Other Wes Moore. You can see the segment here.