“I am watching you Daddy, with interest.”
— Lucy, looking over my shoulder as I work on a home project

Jill reads to the kid every day. Below is a snippet of a reading she did in October. I wanted to test out a microphone, so I plopped it next to them while they read “The Color Kittens”, a Golden Book. (The noise in the background is a noise machine that Jill can’t live without.)

It’d be great to get some complete book readings. I think I may have to record a few during the holiday break.

• Listen to Jill Reading to Lucy

BJ Penn Book Signing from Mike C on Vimeo.

The main sport I follow these days is MMA and BJ Penn is my favorite fighter, so I thought I’d go down to a book signing he was doing in San Jose Friday night.

I thought there’d be a couple of hundred people there and that I’d be in and out in an hour or so. Boy, was I wrong! The book store was packed. I asked an employee how many people had shown up and he estimated somewhere between 800 – 1000 people. Crazy.

I ended up sticking it out, got an autograph and a handshake. Luckily, everyone in line was friendly, so the few hours we spent together in line weren’t too bad. Penn looked pretty tired and had sunglasses due to a tough loss the previous week in Abu Dhabi.

Music used:

• “Hawaii ’78″ from Facing Future by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole

Here are a couple of quick YouTube videos showing off some of his crazy flexibilty and athleticism:

February hasn’t been the best of months. A good friend had a bit of a rough month health-wise. Fortunately, though things were looking a little hairy for a while, he’s doing a lot better now.

Stuff I’ve watched/read this month:

movies & books

• The Invention of Lying
• The Family Man
• The Hunger Games
• Catching Fire

tv

• Pawn Stars
• Sons of Anarchy

Misc. February Events

• 2010 Winter Olympics
• Valentine’s Day
• Family Get-Together
• UFC 110: Big Nog losing (bummer); Wandy winning (cool!)