I was taking the Sky Train (elevated transit not a magic train) to work the other day and happened to look down just as the train was passing over a shady section of Metropolis, and by Metropolis I mean Superman's Metropolis. It was actually a block long movie set they use to film Smallville. Is that still on the air? Anyway, it was very weird to be suddenly travelling over seedy looking brownstones, especially since we don't have brownstones here.
It was Chinese New Year a couple days back, Year of the ... Unicorn? Gerbil? I don't know. Possibly a bunny. Anyway, one of the traditional New Year's gifts given out to children or younger unmarried people or your favourite waiter is little red envelopes filled with money. As usual, the boys made out like theives.
They graciously shared some of their money to pay the delivery guy for some beef brisket hot pot and chow mien. Thanks boys.
Supreme Leader sent me this email at work the other day. She'd just arrived home after taking the boys out to get their hair cut and to buy a new coffee machine:
We had picked out the coffee maker and Connor wanted to help and carry it, Liam wanted to help too but Connor wouldn't let him. There ensued a mini tantrum, tears and pitiful cries of Connor being mean and not wanting him to be helpful. I suggested to Connor that they should take turns. Connor gave the box to Liam who tried to carry it and walk, he was having trouble and said, I hope I remembered the words exactly, "Could someone wipe my eyes, I can't see very well with these tears in my eyes."
Gratuitous baby shot.
So the postcards have been rolling in and they have been entertaining. One of them was so amazing we're actually buying a frame for it. Unfortunately, I totally lost track of who I did and didn't get a hold of, so if you said you wanted in on this and I haven't traded addresses with you yet, let me know. For everybody else, they're out and at the whim of your country's postal service.
Random Tuesday, and I actually managed to do it on Tuesday.
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god love the spammers...err...
ReplyDeletenice MLB logo...gotta love kids and the things they use to fight over...cute email...are you serious they scored money on chinese new year? i feel gipped...
I wish our trains were called sky trains. You need to take a photo and post it, I'd like to see Metropolis. I don't think Smallville is on anymore other than her in Germany, where all things American are awesome. Including the women, Anonymous. ;)
ReplyDeleteHooray! On Tuesday! As usual, you have Cool Randomness, good sir!
ReplyDeleteAnd let's see a pic of the awesome card! Inquiring minds want to know :)
Excellent RT! And the coffee maker even made it home unbroken, I take it.
ReplyDeleteShall we all go spam anonymous's fabulous-sounding blog now?
Know what you mean about high beams in the city, maybe they need their eyes checked.
ReplyDeleteLove the email and Connor's request; out of the mouths of babes!
Not sure it's possible to have a baby any more beautiful than this Captain... ya done good!
I was really expecting to read that the coffee maker bit the dust due to the helpful attentions of your boys. I'm glad that wasn't the case, coffee makers are expensive. Love that line from Liam about the tears, that's a classic.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tuesday!
High beams are my lifeline in my neck of the woods. Deer, moose, snow drifts, combines with 8 hay bales and good God what was that creature that just crawled out in front of me, all on the highway coming home at night. But heaven help the guy who doesn't turn his down while passing me!
ReplyDeleteOMG! That baby gets cuter every day!!!
ReplyDeletePoor Liam! I hope someone helped him out!
The spammer hit me this morning too. That guy needs a life. He's certainly NOT going to get a wife with that attitude!
I need a picture of Metropolis, too. And spammers never hit me. I get enough passive-aggressive people who know me in real life to screw with my comments.
ReplyDeletedid you take photographs of the set or metropolis? My father was born in Metropolis, Illinois and they have a water tower there with Superman on it. I've always wanted to see the little town. I have seen the water tower via photo.
ReplyDeleteOh crap. You got spammed by *that guy*.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on making the Tuesday deadline.
Fave line today: elevated transit not a magic train. Or is it a magic train? I've never been on a train over Smallville. Hmm . . .
Happy RTT!
I know for a fact that my postcard is not frame worthy, unless you get really excited about a mouse's 40th birthday.... Or do you???
ReplyDeleteI work at a bank that has a lot of Asian people that come in and we were swamped getting asked for new money. Unfortunately we were not gifted any by them!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm still waiting to be contacted about a postcard! kendrasue18@gmail.com
High beams in the city!?!! I've never heard of such a thing...wacky stuff I tell ya!
ReplyDeleteThat baby is amazingly cute...seriously.
Tear wiping story is Classic!!
Great RTT, Capt. D!
Damn you with the baby shot at the end. How was I supposed to remember what I was going to say? You just put those up to get chicks to comment, don't you?
ReplyDeleteI thought it was the year of the Gerbilcorn. It is at my house. (go look it up)
I waited until the dental drugs wore off to post a comment, and Finn still looks adorable!
ReplyDeleteI emailed you my address last week(I think) but do not have yours for your postcard.
That major league bounties logo will be mine, oh yes.
ReplyDeleteBoy, them kids sure do love coffee.
How do I get in on the money thing? We are clearly not hanging out in the right place for that!
ReplyDeleteHigh beams are a problem where I live, too. I also don't get oversized SUVs driven at sea level. So much wasted fuel!
Happy RTT.
What, your city does not have a magic train? Pffft.
ReplyDeletePlease, someone! Could someone wipe my tears of laughter?
Thanks for another Awesome Tuesday, sir!
Got mine in the mail the other day, thanks!
ReplyDeleteDo share a pic of the one you want to frame.
Love the pic! Cutie for sure! I got my postcard - did you get mine? The only one from Chicago, remember? I had issues with postage so I don't know if it is coming back to me :( And btw, Smallville is still on! It is in its last season and has just been on winter hiatus. It returns this Friday night. And I would love to meet Tom Welling. Why don't they just have him be Superman in the movies, for Pete's sake instead of changing them every time. Now, its some British fellow or bloke, as they say. That is cool that you live near the set. I am jealous. No, I am not a fan. Never seen the show at all, I swear
ReplyDeleteI can JUST hear him saying that!! And damn- send me the name and address again. I PROMISE to send the !)(#*&@ postcard!!!
ReplyDeletexoxox
So you fly through the air to get to work? That is pretty magnificent. Goddamn it, the postcards. Yes, the postcards.
ReplyDeleteYou know, an alternate interpretation of SkyTrain never occurred to me. Now I'm looking at Calgary's C-Train in a whole new light.
ReplyDeleteDid you get that anti american woman guy again too? I tried to go over there once to point out that I'm Canadian, but you can't (unsurprisingly) comment on his ranty blog.
Finn's getting bigger each time. I'll bet you are getting a ton of cool postcards...that was a great idea! Hopefully the postal service to Texas won't get held up more by our "winter event" the next couple days!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad my youngest does not know about the red-envelope-full-of-money tradition for Chinese New Year. She already thinks the Tooth Fairy should leave her $20 per tooth...
ReplyDeleteHow do you not spend all day biting his cheeks?!? He is so dang cute!
ReplyDeleteEverybody drives with their brights here too. It's soooo annoying! Especially when you flash them like 102987410298752093485 times and they just ignore you and laugh to themselves when you cant see your green arrow cause you have been blinded by their 475 watt bulbs!
Lukas got one of those envelopes. I, unfortunately, sat on it and put a crease in it. My name has been dirt ever since.
ReplyDeleteI love baby pictures in bathtubs....trust me, they will come in handy, too, later in their lives!
ReplyDeleteWell randomed. That's one surprised baby in that bathtub.
ReplyDeleteI went to a Chinese New Year party and ate loads of hot pot beef and greens but *nobody* handed me a money-filled red envelope.
ReplyDeleteHarumph.
Ellie
Dude, at least your wacky neighbors are using headlights. Can't tell you how many time I've almost hit someone because they had no lights on because they WERE DRIVING THEIR LAWNMOWER DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I suck at titles too. =)
ReplyDeleteShit! Apparently I missed some spam commenter who needs to be pointed at and laughed off the internet.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, that Superman set thing is cool...I ride past it everyday and they are always running about and filming. And the warehouse next to it has a plaque saying "Luthercorp." Too bad you missed it a couple of weeks ago because they built a facade of his ice crystal palace in the parking lot.
I'd send you a postcard, but it would probably be a little redundant :)
I have GOT to send you my post card! I haven't been able to find a Northern VA one - so it's going to have to be DC. And I feel like a total poser because I grew up in DC and found it really annoying when people from VA or MD said they were from DC. Oh well - I guess being a grownup is all about being a sell out right?
ReplyDeleteThat is too cute!!
ReplyDeleteomg send me your address, I'll send you a postcard...!!
ReplyDeleteIt is a most cute gratuitous baby shot. You can never have too many of those.
ReplyDeleteBaby in bath shot gets double cute points, gratuitous or not.
ReplyDeleteYour baby is adorable... and even with the spam gone I know who you are talking about I got hit a few weeks ago..he's a total loser
ReplyDeleteI need to get in on the red money envelope thing. I am neither young or unmarried but I would still like some of that action.
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