#19: Counting the Laughs, Regional Transport, & Our Celebrity Look-Alikes

As previously mentioned, our site server crashed the other day, so in case you were wondering where some of the forum comments went the answer is up to server heaven. Apparently the entire hard drive completely failed and had to be replaced which we were told barely ever happens, but it did. If you can't see the images in recent blogs, that's also the reason--your ISP hasn't yet updated the DNS information for our new server. If you can understand that, kudos to you. All I can say is better now than later.

In other news, Danny recently made the astute observation on my ever increasing usage of the Count von Count laugh. A few years ago we saw an episode of Sesame Street where the Count was doing what he does best--counting. "One bouncy ball, two bouncy balls, Ha! Ha! Ha!" Except that his laugh is inverted, so it's more like "Ah! Ah! Ah!"

This laugh of his was incredibly amusing to me, especially since I didn't grow up with the show. So we starting imitating it as a joke once in a while. I think I overdid it though, because it's now found its way into my regular laugh, which is a bit bizarre. It is not exactly what one calls a natural laugh. However, with Halloween approaching, maybe it's a little more appropriate now.




It seems the place you live affects the type of car you drive, but not necessarily in relation to your needs in that place. In Miami, where Danny's parents live, there are a gazillion Hummers. Why someone in the completely flat terrain of southern Florida would need one is beyond me (I blame Arnold). In Boulder, however, the Toyota Prius is clearly the vehicle of choice. This is despite Colorado actually having mountains and rugged terrain. I've seen exactly one Hummer in Colorado, and exactly one Prius in Florida. I do have to admit, I mostly only started paying attention after I watched Who Killed the Electric Car. Who knew the first cars were electric?



Heart,
Nina