Ana with her bunny

Figueroa Goes To Ithaca (start at bottom)

Hi, guys. Got room for one more?

You'll never get me on that thing.

Hey! Don't pull so hard.

His last meal with his family. He's the one with the massive head.

Yet More

here.

More Veteran's Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7oBeQ4Y6xo

On Veteran's Day

My grandfather, Sebastian Justin Frey, in World War I, which ended at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 1918. He was born in 1892, so he would have been somewhere between 22 and 26 in this picture.

Uncle Ned at work

Both of these are featured in a collection of funny song graphs and Venn diagrams here, and yes, indeed, Uncle Ned is Mister Hippity. It's possible to vote for your favorite and, even though some of the others are pretty funny (see for example the Meatloaf one), Uncle Ned's contributions currently rank #2 and #7. What a world!

Update:

I am advised by The Artist Himself that he has been even busier than I realized.



Currently ranked #6.

Blog Numerology

The blog passed 50,000 visits the other day. Sadly, I didn't notice in time to figure out whose was the 50,000th visit (SiteMeter only stores data for the most recent 100 visits.) Here are the stats as of today:

Total
50,161
Average Per Day
28
Average Visit Length
1:27
Last Hour
2
Today
13
This Week
197

PAGE VIEWS

Total
111,476
Average Per Day
50
Average Per Visit
1.8
Last Hour
16
Today
46
This Week
352

Now, here's some food for thought: in February 2010, the blog will be five years old. Five years! Pretty amazing. How should we commemorate it? We had a best-post write-in vote for the First Blogiversary but since then we've let it slide. We shouldn't let this one slide. Think about it.

MFYs/Colin WIN!

The best team won. Johnny Damon was a hero. It's time for a little humble pie, Red Sox fans.

One more

I couldn't get Blogger to let me put three videos into the previous post, but I really wanted to add this one: "Danny Boy."

Dad in concert

Earlier this year, Dad met Red Raville when we joined the Sherburne Community Chorus. Shortly thereafter, Dad played the piano at a gathering at Clippingers' that Red attended -- and here's a result. On Saturday, Dad played with Red at the Vet's Home in Oxford. They sounded lovely. It didn't occur to me to bring the video camera, but once we got there I remembered that the regular camera can take short videos. Here are some clips. They're truncated and the sound may not be the greatest, but it'll give you the feel.