can you guess what ian was doing in this picture?

just going through old photos...

i need a dog

masking tape won't work this time

i dropped my camera on christmas eve...on my parents' hardwood floor. the lens is completely broken. :(

i need a new camera.
nothing fancy.
nothing toooooo pricey,
because knowing me...

i'll drop the son-of-a-gun.

good intentions gone awry and christmas cookies

i had every intention of posting my favorite snl clips until christmas day, but alas, the ones that bring me the most joy are either nowhere to be found or of extraordinarily poor quality. bummer.

i am posting, however, a slide show of the smith grandchildren baking homemade christmas cookies this afternoon at my house. here are: taylor, kate, chloe, ian, and ben...with a little bit of aunt jill thrown in.

the sixth day of christmas

here's one of juj's favorites, which i'm afraid could have been filmed in pike county...

the fifth day of christmas (or: oh man! copyright law is bumming me out!)

i had all of these christmas videos (from snl) that i wanted to share with you...but man, nbc is protecting their stuff. unfortunately, the nbc site does not have a plethora of snl christmas videos, so i am going to have to change my plans.

from here on out, i will pick snl videos that i think are pretty darn funny, and will hopefully make you smile during this holiday season.

my first "non-christmas" pick is the following sketch of bill murray and gilda radner...it's priceless (although the humor doesn't really kick in until gilda arrives). so here they are: todd and lisa

the fourth day of christmas

this is an oldie, but a goodie. i posted it last year, too.

the third day of christmas

probably the funniest SNL sketch ever...

the second day of christmas

give it on up to homelessville.

the 12 days of christmas...

...SNL style.

in the hopes of spreading some electronic christmas cheer, i'm going to post my favorite "saturday night live" christmas sketches here until december 25.

so, on the first day of christmas, we have john malkovich reading "the night before christmas". i'm not a huge malkovich fan, but i still found him charming and humorous in this sketch.

some men ARE dogs

our church showed this extremely funny video during a transition today. if you haven't watched it, check it out. it's completely brilliant:



okay, so i was reading some of the comments on youtube that were posted below the video. these were unbelievable...

1. mustardman wrote:
Women are quite simple minded once you learn to ignore all the bullsh*t. You never listen to what they say because it's all bullsh*t even if many of them actually believe it. It is how they actually respond. Case in point, they all say they want a nice guy that kisses their a** and puts them on a pedestal when in fact nice guys often do finish last.......except in movies.

2. later, mustardman comes up with this beauty:
Just do what I do. Don't put up with their sh*t. Everywhere I go, in everything I do. I am the boss. I almost never do it verbally but a look is often good enough. The nice benefit to this is that ALL women secretly WANT men to be this way. As soon as you act spineless they no longer have any respect for you even though they say otherwise.

hmmm...he simply intimidates with a look? what a turd.

3. realitycheck offered this pearl:
I want to see a commercial about how women today only want. (Jodi: I'm not sure what realitycheck means here. maybe he needs a grammar-check.) Most have no skills like laundry or cooking anymore but they still want a man to carry them. Nothing to offer but sex. Let's see a panel of men speaking in a condescending manner to a woman about how she has no depth and spends all of her time trying to look pretty. She needs to get her own job and buy her own things. Any woman that wants to be appreciated needs to give a man a reason to be appreciative.

do these guys really live in the 21st century? oh, and laundry is a "skill"?

4. aunty virus adds:
is it any wonder men become gay?

well, there you have it. now we know what "causes" homosexuality. :)

5. allisonhappyallison does not have a strong hold on spelling, capitalization or the English language as a whole yet:
Its the women who are thought less and sefl centerd. Guys are gadget orientated, we love Practical stuff, stuff you can use. Have you ever given you Husband a new saw or screwdriver? you do it because you want him to be useful around the house and he appreciates that . So why get up set when he thinks the same way? vacuums are useful. dont you want to be a use full wife?

i'm wondering if this dude's wife is "allison". allison, honey, are you happy out there???

and last, but certainly not least...

6. llGardDZll won't be getting married anytime soon:
If I ever end up with a fat ungrateful wife I'll know where I'll be shopping.

football 2008

Ian's Football Highlights: Fall 2008 from Jodi Gillen on Vimeo.