Yesterday, my mom was walking through Wal Mart with my son. He asked, "What's that Maw Maw?"

I'm not 100% sure, but I might have made fun of Mrs. theskinnyonbenny when she joined Facebook. If I did, it was a good natured accusation of trying to hold on to fading youth, just as she did to me when I surrounded my phone with a bright green protective case.

Just before tipoff, I got Vanya and Mrs. theskinnyonbenny back in the bedroom watching Dancing With the Stars. I went to the den, lit up the big giant TV, and got ready for the game. But I still don't know what happened.

This is a photo of Vanya's first minute in his first soccer game.

I really don't know how Jared Fogle managed that Subway diet when he was a 450 lb fat ass. I'm on day three of eating healthy, and if you offered me a candy bar in exchange for my murdering a kitten, I'd snap kitty's neck lickity-split.

I don't remember where I was or what the source was, but a week or two ago, I heard that you could get LSU license plates for your car in Texas.

Our kitchen is being remodeled. Right now, it's a big empty room, without cabinets or even walls or ceiling. The main objective of the rennovation was to get our washer and dryer out of the kitchen. Mission accomplished. They now sit useless in the dining room.

Oveheard during the St. Patrick's day stuff a couple of weekends ago: Mrs. theskinnyonbenny: Lily pulled a "Lassie" this week.

This morning, I relit the pilot light on our water heater. I've never lit a pilot light before, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I feel a bit more like a real man than I did yesterday.

I think the "Funniest Show on TV" title made a move this fall. I'm going to have to put 30 Rock ahead of The Office or Flight of the Conchords. The gag that runs from seconds 28-45 of this episode was so funny that my laughing (in the room alone) drowned out all of the rest of the opening segment, as well as the entire theme song/credits section of the show. It might be the hardest I've laughed at a sitcom.

I haven't posted worth a damn in February. Normal excuses -- busy at work, my house is a zoo in the evenings, etc. (I do wish I had been quick enough and clever enough to compare Governor Jindal's address to Kenneth on 30 Rock, but I am neither. Also, I was watching LSU play Florida on ESPN, so I only caught a couple of snippits during commercial breaks.)

If you've been reading between the lines, you've figured out that I spend most of my work days at either a fancy new state office building, or at a filthy local building that's occupied by one of the state's contractors. I've been working with this contractor since August without ever once mentioning to anyone at either place that my friend Amanda is an employee of theirs.