A couple of months ago, I included some audio of my boy singing the national anthem in this post. At least one of you demanded more. And from my perspective, if I can make a reader happy by letting my son come up with blog content for me, well, it’s win-win.

Here’s a little America (aka My Country ‘Tis of Thee):

And how about a little love for our friends north of the border?:

Next time: the Guyanese national anthem and “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”

Oh yeah, I neglected to mention ahead of time that last week and this week are by far the busiest weeks for me at work. All that computer time at work, combined with the 4-month old and 3-year old at home meant less recreational computing time. It also means more gray hairs.

I miss the early summer when there was nothing on TV that kept me up past 10:00.

I won’t get into politics here, but let me ask you this: what’s with presidents being left-handed? The only right-handed president since 1980 is the current president. Both Obama and McCain are lefties. Past candidates John Kerry and Bob Dole, too. And Ned Flanders.

It has come to my attention that some people on the internet believe I should see the movie Napoleon Dynamite. I had a cleverly crafted response to this in my head on Tuesday, but it was pushed out by a constant barrage of knock knock jokes, which the boy has just learned. I’ll more formally respond later, but I did want to try to acknowledge those efforts within a somewhat reasonable time. And to keep you all up to date, I haven’t seen it yet.

For our anniversary (which isn’t for a couple more weeks), the wife and I recently went online and bought ourselves some Crocs.  Quick tangent:  while I don’t hate on dudes who wear Crocs, I’m very much from the school of thought that says there is just a small subset of men who can get away with wearing Crocs.  And I’m not in that subset.  It’s a shame, because they do look comfortable.  And for me, 9 out of 10 times, comfort wins over fashion.  But 10 out of 10 times, the fear of turning into a woman wins over comfort.

Anyway, when the wife said she wanted to get herself new Crocs (she’s had a pair for a while), I figured I’d take a look on their website to see what they had.  Though I knew there were different Croc models, I assumed they all somewhat resemble the Beach Crocs that everyone’s so familiar with.  Still, I though they might have some Penn State branded Crocs that I might be able to pull off.  Long story short, while looking at their site, I came across these Venture Leather Crocs.  And though I was a little skeptical even after reading a few favorable reviews, I got them.

These things are fantastic. They’re like the mullet of shoes:  business on top, party on the bottom.  Except it’s even better than a mullet, because nobody thinks I’m a redneck as a result of wearing them.  It’s the best of both worlds - they’re comfortable like Beach Crocs, but they don’t look like Crocs, so I don’t live in fear that my man card will be revoked.

But it’s more than feeling comfortable, I feel empowered.  I feel like I’m beating the system. These shoes make me want to go to my employer and ask if I can wear Crocs to work.  And then when they say “no,” I’ll giggle.  I’ll giggle because I’m already wearing Crocs to work.  I win.

I’ll stop short of saying they’re the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever owned, but they’re far and away the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever owned that I can wear to work.  And though they’re a bit more expensive than I’d prefer, and they’ve yet to prove that they’re durable, I highly recommend them to guys out there wanting comfortable work shoes.  And for clarification, I don’t recommend real mullets.

Though I’m happy that I’ll be able to go to bed at a reasonable hour, I’m sad that the Olympics are over. I love me some Olympics. Here are my top 10 lasting memories from this year’s games:

10) The Cuban taekwondo athlete who kicked the ref in the face and got banned for life
9) That Serbian dude who sucks at touching a wall and let Michael Phelps beat him in the 100m butterfly
8 ) The opening ceremony
7) Sub-par performance of US sprinters
6) German weightlifter Matthias Steiner (who vowed to win the gold for his wife who died in a car accident last year) won gold, even after dropping a bar with more than 500 pounds on his neck (pictures here, scroll down below the volleyball shots)
5) The amazing venues - mainly the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube
4) Usain Bolt breaking the 12-year old 200m world record
3) Jason Lezak chasing down and passing that French guy in the 4×100m relay
2) Phelps setting the career gold medal mark (more impressive to me than winning 8 in one Olympics is winning 14 in two)
1) Bolt jogging 9.92 seconds in the 100m prelims, then easing to the finish and running 9.69 seconds in the final, which is insane

What’s worse, synchronized diving or doubles luge?

Would you pay $3.33 for a funny white American? (see below)