I know it’s been a while, so I figured it’s appropriate for me to get [what's left of] you guys up to speed on what’s been going on in my life.

January – March: I don’t remember.

April: I went to the Frozen Four (NCAA hockey tournament) in Detroit.

May: I got an iPad.

I think that just about covers it. There is the story about going vole hunting with my kids, but I have to save something for my next post, don’t I?

I got a Jackson 5 CD for Christmas, and it includes this, my current favorite (though it’s technically a Michael Jackson song, not Jackson 5).

Two things I know to be true:
1) 32 year old men with limited musical talent can’t sing the same notes as pre-teen Michael Jackson (especially true of the chorus of this song, skip ahead to the 1:10 mark – I get some pretty strange looks from other drivers when I contort my face in order to hit those notes).

2) The person who selected Michael’s outfit for that American Bandstand performance has a sick sense of humor.

[On an unrelated note, I'm having some communication issues with my web host, so it's possible that this site may disappear sometime soon. I'm working on trying to transfer it, so please standby.]

On kindergarten… The boy started kindergarten last month, and hardly any tears were shed!

On weight loss… Down 37 pounds so far. I had to buy a bunch of new pants – “skinny pants,” as I like to call them. (And yes, Jasmine, they’re pleated. Flat-front pants aren’t meant for dudes with butts.) Also, I scored a $9 jacket at a thrift store, and it’s slimming effect is nothing short of magical. If I get a good picture of me in the magical jacket, I’ll post it.

On the square root of 4… No update, it’s still 2.

On the future of “Say What?” posts… I’ve been following my daughter around with my iPhone, recording everything I can. I’ll get a good mix of words, and will post another one soon. And like I mentioned in the comments, I’m going to do this one like the old music quizzes (remember those?), so you can’t see other people’s answers. And maybe there will be prizes! Nobo, no cheating this time.

On Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii… Somebody needs to buy this game so that we can play online and I can beat you. If you’ve got it, and you’re not afraid to get your feelings hurt, let me know!

On my job (that I love)… It’s bananas! That’s most of the reason why I haven’t been blogging as much lately. In the evenings, I’m catching up on all the work email I didn’t have time to address during the day. There’s a light at the end of the bananas tunnel though, so I’d expect that within the next month or so, I’ll be posting hourly (outside of work hours, boss!) in order to compensate for the past 6 months.

- For the first time in the history of the world, I correctly picked the four Final Four teams in the NCAA basketball tournament. Then like an hour later, Tiger Woods made a 16 foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. That’s the good news. The bad news is that I didn’t bet any money on either.

- I had set out some traps because of the increased vole activity in and around my garage. For two and a half weeks, I had traps set out with peanut butter for bait, but they just sat there. This morning, I put a small piece of leftover colby jack cheese in a trap before going to work. I returned 8 hours later to find one deceased rodent. Which leads me to ask, what’s wrong with peanut butter? It’s not like it was cheap store brand, it was Peter Pan!

- Apple released an update for iLife ’09 last week, it fixed a couple of my complaints about iPhoto. So never mind how I used to refer to the “faces” feature as “feces.” It’s still not great, but it’s way better.

- I’m watching American Idol right now, for the first time this season. Through two performances, I’m just about ready to vomit.

- I’m going to do another photo assignment ASAP. If there’s enough participation, maybe I’ll do that requested guitar video. While wearing a sweater vest. And singing.

- Just kidding about the vest and the singing.

Let’s say, hypothetically speaking, I was learning the chords to play Don McLean’s American Pie. Do you think my African-American card would just be suspended, or would it be revoked all together?

And if I was singing along, would that change your answer?

Thanks in advance for answering this question based on an entirely hypothetical situation.