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Personal

Cotton’s New Roomie


Today Cotton came home to find his stuff shuffled and new stuff in one of the rooms of the apt. Little did Cotton know his new roomie was also in the apt, just very well camouflaged. Yep Cotton got a new roomie today and doesn’t know anything about him, just keeps seeing more stuff pile up. My guess is he’s a sniper and loves sneaking around, what’s your guess?. We’re having a contest here to see who can find out / make up the most about Cotton’s roommate before he does. (And yes I found this picture by typing roommate into Google images!)

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McBalderdash

McBalderdash Results


After much deliberation, the McBalderdash results are in!

Here’s the real answer: C.H.H.A.= Canadian Hard of Hearing Association

Rachel: 82.4 points for being the first one to submit a response! And .3 points for involving McMom’s favorite animal in your answer. Tyler: 82.7 points for using the word anonymous, but -.7 points for using the word “hunter,” which had already been used by Rachel. Brad: 82.6 points for creating a weird mental image in our minds Pace: 82.5 points for mentioning the children of Hungary Joy: 82.8 points for having such an original answer, but -.7 points for using the crude term “hooter.” TMom: 82.7 points for using the word Crusty, but -.7 for using the word “Hog” which was already used by Rachel (apparently everyone wants to BE Rachel!), but .5 points for involving the older crowd, aka the Boomers, in your answer. Melissa Keck: 82.9 points for mustering up the courage to post on our blog, but -.9 points for not really being the one who posted it. Jason McGowan: -82.9 points for rarely reading our blog and not posting anything for McBalderdash, but 82.97 points for donating money to the McBlog Foundation.

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McBlog

Man of the Month


Man of the month is

Jason McGowan

for his multiple charitable donations to McBlog.

We also wanted to note the smooth transition to a new server, besides the loss of the picture show on the left, (don’t worry it will be replaced soon) What’s that mean for you? Hopefully faster page loads and that’s about it. But please let me know if you find any errors as it’s a very delicate process. And we do apologize for the lull in posts. Joy is supposed to be posting McBalderdash scores next, so we are all waiting for that!

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Chase

Watch Chase Dance!

Watch Chase dance! Flash (333KB)

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Personal

Monopoly Madness


Last night I joined in playing a game of Monopoly with some co-workers and mission buds. They play the game the way it should be played, very seriously. In addition to the printed rules, these rules are usually enforced: No talking deals unless it’s your turn BEFORE you roll, no payments after the next person rolls, if you remind someone to collect money, you pay in place of the person who landed on the property, no immunities, no paying for other players’ debt. And prob some others that I missed. This game was intense, and with seven of us still in the game after 3 hours of play, pride was on the line as to who went out first. With tons of flip flops and almost bankruptcies it was very fun. Around 1:15am it got to the point where Jason and Aaron were offering real money to people for their properties. Here’s how the final score broke down.

  1. Jason McGowan
  2. Aaron Wagner
  3. Pace McCulloch (new nikes)
  4. Stephan Taeger
  5. Ricky Butler ($20 cash and 20 bucks at Magleby’s Grill)
  6. Derek Batisti (free fake Rolex)
  7. Dustin “the Biggest Loser” Draper (Two tickets to BYU home game)

Considering my competition, I’m pretty happy with getting third (and some new shoes). Good game guys, I look forward to the rematch!

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Reviews

Plain Old Vanilla

I’m copying Josh Porter by writing a little about the fairly new vanilla Frosties at Wendy’s. I think they’re pretty good, if you like plain vanilla-flavored things. Supposedly they’re trying to target young adults by having a new breakfast menu and introducing this vanilla Frosty. Seems ironic because usually young people seek for flashier things, not more plain and simple things. But whatever, some people don’t like chocolate (heaven forbid) and also it’s nice to choose which flavor rather than always getting the predictable chocolate Frosty. I think this vanilla one basically tastes like soft serve ice cream, or a chocolate Frosty with vanilla rather than chocolate flavoring. No matter what, it beats a plain vanilla shake from any of the other fast food chains! Go ahead and try one today! (Wendy’s should pay us for this.)

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Personal

Our first donation!


We wanted to give a special tribute to the first contributor to McBlog.

JASON MCGOWAN

If you’d like to follow Jason’s lead, please scroll down and click on DONATE to McBlog

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McUpdate

What a Clever Child

FeetiesWhat a clever child our little Chase has grown up to be. I feel very motherly writing about this, so that title was kind of a joke. But kind of not, actually. Chase has some entertaining new tricks! He can now hold onto his toes with his hands when he’s lying on his back or sitting. It’s really cute! He grabs onto things all the time, such as my hair, and won’t let go (now I know why mommies like to chop off all their hair). He gets fussy at times, and the only thing that will console him is going outside. But he also laughs more now, especially when Pace comes home and puts on a little “Daddy Show”. He seems to get a bit bewildered when we’re around lots of people though, because he won’t smile and definitely won’t laugh when we’re in groups or crowds. He pays attention when I read stories to him, especially when I sing the book “I’m So Glad When Daddy Comes Home”, which was given to him by Grandma TMom. He drools a lot, blows bubbles with the drool, sucks on his lower lip, and goes “bbmbmmbbbmbmm” with his lips (like the car sound). He also slept through the night last night for the first time in quite a while! I hope that’s a little trick that he will continue to do. Another thing is that when we lay him down on his back, he raises his head and his legs up off the floor, as if he’s trying really hard to get up and walk around. It’s pretty funny. But at least he’s giving his abs a workout– cause he’s definitely turned into a little chubberboy!

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Married Lessons

Oh My Beloved Pineapple

Yesterday we had Jason McGowan over for dinner, and we had some delicious pineapple with our food. It was soooo good. Pineapple is either my first or second favorite fruit. I also like to keep it in the kitchen for a day or two after I buy it because I think it is beautiful. (We got it at Wal Mart for 1.98; what a great price!) Anyway, back to my story… We ate it and ate it… soon there were three tiny chunks left. Then we all realized that our tongues were burning as if we had drunk some scalding hot chocolate. That was how I described it. The men compared the feeling to having just licked a battery. I have never done such a thing, so I wouldn’t know. But the lesson learned here was that “moderation in all things” is really a good idea.

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Caption Contest

Caption Contest

Yes, McBalderdash and a caption contest! I know it’s a high demand of creativity. But when I saw this picture on walmart.com for baby blockers, I had to put it up.