The Monster Jam! It Was A Grave Digger Smash!

MONSTER JAM THUNDER NATIONALS FEATURING GRAVE DIGGER AT THE BLUE CROSS ARENA IN ROCHESTER, NY!
You have to admit that my wife gets me some pretty awesome xmas gifts...



STONE CRUSHER!



Who will win?  Eradicator or Grave Digger?



GRAVE DIGGER!!!  



This is a truck line up out of my 8 year old dreams...



The Grave Digger pennant/the tattoo I'm going to get...



Monster Jam is really good at coming up with products.  Products like the Digger Disc boomerang



Or the Grave Digger hat that came with cotton candy for only $15...



CANNONLADY!  The ceiling of the Blue Cross Arena is so low that they had to fire her from the minimum trajectory, which was still really close to the ceiling.  We found out that her entire family does this for a living and her husband blew himself up earlier as "the Human Bomb."  



Spiderman would have been much cooler if it didn't stall every time the drive hit the accelerator...



GRAVE DIGGER!



Just doing a few donuts...



Maximum Destruction was the true master of donuts.  I have to admit, I was genuinely impressed with this performance.



BACKDRAFT right before that rear tire went flat and he had to leave the show.









Evidence of a hard days work...



Teaching Rachel how to ice skate!  The facilities at Monroe Community College are really, really impressive.  






My strange ice skating still life...



This dog is so cute that in the time it will take you to read this sentence, 15 people have already emailed me about adopting her.  



And yes, my job is so awesome that this puppy is considered "job related."


That's it for now.  I have a string of weird blogs that will probably continue next week.  All I can really tell you is I'm changing my name to "Andy Warthog" for an evening in Buffalo.  Even I don't know what that means...

A Week In the Life of a Lollypop Farm Employee

I believe this sign should be made available to all employees having a rough day.  Perhaps in t-shirt form for those without an office.  



My getting to work wheels and my at work wheels.  Compare and contrast.  



THE BRICKS ARE IN!  YEAH!!!!  Thanks to Zaretsky and Associates landscaping for the installation.  Thanks to my team for all the work they've put into it.  Most of all, to all our donors for participating!!!



So many good bricks.  They look better now that they've been swept and it has rained



Lots of new birds at Lollypop Farm after a surrender.  These guys captivate my attention every time I walk by.  



Thanks to Dee for my new desk ornament.  It's Squash Beetlejuice!  Michael Keaton has never looked so good.



Thanks to Karen for my new creepy Puss In Boots clock.



OH MAN!  The set is going up for getting your Holiday Pet Photos.  At the very least, you should check out the pics of Santa with the animals.  But, it would be even better to sign up and have a picture taken with you furry friend at:


HOLIDAY PET PHOTO AT LOLLYPOP FARM


HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

The Adventures of Petey and _____

Megan on the "buttflower" at Cobbles Elementary School.  We went over to there with Tachel last weekend and all of us agreed that many kids must get injured on this playground.  And the thing Megan is riding is a physics experiment gone mad!



Judy as Vanna White showing off the copy machine.  Rumors of this copier ran rampant throughout the organization.  Unfortunately, this is just a loaner at this point.  We still get to keep the old Toshiba with over a million copies.  What will the future hold?



Dock and Neville.  Neville has a clean bill of health and a family.  YEAH!  Dock has neither.  BOO!



If only this wasn't blurry.  Maybe I'll have to do something like this to the ol' Nissan Versa. 


 
The newest member of the Lollypop family is Petey!  He's been adopted by Dee (and apparently the rest of the staff) and he could be any breed you could imagine.  Maybe even part Panda...






This is not a real dog.  It's just a stuffed animal...


FINAL WEEK! I'm helping organize the run/walk at Barktober Fest, which is this SATURDAY!  Lots of food, activities, and stuff if you want to come out to Egypt Park (next to Lollypop Farm).  And, if you like to donate to help homeless and abused animals, please visit: http://lollypop.kintera.org/barktoberfest/mike

Apparently, the Only One In America Not To Feel the Earthquake

PUPPY-MANIA!!!!



The Old Rifle Range Trail in Ellison Park.  In 1933, it was a classy gun club that turned into a nice nature preserve in 1994



The old gazebo overlooking the old, overgrown ranges



Megan trying to see the old grounds.



The wetlands between the Irondequoit creek and bay

Kayak in the wetlands



MEGAN!  



ME!









Crazy mushroom



My new favorite lawn ornament; South Park-ish Uncle Sam



These used cars were not available when I was shopping for a new car...


  
The Summer Red Wings 



Frontier Field



It was military/fireman (or something like that) appreciation night.  Lots of uniforms!



Rachel is the biggest baseball fan in the world!



Saw this in Topps.  I like that the lemon finds itself sour.  



THE FOSTER PUPPIES ARE HERE!  They had to come in to get their checkup with the vet and took over the office.  Poor Dock (the cat).



Poor Dock getting whacked in the face with a tail






The puppy riot was contained and brought back home.  



Dock and Neville can return to normal levels of trouble.


BARKTOBER FEST 2011 is on September 24th in Egypt Park (next to Lollypop Farm) and I'm on The Dirty Dogs team.  So, please support me (and the homeless and abused animals of Lollypop Farm) by going to http://lollypop.kintera.org/ba​rktoberfest/mike to make a donation!