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Find the host monkey

2010-04-16T17:21:00.000-07:00

I hope there is an allstar cast for this one too

ps-does anyone else enjoy the privilege of Donald Sutherland appearing in 1 out of 10 dreams?

I just cant seem to knock jons camera off the shelf

2010-04-01T14:18:00.000-07:00

Relaxed people

2010-03-29T11:55:00.000-07:00

He got the name off a hair dryer

2010-03-25T20:29:00.000-07:00

Look at that thing down there

2010-02-12T19:47:00.000-08:00

Bears- #1

2009-12-14T10:09:00.000-08:00

My favorite are the two longsleeve shirts at the bottom corners because they are the most direct and to the point.

Pick up lines at the Young Man's Christian Association

2009-12-10T07:32:00.000-08:00

Hey, you using those? (Referring to the 30 lb weights on the rack, while I'm several feet away actively using a pair of 15 lb-ers.)
Hey, you a cyclist? (As I am on the spin machine with an Ironman hat, bicycle shorts, bicycle shoes, a bicycle jersey, reading Bicycling Magazine.)
Hey, haven't seen you around lately! (I have never seen this person in my life before ever.)
You should bend your knees.
You know this song? (As I am mouthing every lyric.)
Mind if I use this? (Referring to a machine roughly ten machines away from me.)

Mouth full of carmel

2009-11-06T11:14:00.000-08:00

Ben and Jerrys will a carmelcore.
ps-just shaved all that hair off- It made me look too attractive.

What do YOU do with YOUR spare time?

2009-11-06T10:47:00.000-08:00

Can't beat it.

2009-09-12T08:36:00.001-07:00

It should be Beavers, but those darn cavemen crack me up.

2009-07-07T09:27:00.000-07:00

I saw a terrific show on the habits of beaver families which included a camera inside of the den. Beavers like to pat their own bellies and coat their entire bodies with an oil secreted from their butts or something. They are fun.

Hansel and Gretel

2009-06-05T08:30:00.000-07:00

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. . .

2009-05-20T06:43:00.001-07:00

Get it?

2009-05-19T14:17:00.000-07:00

TV channels

2009-05-15T07:12:00.000-07:00

I have downgraded to network TV, dumping cable, but added the NFL network. Who ever thought that utopia would cost under $20 a month.

"but I bought marge this vhs of the NHLs greatest bloopers." or something

Mikes house

2009-04-08T18:10:00.000-07:00

opening day

2009-04-07T08:55:00.001-07:00

Snowballs

2009-03-30T08:24:00.000-07:00

I got several inches over the weekend.
Looks as if Amy got several feet and right now, monday morning 10:25 CST, it looks as if she is getting dumped on.

Hope you can run in snow shoes!

2009-02-19T08:03:00.000-08:00

Better with Bacon

2009-02-10T08:55:00.000-08:00

My new favorite trick -- paste this URL in front of the URL for any web site you want: "http://bacolicio.us/"

For example:
http://bacolicio.us/http://www.vegan.org/about_veganism/index.html
http://bacolicio.us/http://www.thecupboulder.com/
http://bacolicio.us/http://ironman.com/
http://bacolicio.us/http://www.telenet.net/~martinv/
http://bacolicio.us/http://www.theolebarn.com/

Hours of fun ...

Super Bowel

2009-02-04T10:36:00.001-08:00

Get it? Bowel? Ahh, you'll catch on.

Good work getting to Showass Mountain siblings. Did you go up to town and look for shaun white? I would have. Did Jon hit rails on his teles? Did Erik buy a steak at lunch? Did Amy have designer goggles?

2009-01-20T13:56:00.000-08:00

FYI mike checks the computer once or twice a week until he can pay geeksquad for his computer back.

go fuck yourself
mvt

Call me radical

2009-01-12T08:52:00.000-08:00

I am tres excited for January 20th. I'll be toasting to the forthcoming eight years being proud, rather than embarrassed and enraged by our pres.

Still, I have trouble with inaugurations.

Obama's celebration will cost roughly $50 million in air-polluting fireworks, performers, anti-terrorist efforts, etc.

Can we just get Yo Yo Ma

and The Boss to play and call it a day?

Then, we could, you know, create some jobs, feed several African villages and chip away at ye old national debt.

Just a thought.

Love, Amy VT

For the dock at Hukweem?

2009-01-04T17:37:00.001-08:00

2008-12-19T07:41:00.001-08:00

Erik's 1980s holiday answering machine outgoing message

2008-12-13T16:08:00.000-08:00

If you're looking for the VanTassel clan
Allison, Amy, Erik, Michael, Jon, Dan
We're all out doing our Christmas shopping
At the time of year when everything's hopping
So leave your name and your number, too
And when we get home we'll get back to you
Bye

2008-11-29T18:38:00.000-08:00

Things I hate to have to do.

2008-11-26T05:22:00.000-08:00

:Nod in agreement when teacher looks my way.
:Shampoo(I have switched to bar soap for the hair).
:Say GodBlessYou(I have not said it to ANYone in ten years, feels great).
:Ration Milk sips during a meal when there is only one glass left.

Here we go: Three albums you have over played in 08. New or vintage.

2008-11-20T07:06:00.000-08:00

Crowded House: Woodface
Dylan: Talkin Blues
Steve Winwood Chronicles
Bonus Cassette: Hall&Oates- Ohh Yeah!

Wildlife I see daily

2008-11-13T07:58:00.001-08:00

garrison keillor

2008-10-30T22:27:00.000-07:00

Katie scored some sweetass tickets to garrison keillor, a stool and a microphone. There were a lot of acapella song stories about the habits of his 8 aunts and places along the mississippi. It is like watching stephen wright if he were 30 years older, old timey and hated lutherans. Or IS that stephen wright?

I named the performance: His Cousin, Whom I Knew Somewhat Well, Died Too

Components of my dream last night.

2008-10-28T13:56:00.000-07:00

football

2008-10-27T17:24:00.000-07:00

Can you find the following objects?
-Organized socks
-a false sense of future accomplishment
-a screen that would go "bong" if you flicked it
-a controller that would not work on a computer

Stengah

2008-10-24T20:07:00.000-07:00

It is 11:08pm EDT and Travis is enjoying an ice-cold stinger. How 'bout them apples?

Do you, or do you not like it when people say:

2008-10-21T08:40:00.000-07:00

"I would lose my head if it wasn't attached to me."

"I resemble that remark."

"Great minds think alike."

"Another day, another dime."

"Mazel tov" (when things break).

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do."

If Erik was in the MLB.

2008-10-19T17:00:00.000-07:00

Mr. bluebird's on my shoulder.

2008-10-14T09:45:00.000-07:00

ILLIMASSCONNRADOYORK

2008-10-09T09:15:00.000-07:00

Am I way off saying TJ lives in Conn.?
I'm pretty sure its Conn.?
I'm embarrassed if it is not Conn..

I was ready for some footaball

2008-10-06T11:06:00.001-07:00

And so was this guy.Erik got us club level seats, i got to cheer for whoever was winning, and(like a deleted scene from Back To The Future II) the big screen kept flashing Kyle Orton as the QB yardage leader for the weekend. Suck on that Eli.

Breaking Bad

2008-10-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

I hope that some of you have caught this show. I watched all of last season and am hoping for a soon to come second season.
Imagine the dad from malcom in the middle gets lung cancer and becomes Albuquerques newest Crystal Meth cooking drug lord in order to make money for his family to live on after he dies.
Go read about this show.

Phish Reunites

2008-10-01T12:36:00.000-07:00

What happened next?

2008-09-28T09:54:00.001-07:00

How do you say banana daquiri here in Cuba?

2008-09-26T08:39:00.001-07:00

I think you should give me your keys.

2008-09-25T20:17:00.000-07:00

The plaque for the alternates is in the ladies' room.

2008-09-25T15:59:00.001-07:00

Wrong answer.

2008-09-25T11:50:00.000-07:00

Trash can... remember the trash can...

2008-09-25T07:48:00.000-07:00

2008-09-23T15:02:00.001-07:00

Answers:

2008-09-22T07:53:00.000-07:00

Colorado College favs

2008-09-19T13:05:00.000-07:00

What do you suppose is the most popular accessory worn on the head?

Shoe choice?

Quad activity?

Breakfast food?

Form of non-motorized transportation?

I've conducted empirical research...

Dang!

2008-09-18T15:50:00.000-07:00

I keep walking into this dang reroutworthy pine.

What is the next sentence said and who said it?

2008-09-17T17:35:00.000-07:00

Mrs Snail: Lost on Campus

2008-09-15T21:21:00.000-07:00

Floods

2008-09-15T09:10:00.000-07:00

Frisbee golf round in DeKalb- Canceled

This dude on the Edens expressway never really enjoyed having twins anyway.

Edens expressway is swimming with motorists.

Out my back door.

2008-09-13T10:56:00.000-07:00

Those puffs of steam on the bottom left are from the Byron Nuclear plant's cooling towers about 20 miles away.
The darkness on the bottom is a fence, two train tracks and a whole lotta corn.

Just found this same rackquette at a sale.

2008-09-11T17:39:00.000-07:00

The Wilson "Sting" was made by the fine hands of the Elfs and is light blue whether orcs are present or not.

It is beautiful. I slept with it last night.(after sanitizing)

Evolution

2008-09-10T19:41:00.000-07:00

Did you guys know that McCains running mate Palin does not believe in any form of evolution?

vantassel.org/BRAT.GOV

2008-09-09T08:08:00.000-07:00

Should we align time-frames in view of a merger with
cross-linking benefits?

2008-09-08T08:24:00.000-07:00

2008-09-07T07:32:00.000-07:00

Why am I walking into a rock?

2008-09-03T18:39:00.000-07:00

And why am I in Bigfoot pose?

Sup loons

2008-09-03T15:16:00.000-07:00

We were soaked Amy.

2008-09-02T10:19:00.000-07:00

This was about a six hour round due to off and on hard rain. Here we are on the 18th with soggy britches and gloves.

What was Jon confusing Todd about?

2008-09-01T18:24:00.000-07:00

"My bike has wings."
"No, I don't eat beef unless I've killed the cow myself."
"I have created a Saxakeytarphone. It runs on steam and good thoughts."
"I can drink a gallon of water up through my butt."
"No dude, babies are bacteria machines." "This all sounds like a bad idea."

2008-08-14T16:19:00.000-07:00

2008-08-12T17:59:00.000-07:00

W.W.B.B.D

2008-07-22T20:00:00.000-07:00

I tell you what, he'd bring his custom underpants and his tennis racquet thats for sure.

2008-07-15T13:31:00.000-07:00

Ah to be young and in a tux.

2008-07-09T05:59:00.001-07:00

http://pictopia.com/perl/gal?gallery_id=49432&process=gallery&provider_id=595&ptp_photo_id=dekalb%3A5046734&sequencenum=&page=

Hey buttfarts!

2008-07-01T09:37:00.001-07:00

YouTube - bugsy siegel
I have been nursing my computer, which will be back up soon, so please pardon the interruption of communicapationy.

Jon- our first morning at camp last year was the morning of the picnic. Erik and Amy were wisely sneaking out of the driveway on which the picnic was held when I was about 20% through the meet and greet process. (they had a meeting in the middle of the lake with our 9th cousins)
Turns out that I was one of few people who were eventually kicked out after all others had gone: I dont remember which three octogenarians were with me at the end but I remember that they were each very old.
When I left I met Moonbeam Gibson and her husband/life partner/old man Flaxseed. They smelled like a headshop that sold more stickers than pipes.

I heard this years themed golf dinner will focus on MardiGras.
I'm gonna wear water wings.
Get it?
The Awful flooding of NewOrleans.
Naw, I'll just wear some beads.

Wait, sue laird flashed everyone last year while hula hooping during a luau themed party. I wonder what we will see this year.

Now I am here.

2008-06-26T06:02:00.000-07:00

I LOVE him.

2008-06-12T20:10:00.001-07:00

Do you?

summer 2008

2008-06-12T20:03:00.000-07:00

Booyakaashaa.

I'm unemployed in Brattleboro, going HERE tomorrow. Where, you ax?

Yay! We're white and in Denver! Wee!

2008-06-10T05:30:00.000-07:00

Nice work AMY!

2008-06-01T07:19:00.000-07:00

But watch out.- This picture was taken by a Denver ghost and alien hunter.

I hear the Alien is moving south.

Remember when football was all about the sex?

2008-05-28T21:08:00.000-07:00

What strikes me is the mid-summer tan on the man who played in NewJersey. I understand that the camera adds 10 shades, but you look like the drunken zombie of Jim Morrison in blackface.

I bought a car

2008-05-26T12:04:00.000-07:00

I am here.

2008-05-24T11:00:00.001-07:00

Totally worth it.

2008-05-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

Each match is like a minute long. Its as awesome as the last episode of the Office.

http://www.japanesebugfights.com/
http://www.japanesebugfights.com/15.htm

2008-05-18T10:31:00.000-07:00

TJ and Amy do Northampton, MA.

2008-05-15T10:45:00.000-07:00

Sorry you're all so jealous about the fact that the Wood Brothers signed my concert belt.

I'll be wearing this for the tourney.

2008-05-15T10:42:00.001-07:00

We have to golf in slacks this year- no matter the heat.

2008-05-14T20:37:00.000-07:00

Who is that, and are the Leach boys humoring him.

P.S. Dave Gloo(not pictured) has great hair!

They would not be here if we didnt use carts.

2008-05-12T21:55:00.000-07:00

2008-05-10T16:18:00.000-07:00

Ya'll are going to a concert in denver? which act?

Got one....

2008-05-07T18:39:00.000-07:00

So, what did she find a trap door in the closet or something?

Bassoon Workshop with JVT

2008-05-06T13:00:00.000-07:00

It was a good first session.
We learned a few things.
First that image is everything in music.
Second that Bassoons are very much like pianos, harmonicas, or chalk boards.
And finally that if you let you bones absorb the tones, subsequently consummated lyrics will follow.

Duh, ok coach.

2008-05-05T08:22:00.000-07:00

This is the Bears starting halfback Cedric Benson. Over the weekend he was charged with BWI and resisting arrest by Texas Boat Police.
Benson claims he was not intoxicated and was abused by the police.
Dragged off his boat and on the ground towards a police squad after being pappersprayed for resisting.

Benson denies it, but I have a strong feeling that his days as a Bear are up.

Thankfully, Jon, we have drafted a hell of a back out of Tulane in the second round named Forte.

"Grossman hands off to Forte"
I like it the sound of that.

2008-05-01T14:56:00.000-07:00

Fri, Jun 6, 2008
Departs 7:30am, Arrives 9:46am
Frontier Airlines 314
Hartford/Windsor Locks, CT to Denver, CO

Sun, Jun 8, 2008
Departs 8:26am, Arrives 3:59pm
United Airlines 348 / 7253
Denver, CO to Hartford/Windsor Locks, CT

Aint nuthin wrong with

2008-05-01T07:23:00.000-07:00

Back to these musings, I maintain there aint nuthin wrong with:

chocolate chips on your cereal
driving with the top down, heat on
using your college banner as a beach blanket
saying "a whole nuther"
changing into your bathing suit while driving
tricking children
to-do lists in the middle of your interview notes
blowing your nose in the shower
watching the Jeopardy that's two minutes ahead of the Jeopardy on another channel and impressing yourself with your correct answers on the later one
no underwear with a skirt
eating the lb-priced food from the bins while you shop
making a cheese etc. sandwich in the Dining Hall at lunch to take home for a panino for dinner
snatching a loaf of VT multigrain from the Dining Hall for said panini
loving corn dogs

Derby champion not getting laid

2008-04-28T18:25:00.000-07:00

Lo and behold, "stallions" do not, in fact, always lay a shitload of pipe. Check out the recent article in the NYTimes discussing the vagaries of the 9 year-old (what were you doing in 3rd grade?) equine ejaculation (that's right, only once in the presence of a lady since 2006; bachelors, take note).

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/sports/othersports/28emblem.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin

P.S. Jon sucks Guatemalan scrotum (in case any attribution scholars are out there)

soundtrack to our lives

2008-04-28T06:52:00.000-07:00

A. Bros are playing in historic Troy, NY Thursday, July 3rd. Anyone going to Camp for the 4th weekend (Hukweem reunion) and wanna hit the show on the way up?

They're also playing in Burlington, VT on Friday the 8th. Stuff Buckle's he-un-di or E-Dogg's rental, take the ferry over, stay at North Beach campsite and go back to Camp the next day?

O.A.R. is at SPAC on that Sunday the 10th. I doubt anyone wants to join me, but that's oh-so conveniently en route for this girl, who's eager to drink Genny Cream Ale with the Skidmore summer tour guides.

Which one of these things?

2008-04-25T08:12:00.000-07:00

How could two vehicles be so similar yet imply two entirely disparate social strati? Certainly there are some commonalities between the two drivers [outdoorsy (or wannabeoutdoorsy), in need of 4wd, German Shepherd owners], but it's more than the price tag that divorces these two types. Euro yippies can kick barfy yippies' asses any day.

Marty should be proud

2008-04-24T20:20:00.000-07:00

Some footage from my last trip to Denver.

2008-04-17T19:48:00.000-07:00

Is E flying first class and renting a Tahoe?

Bear the heck down

2008-04-15T15:51:00.000-07:00

I know you never know, but seriously, could there be an easier schedule?

virgin

2008-04-14T20:11:00.000-07:00

My first blog. Woohoo. What's the format? I guess there is no format. J&M will be missed in BratLboro this weekend. I trust that M you will eat some corn, and J you will... paint some corn. We will have a toast to the brats missing in action.

VanTassel.org

2008-04-14T15:19:00.000-07:00

So marks the beginning of vantassel.org, an organization for the children(focussing mainly on the VanTassel's until the obscene enormity of our power and ensuing wealth anchors our conscious back down to earth, and small donations(along with expensive booze), allow us sleep at night)). Go children. I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly thank Erik for recently bailing me out of some tuition driven financial hardship. Erik is a good man and a great golfer, who's equipoise often finds him sharply dressed and objectively cool, I take comfort in that, It's good knowin' he's out there, takin' her easy for all us sinners.

2008-04-14T08:18:00.000-07:00

Tax ENGine Tax ENGine, thou art so convenient
I had been so pondering where most of my bread went
Auto-fill proving
Deductions for moving?
On using you always, I shall remain hell-bent