Harmonica break through

Whilst away on a job in Germany undt Austria I had quite a bit of time to practice my chromatic harmonica. Armed with my crazy French software I learned George Gershwin's "Summer Time", Ray Charles "Georgia on my Mind" and Steven Sondhiem's "Send in the Clowns." For some reason I'm still struggling with "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat." It's has such a long melody line and I always loose my place on the cool little fiddly bits towards the end. I'm going to try some Antonio Carlos Jobim next. Soon you will be able to find me in the long tunnel at the Paseo de Gracia metro stop. I'll be wearing a yellow scarf and flubbing the last few bars of "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat."

Poo Poo head

Although Zoo Zoo knows all about the birds and the bees as well as a whole whack of languages she still is 6 year old. I'm away on a job in Germany so every day I talk to her in the morning before she goes to school. The highlight of the call for Zoe is when she tells me her daily joke which goes something like this:

"Daddy, here's your joke for today. You have a nose made out of poo poo and there is spinach coming out of your ears." Or "You have a big fat culo." A culo is the word for butt in Spanish. These comments are always followed by Zoe's impression of Felix The Cat's laugh, "Aaaah hah hah hah haaaaaa...!" I regularly point out that I indeed do not have a big fat culo, I have always had a culo which only barely allows for my pants to stay up.

This morning I extended the joke to include the little madame. I said, "Well you have poo poo on your hair and a zucchini coming out of your nose." Ah kids, they bring out the best in ya, no?