In Others' Words

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.

 
                                                       Agatha Christie




Ron & Brooke, Jan 2010 (St Louis)

Amy and the ice bucket, Aug 2009 (Las Vegas)

Jenny as Frida Kahlo, with Luke, Stache Bash 2010 (St Louis)

Emily and Jean-Francois dance at their reception, October 2010 (San Francisco)

Bridesmaids Susanne, Jenny, Quenby and me with bride Nicole, July 2011 (Somewhere in the Mediterranean)
We met her the day before!

Ken, Iskra, Eric, Jan 2010 (St Louis)

SISTERS!  April 2009 (St Louis)

With my girls, June 2011 (St Louis)

Bearly escaping danger with Amanda Dec 2009 (St Louis)

Blake and Luke, Stache Bash (Chicago)

Walking like ...Egyptians.  July 2010 (Egypt)

oo la la la!  Jill, April 2010 (Seattle)



Trailbuilding.  And drinking wine cubes with Amanda.  Fall 2009 (Steeleville, MO)

John and Molly at our wedding, June 2011 (St Louis)



Scott (head) Robin (hands) March 2010 (St Louis)

ST. LOUIS- Drs. JK and RC are thrilled to announce their description of a para-occipital mullet, a rare variant of the phenomenon known as caput mulletis (CM), encountered in St. Louis, Missouri. The specimen was located during lunchtime, which, as further work has shown, is optimal time for observation of the caput mulletis, especially if the researcher is stationed at a Golden Corral salad bar, a QT gas station hot dog incubator or ringside... at any event that takes place in a ring.

Our subject obliged with candor and charm to our detailed questionnaire. According to the biographical information we gathered, the subject was born in Talledega, Alabama, lending credence to the suspected influential role of epigenetic phenomena in relation to the development of caput mulletis from the blastula stage on. The central dictum of 'ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny' was buttressed in murine models of CM, wherein vermillion streaks in the fetal nuchal region were observed, the so-called 'red-neck' phenotype. Mouse pups fed a diet of pork rinds, Budweiser and Moon Pies developed exuberant CM. The results were enhanced when the cages were placed in a south-facing window, and less so when the cages faced north. Pups raised in north-facing cages still developed CM, but to less luxuriousness, and were observed to have distinctive squeak, much like "yank-ee, yank-ee", accompanied by spitting and hissing.

Skin fibroblasts were cultured from toe nail clippings left by the subject on his front porch and were found to contain enhanced expression of the LYNYRD-SKYNYRD gene, as mediated by the PBR promoter. Karyotypic analysis identified a unique banding pattern in this region, described by Jackups et al as the "Robert E. Lee" chromosome due its eye-catching 'stars and bars' pattern. Statistical analysis linking serum transaminase and gamma-glutamyltransferase levels correlated with expression of this gene, resulting in an increased (Dukes of) Hazard ratio.

In toto, this represents an exciting breakthrough in the sociologic and genomic fields and could lead to better understanding of CM- its prevalence, risk factors and genetic milieu. To which we posit,

YEEEEEHAWWWWWW!