The Happiest Place On Earth

Last week we took the kid to Disneyland; spent most of Thursday and all of Friday and at least $350 at the Magic Kingdom.  It was his first time, and by all accounts (namely, him asking us about 54349 times a day if we can "go Dinnyland again!") he had a swell time. Now that I'm significantly recovered - the nightmares have stopped, and I'm no longer holed up in the closet mumbling things like "I saw a snail crawl along the edge of a straightrazor..." - I can share details of the trip with you all.

Here we are at the outset of our two-day adventure, happier than Porky Pig in shit. Yeah, I know he's Warner Brothers, but you feel me.

What wonderous sights we saw!

There was a castle...

...and a hydroencephalitic chicken...

...and employees' buttsweat...

...and me doing my best to ruin Fun Family Pictures (there's my lovely wife Beth, and my lovely sister Heather, and me in all my glory)...

...and since you just can't go anywhere in the greater OC/LA sprawl without spying a celeb - here's Kobe Bryant...

...and after spending some 20 hours wading through some 50,000 fellow happy travelers, living off of flat Coke, stale churros, and cheeseburgers that cost $8.50 a pop, while daytime temperatures soared into the upper 80's, well...