welcome.
crazyknee.com is:
a personal Web page launched Nov. 1, 2000,
the day Leanne had ACL/meniscus repair performed
on her right leg. Hence the "crazy knee."
This page will be updated in some weekly way. Hopefully.

19 november 2003 . 11:09 pm PT

Hi there. I helped break the world record for group yodeling this afternoon (the record currently in the Guinness Book is for 937 people yodeling. Today, I was one of 1,661 yodelers. Amazing. I'm sure the press release will be out soon. Don't you just love record breakers?) and boy am I exhausted.

12 november 2003 . 09:49 pm PT
So worth two minutes of your time: View everything from the Milky Way to DNA by powers of 10 (thanks Beth!). Click it, go on! Don't walk away! Please.

Several weeks back, when the Blue Angels were zooming overhead for Fleet Week, we trucked out to Treasure Island to watch. The man-made island was erected in the middle of the SF Bay for two reasons: to honor the world's two largest, at the time, bridges (it sits under the Bay Bridge) AND to house the 1939 World's Fair.

Here's how they built the island and here's a (worthwhile, if you're at all interested in the weird layout of this floating land mass or in fashions of the late '30s) slideshow of the fair. People live on Treasure Island nowadays, but there aren't any restaurants, grocery stores, or corner markets. It's a total wasteland, great for photo shoots. 

04 november 2003 . 10:49 pm PT
I'm sorry. It will never happen again.

Whew, glad that's out of the way.

First up today are pictures of a recent trip to the always amazing Yosemite National Park. It's THE place to go if you're into huge rocks, tame squirrels,  long hikes (that's Half Dome looming behind us), and nature.

Next, we need to go over last week's send-off of friends on their way to far far away places. As we speak, Mike and Betsy are in China, walking along the Great Wall, interrogating citizens, and/or eating dumplings. Find out more at Betsygoestochina.com.

For the kids' last American meal until 2005, we stuffed burritos and margaritas in their faces. (Yeah, I went a little wild with the photoshop effects. First time for everything, right? It's mostly because the pictures weren't that great to begin with but now, NOW everything looks so goddamn HOT. Who wants to pay me to do this?! Ha, right.)

Best of luck, guys. Can't wait to visit (and I mean that).

In my life of late, there's also been pumpkins, pies, and Halloween. We discovered, when out in the throngs on Castro Street, that people young and old absolutely ADORE Cookie Monster. Deneb (he's the one wearing blue) had to slam a thousand cookies in his face and suffer four hundred drunkgirl hugs. For one night only, we were space girls, beauty queens, French men, rockenroll stars, and Fenway Park.

Since I'm working a job that requires me to stay constantly on top of the news feeds (yes! see, I have an EXCUSE for the lack of updates), I now come across lovely photos like this, of a young woman's master's degree thesis -- an art project about fire hydrants. Yes, that's a HYDRANT.

Newsflash: Lauren Bothum loves pudding!