Blue Moon

No Max, a blue moon is when the moon is full twice in one month. It's not because the moon is made out of cheddar cheese and goes bad. For the last time, we do not need a new moon.

My Mistake

I was soooo wrong yesterday. Sergey already contacted another mediator to help with the stalled START talks. Anna actually cleared her calendar for Anatoly; it appears the Russian Federal Space Agency are using her new gravitational models for their asteroid spacecraft.

Let's Talk

I was wondering why Anna cleared her calendar this week. It looks like Putin is ramping up his rhetoric over the stalled missile talks.

Sergey should be calling any day now.

F30.0

Unfortunately, Anna thinks Max only gets the irritable type of mania and not the fast thinking, goal oriented type. I'm guessing she has been reading the World Health Organization's disease classifications again.

Another Episode of "Creepy Sundays"

"Um, I was going to cut it off but it doesn't seem like a wart - yeah." - Max

It's All in the Packaging

Now that Anna has created the worlds first molecule sized transistor, Max is trying to figure out how to sell them through our North American retail partner, Radio Shack.

But how do you package 15 molecule sized transistors into a bag displayed on store shelves? Do we assume everyone has an optical tweezer or do we have to include it in the package? Should the in store displays include IBM's new microscope so people can verify there are actually 15 transistors in the package? Should returns be done in store or through the mail?

Some days I don't envy Max.

Gifts

Max was surprised to learn that there were more gifts besides the turkey roasting in the oven.

Jordan and the Pope

Max thinks the lady who tackled the Pope was just showing off her new Air Jordan shoes she picked up in Sacramento.

Year in Review

Max promises there will be no cliche "Year in Review" posting.

Uphill

Anna swears today felt longer than yesterday.

Snowball Fight!!!

Max knows one D.C. cop that he is not inviting to the next snowball fight.

Another Episode of "Creepy Sundays"

"Um, but I thought you liked badgers - yeah." - Max

Oh, Not Cats

Given her state of the art research, Anna was recently asked by the Food and Drug Administration to comment on some recent radiation overdose cases. Max, of course, declined to review the case when he learned the CT scans were overdosing people and not the other way around.

Jake

Anna has no idea why someone would pick Edward over Jacob.

Head Cam

I wonder how Max convinced the San Jose Police department to buy his head cam idea?

Happy Birthday, Max

What to get Max for his birthday? Well, given that he's not the best communicator and his adventures often warrant numerous apologies, we decided to surprise him and hire greeting card emergency solver David Dickerson.

And just in time. I'm sure a few nicely worded cards will help ease the tension between Max and the US Army after they noticed he forgot to turn on the drone encryption.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAX!!!

(insert cheers and candle laden birthday steak here)

Take That!

Anna had a very subtle message for Airbus after her first successful Boeing 787 test flight.

Emissions

Max hopes the world leaders in Copenhagen come to an agreement soon.

There are some harmful emissions he would like to "cut".

Another Episode of "Creepy Sundays"

"Um, but if I told you then it wouldn't be a secret anymore - yeah." - Max

What Is Jazz?

Anna is never going to another jazz concert with Max after that Lary Ochs show. At least she did not have to bail him out this time.

Did You Forget Something?

It's been over a year since Bernie when to jail and Max is hoping everyone has forgotten about ponzi schemes. Luckily, Anna has already alerted the SEC regarding certain financial products from a Mr. Rippof, Maximum Lossus, and Lau Ghing Tobank.

Geometry

Have you ever tried to install crown molding? I knew Max and I should have listened to the Home Depot guy instead of just nodding and saying "uh huh." After a few attempts at home we were totally lost in bevels, miter cuts, profile details, fences, compound saws, inside cuts, outside cuts, and why we had to hold the modeling upside down.

Thank goodness for Anna, her laser tracking miter saw, and YouTube!

Gas Cap

Who forgot to put the gas cap back on the missile after he filled it up... point at him!

Dear Santa

Dear Santa,

I have been a very good boy. I brushed my teeth before bed every day. I also did my homework. I would like my very own wurstkoffer to take to school.

Thank you.
Max

Publishing Procedures

In order to avoid accidentally publishing classified materials with improperly redacted text, Anna suggests the TSA implement the following steps:

1. Instruct all personal on the proper usage of available redaction tools.
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Another Episode of "Creepy Sundays"

"Um, I cannot do bows and ruffles either - yeah." - Max

Luftballon

Sorry, Anna. That is not one of the 10 DARPA Network Challenge balloons.

That Traffic Light Sensor

Max and The Pentavirate just want you to think those traffic light sensors are just some kind of passive infrared device.

Don't Believe their lies!

Brrrrrr

-2F with a wind chill of -18F...

Max said to wake him up when spring arrives.

Connections

It was like a James Burke book come to life as Max finally made all the connections.

Pelican Hill

I bet Anna is dreaming about another weekend at Pelican Hill.

Hereditary

Max was organizing his collection of surviving manuscripts from the Library of Alexandria when he noticed a copy of Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Kinani al-Fuqaimi al-Basri's Book of Animals. Obviously someone had misfiled it.

As he was flipping though the pages, some dust put Max in that awkward "I need to sneeze but can't" condition. Luckily for him it was a sunny day.

After a frightfully loud sneeze, Max asked Anna if Al-Jahiz knew about the hereditary nature of photic sneeze responses. Without a second thought, she said yes. Aristotle, who Al-Jahiz would have undoubtedly studied, talked about the condition and Al-Jahiz seemed to understand the theory of natural selection a 1000 years before Charles Darwin.

Sounds reasonable to me.