LOTB - Mailbag

Sorry for my brief sabbatical - you know how it is... life on the border got in the way of my blogging - I'll try to be more diligent, and adjust my priorities...

I've decided that periodically I'll run a "Life On The Border" Mailbag - with answers to frequently asked questions. The first mailbag starts now:

QUESTION:

Dear LOTB:

Can you please tell me what a "quesepareelguero" is? (name of your blog URL address) - its been bugging me for a long time, and sadly not even Google can find the answer.

ANSWER:

Great question, that I probably should have addressed long ago when my blog started... but to answer this question I need to tell you a story first. A story of a blond hair blue eyed young man...

This young man lived in Mexico, and was an exceptionally gifted athlete. His favorite sport was Basketball. He played for a team that would travel all over the state of Chihuahua playing other Mexican teams. As you can imagine - not many other blue eyed, blond hair, fair skinned players were on the teams, so his appearance would cause somewhat of a stir in the crowds.

Somewhere along the road, it caught on to start asking this young man to stand and wave to the crowd during the games. Just imaging the scene - hundreds of basketball fans packed into a gym, chanting over and over again "white boy stand up" - "white boy stand up"! - "White Boy Stand Up"!! - "WHITE BOY STAND UP"!!!! When the young man would stand up from the bench and wave to the crowd, they would all cheer like crazy. Then it would start all over again...

White Boy Stand Up in Spanish is: Que Se Pare El Guero

White Boy = Sam Cluff - My Dad


So, long answer to your short insightful question - my blog is named after my amazing Father - A wonderful person, a loving husband, a diligent servant, an incredible Dad, an amazing Grandpa, and a great friend! Love ya Viejo!

QUESTION:

Dear LOTB:

Whats up with that Weight Loss Tracker on the side of your blog? It never changes... that must be some plateau you've hit. What gives?

ANSWER:

Another insightful question - yes, its a funny tracker - for some reason, it only goes down. So those long plateaus in weight loss could be attributed to "I fell off the wagon" scenarios where the pounds didn't come off, but went on (in the interest of full disclosure - the tracker could add, but the blogger doesn't like to add. It depresses him, so he only shows the loss').

I'll be back on the wagon soon enough, and hitting that goal weight before you know it...

Fair enough?

QUESTION:

Dear LOTB:

Those two babies are really ugly - it looks like they are going to take after you, and not their mother. Care to comment on the non-Baby Tracker...


ANSWER:

Ouch - that hurt. Yes, the babies are ugly - so its a good thing we aren't expecting any... as most of you know - that tracker was a joke at first because so many others in my blog universe were expecting at the time, and I felt left out.

I later converted the joke into a tracker of when my job would come to an end in Nogales. So - if you ever want to know how many days until I hit the un-employment line... just gander at the side of my blog and see how long it is until my ugly babies are born. (once we get within the 9 month window - the babies should look better and stop grossing you out)

QUESTION:

Dear LOTB:

Whatever happened with your hair? I've been waiting with baited breath for the after pictures, but sadly - none have been posted.

ANSWER:

Baited breath eh? That's a bit extreme dontcha think?

As posted in an earlier blog - I'm losing my hair. Does that answer your question? No? Oh, you meant what did I do about losing my hair... I decided to cut it short... check out my Dad's blog - you can see a few pics there, and I'll include one I took with my phone here.



I actually need it cut again - it seems that when you cut it short, it grows faster - just wish it would grow faster AND thicker... but sadly no - just faster...


QUESTION:

So - after recovering all those Christmas pictures - why haven't we seen any? You get a miracle - and we get jack...

ANSWER:

Your right! My bad! Here ya go!

Make video montages at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Well, that wraps up the mailbag today... keep the questions coming, and I'll find or make up answers to them...

And check back in the next few days for another Relief Society post. Sheri has her RS commemoration Birthday Dinner tonight. The theme is the Ten Virgins - Her Mom Sandra, and my Mom Mona are both here for it.

Hasta La Proxima!