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Beyonce Knowles

Jake — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:29:35 +0000

… is lining the bottom of the cage this week.

On a sad note, we are giving the birds away. They are going on Craigslist as soon as we get back to town. Hit me up if you are interested in 4 finches+cage.

Gwyneth Paltrow

Jake — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:41:59 +0000

… is lining the bottom of the cage this week.

Madonna

Jake — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:48:39 +0000

…is lining the bottom of the cage this week.

Kate Moss

Jake — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:44:19 +0000

… is lining the bottom of the cage this week.

Anne Hathaway

Jake — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:50:03 +0000

is lining the bottom of the cage this week.

W Magazine: good for more than just reading

Jake — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:35:39 +0000

The oversized format of W Magazine lends itself to several peripheral applications, such as the one illustrated above.

Birdie Love

Jake — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:05:18 +0000

Finches eating out of my hand from Jacob Breinholt on Vimeo.

Back over 8000!

Jake — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:21:28 +0000

I mean, I complain so much when the index is tanking, I felt like it was high time that I dropped in some positivity, as well. Is it because of Obama’s statements regarding the US automakers? Is it because the G-20 has agreed on terms of regulation? I’m not really sure. But for me, getting back over the 8000 mark is the icing on top of this beautiful sunny spring day. See that? I used a metaphor. The BSSD is the cake, the DJIA is the icing. I learned it on Reading Rainbow.

Other exciting things going on right now:

Our birds are crazy. Reagan accidentally set one free last night and we had to capture it.
Reagan and I decided that we are going to learn French. We have already had one lesson. I can now say “suck it, monkeys!” in three languages, not counting Pig Latin.
Gen. Conf. is this weekend. This means that instead of going to church, I get to lay around the house and try to spot my mom on TV.

Reagan got her birds

Jake — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:07:22 +0000

She was thinking about getting the bird in the photo above. But then this happened:

So we just kept it simple and picked up two pairs of zebra finches. We really like them. Actually, Reagan loves them.