OOPS! I TRIATHALONED AGAIN

Well, it's been a little over a week 

and I haven't died of

residual effects from the

2016 MALIBU TRIATHALON.

You'd think I'd have keeled over

after having to get up at 

2:30 A freaking M

to drive down to Zuma Beach with my

sooper-powered neighbor

Darren Turbow.

But we weren't the only ones:

I got marked up

with my bib number

(in case you die and they need to identify you)

And then got my gear set up in the transition area.

It turned out to be a misty day,

which was delightful since the last two years

were stoopid hair dryer in your face hot.

After a beautiful performance of the National Anthem by Rachel Platten,

(and a moving rendition of her hit, The Fight Song)

it was time to go!

And after all was said and done,

I thought I had a really great race!

I knew my swim wasn't as good as last years.

The mist made it hard to keep your bearings and I 

had to stop alot to make sure I was on course.

But I thought I 

MURDERED

it on the bike and run.

I ended up going 

two hours, 10 minutes,

which seemed

AWESOME!

Then I realized I did a 

2:07 last year.

Oops.

Still--

I'll take it.

I mean,

I tied my personal record of 

NOT DYING,

right?

Here are the official times:

I was a minute over on my bike

and a minute under on my run.

The extra time came on my swim.

But next year I'll beat that

2:07.

If I don't die, that is.

Thanks,

Malibu Triathalon!

BRICK-BUILT KND

Wouldn't Codename: Kids Next Door

Lego characters be

KILLER?!

Well,

a sooper Lego ninja 

KND operative 

is trying drum up support to get Lego to make some.

And they look

REEEEEEEEALLY

COOL!

If you want to add your voice to those

shouting for these

run over

HERE!

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FACEBOOK FRIENDS

Well, against ALL odds,

it happened.

I HAVE TOO MANY FRIENDS!

And that's something I

NEVER

would have thought could 

happen when I was in 

8th grade.

But Facebook only lets you have

5000 friends.

And I want

MOAR!

So I have to switch to a 

personal page.

It's under the name

Mr. Warburton

and it kinds looks like this:

If we're already Facebook friends,

then I'm pretty sure you've been migrated there already.

But if we're not friends,

why dontcha stop on by and like the

page so we can be

BEST

FRIENDS

FOREVER!!!

I'll post all the usual nonsense:

the lunchbags

the blog posts

the silly doodles

the crazy career updates

It'll be fun,

I promise

The link is

riiiiiiiiiiiight

HERE!

G:KND-- ANIMATED!!!

Somewhere out there is a Codename: Kids Next Door sooper-mega-ultra-fan who's making awesome use of their time.
How,  you may ask?
By actually  ANIMATING the  Galactic: Kids Next Door animatic!
And it's one hundred and sixteen kinds of AWESOME
Check it:

I especially love the message at the end:

Way to go, Rat Animation!

You've earned a killer promotion in the KND!

Please report to Moonbase for your celebratory ice cream party!

And in case you've lived under a big, dumb and

 very quiet rock that doesn't have an internet connection,

the original 

g:KND animatic is over

HERE!

THE RUINING OF MO WILLEMSESES TABLE

Mo Willems used to be dumb.

He used to invite lots of artsy fartsy people over for dinner

and then they'd draw all over his nice dining room table.

So he'd throw it out and get a new one.

And then it'd happen again.

And again.

But then one day,

his wife suggested putting paper over 

the table whenever art freaks came over.

And that's exactly what we did

LAST WEEKEND

when I flew out to do some 

top secret book stuff with Mr. Willems.

We had a delicious meal prepared 

by Mrs. Willems

and then commenced to drawing.

Here's the morning aftermath:

This was my mess:

And this is the boy with the dumpling for a brain.

He later transformed into this:

Mrs. Willems specializes in 

cool, colorful patterns:

Rebecca Leveille Guay

drew both Mo's daughter Trixie

and her own daughter, Vivianne.

Her husband Matt is a killer painter

and did some really amazing sketches.

Vivianne's got skills, too!

We spent a lot of time experimenting with writing 

and/or drawing with our opposite hands and/or our eyes closed.

Marquetry master and part time 

Model T driving Santa Claus

Silas Kopf

proved that every finger has a personality

as well as a story.

You should meet him.

He's a riot:

Trixie's art gets better and better

every time I see it:

Oh...

and whatshisface Mo did this:

And this:

It's always fun ruining Mo's furniture!

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