I have an interesting family dynamic. I'm extremely close to them and will probably talk about them a lot on here. My father is really strange in, I think, a good way. In the past few weeks, he's been sending me e-mails about the Giant Squirrel.

   I guess it would help you to know that for some reason my mom started calling me her baby squirrel about a year ago. Not for any particular reason aside that us O'Learys are real big on nicknames and I always get the worst ones (baby trollo, butt-leen etc.) And ever since then, both my parents have felt the need to tell me anything squirrel related. When they visited me at school they called an hour after leaving to tell me to go uptown to see a giant squirrel statue. My mom alerts me whenever she sees any squirrel figurines in our local mall or craft fair. Then in November my father's mind was blown. Across the street from our house is a nursing home. Now what do you think was running around on its well-manicured lawn? Why, an albino squirrel, of course! This epic event occured right when my mom had just bought a new digital camera with printer that prints the photos as postcards. The camera's memory was full with snap shots of the albino squirrel. It became my father's mission to send me these pictures. Several attempts were made via e-mail to no avail. Then they decided to mail me a post-card which I never received. It seemed I was destined to never see the albino squirrel. Finally, everyone's prayers were answered when I came home and got to see the incredible photos in person. After this the squirrel news and sitings rested for awhile. 

   Just when I thought the squirrel topic was done I received an e-mail from my dad entitled, "The Giant Squirrel."  I knew I was in for something special and guess what...you are too.

What better way to start an online journal then introduce the few readers to the oddities of my family! 


This is all out of the imagination of James Victor O'Leary. He photoshops them and writes the captions at work.

"Here, in a never before released photo, the giant squirrel climbs the side of the Empire State Building, apparently thinking there is a collection of acorns in the Observation deck."



"The giant squirrel expresses his frustration with military brass after the revelations of inferior living condition at Walter Reed Medical Hospital."



"The giant squirrel was spotted again on Tuesday, terrorizing pedestrians on the Brooklyn Bridge."




I love you, daddy.