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One of the cool things about relationships is the inside jokes that you share.  Through the years you collect them and some stay forever, while others have a limited shelf-life.

One of our latest ones was born from the documentary Grizzly Man.  The documentary itself is not really funny as it centers around a man insistent on living among the Grizzlies in Alaska.  The documentary ties a collection of the man’s own self-made videos of himself amongst the bears along with the story of his death.  Yes, he was eventually eaten by a bear.

If the premise doesn’t tell you that there’s something not quite right about this man, just a few minutes of watching it will.  He’s very emotional and has a child-like enthusiasm for these bears.

So in one scene, he’s capturing a bear standing on its hind legs in a clump of trees.  The bear appears to be using the trees to scratch and itch.  After a few seconds, the bear heads straight for the camera (and our guy).  The man apologizes to the bear for being in the way and the bear changes its direction to move away.  As the bear heads away, the man says, "you’re the boss, nice job, nice job."

The man then goes into the trees and stands in the same place.  Its clear that the bear was huge by comparison.  In a wave of adrenaline-induced enthusiasm he repeatedly says, "he’s a big bear, he’s a big bear."  Its just the way he says it and I’m sure it doesn’t translate in this blog. 

So now, everytime I get the chance, I’m enthusiastically and repeatedly proclaiming something to be big.  Case in point, the owl that hooted so loudly that it drew us out of our house at 10:30pm just to get a glimpse of him.

"He’s a big owl, he’s a big owl…nice job, you’re the boss…"

Don’t get it?  Watch the documentary and see what I mean.