Friday, May 22, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
WARNING
The Surgeon General has determined that exposure to excessive levels of cuteness could cause drymouth and/or nausea. Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should not view these pictures. Men who are pregnant should consult their physician.
I love these pictures because they really seem to capture the kids' personalities.
The Monkey is always looking around him, trying to understand how things work and fit together. He's pretty intense, and doesn't often have a lot of time for niceness and formality. He's polite, but he'd just as soon be done with the conversation so he can move on to dismantling a flashlight or digging a hole in the ground. More than anything, he wants to understand how and why, and the questions rarely stop. He is very good at reaching a logical conclusion, even when I don't necessarily want him to get there. Last night he was looking through a Star Wars book that had pictures of assassin robots. He asked what they would do if they caught us. I said they would rub peanut butter in our hair and it would be very hard to clean up. He smiled, and then said, "No, I think they'd kill us." And then it was on to the next thing...
Vanilla Bean is as sweet as they come. When I got home from work last night, she screamed and cheered for me, nearly falling out of her chair at the table in her attempt to get to me. All because I'd been awesome enough to drive home from work. She will sing and dance on cue, or without a cue. She loves to show off, and she LOVES to have your attention; her attempts to garner that attention over her brother are often hilarious of themselves.
Watch the video below, and you'll understand exactly what I'm talking about:
Dancing, corn on the cob, and a tunnel from cbalmain on Vimeo.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Where do they learn this stuff?
The other day, the Monkey gave me a pretty accurate description of how a jet engine works.
He also just described both an enema and a urinary catheter.
I have no idea where he learned any of it.
He also just described both an enema and a urinary catheter.
I have no idea where he learned any of it.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
More about me - just what you wanted!!
The rules:
Answer the questions on your blog, replace one question you dislike with a question of your own invention; add a question of your own.
Why do you blog?
I just like to keep a journal of things I think about. It’ll be interesting to come back to it over the years and see what sorts of things were on my mind. And, as for all bloggers, there’s a little bit of narcissism.
Do you nap a lot?
No, although I’ve considered taking up the habit.
Who was the last person you hugged?
Vanilla Bean on the way out the door. Imagine hugging an actual vanilla bean. Now imagine it 17.4 times sweeter. Then add a dollop of whipped cream on top. That’s what it’s like hugging MY Vanilla Bean.
If you were a tree, what tree would you be?
The kind that drops yucky sap on people when they walk by.
How many?
42
Have you ever had an altercation with the police?
Nope. I’m totally subject to the Man.
What was the last thing you bought?
Lunch at this AWESOME pizza place in town - La Candelara or something like that.
What are you listening to right now?
The guy in the cube next door discussing the weather. So I’ll probably crank up the Pandora soon. (UPDATE: I have since cranked up Pandora, set it to my movie-music station, and am listening to Jerry Goldsmith's score of The Medicine Man.)
What is your favorite weather?
Cold and rainy. Last Saturday was perfect. Except for the part where the car almost flooded.
What’s on your bedside table?
A clock-radio and a lamp. Oh, and a box with my laptop power adapter.
Say something to the person/s who tagged you.
COOKIES!
If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be?
That’s an easy one: Vancouver. I’m still not sure why I haven’t packed up and just moved there.
Favorite vacation spot?
A cruise boat anywhere.
Name the things you can’t live without:
My cell phone. The Internet. Ann’s homemade breakfast burritos. If they made an Internet-connected burrito with integrated cell phone, I’d buy one.
You should put these two things together, Science.
What would you like to have in your hands right now?
The case full of Star Wars action figures that my mom gave to some poor kid. To make up for it, I’d sell one of the action figures, give the money to the poor kid, and put the rest of them in a display case over my bed.
What is your favorite tea flavor?
Earl Grey. Hot. (Bonus points if you get the reference)
What would you like to get rid of?
20 pounds.
If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
That little sushi restaurant in Tokyo.
What did you want to become as a child?
Either a pilot or an astronaut. I figure I got pretty close.
What do you like better, e-mail or telephone calls?
Don’t waste my time making me listen to you on the phone. I can ignore you much more effectively by e-mail.
What do you do when you get time alone?
I have two small children - what is this “alone” you speak of?
Answer the questions on your blog, replace one question you dislike with a question of your own invention; add a question of your own.
Why do you blog?
I just like to keep a journal of things I think about. It’ll be interesting to come back to it over the years and see what sorts of things were on my mind. And, as for all bloggers, there’s a little bit of narcissism.
Do you nap a lot?
No, although I’ve considered taking up the habit.
Who was the last person you hugged?
Vanilla Bean on the way out the door. Imagine hugging an actual vanilla bean. Now imagine it 17.4 times sweeter. Then add a dollop of whipped cream on top. That’s what it’s like hugging MY Vanilla Bean.
If you were a tree, what tree would you be?
The kind that drops yucky sap on people when they walk by.
How many?
42
Have you ever had an altercation with the police?
Nope. I’m totally subject to the Man.
What was the last thing you bought?
Lunch at this AWESOME pizza place in town - La Candelara or something like that.
What are you listening to right now?
The guy in the cube next door discussing the weather. So I’ll probably crank up the Pandora soon. (UPDATE: I have since cranked up Pandora, set it to my movie-music station, and am listening to Jerry Goldsmith's score of The Medicine Man.)
What is your favorite weather?
Cold and rainy. Last Saturday was perfect. Except for the part where the car almost flooded.
What’s on your bedside table?
A clock-radio and a lamp. Oh, and a box with my laptop power adapter.
Say something to the person/s who tagged you.
COOKIES!
If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be?
That’s an easy one: Vancouver. I’m still not sure why I haven’t packed up and just moved there.
Favorite vacation spot?
A cruise boat anywhere.
Name the things you can’t live without:
My cell phone. The Internet. Ann’s homemade breakfast burritos. If they made an Internet-connected burrito with integrated cell phone, I’d buy one.
You should put these two things together, Science.What would you like to have in your hands right now?
The case full of Star Wars action figures that my mom gave to some poor kid. To make up for it, I’d sell one of the action figures, give the money to the poor kid, and put the rest of them in a display case over my bed.
What is your favorite tea flavor?
Earl Grey. Hot. (Bonus points if you get the reference)
What would you like to get rid of?
20 pounds.
If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
That little sushi restaurant in Tokyo.
What did you want to become as a child?
Either a pilot or an astronaut. I figure I got pretty close.
What do you like better, e-mail or telephone calls?
Don’t waste my time making me listen to you on the phone. I can ignore you much more effectively by e-mail.
What do you do when you get time alone?
I have two small children - what is this “alone” you speak of?
Fathering is...
Being able to pretend it's nap-time with your daughter with the left side of your body while wrestling with your son on the right side.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
World War Z
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max BrooksMy review
rating: 4 of 5 stars
One of my favorite movies is Contact. Besides the fact that it has Jodie Foster, I like it because it's less about alien contact and more about how people would react if we really DID contact aliens.
Likewise, World War Z isn't so much about zombies as it is about what people would do if there were a real zombie infestation. As much as possible, Brooks keeps a realistic bent to the events in the book. The infestation is presented as a highly virulent disease, and the author "interviews" people all around the world about how humanity recovered from the disease. Each story is told by a different person, from a different perspective. As a result, the reader is presented the facts exclusively through the experiences and biases of the characters in the book. It's a book that ultimately is much more about humans than zombies.
I'm not a particular fan of horror books, but if there are more of them that are written this well and executed so intelligently, I'd definitely read them.
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Hierarchy of toilet papers
From best to worst:
- Charmin Bathroom Tissue Plus a Touch of Lotion with Aloe
- Charmin Ultra
- Cottonelle
- Quilted Northern
- Angel Soft
- American hotel toilet paper
- Wal-Mart generic
- Japanese hotel toilet paper
- Argentine toilet paper
- Argentine hotel toilet paper
- Argentine gas station toilet paper
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